Friday, November 14, 2003A couple of markets posted to The Write List by a very sweet lady....
An Original Anthology of Canadian Speculative Fiction
Tesseracts 9 -- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
An Original Anthology of Canadian Speculative Fiction Tesseract Books announces that Tesseracts9, the 2004 volume in an award winning series of original anthologies of Canadian Speculative Fiction, is now open for submissions. With a different editorial team for each volume, the series is representative of the best Canadian SF. Editors for Tesseracts9 will be Geoff Ryman and Nalo Hopkinson.
The Tesseracts anthology series is open to submissions in either English or French from Canadians, landed immigrants, long time residents, and expatriates. French stories will be translated into English for publication if accepted. Tesseracts is open to both short fiction and poetry. While the series has included stories as long as 10,000 words, preferred length is 7,500 words or less. Speculative fiction includes the genres of magic realism, science fiction, fantasy (this term incorporates dark fantasy and supernatural fiction), horror, and la fantastique. In all these areas, the editors prefer not to be presented with genre clichés reworked, but with original, well-written, well-crafted works of art. Send us your best!
The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2003. Reporting time is about 15-20 weeks following the deadline. Payment is $20 for poetry, $50 for stories under 1,500 words, rising to a maximum of $100 for stories of over 5,000 words. (Significantly longer stories, where chosen, are paid a slightly higher fee, but in order to exceed the word length limit of 7,500 words, the editors must judge a story to be of surpassing excellence.)
Tesseract Books buys non-exclusive world rights; that is, Tesseract Books is free to market the Tesseracts9 anthology as a whole anywhere in any language, but contributors retain the right to market their individual entries outside the anthology.
Manuscripts must be typed double-spaced, 12-point type (preferably Times New Roman or Courier font) on quarto (8 1/2 x 11) OR A4 (8 1/4 x 11 3/4) paper, minimum weight 16 lbs; near-letter-quality dot matrix printing is acceptable, provided the ribbon is sufficiently dark and computer printouts are separated and paper-clipped. No fancy fonts or coloured inks or papers, except good off-white recycled paper is OK. Please include your name, address, telephone number and, where applicable, your fax number and e-mail address on the first page of the manuscript; each page should also have a number and a brief identifier in header or footer. Electronic submissions will be accepted, but ONLY if sent to tessnine2003@yahoo.ca and followed by hard copy and SASE for editors’ replies. No faxes! All manuscripts must be accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. If you wish your manuscript to be returned, the return envelope and postage must be sufficient for this purpose, or the manuscript will be considered disposable, and destroyed. To be returned, manuscripts from outside Canada must be provided with sufficient Canadian stamps or International Reply Coupons. Do NOT send originals. Tesseract Books cannot be responsible for submissions lost in transit. If you require acknowledgement of receipt of your manuscript, include a self-addressed stamped postcard.
Mailing address for anthology submissions only:
Tesseracts9, c/o Tesseract Books,
#330, 10113 104 Street,
Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA T5J 1A1.
All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories
Jay Lake and David Moles have official announced All-Star Zeppelin Adventure
Stories. Guidelines at http://www.allstarstories.com/
Stories ranging from 5,000 to 10,000 words are sought for Infinite Space, Infinite God (tentative title), an anthology edited by Karina and Rob Fabian. Karina is a regular columnist for Montana Catholic and has published numerous articles and stories in various publications. Rob is a published author of space policy and use articles and an officer in the Air Force. Together they edited, Leaps of Faith: An Anthology of Christian Science Fiction, which was a Dream Realms Awards finalist for best anthology.
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Ideal submissions will highlight a coexistence of science and the Catholic faith, with any conflicts resolved in a manner that leaves both realms intact. Science should not negate the need for religion, nor should it be the root of all evil, and vice versa. Stories may examine the technicalities of religious practice (e.g. broadcasting religious services to Alpha Centauri, or holding Mass in zero gravity); how technology may affect doctrine (Do clones need baptism? Can they be saved?) or how religion may temper scientific research.
Whatever the plot, science and/or technology should play an integral role. Stories may be set in any time, though an ideal story set in the near- future should contain plausible principles. Likewise, be sure use of religion is doctrinally correct or changes are explained (e.g. hypothesizing that the Catholic Church may allow a priest to marry if it's the only way he would be allowed on a colony ship, etc.)
Submissions must be the original work of the author; authors may submit more than one story for consideration. Stories never before published will be considered, as will previously published stories so long as the author retains all rights. Authors selected for the anthology will receive reimbursement as determined by the publisher. (We have one interested, but without any guarantees.) Deadline for submissions is Feb 2004. For more info contact Karina Fabian at karinafabian@cox.net .
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