IT CAME FROM PLANET MARS ANTHOLOGY

Editor: Doyle Eldon Wilmoth, Jr E-subs: Submission@specficworld.com

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Update: April 15, 2008 - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS. Deadline extended until June 15, 2008

• Needs: Looking for dark science fiction in all styles, mixes, and viewpoints. Please pay attention to the title of the anthology -- it should be obvious what kind of stories we're looking for with this project.
• Tip: Send only your best. The darker the better.
• Length: 1k-12k/wds.
• Payment: We will pay a token payment of $5 + copy in PDF Format and 1 year subscription to our Market & Literary Agent Database ($12.97 value).
• How you will be paid: Payment will be made through PayPal paid on publication July 15, 2008.
• Rights: We are buying World-Wide electronic rights. All rights revert back to the author after publication, but we retain the right to archive your story on our site up to a period of five years after the date of publication.
• Distribution: The anthology will be exclusively offered as a free download from the SpecFicWorld.com site.
• Reprints: No.
• Deadline: June 15, 2008.
• How to submit: Submissions should be sent to the above e-mail address. No need for a cover letter; but make sure to include a short bio (written in third-person for publication purposes) embedded in the body of the e-mail and your manuscript. Subject line: MARS SUBMISSION. Please NO multiple or simultaneous submissions.
• Format: RTF, WORD, (RTF preferred) file sent as an attachment. Make sure to color all italicized text in red or underline. And make sure to mark all breaks in the text with three *** asterisks.
• Response time: 1 month after deadline.
• Publishing date: July 15, 2008.

Short Stories - Canadian Modern Fiction Magazine

I don't have an anthology review or market for today so thought I'd pass on this new magazine market. Their debut issue comes out this month.

Modern Fiction Magazine - Short Story Publication - Modern Fiction accepts most genres of fiction and will pay you between $50-$200 (Canadian) for your stories if they are chosen for publication.
see http://www.modernfi ction.net/ index.php

HAUNTED LEGENDS

Call For Submissions: HAUNTED LEGENDS
Below are the submission guidelines for the forthcoming anthology Haunted Legends. We are releasing them now so that submitters have all of May and June and much of July to write a new story for us. Do not submit immediately. Do not submit trunk stories.

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Haunted Legends, to be published by Tor Books, seeks to reinvigorate the genre of "true" regional ghost stories by asking some of today's leading writers to riff on traditional tales from around the world. We don't just want you to retell an old ghost story, but to renovate it so that the story is dark and unsettling all over again.

Classic tales of the Jersey Devil, the spirits of the Tower of London, ghost lights, and phantom hitchhikers continue to capture the imagination. The Haunted Legends difference is that our contributors will tell the stories in ways they've never been told before.

We pay 6 cents a word, up to 8000 words.

The open-reading period will begin on midnight, EDT of July 15, 2008 and end 11:59p.m., July 31, 2008.

All submissions must be emailed as a RTF file to Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas at hauntedlegends@ gmail.com. Please send no more than one submission. Please send no correspondence, such as queries, to hauntedlegends@ gmail.com either before or after the reading period – all mail sent to the address at any time other than the reading period will be automatically deleted unread.

Note that much of the anthology is full and that a large number of ghost stories, especially those with an American or UK origin, are thus already “taken” by authors who have been personally solicited for work. Your best bet for this anthology is to go far afield – we are especially interested in renovations of traditional ghost stories from Africa, Latin America, and Asia, or in other tales that may not be well-known.

We also want to emphasize that we are interested only in traditional ghost stories made new again by the ingenuity of the writer. We do not want “campfire” versions of old stories, or slavish recitations. Think of new forms, new voices, new themes, new ways of considering these classic tales. Do not send us your trunk stories. It should be as though your version was always occulted within the classic rendition, but never before perceived or acknowledged.

SHE SAID, SHE SAID

Call for Submissions!

SHE SAID, SHE SAID: Selected Essays from Enlightened Eves to Clueless Adams
(What Women Really Talk About Behind Closed Doors)

Coming in the Fall of 2008, women around the world speak out in the controversial and eye-opening anthology, SHE SAID, SHE SAID. Tired of volume after volume on what men absolutely have to have to be satisfied with the women in their lives, we decided it was time to flip the script. Since men selectively listen, we've selected essay prompts designed to push the envelope and help them find their way inside from the dog house. Now all they have to do is roll over, sit up and pay attention...just like Spot.

Ladies, bring it and your essay could be chosen for SHE SAID, SHE SAID.

In 2000-3000 words, respond to the essay prompt that speaks to you. What we'd especially like to see is a well written narrative account of your experience, along with commentary on how you overcame your dilemma and the positive lesson(s) you learned because of it. Try to refrain from male-bashing, please. We want our audience to personally connect with you and the message you're conveying. Of course, an epiphany or two would be nice, as well. Write to answer the question, "What do women really want?" Be as witty, satirical and/or humorous as you dare!

Please only address one essay prompt per submission and submit no more than two separate essays per author. Only one essay per author will be included in the anthology and if it comes down to choosing between two essays by the same author, we will choose the one that makes our toes curl the hardest. Chosen contributors will receive two free copies of the book, $25 and a full "author page" in the book (publicity text of your choosing). ** Note: Special arrangements can be made for chosen contributors who might wish to remain anonymous.

Essay Prompts:

1. I never thought I'd seek intimacy outside of my relationship but... (Why did you step outside of the relationship and what did you discover about yourself in the process? What do you want readers to learn from your experience? Define intimacy on your own terms.)
2. With friends like these, who needs enemies? (How were you betrayed, by whom and what did you learn as a result of the betrayal? If you betrayed someone else, tell us why and touch on the lesson(s) you learned.)
3. I knew I was in love when... (Tell us about your definition of love, a time when you knew you were in love and how it moved/changed you for the better. Think of this as positive reinforcement, like Pavlov's bells.)
4. Dear Lover... (Something you've always wanted to tell your man, your girlfriend's man and/or men everywhere about loving a woman correctly. In your opinion, what do women need from their men and how should men give them what they need? By contrast, don't be afraid to laud your partner for doing you right, if that's what you need to do. Just make sure you're clear on what "right" means to you.)
5. When the relationship became unhealthy for my soul, I... (Now safely on the other side of some form of abuse, tell us how you found yourself in an abusive relationship and how you escaped. If you could sit down with an/your abuser, what would you want him to know?)
6. Back from a trip around the world: (Help men unravel the mystery of the infamous "baggage" women are said to carry around with them. When did you start packing yours and why? What will it take for you to leave it behind or can you? How much of the load are men responsible for carrying (if any) and how much of the load are you responsible for hiding behind?)

Second round of submissions accepted January 15, 2008 - May 15, 2008. Email submission(s), including a brief bio and contact information to editors@brownreclusebooks.com. Please note: essay text must be pasted into the body of the email, as attachments will not be opened. Or mail submissions to:
Acquisitions
Brown Recluse Books
P.O. Box 779
Florissant, MO 63032

All (female) Writers Welcome!

Olympia Anthology

Info and Guidelines for Cartoonists submitting work to be printed in Olympia

Olympia is an anthology of small press comics published annually in conjunction with The Olympia Comics Festival. This year the festival will feature Craig Thompson, Peter Bagge, and Paul Chadwick as Guests of Honor. The 2008 Olympia Comics Festival will take place Saturday, June 7th. The purpose of this anthology is to promote both the festival and the work of the cartoonists included. Olympia is published by Cathartic Fart Press.

Cartoonists submitting work for inclusion grant Olympia one–time printing rights. Upon publication, all rights revert back to the author or authors. All works are copyrighted to their respective authors. Work submitted to Olympia must be owned in whole by those offering it for publication. Every cartoonist will be sent email confirmation upon receipt of their work.

Every cartoonist included in Olympia will receive a free copy. If you were in last year’s issue and did not receive a free copy, please let me know. Additional copies may be purchased at printing cost. I also send a few free copies to publishers such as Fantagraphics and Top Shelf. Any profit made off of Olympia will roll into next year’s issue.

I expect to print about 150 copies of Olympia this year.

Guidelines

1. Submissions should be 1 – 6 pages in length and sized to fit pages that are 8.5 inches by 5.5 inches (standard sheet folded) –– I'd allow a .25 inch margin all around. I got a few oversized ones last year and had to work to make them fit. I have learned my lesson and will be less forgiving this year.
2. Please submit photocopies only.
3. Please submit two copies of each page, just in case.
4. Your pages should be in “portrait” rather than “landscape” orientation.
5. Please do not submit pages that have art on both sides.
6. Please include your name on the back of all pages.
7. Please include full contact information with your submission. Also, a couple pages will be set aside for contact and sales info for the included cartoonists so please include a sentence or two of extra information, if you’d like, for that section.

Things I Will Actually Consider When Selecting Which Stories to Include

• There is no official theme, but you get one bonus point if your story is about or set in Olympia.
• You get one bonus point if you currently or have ever lived in Olympia.
• You get one bonus point if you are getting a table at the Olympia Comics Festival.
• You get three bonus points if I love your work.

Please send any questions for the editor to hotcrackelorum@yahoo.com

Friday, May 16th is the absolute, final deadline for submissions. Please send (or drop off) submissions to: Attencione! Frank Hussey, Danger Room Comics, 201 4th Ave., Olympia, WA, 98501.

• Contact: Chelsea Baker (360)-705-3050 (Danger Room Comics)
• E-mail: olympiacomicsfestival@gmail.com

HCI Upcoming Anthologies

HCI has a bunch in the works:

The Ultimate Christmas
The Ultimate Mom
The Ultimate Teacher
The Ultimate Golfer
The Ultimate Wedding
The Ultimate Honeymoon
The Ultimate Home
The Ultimate Vacation


For their earlier titles, they've offered $200 per essay. I don't yet see guidelines for this new list. Visit http://www.theultim atehorselover. com/. Scroll to the bottom to see this new list of books under development!

Second Edition of Coach's Midnight Diner

Second Edition of Coach's Midnight Diner are Open!

Coach's Midnight Diner is a hardboiled genre anthology with a Christian slant. No ABA restrictions on God, no CBA restrictions on reality. Didactic preachy works are dismissed unceremoniously; we're looking for high quality works that are uncompromising in craft, content, and quality.

Submissions for the 2008 Edition of Coach's Midnight Diner are now open at the Relief Writer's Network. Here's what we're looking for; please read carefully. Submissions that are completely out of gamut will be subject to ridicule and unceremonious rejection.

1. Unpublished Short Fiction up to 10,000 words. Simultaneous submissions okay, but you need to pull your submission ASAP if it gets accepted elsewhere.

2. Submissions are only accepted via the Online Submission System at the Relief Writers Network. Absolutely NO email or snail mail read or even remotely considered unless your name is Stephen King and you wrote The Stand. Anne Rice, Neil Gaiman, and F. Paul Wilson are also exceptions. Everybody else, get with the program. There's a big button at the top of this website that says Submit Your Writing. If you email me asking where the link is, expect severe sarcasm.

3. Categories for Submisisons are:
Category Examples (for clarification only)
Horror Stephen King, Anne Rice, Dean Koontz
UFO/Aliens X-Files, Coast To Coast AM
Conspiracy Millennium (TV Show), X-Files, Coast To Coast AM
Hardboiled Detective/Crime Raymond Chandler, Janet Evanovich, F. Paul Wilson
That One That Happens in Diner All categories - just has to happen in a diner
Jesus Vs. Cthulhu No posers. If you're submitting in this category,
you had better be familiar with Lovecraft
or Derleth's work, and the piece had better reflect
it. I'm not kidding.
Paranormal/Archetypal Exploration Neil Gaiman, C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton
Weird Western- NEW! Cowboys and Indians meet something weird
Weird War - NEW! In honor of all our soldiers in all branches of the armed forces
Monster Stories - NEW! Dracula, Frankenstein, Godzilla, Buffy - yes, you can submit your
Christian vampire story here.
Adventure Indiana Jones, Dan Brown (hey, the guy's a great writer, even
if his theology sucks)
Shatner On A Plane
Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Night Gallery

Note: Combinations of Genres are encouraged. For example, a hardboiled detective investigating a paranormal crime, or a monster story that has a Twilight Zone twist. You may and probably should select multiple categories when submitting your work.

Compensation: Three Editor's Choice awards will be selected. Prize money for Editor's Choice is a hundred bucks. All categories are eligible. Everybody else gets their names up on Amazon, a contributor's copy, bragging rights, and the possibility of being on the Diner staff for the next edition. Approximately 21 stories will be selected for publication.

4. No hardcore sci-fi. I don't want to read stories that I have to learn a new vocabulary or solar system for. I don't want to read about what happened after the fourth war for Alpha Centuari, Beta Centauri, or any other Centauri. Besides, you can't fit a starship into a Diner. Other places are more suited for these genres, i.e. the incredible site at raygunrevivial.com for Sci-fi helmed by Diner-approved editor Johne Cook.

5. No sword-and-sorcery fantasy. Do you know what happens when you let ogres and trolls in Diners? You will be billed for any messes they make.

6. Know what we've published in the last edition. The Diner is available on Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, and of course on the Relief store here A Sample Size Edition of the Diner is available on Scribd.com, http://www.scribd.com/doc/230614/Coachs-Midnight-Diner-Sample-Size-Edition

6. Spiritual warfare is allowed, but should have an original twist. Absolutely no shining swords - you can poke somebody's eye with one of those in a diner, and we don't have the insurance for that sort of thing.

6. The Diner is not for children, or the faint of heart. Jesus dressed up as Thor, a whore who moonlights as an exorcist, a bouncer at a strip club, and more offbeat characters were regulars in the first edition of the Diner. This is not Guideposts or your Sunday School quarterly. Pansy sanitized work will be unceremoniously dismissed. Do not send me work where gangbangers say things like, "Golly gee, Beav, what ever are we going to do with this swell crack?"

7. Submissions will tentatively close May 1, 2008. Do not send queries. Submit your work. All your base are belong to us.

8. Release Date for the second edition of Coach's Midnight Diner is October 2008. The Second Edition will be available in print, soft cover and perfect bound in a 7"ishx10"ish trim size at Amazon.com, BarnesAndNoble.com, and several other venues. It will also be available in Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader format.

Go pour some coffee, and let's see what you've got. Give me your best shot.

Your friendly neighborhood fry cook,
Coach Culbertson
Editor-In-Chief | Coach's Midnight Diner