EXPRESSIONS #15
A Worldwide Newsletter for Writers, Artists and Everyone in the Creative Arts
September 2001 ISSUE
A Product of the ProMart Writing Lab
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EDITORIAL
by Cathy Buburuz
Greetings Expressionites. This will be an editorial of this'n'that, without a set theme, because I have much to tell you about this month.
Leading the news is ProMart Writing Lab's recent expansion, a move that is generating lots of excitement in the writing community. In addition to the magazines and novels published by ProMart, the message boards for lively discussions, the chatrooms, and this newsletter, we now have the Creators Club for writers and artists interested in collaborating and forming new worlds on-line.
But the most exciting happening at ProMart is the ongoing development of a new writers and artists group whereby all members will profit-share from each other's work. We anticipate that this latest project will attract a large group of talented individuals who would much rather spend their time creating than marketing.
James B. Baker, the genius behind ProMart's success, plans to hire an agent to represent this body of creators, making this a unique and challenging first within the publishing industry.
Like most other things that have happened at ProMart since its inception, it all started out with a basic concept placed on one of our message boards, and it will expand and progress as more and more creative people join us.
If you're an artist or writer interested in breaking new ground and working toward the benefit of all, sign up for a membership on the Writers Group Message Board on the ProMart website. Get in on the ground floor and have an active role in the group's plans and developments. Memberships are very reasonably priced and just think, someone else will be burdened with the marketing, someone else will deal with the rejection slips, while you spend your time doing what you love best. Last but not least, you'll reap the rewards every single time someone sells a manuscript or an illustration.
Second, I've always believed that the main purpose of a newsletter is to share useful information, so here's the scoop: Awhile back I emailed at least 15 editors who owed me money for art, stories and poems. Of the 15, only three responded with an e-mail and only one mailed out a check elpronto. I'm still waiting to hear from the rest. And I'm not waiting patiently. By the time you read this, I'll have emailed the guilty again. I did the work, the work was published, and I want payment. I mention this because I know that there are those who are content to be published and sometimes don't insist on payment. Listen-up people. Don't just ask for payment, demand it. I do.
It would be rather fruitless to list the names of those who reneged on their promises, those editors who make secret wishes that I'll just go away or disappear. Instead I'll give you the names of a few editors who are 100% reliable when it comes to paying their contributors. The courteous editors publish the following magazines: Futures Magazine, Space and Time, The Martian Wave, Eotu Magazine, The Fifth Di..., Black October Magazine, Reality's Escape, Dark Regions, Strange Horizons, Mushroom Dreams, Inscriptions, Mooreeffoc, Flesh and Blood Magazine, Elbow Creek, Glyph, Dark Muse, and Rogue Worlds. If you've sent submissions to any of these recently, your work is resting in good hands.
In this newsletter, I also have the pleasure of announcing this month's winner for best submission to "Expressions." Joy V. Smith, a talented writer from Florida, sent a profile on an equally gifted artist named Jean Pierre Targete. By the time you read this, Joy will have received her free novel from ProMart, "Goatherds & Gods" by Lincoln Bruce.
When I asked Joy to submit something about herself and how she got started as a writer, here's what she had to say:
"It all began when I was a kid and made my own little books, complete with covers. Later I bought an old Royal typewriter with my babysitting money. I've been published in a number of science fiction and other magazines (print and e-zines). I have an audiobook upcoming and recently finished proofreading the shooting script.
Here's the winning article, followed by some exciting new markets for your work:
Jean Pierre Targete
by Joy V. Smith
Jean-Pierre Targete was born in New York and raised in Miami, Florida where he began drawing at the age of five, when he picked up his first comic book, Batman. Fascinated by the powerful compositions and muscular heroes, he began to copy what he saw; and to the amazement of his parents, he had a photographic memory and an uncanny imagination.
Between ten and thirteen he began to discover fantasy and science fiction art by Frank Frazetta, Boris Vallejo, and the Hildebrandt brothers, Tim and Greg. Inspired by the fantasy masters of the day, and working constantly for the next eleven years, he taught himself how to draw. He was also influenced by comic book artists and popular films such as the Star Wars trilogy; he learned about the Masters in college.
At the age of sixteen in 1985, Targete, with the encouragement of his teachers and parents, entered a local scholarship competition held by Scholastic, Inc. He won a full scholarship to the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He got his first professional commission from Avon Books in 1989. A teacher and also artist/illustrator Steven Assael put in a good word to the Art Director and the rest is history. Although it wasn't SF or fantasy, it opened the door to an ongoing 13-year art career. By his senior year at SVA, Jean-Pierre was already illustrating for major book publishers. His fantastic visions and strict attention to detail have made him one of the top illustrators in the competitive book cover field and the first choice of many art directors. Targete has illustrated book covers for Avon books, Berkley/Ace, Ballantine, Bantam, among others. He recently finished a fantasy collector's plate series for the Bradford Exchange: "Visions of the Sorcerer." His art has been displayed in the last two Spectrum annuals, "The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art." Last year his cover painting for "Wrapt in Crystal" by Sharon Shinn was nominated for a Chesley Award. Some of his more popular images created for book covers include Gregory Benford's Foundation's Fear, Greg Bear's Foundation and Chaos, David Brin's Foundation's Triumph, Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman's The Mantle of Kendis-Dai and Night Sword, also the record breaking novel, Code of Conduct by Kristine Smith, and Circle at Center by Douglas Niles.
I was able to meet Targete up close and personal at Oasis 14 on Memorial Day weekend in Orlando, Florida. (That's a soft g in Targete, by the way.) I got to see two slide shows, a painting demonstration, and his participation in Monster Committe, where he worked with three other artists on two large drawings. Meet Jean Pierre Targete was the name of the slide show; it was delayed about 15 minutes because of the slide projector. It was well worth the wait though, and he made it through all 60-64 slides. The first slide was his first commission--a romance book cover--very nice. (He sometimes uses models.) He also does mystery book covers. He works faster with references--not models. He's been working professionally for 12 years. Fantastic covers! Spaceships, dragons on the sails of a ship, soldiers seeing angels, teen book (ghost boy and dog; old house), dragons; woman, cat, and lightning; small horse on red material (romance cover), Foundation's Triumph and Foundation in Chaos (water color and pencils); cover for upcoming book by Sharon Shinn (Summers at Castle Auburn); plates for Bradford Exchange; gladiator coming through mosaic; Drifter and Drifter's Run (great!), The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You; and more. I loved them all! I loved the colors! The full paintings are wonderful.
The second slide show was Creature and Character Creation. Good opening slide with the title. He said that he'd always been fascinated by monsters, SF films, etc. He loved Sinbad and other Harryhausen movies, Jurassic Park, the Alien series, ... There are four steps in his creations: 1: Background history/literary sources 2: Reference 3: Rough sketches 4: Create orthographics He showed slides of habitat, texture, eyes, etc. for reference. For sketches, you need anatomy, joint articulation, ... Orthographics: Slides of the front, back, and sides. (Trace the front view to get a back view.) Put it on a grid. Great variety of aliens and creatures. I loved the bipedal lizard with a ponytail. Gargoyles from Hell, The Magic Net (book cover), forked teeth, Gargoo (eyes express personality). Can use photos for humans. You always see more details the longer you look. Some sketches are smaller (2-3 inches) than the slides. Sometimes he paints from his drawings. Great book covers, also CD covers (different from the book covers). When he does ink sketch, he uses markers to color it in for rendering for client. He enjoys rendering details/accessories. I liked the Jaws poster takeoff: polar bear in water going straight up for girl in cage. There were some headless covers--interesting. And covers for Code of Conduct and Rules of Conduct (second book) by Kristine Smith. Some paintings have no underdrawing--tight deadline. Sardonyx Net--out now--nice composition. He's focusing on compositon now. He loves landscapes; loves dark stuff (there's more in the second slide show); loves creating creatures, figuring out anatomy and lighting. He seems to enjoy the whole process. I enjoyed the variety of his work and seeing how he does it. (He's very articulate, btw.) And I love his colors; sometimes he uses a limited palette, which gives a very interesting effect. Then he showed slides from a film strip which is a current project he's doing on his own. (This is an exclusive showing.) It takes a few weeks to render a small detailed drawing. (I loved the boots and the little critter in the close-up.) The villain has great weaponry!
At the painting demo by Targete, the painting was speeded up, of course. He had three boards displayed showing sketches, thumbnails, the underdrawing, and the finished painting. The demonstration was a planet/moon with landscape below it. He started with a large circle on one side, using a permanent marker and made a sketch. He usually works in oils. The underdrawing can be very detailed and is done with marker or charcoal or pencil. He skipped that for the demo. He sprays the underdrawing with acrylic to seal it so the oils don't soak through. He also uses acrylic--burnt sienna in this case--to get rid of the white background. (He thins with water.) He uses assorted brush sizes (for different purposes and because he doesn't like to clean them as he works). He worked from his sketch, which he put aside, to create the painting. Painting is done in layers. He used a palette board, medium to make the oil flow better, etc. It was fascinating watching patterns, shapes, the volcano and lava appear. Light is very important, but color is the last thing he thinks about. The drawing comes first; it must be rendered well. And then he ran out of time. I really enjoyed watching him create and tell us how he does it.
Next was the Monster Committee. Targete, Ed Cox, Mike Conrad, and Stanley Morrison were the artists. Steve Parady, another artist, was the moderator. He timed them and made suggestions. Space alien and cave ogre were the suggested subjects. There were two big artists' boards--one for the SF drawing and one for the fantasy drawing. They started out by working in two minute increments and then switching to a different artist, but they ended up all drawing with colored markers--at the same time--two to a board. It was wonderful fun to see what they did to each other's work. They added a body and collar to the ogre (pit bull ogre as Targete described it.) Then heads and tails and a head on a tail, background, tattoo on the ogre by Targete, changed the planet in the background to a spaceship, added colors, skulls, and then blood and decapitated head by Targete (the two headed, two tailed alien began eating astronauts), hand hanging out of a mouth by Conrad, rider on the alien by Targete; he also added race stickers (STP, etc.), tie fighters, flies, and speeder--enhanced by Conrad--in background. Oh, they've added great color to the ogre's head while I was watching the alien--which is right in front of me. Another head is added to the alien drawing, also a foot. CRASH to the ogre drawing (tie fighter hits mountain; yes, the fantasy drawing; these guys are having fun). Mike Conrad has a great sense of humor, as do they all. Moderator suggests adding an ID tag to the ogre's collar; they add a name--Buttons. Look! Ick! They've added an eyeball hanging out of one of the alien's head's mouths. Conrad adds electric cord and plug to alien. They discuss marketing and joke as they work and add a little bathroom humor to the alien and the poor devil who has now appeared underneath it... Oh, then they put body parts on the alien's back; the rider is a collector. That was fun! (Both drawings, signed by all the artists, went to the charity auction.) When the art Show winners were announced, he took first and third in the fantasy category: 1: Circle at Center by Jean Pierre Targete 2: The Catalyst by Mike Conrad 3: World Fall by Jean Pierre Targete He is a bigger fan of SF and fantasy than he is an artist, and his heart still races when he sees the opening scene of the Star Destroyer in Star Wars. His work can be found at your local book store and on the web:
http://members.aol.com/jptargete/TARGETE.htm
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Science Fiction with Christian Themes Wanted
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Colonies Scifi Magazine Open to Submissions
Colonies Scifi magazine, a unique new concept in SF magazines, has worked to develop new stories into series which can be adapted for TV. Urgently needs short stories 1000 - 4000 words.
Guidelines: http://members.fortunecity.com/regentbooks/Colonies1.html Editor John Dunne e-mail submissions only. voyagemag@zyworld.com Please take the time to study the magazine carefully before submitting. Over the last year only one story has been accepted from somebody who had not read a copy. We have very strict guidelines because we have very specific aims. Colonies has already drawn the attention of TV and film producers in the States. Definitely NO Simultaneous Submissions.
NexusTeq Publications offers 40% Royalties
NexusTeq Publications (http://ebooks.nexusteq.com
) is an electronic, royalty paying publisher of quality
fiction and nonfiction. We offer 40% royalties, paid quarterly, on the retail
download price regardless of format.
At this time, we are actively
seeking novel-length manuscripts in the following genres: science fiction and
fantasy, mainstream, mystery, suspense, romance, women's fiction, horror,
nonfiction and short stories (collected works only). Currently, we do not accept
poetry, westerns, screenplays, children's books or erotica. We will not accept
gay/lesbian romances, excessive violence and hate. For a sample contract, please
visit our Web site.
Manuscripts must be completed. All materials must be
polished to the best of the author's ability. We do edit, but not to the point
where it ceases to resemble, in any form or fashion, the author's original
content. We do not accept works-in-progress or projects that are deemed unworthy
for public viewing. We will not accept material either with, or under
consideration by, another publisher. Failure to comply to this policy will
result in immediate rejection.
Our authors are dedicated to the craft of
writing. We are looking for unique storylines told from original perspectives;
authors who write from the heart. There is no story that hasn't already been
told. What differentiates a great author from a mediocre one is in the way the
story is told. The greatest authors can take that same story and put their own
unique stamp on it. The greatest authors write for themselves first, not their
public.
FICTION: Please query with short synopsis (two to four pages) in
the body of the e-mail, the first three chapters as an attachment in Microsoft
Word .RTF format only, legal name, pen name (if applicable), title, word and
page length, genre/sub genre, writing experience and contact information.
NONFICTION: Please query with brief description (two to four paragraphs)
in the body of the e-mail, legal name, pen name (if applicable), title, word and
page length, genre/sub genre, writing experience and contact information.
We will not accept Word Perfect, text or ASCII files. Any files other
than Microsoft Word .RTF format for Windows 95/98 will be returned unread. All
file attachments must be labeled with the author's last name. If possible,
please compress the file before you attach it to your e-mail.
If we are
interested in seeing more of your work, we will request the completed
manuscript. NexusTeq Publications does not give out cash advances. We do not
charge our authors fees of any kind.
Response times are as follows: Two
to three days for queries; two to three weeks for partials and six to eight
weeks for full manuscripts, depending on backlog. Upon request, send the entire
manuscript for editing in .RTF (Rich Text Format). Times New Roman 12-point is
the preferred font. Do not double space manuscripts. Italics are acceptable, but
please do not underline to indicate them.
E-mail (acquisitions@nexusteq.com
) submissions. This address is for submissions only.
Please e-mail (info@nexusteq.com
) all other comments and questions.
Nancy Rose,
Acquisitions Editor
NexusTeq Publications
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Twilight Times
Twilight Times
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Twilight Times Ezine is a digital journal of
speculative fiction that just celebrated its third anniversary of publishing.
Featured here are stories and poems that are sure to impress.
Video Vista Update
VideoVista #29 - online magazine, and monthly video/dvd review - August 2001 issue is now online at: ..videovista.net the new edition reviews: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The African Queen, Agent Red, Blood Feast, Bounce, Children of the Corn, Chocolat, The Claim, The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover, Coyote Ugly, Creepshow 2, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Dancer In The Dark, Devil's Prey, Dungeons and Dragons, Enemy at the Gates, The Family Man, Flowers in the Attic, Frivolous Lola, Gone In 60 Seconds, Gossip, Keeping the Faith, A Kind of Loving, Kotch, The Legend, Little City, The Lost World, Lust In The Dust, Maximum Overdrive, Miracles, Pelle The Conqueror, Proof of Life, Requiem For a Dream, Return of the Ultra Vixens, Ring 2, Romeo Must Die, Scary Movie, Sexy Beast, Shanghai Noon, Since You've Been Gone, The 6th Day, Slugs, State and Main, The Stuff, The Stuntwoman, Surfing Hollow Days, Traffic, The Unbelievable Truth, What Women Want, Working Girls, Zachariah. + in the TV vault: The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. + Top 10 Listing: The Big Roundup: Ten Best Westerns. + Reel People (filmmaker profile): John Dahl: Modern Noir Auteur. + competitions: The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Lake Placid, The Last Seduction, The Lost World, Once Upon a Time in China 2, Requiem For a Dream, The 39 Steps, Waking the Dead, plus the action pack - Commando, Marked For Death, Rapid Fire. Tony Lee editor VideoVista mailto:editor@videovista.net
Scary Poem Contest with Prizes
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New Print Magazine produced by D. F. Lewis
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The print magazine for name-droppers and nemonoids!
And remember, anybody who's not in the numinous nemonymous is a nobody! Or
should that be anybody who *is* in it is a nobody? In any event, anyone (or
nobody) who would like to be kept informed of progress and how to order a copy,
please contact the Editor at Nemonymity@excite.com
. Incidentally, please believe nobody who says anything
about Nemonymous; because those famous and not so famous writers who will have
stories accepted for Issue One are to be contracted to silence about it until
Issue Two; so they *may* say they have stories rejected by Nemonymous or not
submitted a story at all; mix and match the nemonomics between.
DF Lewis -
recipient of the British Fantasy Society Karl Edward Wagner Award 1998. Around
1300 different stories published in printed books and magazines from 1987. Five
consecutive years in YEAR'S BEST HORROR STORIES (Daw - USA). Stories in literary
journals such as STAND, ORBIS, IRON, PANURGE and LONDON MAGAZINE. In THE BEST
NEW HORROR Vols. One, Two & Eight. Several 'honourable mentions' in YEAR'S
BEST FANTASY AND HORROR. Many stories in professional book anthologies. He is
currently the Nemonymous Tsar. On June 13 2001, DF Lewis announced that he has
given up writing fiction and is only making solicited submissions of his
previous work.
There are no free gifts with Nemonymous - only free spirits.
And don't believe the rumours that Nemonymous is a pseudonym of Demonymous
or Dflish!
The guidelines below have now expired so please visit the
website for updates.
To order a copy, please contact the Editor at Nemonymity@excite.com .
Stories should be unpublished in any medium and be between 750 and 3500
words.
The issue in which the story is published will not include the author's
by-line. The story will simply be headed by its title and its contents should
give no clue as to the author.
It is envisaged that the directly subsequent issue will give the full
by-lines of the previous issue's contents.
By submitting a story, a writer fully accepts the repercussions of points 2
and 3, however they should manifest themselves. Copyright will return to author
after publication. Identity of the writer, it is hoped, will not be released
until publication of the by-lines in the subsequent issue or until the editor
agrees.
Payment will initially be £25 per story, whatever its length.
Submissions should be made by email to Nemonymity@excite.com
. In the body of the email - no attachments.
Reading dates for first issue: 15 April to 30 June 2001. Please firstly make
a brief query (during that period) before sending story, so that the editor can
confirm exactly when it should be sent for ease of receipt. Any story submitted
outside of these conditions will be deleted unread. Only one story to be
submitted by any one writer, unless invited to submit more.
If the writer wishes, he or she can remain anonymous to the editor by merely
attaching a code phrase to the submission. If accepted, the story's writer can
then come forward in his or her true guise and claim the story by quoting the
code phrase.
When submitting a story, the writer should take due account of the
editor/publisher's favourite writers; some of whom are (in alphabetical order):
Peter Ackroyd, Robert Aickman, Algernon Blackwood, Elizabeth Bowen, Anita
Brookner, Anthony Burgess, AS Byatt, Italo Calvino, Philip K Dick, Charles
Dickens, Lord Dunsany, John Fowles, Henry James, MR James, Stephen King, Thomas
Ligotti, HP Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Katherine Mansfield, Vladimir Nabokov,
Oliver Onions, Edgar Allan Poe, Christopher Priest, Salman Rushdie, Clark Ashton
Smith, Cordwainer Smith, John Updike, Jack Vance, Barbara
Vine.
Audubon Pays up to $3,000 per Article
AUDUBON - Editor, Audubon Society, 700 Broadway, NY NY 10003-9501. Bimonthly. Circ. 500,000. "The mission is to help its readers appreciate, understand, and preserve the natural world, with a particular focus on birds and wildlife and their habitats. We are looking for new voices and fresh ideas. Among the types of stories we seek: balanced reporting on environmental issues and events-especially those related to birds and wildlife and their habitats here in North America-and analyses of events, policies, and issues from a fresh point of view." 50-500 words (Field Notes), 1500-1700 words (A Sense of Place), 1200 words (Backyard), Birds (1000-1200 words), 1000-2000 words (True Nature, Journal), 300-2000 words (Profiles), 2000-4000 words (features); pays $100-3000, on acceptance for all rights. Query first with clips via mail only. Fax: (212)477-9069; [E-mail: writersqueries@audubon.org ; www.audubon.com ]. Response Time is three months.
Vestal Review Wants Flash Fiction
and offers 3 to 10 cents per word
Vestal Review, inaugurated in March of 2000, is a free, quarterly e-zine of
flash fiction. Our goal is to promote the flash fiction genre, which we define
as stories that bowl us over within the word limit.
Our 6th issue was
launched in July and can be found at ..vestalreview.net
. We accept short stories of 500 words or less, of all
genres, except children stories and syrupy romance, but prefer fiction with a
literary bend.
We are looking for three qualities in a submission: the
beauty of the language, storytelling skills and a plot.
We pay 3-10
cents/word for First Electronic Rights. We ask to sign a contract which could be
linked to from our submission page. Response time varies from a day to a month.
Sometimes we ask to hold the story, but that is not a guarantee of acceptance.
Please query if in doubt. We will reply within 48 hours (unless we are out of
town) if your subject line will start with the word "query."
Vestal
Review is Web del Sol's "Hot Link" and is listed in Litlinks. Our authors
include famous writers such as Mike Resnick and Liz Rosenberg. Other Vestal
Review writers have their stories published by Atlantic Unbound (Web edition of
Atlantic Monthly), Mississippi Review, Zoetrope ASE (Web edition of America
Zoetrope), Exquisite Corpse, Web Del Sol, Barcelona Review and many other
magazines.
Vestal Review nominates for the Pushcart Prize. We buy
anthology rights in case if we decide to publish a printed anthology. This is a
difficult venture, by no means guaranteed of success. We are negotiating with
agents now. If that fails, we'll try publishers directly.
DO: Make it
interesting. Make it fresh. Make it shine. Make every word count.
DON'T:
Have words you can live without. Rely on technique only. Have the plot as the
only driving force. Have no plots. Don't send vignettes. Above all, while we
love humor, we want stories, not jokes.
We accept e-mail submissions
only, pasted in the body of the text. Send submissions to editor@stny.rr.com and please follow our detailed submission guidelines (posted on our Web
page) if you don't want to jeopardize your chances for acceptance.
Mark
Budman, Editor
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Pleiades Wants Stories Under 800 Words
Pleiades accepts stories of 800 words minimum. Pay $10.00 or a subscription
plus one contributor's copy. Send cover letter and a 75-100 word bio (and SASE).
Simultaneous submissions okay.
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Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing Wants Novels
Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing is currently looking for science fiction and fantasy novels. We are looking for all types of science fiction and fantasy novels, although we particularly like stories with depth and insight; good writing; original ideas; interesting characters who have believable behaviors, motives, and relationships; believable dialog; strong plots; solid science; unique settings; well designed, innovative alien life forms and environments; richly detailed and original cultures.
The preferred length is 75,000 to 125,000 words, although we occasionally accept longer works. We work with new authors and established authors.
Please send us the following:
a query letter the first three chapters of your manuscript a synopsis, an outline of future volumes if it is a series a brief history of your writing credits a self-addressed envelope for our response and Canadian postage or International Reply Coupons
If you want your manuscript to be returned, include sufficient postage or International Reply Coupons. Manuscripts that aren't accepted or returned will be destroyed. Edge is not responsible for submissions lost in transit.
Submissions should be in standard manuscript format, typed in an easy to read font (e.g. courier), double spaced, on letter size white paper, with generous margins (e.g. 1 inch).
No electronic submissions, please. We will NOT open your e-mail attachments.
Also, do NOT mail submissions to us on a floppy disk.
Be sure to include your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, if you have one.
Send your submission to:
Jackie Arnold, Editor
EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing
P.O.
Box 1714,
Calgary, AB, T2P 2L7,
Canada.
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Paying Markets in the United Kingdom
PLEASE NOTE: Some of the magazines listed here do not accept submissions by e-mail even though their electronic addresses are listed here. Please visit each website for detailed guidelines before submitting).
Unhinged
has now evolved into an online magazine for 'discerning adults.' Guidelines: Fiction: under 3000 words. Payment: £5 per story. £2.50 for reprints. Full guidelines are online at: ..unhinged1.co.uk/guidelines.htmThis Way Up
is an online fantasy and horror magazine. Fiction wanted between 2000-6000 words. Payment is small at £3 per 1000 words. editor@wayup.co.ukCrimewave, TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Withcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB.
ttapress@aol.com Market: Crime fiction. ..tta-press.freewire.co.uk Payment: on acceptance.The Edge, 65 Guinness Buildings, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8BD
grahamevans@cwcom.net Market: Modern horror, fantasy, SF fiction, interviews etc. ..users.global.co.uk/~houghtong/edge/htm Payment: Negotiable.Interzone, 217 Preston Drive, Brighton BN1 6FL
interzone@cix.co.uk Market: SF and fantasy fiction. ..sfsite.com/interzone Payment: £30 per 1000 words.Kimota, 52 Cadley Causewqay, Fulwood, Preston Lancs PR2 3RX
editor@kimota.co.uk Market: SF, horror, fantasy fiction. ..kimota.co.uk Payment: £2 per 1000 words.Mslexia, 5 Charlotte Square, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4XF
postbag@mslexia.co.uk Market: Womens literature. Issues are themed. ..mslexia.co.uk Payment: £25 per poem or 1000 words.New Welsh Review, Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Cardiff, CF5 1QE
robin@nwrc.demon.co.uk Market: Articles, poetry and short fiction. Payment: £20 - articles, £50 fiction.The New Writer, PO Box 60, Cranbrook Kent, TN17 2ZR
thenewwriter@hotmail.com Market: Modern writing articles, interviews etc. ..tnwriter.free-online.co.uk Payment: £20 per 1000 words.Newswire, 14 Honour Avenue, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton, WV4 5HH
john@voyage99.freeserve.co.uk Market: Writing articles, info. Payment: £10 per 1000 words.Other Poetry, 29 Western Hill, Durham, DH1 4RL. Market: Poetry, reviews.
..otherpoetry.com Payment: £5 min. per poem.Poetry London, 1a Jewel Road, Walthamstow, London E17 4QU
editors@plondon.demon.co.uk Market: Poems. ..poetrylondon.co.uk Payment: £20 per poem.Poetry Now Magazine, Remus House, Coltsfoot Drive, Woodston, Peterborough PE2 9JX
poetrynow@forwardpress.co.uk Market: Themed poems. ..forwardpress.co.uk Payment: £5-£10.Poetry Wales, 38-40 Nolton Street, Bridgend CF31
pw@seren.force9.co.uk Market: Welsh poetry. ..seren-books.co.uk Payment: £25.QWF, PO Box 1768, Rugby, CV21 4ZA
jo@qwfmagazine.co.uk Market: New women writers - fiction. ..qwfmagazine.co.uk Payment: £10 per story.(But let the editor know that you want payment in cash because QWF normally pays foreign contributors in subscription, rather than sendign a check).
Sol Magazine, 24 Fowler Close, Sothchurch, Southend-on-Sea, Essex SS1 2RD
solmag@solpubs.freeserve.co.uk Market: Poetry ..solpubs.freeserve.co.uk Payment: £1 per published page.The Third Alternative, TTA Press, 5 Martins Lane, Withcham, Ely, Cambs CB6 2LB.
ttapress@aol.com Market: Faantasy fiction. ..tta-press.freewire.co.uk Payment: £20 per 1000 words.Voyage, 14 Honour Avenue, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton WV4 5HH
john@voyage99.freeserve.co.uk Market: stories, poems. Payment: £10 per 1000 words.Wanderlust, PO Box 1832, Windor SL4 1YT
info@wanderlust.co.uk Market: Travel, culture articles, features. ..wanderlust.co.uk Payment: £150 per 1000 words.The Zone, 13 Hazely Combe, Arreton Isle of Wight P030 3AJ
pigasus.press@virgin.net Market: science fiction. http://freespace.virgin.net/pigasus.press/index.htm Payment: £5.The Sun Pays $300 to $500 for non-genre Fiction
The Sun, A Magazine of Ideas, The Sun Publishing Company, 107 N. Roberson
St., Chapel Hill NC 27516. (919) 942-5282. Contact: Sy Safransky, editor.
90% freelance written. Monthly general interest magazine. "We are open to
all kinds of writing, though we favor work of a personal nature." Established:
1974. Circulation: 50,000. Pays on publication. Publishes ms an average of 6
months after acceptance. Byline given. Buys first or one-time rights. Responds
in 1 month to queries; 3 months to mss. Sample copy for $5. Send SASE for
writer's guidelines or see website.
NONFICTION: Book excerpts, essays, general interest, interview, opinion, personal experience, spiritual. Buys 36 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: 7,000 words maximum. Pays $300-1,000. "Complimentary subscription is given in addition to payment (applies to payment for all works, not just nonfiction)."
REPRINTS: Send photocopy of article or short story and information about when and where the article or story previously appeared. Pays 50% of amount paid for an original article or story.
PHOTOS: Send b&w photos with submission. Offers $50-200/photo. Model releases preferred. Buys one-time rights.
FICTION: Literary. "We avoid stereotypical genre pieces like sci-fi, romance, western and horror. Read an issue before submitting." Buys 30 mss/year. Send complete ms. Length: 7,000 words maximum. Pays $300-500 for original fiction.
* Ranked as one of the best markets for fiction writers in "Writer's Digest" magazine's last "Fiction 50."
POETRY: Free verse, prose poems, short and long poems. Buys 24 poems/year. Submit maximum 6 poems. Pays $50-200.
Orion and the Spiritual Connection with Nature
Orion is a quarterly magazine that explores the relationship between
people and nature, examines human communities and how they fit into the larger
natural community, and strives to renew our spiritual connection to the world.
It is a forum of many voices that, collectively, seek to create a philosophy
that guides our relationship with nature. Orion publishes literary
nonfiction, short stories, interviews, poetry, reviews, and visual images
related to this exploration.
Orion is meant as a lively, personal,
informative, and provocative dialogue. We look for compelling, reflective
writing that connects readers to important issues by heightening awareness of
the interconnections between humans and nature. We generally do not select
material that is academic or theoretical, nor do we material that is overly
journalistic or overly topical. Literary journalism is
welcome.
Orion is published by The Orion Society, a nonprofit
organization working for change in our ways of living with the natural world.
Distribution of Orion is national by membership to The Orion Society, and
by newsstand and bookstore sales. Readership is about 20,000.
Orion
Afield, a separate publication of The Orion Society, publishes stories and
profiles of organizations and individuals who are exploring creative new models
for effecting change through grassroots and community-building work. Guidelines
are available upon request.
Orion's Structure: Each issue of Orion is comprised of three
sections:
A Special Section that explores a topic from a variety of
perspectives--historical, scientific, artistic, spiritual, etc. Recent themes
include hunting, science, gardening, sense of place, rivers, cities, and
parenthood.
Features: An assortment of essays, stories, and
photoessays.
Departments: Arts and the Earth (ways in which the arts are
expressing and changing our thinking about nature); Profile (stories of
individuals working for a healthy world); Natural Excursions (encounters with
the natural world); Deep Green (our spiritual relationship with nature and how
it is being reestablished); and Poetry; Reviews; and Coda (an
endpaper).
Procedure for Submissions: Manuscripts should be double spaced and
accompanied by a SASE. Please be sure your name and a page number appear on each
page of your submission, and that we have your phone number. We consider
articles that have already received a very limited or regional audience.
Orion does not use footnotes. Proposals for manuscripts are considered
but rarely accepted; we prefer to choose from completed manuscripts.
We
do our best to make decisions on submissions within two months. Acceptance of a
manuscript, or the assignment of a commission, does not guarantee publication.
Editors and writers collaborate closely on all revisions and changes of accepted
manuscripts. Revisions or additions to articles accepted for publication must be
sent within two weeks after they are requested. Final copy is sent to authors
for approval.
Correspondence and queries via e-mail are welcome, but we
cannot accept electronic submissions of manuscripts.
Length:
Special section and feature articles run in the range of 1,500-5,000 words.
Departments are shorter, running in the range of 1,250-2,250 words.
Orion's endpaper is about 750 words in length. Submissions over 5,000
words may not be considered.
Poetry: We publish poems related to
the magazine's explorations. Decisions on poetry submissions are made by the
magazine's poetry editors. Please do not send more than eight poems per
submission.
Reviews: We accept queries for reviews, but cannot
consider unsolicited reviews.
Photographs: Guidelines for
contributors of visual materials are available on request.
Payment:
Ten cents per word for original special section, feature, and department
articles; $100 per poem or review. Payment is made upon publication.
Orion purchases first North American serial rights.
All Correspondence: The Editors, Orion, 195 Main Street,
Great Barrington, MA 01230. E-mail:
Science Fiction Weekly Pays on Acceptance
Science Fiction Bi-Weekly, 10580 N. McCarran Blvd., #115, 239, Reno, NV 89503. P(775)329-0637. Email
bencolwell@usa.net . Website ..scifibiweekly.com . Ben Colwell, Editor. 70% freelance. Publishes entertaining, literary short works of science fiction. "We only publish works that contain literary themes, or works that we feel contain important sociopolitical messages (although some pulp will be considered). Our feature articles deal with both the science fiction world and how the science fiction world relates and is relevant to the 'real' world around us. Most of our feature articles deal with issues such as the over-identification of this nation's people (SSNs, PINs, licenses) and things such as the television and the relevance of science fiction robots." Warmly welcomes "new talent." Circ. 1K. Biweekly. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms 1-2 issues after acceptance. Buys one-time rights. Accepts reprints. Usually responds same-day. Sample on request. "Usually writers that request a sample are potential contributors, and we like to speak with each one personally. Writers need simply to contact us." Subscription $9 for 6 issues (3 months); $18 for 12 issues (6 months); $25.50 for 24 issues (1 year). Guidelines by mail with SASE, email, and at website. CURRENT NEEDS: "We need well-written, entertaining literary works of science fiction. We publish short fiction of 1000-10000 words in length, although around 4000 words is preferable. If you have a well-written, entertaining work that is above or below these numbers, we will accept it also." Pays $0.01/word. Submit query or complete manuscript by mail with SASE. "Include a short author's biography with each submission - your current projects, your status as a writer, etc. Include a SASE if you want your manuscript returned." PHOTOS/ART: "Any artwork with a science fiction theme will be considered." Pays $5-25 for artwork each depending on quantity, quality and size of submission. "Payment varies from work to work." HINTS: "The most common and most annoying mistake that writers can make when approaching us is to assume that anything with a hovercar or a laser blaster in it is considered science fiction. Technical classifications aside, if your story does not 'feel' like science fiction, then we will not publish it. We are currently planning issues that adhere to the following themes: robots, identification numbers and brain implants, TV, our Solar System and stories with a twist theme involving Earth."Step-By-Step Pays $75 to $1000 for articles
Step-By-Step Graphics, 6000 N. Forest Park Dr., Peoria, IL 61614. Website ..dgusa.com/sbs . Emily Potts, Managing Editor. 75% freelance. "Step-By-Step Graphics provides graphic artists with the practical advice they need to enhance their current projects and further their careers. In our features, we follow some of the industry's hottest design and illustration projects, from concept to finish. In our departments, we serve as a resource for in-depth information on the products, technology, and creative services today's design professionals need to compete in this fast-changing field." Welcomes new writers if they are knowledgeable about graphic design and illustration. Circ. not provided. Bimonthly. Pays on acceptance. Period between acceptance and publication varies. Buys first rights. No reprints. Response time varies. Sample not available. Subscription $42. Guidelines not available. CURRENT NEEDS: "Writers who have a thorough understanding of the graphics profession." Pays $75-1000 for articles to 2000 words. Submit cover letter and writing samples by email or by mail with SASE. PHOTOS/ART: Does not buy freelance photography. HINTS: "We are only interested in writers who have a thorough understanding of the graphics profession."
Terra Incognita
Mr. Jan Berrien Berends, Editor
52 Windermere Ave. #3
Lansdowne,
PA 19050-1812
Accepts Story Lengths of: Up to 15000 words
Pay Rate: 1 to 2
cents per word
Issue Price: $5.00
Subscription Price: $15.00
From the Guidelines:
Must be set on present or future Earth. No
S&S, high Fantasy, Horror, alternative history, formula SF, or space
opera.
New Orleans Review
(Payment to Writers Unknown)
New Orleans Review accepts unsolicited submissions of original poetry, fiction, nonfiction, book reviews, and interviews year round. Send submission (complete, legible manuscript, brief cover letter, SASE) to New Orleans Review, Box 195, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA 70118.
Send three to five poems, or one story (up to 6,500 words) at a time only. Please. No previously published work. No multiple submissions. No electronic submissions. Simultaneous submissions OK if we're notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere. Average response time is two to four months.
We're looking for well-crafted, dynamic writing that demonstrates attention to the language, and a sense of the medium, writing that engages, surprises, moves us. We subscribe to the belief that in order to truly write well, one must master the rudiments: grammar and syntax, punctuation, diction, the sentence, the paragraph, the line, the stanza.
We receive about 3,000 manuscripts a year, and publish about 2% of them. Increase your chances of publication by researching the market. Check out a recent issue. Proofread your work. Send us your best. Be professional, be patient, be persistent.
The Gettysburg Review
(Payment to Writers Unknown)
Published quarterly, The Gettysburg Review considers submissions of essays, essay-reviews, fiction, poetry, and full-color graphics. Submissions read September through May. The main criterion for selection is quality. Past contributors include Rita Dove, Donald Hall, Joyce Carol Oates, E. L. Doctorow, Philip Levine, William Matthews, and many others, both newly and previously published.
The best way to determine what might be accepted by The Gettysburg Review is to read what has already been published. Samples of the Review are available at $7 each; one-year (4 issues) for $24. We strongly encourage all potential contributors to read several issues before submitting.
In the genre of poetry, both short and long poems are of interest, including longer narrative poems. Fiction is generally in the form of short stories, although lengthier pieces are sometimes accepted and serialized, and excerpts from novels have been published. Essays can address any subject, as long as that subject is treated gracefully and in depth.
All manuscripts should be typed, double-spaced. Artists interested in having work considered should submit a selection of slides with a cover letter. No manuscripts or artwork can be returned, nor any query answered unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. The editors are now considering simultaneously submitted material. Authors should indicate in their cover letters whether manuscripts are under concurrent consideration elsewhere. The Gettysburg Review accepts no responsibility for unsolicited submissions and will not enter into correspondence about their loss or delay. The average response time is four months.
Direct manuscripts to:
Peter Stitt, Editor
The Gettysburg Review
Gettysburg
College
Gettysburg, PA 17325-1491
The Gettysburg Review does not accept submissions via e-mail.
Altrair Speculative Fiction Magazine (Australia)P.O. Box 475, Blackwood, South Australia 5051, Australia. F(61)8-8278-5585.
E-mail altair@senet.com.au . NO E-MAIL SUBMISSIONS.
Website ..ozemail.com.au/~robsteph/altair.htm . Robert Stephenson, Editor/Owner.
60% freelance. International publication of short fiction from around the world
with articles from leading lights in the field. Works with new writers. Biannual
in 1998, quarterly in 1999. Pays on acceptance. Publishes ms. in issue scheduled
after acceptance. Buys first World rights. No reprints. Responds 4-6 weeks.
Sample $10 after February, 1998. Subscription $20/two years. Guidelines at
website, or by mail with SASE. NEEDS: Good stories that are more than just
ideas. Stories in the genres of SF&F with strong character driven story
lines. Pays $ 0.03/word for 2,000-6,500 words. 2,000 word minimum. Submit
complete ms. with name, story title, word count and address details on front
page. Include SASE (or international reply coupon) if a reply is required. "No
queries please. No e-mail submissions." PHOTOS/ART: No
Book Publishers
(NOTE: Because I have never submitted my work to a book publisher, I cannot recommend the following markets. It's up to you to approach each book publisher about their procedures for submissions and their contracts for payment. - Cathy)
Ace Books
375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014,
USA.
Editor: Susan
Allison.
Required: SF
and fantasy. Send initial three chapters and an outline.
Response promised: 3 months
Avon/Eos Books
10 East 53rd Street, New York NY 10020,
USA.
Editor:
Jennifer Brehl.
Required: Fantasy and SF novel-length books from one of the major US publishers.
Send a query letter first. No unsolicited manuscripts.
Response promised: 2 months.
Crowsnest Books
6 The Grange, Grange Road, Chiswick, London
W4-4DE, UK.
Editor:
Geoff Willmetts
Required: Large science fiction and fantasy publisher
that has a major internet presence with strong sales through the like of Barnes
and Noble.com, Powells and the other web book-stores. Send 3 sample chapters and
a detailed outline.
Response
promised: 2 months.
Gollancz/Millennium (Orion)
Orion House, 5 Upper St. Martin's
Lane, WC2H-9EA, UK.
Editor: Simon Spanton
Required: Fantasy and SF novel-length fiction. Send
an outline and a couple of sample chapters.
Response promised: 3 months.
Harpercollins (Voyager)
77-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith,
London W6 8JB, UK.
Editor: Jane Johnson.
Required: Fantasy and SF novel-length fiction. Send
an outline and a couple of sample chapters.
Response promised: 2 months.
Headline Book Publishing
338 Euston Road, London NWI-3BH,
UK.
Editor: Doug
Young.
Required:
Fantasy and horror novel-length fiction. Send an outline and a couple of sample
chapters.
Response promised: 1 month.
Little Brown & Company (Orbit, Legend)
Brettenham House,
Lancaster Place, London WC2E 7EN, UK.
Editor: Tim Holman.
Required: SF and fantasy novel-length fiction. Send
outline and first three chapters.
Response
promised: 3 months.
Simon & Schuster
Africa House, 64-78 Kingsway, London
WC2B-6AH, UK.
Editor: John Jarrold.
Required: SF and fantasy novel-length fiction. Send
outline and first three chapters. Earthlight is their genre
imprint.
Response promised: 2 months.
Tor Books
175 Fifth Ave, New York NY 10010,
USA.
Required: SF
and fantasy novel-length fiction. No manuscripts, just an outline and three
sample chapters.
Response
promised: 3 months.
This Way Up Pays in English Pounds for Speculative Fiction
This Way Up is an online magazine of speculative fiction. By speculative fiction we mean science fiction, fantasy and horror, but to begin with we'll be giving preference to science fiction. This Way Up will be published approximately every four months. Each issue will contain about six short stories and one or two non-fiction articles, with perhaps a review, readers' letters (when we get any!) and an editorial.
What we want -- fiction:
We're looking for strong stories (maximum 6,000 words) of engaging characters in unusual situations. The genre has often been described as escapist, and that's what we're after -- new worlds, new things, new people. We want our readers to be enthralled by the possibilities that our stories offer. We'd like our readers to be puzzled, surprised, uplifted. But we don't want them to be confused to the extent that at the end of the story they say, "So what?" or worse, "Huh?"
You may be saying to yourself, "That's not much help." So be it. TWU is a new magazine and will evolve as it grows. These guidelines will change as well (check the website for the latest guidelines, at ..wayup.co.uk ).
Send your best stories, and we'll see if they fit.
What we want -- non-fiction:
We'd like to receive ideas for non-fiction articles -- anything concerning the field of written speculative fiction -- up to 2000 words. Please send a query giving details of your proposal, together with clips (or URLs) and a short (four line) bio.
What we don't want:
No poetry.
No reprints (your submission to us should not have been previously published, either in print or online -- that includes your own web page).
No simultaneous submissions (your submission to us should not be under consideration by another publication, either print or online).
No multiple submissions (send us only one story at a time, and wait for our response before sending another).
No artwork at this time, but this may change. Any updates to these non-requirements will appear on the TWU web site (..wayup.co.uk ).
Something else we don't want is adult content. As a general principle we're against censorship where adults are concerned, but This Way Up will be accessible on the net from anywhere, by anyone, and that includes children. So, no explicit sex or gratuitous violence in submissions, and no foul language (that includes the f-word).
Payment:
This Way Up will purchase First World-Wide English Language Electronic Rights, for a period of eight months (four months in the current issue, followed by four months in the TWU archive), after which the submission will be taken off-line, and rights will revert to the author. Payment will be £3.00 per 1000 words (minimum payment £3.00) for both fiction and non-fiction. Payment will be by sterling cheque, payable on publication. By arrangement with authors outside the UK, payment may be in the form of British postage stamps.
Response time:
We try to comment on all submissions within 20 days of receipt, although postal responses can take longer. If we're overwhelmed with submissions, we may have to resort to a tick-the-box form-letter, and response times may increase. We use an online Submission Log for fiction submissions, so that potential contributors can check the status of their manuscripts without emailing a specific enquiry.
Summary:
Fiction 1000 to 6000 words.
Non-fiction to 2000 words; query first.
No reprints, no multiple submissions and no simultaneous submissions.
No adult content.
Paper submissions should be in standard manuscript format (typed, one side of the paper, double line spacing, generous margins, name and address and word-count on first page, subsequent pages numbered and with name and title header on each page).
All submissions must be accompanied by means-of-contact (self-addressed stamped envelope for manuscript or for reply only, or an email address). Overseas submissions should be marked as disposable and come with a self-addressed envelope and two international reply coupons, or US$2.00 cash, or an email address. Any manuscripts without means-of-contact will be disposed of unread.
Send fiction submissions, and non-fiction queries, by post to:
This Way Up
Willowsoft Communications
PO Box
243
PORTSMOUTH
PO6 1EB
United Kingdom
We accept email submissions and queries.
Email submissions should preferably be in plain text or ASCII format, pasted into the body of an email message, with italics indicated using underscores (like _this_), and a blank line between paragraphs. Word-processor files, in a format readable by Microsoft Word 7, can be sent as attachments. We'd prefer attachments to be in Rich Text Format, as this can be read by most word-processors.
Receipt of email submissions will be acknowledged by email, but if the return email address is invalid the submission will remain unread. If you do not receive an acknowledgement of your email submission within two weeks, please email a brief reminder, giving the title of your manuscript, and a valid "Reply-To:" email address.
Send email submissions and queries to: editor@wayup.co.uk
Previously Published Science Fiction/Fantasy Short Stories and Poetry Wanted for Best of the Rest 3
Best of the Rest 3 (
The Silver Web, a Magazine of the Surreal
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Last week I read "the other secret house," the very first collection of poems by s.c. virtes (illustrated wonderfully by Rod Bass with an awesome cover designed by the poet).
Listen up genre poetry lovers. This is a must-have item. It's the most interesting and unique poetry collection I've read in years. I absolutely loved it and you will too. From the introduction to the very last poem, it's entertaining, a little spooky, and ever so fascinating. Fascinating because it gives you insight into the mind workings of s.c. virtes, not just how he thinks but how he is able to sift through the creative workings of his own philosophies to bring you thrills and chills you won't soon forget. His ideas for this collection are truly exciting.
What does he write about? All sorts of things based on his childhood belief that everything in the world has feelings, including objects. In this case, it's objects you can find around the house. Everything from an alarm clock to a cigarette butt, from socks to rotting vegetables in the refrigerator.
The collection has continuity and purpose, and a whole lot of soul. Run, don't walk, to your secret stash and haul out five bucks to buy this baby currently available from Lockout Press, Four-Sep Publications, P.O. Box 12434, Milwaukee, Wisonsin 53212 (
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Your comments and your contributions to "Expressions" are always appreciated and sometimes I give prizes for the best submissions. Special thanks to those who contributed to this issue and are planning to contribute to the next. If you have something to say or something to share, or you'd like to send an entry to the contest for Best Submission to Expressions, please send it in the body of an email to:
cathyartist@hotmail.comREVIEWS:
Although I cannot promise to have it done by a specific date, if you'd like your novel, poetry chapbook, short story collection or magazine reviewed in "Expressions," please send a copy (along with the information on how to order copies) to:
Cathy Buburuz
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