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Speculative Literature Foundation Newsletter - No. 10

In this issue:
ISFIC Donation
Website additions
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* ISFIC Donation for Older Writers' Grant

We're delighted to note that ISFIC (Illinois Science Fiction In Chicago) has given us $500 towards an Older Writers' Grant; we plan to raise another $250 in general funds next year, so that we may offer two Older Writers' Grants of $750 each in 2005.

* Website Additions:

READERS
RICH HORTON'S MARKET SUMMARIES
2004 summaries coming soon!

ACADEMICS
COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY
American Association for Artificial Intelligence: http://www.aaai.org/AITopics/html/scifi.html
Articles and suggestions for teaching AI using science fiction texts.

ASSOCIATIONS / CONFERENCES
The Science Fiction Foundation:
http://www.sf-foundation.org/index.html
"Semi-autonomous association of writers, academics, critics and others with an active interest in science fiction." Publishes the journal Foundation: The International Review of Science Fiction.

JOURNALS
The Internet Review of Science Fiction: http://www.irosf.com/
Founded January, 2004. "A forum for the serious exploration of the literature of the fantastic," IROSF publishes articles, essays, interviews, reviews, and criticism."

RESEARCH MATERIALS
The SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages: http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/
"A portal to the realm of fairy tale and folklore studies featuring 27 annotated fairy tales, including their histories, similar tales across cultures, and over 1,000 illustrations." SurLaLune also runs an active discussion board.

WRITERS
MARKET LISTINGS
Quintamid Market Listing: http://www.quintamid.com/
The intended purpose of this site is to serve as a "collection of related applications, services, and sites of interest to all those active in the so-called 'Speculative Fiction' genres -- Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror." To date this includes a market listing for writers, but additional features are expected.

PUBLISHERS
Gothic Press: www.gothicpress.com
Gary Crawford, Editor, 1701 Lobdell Ave., No. 32, Baton Rouge, LA 70806. Tel: 225-925-2917; Email: gothicpt12@aol.com. Poetry, fiction, criticism, long-poems. Horror, gothic, or dark fantasy. Avg. press run: 300.

Gryphon Books:
Gary Lovisi, Editor, PO Box 209, Brooklyn, NY 11228-0209.Publishes "numerous books on a variety of subjects dealing with paperback collecting, pulp magazines, detective fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, Sherlock Holmes—in fiction and non-fiction." No unsolicited mss—send only query letters describing project.

Kayleighbug Books/Scrybe Press: http://www.scrybepress.com
General Email: info@kayleighbug.com. Nathan Barker, Editor; editor@scrybepress.com. Publishers of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror. No poetry. Both standard print format and e-books. Usual print run: ~1000 copies. Best length, 10-20k wds, but will consider up to 150k. Unsolicited mss only from professionals; others query with synopsis.

Ocean View Books:
Lee Ballentine, Editor, Jennifer MacGregor, Editor, PO Box 9249, Denver, CO 80209. Email: inquiries@probook.net.
Poetry, criticism, long-poems. "…we tend to publish new surrealist, innovative, and speculative poetry and criticism and their fellow travelers. Original material only." No unsolicited mss, but open to queries. Avg. press run: 600.

ROC Books [Imprint of New American Library/Penguin (USA)]: http://www.sff.net/people/lauraanne.gilman/Roc_Books.htm
Jennifer Heddle, Editor. E-mail: roc@us.penguingroup.com

Small Beer Press: http://www.lcrw.net/press.htm
Gavin J. Grant, Small Beer Press, 176 Prospect Avenue, Northampton, MA 01060. Tel: 413-584-7021; Email: info@lcrw.net. Small press, in addition to novels, chapbooks and short story collections, SBP also publishes Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. Currently not accepting unsolicited novel and short story collection mss.