Archive for June, 2005

SLF Newsletter                          No.17                             June 2005
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In this issue:
Travel Grant Applications Open
New Membership Coordinator
Website Additions
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* Travel grant:

The 2005 Travel Grant is now open for applications.
SLF travel grants are awarded to assist writers
(speculative fiction, poetry, drama, creative
nonfiction) in their research. They are not currently
available for academic research. We are currently
offering one $600 travel grant, to be used to cover
airfare, lodging, and/or other travel expenses.
Details of where to apply can be found at
http://www.speculativeliterature.org/Awards/SLFTravelG
rant.php
The closing period for the 2005 grant is September 30th
2005. The winner will be notified by October 15th
2005.

* New Membership Coordinator:

Deborah Biancotti, who has been an active member of
our Management and Web Content committees for some
time, has volunteered to take on the additional duties
of SLF Membership Coordinator. Queries and changes in
your membership information may be sent to her at:
membership@speculativeliterature.org.

* Website Additions:

NEW HEADING!
Resources/Academics/Audio-Visual:
Seeing Ear Theater: http://www.scifi.com/set
Multi-media audio plays. Contact Brian Jones at
set@www.scifi.com

Resources/Editors/General:

Publisher’s Lunch: http://www.caderbooks.com/
A free email newsletter for professionals in the
publishing industry. “Publishers Lunch is the
industry’s “daily essential read,” now shared with
well over 24,000 publishing people every day. Each
report gathers together stories from all over the web
and print of interest to the professional trade book
community, along with original reporting, plus a
little perspective and the occasional wisecrack added
in.”

Resources/Writers/Publishers:

Eggplant Literary Productions:
http://www.eggplant-productions.com/
Raechel Henderson Moon, PO Box 2248, Schiller Park,IL
60176. Email: eggplant@eggplant_productions.com

LUNA Books:
http://www.eharlequin.com/cms/learntowrite/ltwArticle.
jhtml?pageID=030317wu01001
Mary-Theresa Hussey, Executive Editor, LUNA Books, 233
Broadway, Ste. 1001, New York, NY 10279. Tel: 212-553-
4200. Division of Harlequin. Romance novels with
SF/F/H element.

Resources/Writers/Writer Info / Discussion Areas

Gotta Write NETWORK: http://www.gottawritenetwork.com/
A promotional website for writers, includes author
interviews and book reviews.

Resources/Readers/Magazines:

Book of Dark Wisdom: www.darkwisdom.com
William Jones, Editor, Elder Signs Press, PO Box 389,
Lake Orion, MI 48361-0389. Lovecraftian dark
fiction/poetry/art. Fiction: 5000 words or less; query
for longer work; flash and short shorts OK; payment:
1c-5c/wd, min. $5. Poetry: 150 wds. max.; $5/poem.
Art: color cover art; B&W line art, photographs,
grayscale for interior art; $75 for cover, $5-15 for
interior. Submit in JPG or TIFF (preferred). Send mail
submissions to address above; electronic submissions
in Word or RTF to submissions@darkwisdom.com.

Boy’s Life Magazine: http://www.boyslife.org/
Fiction Editor, 1325 West Walnut Hill Lane, PO Box
152079, Irving, TX 75015-2079. Tel: 972-580-2366.
SF/Mys/Adv/Humor that appeals to 12 year old boys.
Published by Boy Scouts of America. Fiction: 1000-1500
wds; $750 and up.

Dark Animus: http://www.darkanimus.com/
James R. Cain, Editor. “Dark, gritty, pulp fiction,
SF/H/F/Weird – other.” Submissions by email only to
skullmnky@hotmail.com, with “submission” in subject
line. Fiction: 8000 wds max., 2000-4000 preferred; RTF
format; as of #8, Pyament will be ¼ c/wd AU plus
contributer’s copy. Poetry: 30 lines max; “dark,
gritty, literary poems that stir the emotions;” submit
in body of e-mail to poetry@darkanimus.com. Seeks to
promote the work of Australian authors.

Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature:
http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~geoffm/sf/sf.shtml
Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine edited
by Van Ikin and published since 1977.