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A gathering of some of the notices that have come my way lately: 2010 Bristol Short Story PrizeStories up to 3,000 words, entry fee £7 and the deadline is March 31st. RealDeal Theatre’s Sitcom SaturdayRealDeal are looking for 15 minute sitcom scripts. The entry window is March. ProleThis is a new literary magazine looking for…
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The day job is going well but naturally a lot of my headspace is being used for learning about the job. Fortunately it’s not completely new and I’m looking forward to being able to write in the evenings once I get to grips with it. I plan to blog at lunchtimes. Currently I’m reviewing Crossed…
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Crossed Genres is a new online magazine that specialises in scifi/fantasy stories that have elements of another genre. Issue 2 has four dystopian scifi/fantasy stories. Of the four, Nesting Instinct is the best. It may be a result of the dystopian theme but I found the stories hard work. Too much telling, too much description…
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In the course of wandering around in the internet, I stumbled across an ezine called Space Westerns. It publishes weekly and pays money. They are looking for stories, radio plays, artwork, comics, film, poetry and reviews. Have a look at the submission guidelines.
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Strange Horizons is an online magazine considered a professional market and paying reasonable rates. They publish weekly in bite size pieces. I’m sure this isn’t news to a lot of people, but I just found out about them so I thought I’d mention it.
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The kind and generous editors are playing a mini slush pile game. Entries are posted on the blog with comments – and so far, it’s been highly constructive advice. Read ElectricSpec. Read the ElectricSpec Editors blog.
Boudica Marginalia 