Speculative Fiction: Call for entries

from:
http://deanalfar.blogspot.com/2005/06/speculative-fiction-antho.html

speculative fiction antho
Monday, June 20, 2005
Open Call for Filipino Speculative Fiction Anthology

I am in the process of putting together an anthology of original
Filipino Speculative Fiction and am now open for the submission of
short speculative fiction pieces for consideration. The anthology is
slated for publication on this coming December/January, and will be
published by Kestrel Studios, the publishing arm of my company.

My definition of “speculative fiction” is very broad, embracing
everything from fantasy to science fiction, magic realism and
interstitial/slipstream.

All the stories must be written by Filipinos (or those of Philippine
ancestry), veer away from tried and true formula stories (no retelling
of bruised Filipino legends unless you tell it really well), be written
for an adult sensibility, be written in English, and celebrate the
“sense of wonder”. What this means is no social realist texts,
certainly none about an impoverished boy on the back of a carabao
thinking about harsh social injustice – unless you write in that
scenario in a way that works given our parameters.

Preference will be given to original unpublished stories, but
previously published stories (no earlier than January 2004) will also
be considered. In the case of previously published material, kindly
include the title of the publishing entity and the publication date.

First time authors are most welcome to submit, as I’m looking for a
final mix of published and unpublished authors.

Each author may submit only one story for consideration. Make sure that
it’s really yours.

The word length of each story must be from 3,500 to 5,000 words.

All submissions must be in Plain Text format (.txt – save the document
as .txt on your word processor) and attached to an email to this
address: dean@kestrelimc.com. Submissions received in any other format
will be deleted, unread.

The subject of your email must read: spec fic submission: (title) (word
count), where (title) is replaced by the title of your short story,
without the parentheses, and (word count) is the word count of your
story, without the parentheses. For example, spec fic submission: the
final fandango 3500

All submissions must be accompanied by a cover letter that includes
your name, contact information, previous work (if any).

Deadline for submissions is August 15, 2005. After that date, final
choices will be made and letters of acceptance or regret sent out via
email.

Compensation for selected stories will be 2 contributor’s copies of the
published anthology.

/Dean Francis Alfar, editor