tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477080206627137109.post961341379006893552..comments2024-03-09T14:13:14.671+00:00Comments on News & Press from The Future Fire: We See a Different Frontier: Call for submissionsDjibrilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06382333338207409292noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477080206627137109.post-57185925039266679712012-11-22T21:29:10.619+00:002012-11-22T21:29:10.619+00:00@Anonymous: we're almost done with the first r...@Anonymous: we're almost done with the first read-through of all submissions, so most people will hear soon (early December, I'd say). We then just have to fight over the shortlist, but I hope we'll have a final decision on the contents before the end of the year. Thanks for your patience!Djibrilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382333338207409292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477080206627137109.post-32783278132316123332012-11-13T20:59:57.515+00:002012-11-13T20:59:57.515+00:00Any sense of when those who submitted might hear s...Any sense of when those who submitted might hear something?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477080206627137109.post-16379426706560944752012-09-09T21:14:55.977+01:002012-09-09T21:14:55.977+01:00Edited to extend closing date to October 31st, 201...Edited to extend closing date to <b>October 31st, 2012</b>. Keep the stories coming in!Djibrilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382333338207409292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477080206627137109.post-74453268319795359062012-08-23T00:04:13.488+01:002012-08-23T00:04:13.488+01:00Sara: no, you don't need to anonymize submissi...Sara: no, you don't need to anonymize submissions for this anthology. Just send the manuscript in standard format, and we'll do what needs to be done. Thanks for asking.Djibrilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382333338207409292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477080206627137109.post-55556860261678387442012-08-19T19:21:30.699+01:002012-08-19T19:21:30.699+01:00Hello:
Just a quick question. When submitting, sh...Hello:<br /><br />Just a quick question. When submitting, should we include our name on the story, or just in the cover letter? I know that the regular Future Fire submissions need to be anonymous, but I didn't see anything one way or another here. <br /><br />Thanks much.Saranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477080206627137109.post-73182628060575322622012-08-03T19:26:13.141+01:002012-08-03T19:26:13.141+01:00@Sara: apologies for not spotting this comment soo...@Sara: apologies for not spotting this comment sooner (it was in the spam trap awaiting moderation).<br /><br />It's hard to give an estimate on response times for the anthology, because what we'll do is read stories in several rounds. So if a story is being considered for inclusion it will be kept for longer, and some stories may be kept right up until the end of the reading period in September and still not quite make the final line-up. But we will try to keep you posted if your piece is kept for a second-round reading.Djibrilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382333338207409292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477080206627137109.post-3676653357562024512012-07-01T01:16:54.604+01:002012-07-01T01:16:54.604+01:00Hello:
This sounds like an excellent project. Muc...Hello:<br /><br />This sounds like an excellent project. Much needed. Do you have an estimate on response times to submissions?<br /><br />Thanks!Saranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477080206627137109.post-52470347545808063792012-06-28T00:22:27.704+01:002012-06-28T00:22:27.704+01:00@Steven: We're less concerned with the narrati...@Steven: We're less concerned with the narrative POV of the story itself, than we are with the cultural perspective it brings to the question of colonialism. We want stories that tell us about colonialism from the perspective of the colonized, informed by understanding or experience of real world colonialism and all the facets of life that are affected by historical colonialism. Using aliens to stand in for colonized humans is probably not the best way to do that (partly because it may lead to simplification and stereotyping, not to mention exoticization of the colonial experience), but if you have a story that you think fits the call, then feel free to send it and we'll see if it works for us.Djibrilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382333338207409292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477080206627137109.post-68231138253039538442012-06-17T11:42:56.748+01:002012-06-17T11:42:56.748+01:00Quick point of clarification: You want SF stories ...Quick point of clarification: You want SF stories from the point of view of the non-Anglo/non-Earth entities involved in the story?Stevenhttp://stevengepp.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com