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Realms of Fantasy is NOT closing; sold to Tir Na Nog Press
SFScope —
Tir Na Nog Press just purchased Realms of Fantasy from Sovereign Media, and already has a brief web site available at realmsoffantasymag.com (they're planning to have a much more elaborate web site soon). Publisher Warren Lapine feels it's much more important to get things running quickly—since the deal just happened—rather than spend more time behind the scenes. Lapine said, "This is a win-win for everyone. I think Sovereign Media is really happy to be able to leave the magazine to the field, and I'm really happy to keep such an important magazine publishing." He continued, ...
SF Tidbits for 3/11/09
SF Signal —
... Realms of Fantasy is now undead! Warren Lapine and Tir Na Nog Press have purchased fiction magazine Realms of Fantasy from Sovereign Media. [via ...
New Realms of Fantasy art guidelines, and a promotion
SFScope —
Realms of Fantasy 's Assistant Editor Douglas Cohen will be retaining that job under the magazine's new ownership, but he's also been promoted to Nonfiction Editor and Art Director. Under that latter title, he's issued new art submission guidelines. One of the biggest changes he and the magazine will be instituting with art is that covers will now be chosen from commissioned interior art, rather than purchased as separate covers. Realms will be paying $450 for interior art, with a $200 bonus for the piece chosen for the cover. For full details on submitting art to the ...
Sunday Roundup (3/8/09 to 3/14/09)
Apex Book Company —
... Realms of Fantasy has been saved! Tir Na Nog Press recently announced that they are buying the magazine. They will start publishing a full-color magazine in May. Stay tuned for more information. ...
March 17, 2009 Links and Plugs
Bibliophile Stalker —
Woke up at 1:30 am... Interviews Richard Dansky interviews Sande Chen. The Fix, errr, Marshall Payne interviews Quentin S. Crisp. Jewcy interviews Daphne Gottlieb. John Joseph Adams at Subterranean interviews Jim Butcher. Conversational Reading interviews Brian Evenson. Advice/Articles Matt Staggs on A Call for Geek Militancy. Jeff Vandermeer: Do You Have Writing Questions? Ask the VanderMarmot. You get answers like Stump the Marmot: Writing Answers (Part ...
Advertising Director Jeff Kight staying with Realms of Fantasy
SFScope —
New owner Warren Lapine seems committed to keeping Realms of Fantasy as much like it was as possible. His newest announcement is that Jeff Kight will continue with his role. Kight has been the Advertising Director for former publisher Sovereign Media for four years, responsible for all the ads in Realms , Sci Fi Magazine , Otaku USA , World War II History , and Military Heritage . Sovereign is not forcing him out, but Kight told SFScope that "it's a good time to start out on my own, and Realms is a great magazine to start with."the time is right for him to start his ...
First purchases for Realms of Fantasy under new owner
SFScope —
Douglas Cohen, who now sports the titles of Art Director and Nonfiction Editor at the newly reborn Realms of Fantasy , writes to tell us of the first fiction purchases under the new ownership. He emphasizes "we're not yet open to submissions (all these purchases were stories caught in limbo when the magazine was first shut down)." He also notes, for authors still waiting to hear about their submissions, that there are still more stories received before the magazine was closed which are awaiting Editor Shawna McCarthy's reading and decision. The newly purchased stories are: "In ...
Douglas Cohen joins Fantastic Books as a freelance acquisitions editor
SFScope —
Warren Lapine has taken on a yet another acquiring editor for his POD line of sf/f/h titles called Fantastic Books: Douglas Cohen . Cohen wears several editorial hats at Realms of Fantasy magazine (which Lapine's Tir Na Nog Press recently brought back from the dead); but this new position is in addition to that work. Cohen writes: "I expect to start actively looking for authors and books this Monday, but I am accepting submissions as of now. For those unfamiliar with my tastes, I am open to and enjoy all sorts of fantasy, but definitely have preferences for pieces set in secondary worlds and/or ...
Publications Received: July 2009
SFScope —
This page is updated throughout the month as publications are received. [image] Asimov's Science Fiction #404 (September 2009). Science fiction and fantasy magazine. Edited by Sheila Williams (112 pages). Published ten times per year by Dell Magazines, 6 Prowitt Street, Norwalk, CT 06855 USA. asimovs.com ...
Open Link Thread
Jim C. Hines —
... Jedi. (I copied the thumbnail over, but you’ll probably need a Facebook account to see the details.)
The NCADV/Mermaid’s Madness auction is up to $105, which means in addition to the Mermaid ARC, the winner will also receive another of my books. (Winner’s choice.)
Tempest challenges a long-standing and frustrating trend at Realms of Fantasy. (Alternate title: Tempest demands more man-butt.) Add my voice to those who are tired of the boob/cleavage emphasis. Realms is a good ‘zine and deserves better. ...
Realms of Fantasy offering free advertising for small-press magazines
SFScope —
[image] Warren Lapine, the new publisher of Realms of Fantasy , has decided that publishing the magazine brings with it other obligations. To that end, he writes: For the last fifteen years Realms of Fantasy hasn't really been part of the science fiction/fantasy community. Now that I'm the publisher of the magazine that is changing. However, I'd like to do more than just bring it into the community. I'd like to use it to help promote community. I think [Art Director and Nonfiction Editor] Doug [Cohen] and my blogs do some of that. But I'd like to do more. I'd like to offer small press and semi pro sf/f/h ...
Magazine Review: Realms of Fantasy August 2009
Grasping for the Wind —
# Format: Magazine
# Publisher: Tir Na Nog Press
# ASIN: B00006KUMO
Realms of Fantasy, now under new management from Tir Na Nog Press, has released its first issue in the month of August. I received a copy for review from Tir Na Nog as part of a promotion effort, and what follows is my take on the magazine under its new management.
First off, there is not enough fiction; there are only four stories, one of which is two pages, of which only one is text. I ...
Flower Fairies
Kristine Kathryn Rusch —
My story, “Flower Fairies,” has just appeared in the new issue of Realms of Fantasy. If you haven’t seen Realms in its new incarnation, you should take a look. Lovely as ever, but with more readable type. You can order copies here or find them on your newsstand.
Realms of Fantasy's December 2009 content
SFScope —
[image] Assistant Editor/Nonfiction Editor/Art Director Douglas Cohen has announced the contents of the December 2009 issue of Realms of Fantasy , the third under Tir Na Nog's aegis. Fiction in this issue will include: "A Road Once Traveled" by Richard Parks (illustrated by Tiffany Prothero) "Felicity's Engine" by Sharon Mock (illustrated by Dave Leri) "Stories of the Sand" by Dirk Strasser (illustrated by Carol Heyer) "In Time of Despair and Great Darkness" by Ken Scholes (illustrated by David Michael Beck) "Narrative of a Beast's Life" by Cat Rambo (illustrated by Alan M. Clark) Cohen also notes that this issue ...
Publications Received: September 2009
SFScope —
This page is updated throughout the month as publications are received. Asimov's Science Fiction #405 and 406 (October/November 2009). Science fiction and fantasy magazine. Edited by Sheila Williams (192 pages). Published ten times per year by Dell Magazines, 6 Prowitt Street, Norwalk, CT 06855 USA. asimovs.com ...
Cost of a Realms of Fantasy subscription will be going up
SFScope —
Assistant Editor/Nonfiction Editor/Art Director Douglas Cohen writes to alert potential and current subscribers to an impending price increase at Realms of Fantasy . To wit, he writes that under the new management, the paper quality has increased, as has the cover price. "What you might be unaware of, however, is that to this point, the old subscription price has remained intact from when the magazine still cost $3.99. So I'm writing to inform you folks that the subscription price will soon be going up, which was bound to happen after we increased the cover price. "But it won't be for another month. So if you don't ...
Realms of Fantasy's latest purchases; inventory announcement
SFScope —
Assistant Editor Douglas Cohen announces Editor Shawna McCarthy's latest round of fiction purchases for Realms of Fantasy : "Queen of the Kanguellas" by Scott Dalrymple "[Dragon]" by Terry Edge "Seagull Girl's Butterfly Tongue" by Sara Genge "Cutter in the Underverse" by Daniel Hood "Saint's-Paw" by Alan Smale Dalrymple, Edge, and Genge's stories are all their first sales to the magazine. Cohen also writes, "with this buying round done, there is nothing left in limbo in the fiction department. All stories sent to RoF before Sovereign Media canceled the magazine have now been bought or rejected. If you sent a ...
Realms of Fantasy now open for fiction submissions
SFScope —
Assistant Editor Douglas Cohen announces that Realms of Fantasy is now open for fiction submissions (after a closure of seven months, due to the sale of the magazine). Cohen also reminds writers and artists that, since the web site is a fairly static place-holder at the moment, the current writers' guidelines, along with the proper address, are available in this post . They're paying six cents per word for fiction. The current artists' guidelines are in this post . Related articles previously published on SFScope : Realms of Fantasy 's latest purchases; inventory ...
Realms of Fantasy Re-Opens; Jetse de Vries Launches Daybreak
Locus Online News —
Realms of Fantasy is now open for fiction submissions after a seven-month hiatus. The subscription price is increasing on November 15, 2009, so subscribe now if you want to get the old rates of $16.95 for a six-issue subscription in the US ($28.95 overseas), and $29.95 for twelve issues ($53.95 overseas). New rates will be $19.99 for six issues ($29.99 overseas), and $34.99 for twelve issues ($54.99 overseas). In other magazine news, Jetse de Vries launched free online magazine Daybreak this October, featuring upbeat science fiction stories. The magazine is intended to promote de Vries's upcoming ...
Michelle M. Welch sells story to Realms of Fantasy
SFScope —
Correcting his earlier comment , Realms of Fantasy 's Assistant Editor Douglas Cohen writes "One poor story slipped through the cracks and remained stuck in transition hell all this time, but Editor Shawna McCarthy just accepted it for the magazine today: "The Sacrifice" by Michelle M. Welch "Congrats to the author, and our thanks for her extreme patience. And with this acceptance, I will declare that we are absolutely positively 100% certain that we are caught up and that our next purchases will come from stories submitted to us during the Tir Na Nog Press era. And if I'm wrong… well, I do believe ...
Realms of Fantasy looking to hire a designer
SFScope —
Realms of Fantasy is hiring; this time, they're looking for a designer. Publisher Warren Lapine has been handling the graphic design and layout since buying the magazine earlier this year. Now, he's looking to hand off those responsibilities, so that he can focus his efforts elsewhere (he's currently putting together the February 2010 issue). Lapine is accepting applications at warrenlapine at yahoo dot com. Applicants should include "references and links to your work. We are looking for someone that can hand in the finished layout and design in seven days from when they receive all materials. If you're the kind of ...
The Nebula Thing
Jim C. Hines —
... in Strip Mauled. September, 2009.
“Mightier than the Sword” in Gamer Fantastic. July, 2009.
“The Red Path” in Terribly Twisted Tales. May, 2009.
“Gift of the Kites” in Clarkesworld Magazine. October, 2008.
“Original Gangster” in Fantasy Magazine. September, 2008.
“Images of Death” in Imaginary Friends. September, 2008.
“The Eyes of Ra” in Cat Tales. September, 2008.
“Ours to Fight For” in Realms of Fantasy. August, 2008.
If you’re in SFWA and are interested in reading ...
Douglas Cohen promoted to Editor of Realms of Fantasy
SFScope —
Personnel changes at Realms of Fantasy : Douglas Cohen , who has been the Assistant Editor and Nonfiction Editor and Art Director since Warren Lapine's Tir Na Nog Publishing bought the magazine (see this article ) has been promoted to Editor. Lapine will take a step back from the technical work that goes into creating each issue. Cohen says "I will still be handling all of my old duties with the magazine. In addition, I am taking on the managing editor duties. So everything I will now be doing is getting lumped under the title of Editor. It will be my lone title appearing in the masthead." Fiction ...
