SUBMISSIONS: Particles and Galaxies

Ballyhoo Stories is looking for submissions for our 2008 issue "Particles and Galaxies." We are looking for both literal and imaginative interpretations on the theme. Stories do not have to be based in the sciences, although we are happy to read fiction and creative nonfiction that is rooted in the sciences. Those wishing to submit sci-fi please be warned that it should go beyond the usual confines of the genre. Those interested in submitting comics please see our guidelines and query Joel Priddy, Comics Editor, at comics at ballyhoostories dot com

Our full submissions guidelines are available at here. Sample issues and subscriptions can be purchased at our store. Those in the New York who are interested in submitting either prose or comics can get a good idea of what we look for by attending the event at Think Coffee on February 1st and February 21st.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Big Changes At Ballyhoo Stories

We at Ballyhoo Stories have been spending the summer months assessing the work we've done over the last three issues and have come to some fairly strong conclusions. We are incredibly proud of the work we've published thus far, but we think we can do more. More stories, more promotion, more of everything. To do more, however, we are going to have to publish fewer issues. So beginning immediately we are switching to an annual.

Those of you who submitted to our "Sin & Redemption" issue should know that the issue is now scheduled to print Spring 2007. We are still going to try to get acceptance and rejection letters out sooner than later, but if your work is accepted elsewhere please e-mail editors at ballyhoostories dot com and let us know.

We will also begin publishing comics with "Sin and Redemption," and our pleased to announce that comic artist Joel Priddy has enthusiastically agreed to be Ballyhoo Stories's comics editor. Joel is the author of Pulpatoon Pilgrimage and his work has been featurd in AdHouse Books' acclaimed anthologies Project Telstar, Project Superior (sorry, but the very last copy was purchased by Ballyhoo Stories. Really.), and the upcoming Project Romantic.

The guidelines for submitting comics to the "Sin & Redemption" issue of Ballyhoo Stories are as follows:

Page size: 8.25” x 10.75”
Safe Area: 6.75” x 8.25”
8 pages, Black and White

Please submit files for consideration as 150 dpi
JPEGs. Higher resolution images will be requested of
accepted stories. Files may be submitted via email
(comics at ballyhoostories dot com), or mailed on CD to:
Joel Priddy/ Ballyhoo Comics Editor
c/o Memphis College of Art
Overton Park
Memphis, TN 38111

You should be familiar with current trends in comics and graphic novles and familiar with the work of artists like those being published by AdHouse Books. Please, no pornography.

We are very excited about these changes and hope all of you are as well. Currently, you can order "Sin and Redemption" and our most recent issue, "Crossroads and Weigh Stations" at our online store.

SUBMISSIONS: Particles and Galaxies

Ballyhoo Stories is currently accepting submissions for our "Particles and Galaxies" issue. The deadline is June 30, 2007. Please visit our Web site for full guidelines.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Crossroads & Weigh Stations Available

Ballyhoo Stories Volume 2 No 1, "Crossroads & Weigh Stations," has arrived.

In "Goldene Medene" Amy Gustine tells the story of three Polish immigrants and a doctor at Ellis Island whose lives collide at the entry to the new world; in Irina Reyn's story, "Baba Yaga," an unmarried woman becomes a thing of Russian myth; a worker on the Golden Gate Bridge tries to take on work he is unprepared and unable to handle in Andrea Worth's "Swimming the Gate, 1935"; the narrator in Felicia Sullivan's "The First Abandon," recounts her failed marriage to the tourists trapped on her tour bus; in Cass Cross's "Tracks" a family conflict leads to a long journey, while the young narrator in Cathy Barber's "No Way to Go" refuses to go anywhere; a family rebels against a mother's big career move in "Absconed"; and another family comes together after years apart to discover a hidden secret in Ginnah Howard's "Amends."

You can order "Crossroads and Weigh Stations" and our upcoming "Sin and Redemption Issue" at store.ballyhoostories.com.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Crossroads and Weigh Stations Available for Preorder

Ballyhoo Stories Volume 2 Number 1, "Crossroads and Weigh Stations" is available for preorder.

You can order "Crossroads and Weigh Stations" and our upcoming "Sin and Redemption" issue at the Ballyhoo Store. These issues are also available as a special gift to donors at the $20 to $100 level. Tax-deductible donations can be made through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas.

SUBMISSIONS: Sin and Redemption

Ballyhoo Stories is currently accepting submissions for Volume 2 Number 2, "Sin and Redemption." The deadline is June 30, 2006. Please visit our Web site for full guidelines.