NEWS: Next DESTROY Project Now on Kickstarter: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction!
As previously noted—but worth reiterating in case you missed it—we at Lightspeed have passed the Destroy baton over to our friends at Uncanny Magazine, and they’ll be publishing the next iteration of the Destroy series: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction!
We’re not involved in this one in any way, but we know the Uncanny team will do a terrific job. Their Kickstarter for that project–and to fund Year Four of their magazine–is now live. Visit http://kck.st/2uQl9nU to learn more or to back the project!
NEWS: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Fantasy! is now available!
People of Colo(u)r Destroy Fantasy! is now available! Visit the POC Destroy Fantasy! homepage here on DestroySF.com to see the complete table of contents, and/or to find links where you can purchase the issue in ebook or trade paperback format.
NEWS: People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! is now available!
People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! is now available! Visit the POC Destroy Science Fiction! homepage here on DestroySF.com to see the complete table of contents, and/or to find links where you can purchase the issue in ebook or trade paperback format.
NEWS: Destroy Fantasy & Horror Submissions; Destroy SF Cover/TOC
Just a few quick updates!
POC Destroy Science Fiction! Cover and Table of Contents Announced
We now have the full table of contents revealed, and you can also now pre-order the issue if you missed out on it during the campaign.
And also, we’ve got the final cover art in hand, and we’re pleased to reveal it to you now! The art is by Christopher Park, and it’s illustrating Vandana Singh’s story, “Delhi.”
POC Destroy Fantasy! Open for Submissions
POC Destroy Fantasy!, guest-edited by Daniel José Older, is now open for submissions. Submissions will be open until June 15. Scheduled for Dec. 2016 publication. [Guidelines] [Pre-Order]
POC Destroy Horror! Still Open for Submissions
POC Destroy Horror!, guest-edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, is still open for submissions. Submissions will be open until May 15. Scheduled for Oct. 2016 publication. [Guidelines] [Pre-Order]
Project Surveys (for Kickstarter Backers)
Just a reminder that our project surveys have finally gone out (via Backerkit); thank you again to all of you who answered so quickly. For those of you who haven’t answered, please do so as soon as you can, as it’s very helpful for us to get all of those closed out as quickly as possible.
If You Haven’t Received Your Survey…
If you’re a backer and you haven’t received your survey for some reason (sent to whatever email you have on file with Kickstarter), please check your spam filter first, but then if you still don’t see it, please email Backerkit support and they should be able to re-send your survey support@backerkit.com. (Be sure to provide the email address you have associated with Kickstarter, so they can find your survey. If you go here, and you’re logged in, you should be able to see which email address Kickstarter has on file for you.)
NEWS: POC Destroy Horror! and Fantasy! Submissions
POC Destroy Horror! Submissions Period Now Open (thru May 15)
POC Destroy Horror! will publish in October, as a special issue of Nightmare Magazine, from guest editor Silvia Moreno-Garcia. The submissions portal for the issue is now open, so if you’re a POC writer, and you’d like to write something, by all means please do so and submit your story! Submissions are open now and close May 15, 2016. Just visit submissions.johnjosephadams.com/poc-destroy-horror to read the guidelines and to submit.
POC Destroy Fantasy! Submissions open May 1 – June 15
POC Destroy Fantasy! will publish in December, as a special issue of Fantasy Magazine, from guest editor Daniel José Older. The submissions portal for the issue will be open May 1 – June 15. Visit submissions.johnjosephadams.com/poc-destroy-fantasy to read the guidelines.
NEWS: POC Destroy Science Fiction! Original Fiction & Flash Fiction Table of Contents Announced
We’re still working on finalizing the nonfiction and the reprint selections, but we’ve now selected all of the original short stories and flash fiction:
Original Short Stories/Novelettes (edited by Nalo Hopkinson & Kristine Ong Muslim)
- A Good Home — Karin Lowachee
- Firebird — Isha Karki
- Fifty Shades of Grays — Steven Barnes
- Depot 256 — Lisa Allen-Agostini
- Digital Medicine — Brian K. Hudson
- The Red Thread — Sofia Samatar
- Salto Mortal — Nick T. Chan
- Omoshango — Dayo Ntwari
- Wilson’s Singularity — Terence Taylor
- As Long As It Takes to Make the World — Gabriela Santiago
Original Flash Fiction (edited by Berit Ellingsen)
- Binaries — S.B. Divya
- Other Metamorphoses — Fabio Fernandes
- An Offertory to Our Drowned Gods — Teresa Naval
- Morning Cravings — Nin Harris
- Breathe Deep, Breathe Free — Jennifer Marie Brissett
- The Peacemaker — T.S. Bazelli
- Chocolate Milkshake Number 314 — Caroline M. Yoachim
- A Handful Of Dal — Naru Dames Sundar
- Hiranyagarbha — Kevin Jared Hosein
- Four And Twenty Blackbirds — JY Yang
NEWS: Queers Destroy Horror! team on Wired.com!
Queers Destroy Horror! was recently featured on Wired.com on The Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. [listen]
NEWS: WDSF Wins the British Fantasy Award!
Women Destroy Science Fiction! was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for best anthology…and it won! Congrats to Christie Yant and the rest of the WDSF team, and thanks to all who supported the project and voted for it for the award. [list of winners]
NEWS: QDSF on SF Signal Podcast!
In episode 294 of the SF Signal Podcast Patrick Hester talks with some of the people behind the Queers Destroy Science Fiction project; publisher John Joseph Adams, Special EditorSeanan McGuire, Author Interviewer Rahul Kanakia, Poetry Editor Robyn Lupo and Managing Editor, Wendy N. Wagner.
NEWS: Queers Destroy Horror! & Queers Destroy Fantasy! Preliminary Tables of Contents and Staff List + POC Destroy Science Fiction Announcement/Call For Submissions
We’ve been busy behind-the-scenes lately on the Destruction front, and we have several items of interest to announce:
- People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction! – Nalo Hopkinson will be teaming with Kristine Ong Muslim to guest-edit People of Colo(u)r Destroy Science Fiction!, Lightspeed‘s 2016 special issue. Submissions for the special issue open Oct. 31, 2015. Issue will publish June 1, 2016.
- Queers Destroy Horror! – Guest-edited by Wendy N. Wagner. Full staff list now available, plus a mostly-complete table of contents. Publishes October 1, 2015.
- Queers Destroy Fantasy! – Guest-edited by Christopher Barzak. Full staff list now available, as well as a partial table of contents. Publishes December 1, 2015.
Click-through any of the above for more information. Thanks again for all your support!
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