Year's Best Fantasy

[lizwilliams]

I've just had the welcome news that a Realms of Fantasy short story of mine, MORTEGARDE, will be published in the Year's Best Fantasy collection via David Hartwell. Another short story has been taken for the companion SF volume. I'm in good company, too, judging from what I've seen of the TOC.

Comments

[fastfwd.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, girlfriend!

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

[jaylake.livejournal.com]

Excellent news!

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Am I right in that you're appearing as well?

[jaylake.livejournal.com]

Not in Hartwell/Cramer. I'll be in Sean Wallace's YBF, and specficrider and I will be in the Dozois with our SCI FICTION collab.

[rosefox]

So, out of curiosity, does one submit stories for consideration to these collections? Or do you just sit around and hope?

Also, is it only for magazine publications? I seem to lean much more towards getting my stories first published in anthologies, and wonder whether this puts me at a disadvantage for YBs.

[jaylake.livejournal.com]

As a writer, I've only ever sat around and hoped. That's pretty much how it works. One's EDITORS are sometimes invited to submit stories for consideration to YB anthologies. And speaking as an editor of original fiction anthologies, I can assure you that anthology stories are considered for YBs quite consistently.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Yes, you just sit around and hope. In the case of the Dozois collections, you obviously know up front if your story will actually feature, but you won't know whether you're in the 'also recommended' section at the back of each edition, which just lists the title details, until the book is published.

I'd second the comment about anthos.

[rosefox]

Ah, that's all useful to know. *) Thanks!

[shsilver.livejournal.com]

Extremelt good news, partly because I thought I had heard that YBF was not going to be published anymore. Guess this means it got a reprieve.

[rosefox]

Congrats!

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Thank you, folks.

[dsgood.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[jamesovei.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

Or, in the words of the poet, "Woot!"

[greeneyedkzin.livejournal.com]

Great news!

[spytfire.livejournal.com]

Woohoo! Congrats!

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Thank you all, folks!

[merriehaskell.livejournal.com]

Congrats, Liz! That's excellent news.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Many congrats!