Dark Horizons is the critically acclaimed journal of the British Fantasy Society. Over the years it has seen many changes and editors. 2006 sees another change: new editors have been appointed. Peter Coleborn and Jan Edwards take over at the helm from this year?s Fantasycon. Dark Horizons will continue to publish fiction, poetry, articles and interviews.
Fiction: Dark Horizons is a broad church as far as ?fantasy? is concerned ? but the emphasis will be in the weird and fantastic (heroic fantasy, swords and sorcery, surreal, ghost stories, horror). The field is wide open. Stories have to be good. We prefer stories in the 4000-7000 word range, but will take shorter or longer tales; stories over 10,000 words will only be accepted occasionally.
Poetry will be selected and edited by the award-winning Joel Lane. Subject matter as for fiction; they should have a fantastic, weird, supernatural or mythical theme. Any form will be accepted with a maximum length 30 lines (again, longer poems will be considered: is anyone writing a 21st century ?The Raven??).
Articles: we will consider anything (interviews, overviews, critiques, biographies, histories, etc) that may interest BFS members and again, ?fantasy? has a wide brief. DH will not publish reviews of current books or films; these will be included in Prism. We suggest that you contact us before you write your article (either by letter or email).
Artwork: we are looking for artists in all mediums (including photography) prepared to illustrate stories ? and the front cover. Please send good quality examples of your work ? not originals.
Submitting your work: all initial submissions must be sent as hardcopy; accepted material must be available in electronic form (disk or email). We will accept poetry submissions via email, as long as they are no more than 30 lines in length, and sent in the body of the email, not as an attachment. Manuscripts must be in standard MS format (double spaced, single side, etc); they must not be folded more than once when stuffed into an envelope (preferably not folded at all, especially MSS of five or more pages). Always include a self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage (UK stamps or two Dollars or Euros) if you want the MS returned. If the MS is disposable include SSAE or an email address for correspondence.
A bit of a downer: the British Fantasy Society is a non-profit organisation and therefore DH is unable to pay for submissions (other than in copies). However, you will be in good company: Ramsey Campbell, Louise Cooper, Stephen Gallagher, Clive Barker, Brian Lumley, Mark Morris, Lisa Tuttle and many others have all been published by the BFS.
Send submissions and other snail mail to Dark Horizons, 36 Town End, Cheadle, Staffordshire, ST10 1PF, U.K., and send emails to darkhorizons@britishfantasysociety.org.uk