Thanks to everyone for playing. We’re very pleased with the outcome of this contest, as it’s given us not just our next theme, but many ideas to chew over for months and years to come.
So, the moment we’ve all been waiting for…
The winner of the Unlikely Theme Contest is:
The Journal of Unlikely Cartography, first suggested by Sarah Pinkser
Our Runners-up were:
Honorable Mentions:
Everyone mentioned on this page will receive something from the not-yet-existent Unlikely Story Store (who knew that taking a few weeks for vacation could throw one’s entire life into disarray?). If we don’t yet have your full contact information, please send your email and mailing address to us at jue.submissions@gmail.com.
As for The Journal of Unlikely Cartography, start thinking of your fabulous map stories. Submissions will open November 1st and run through February 1st, with the issue scheduled for June 2014. We’ll post official guidelines soon.
Greetings and Salutations,
We’ve spent some time deliberating and weeding. You folks provided so many good ideas, that this was actually fairly difficult. There were some ideas we loved but felt had been done elsewhere too recently, or were a little too broad, or a little too narrow, or might be so obscure that we wouldn’t get enough submissions to fill an issue.
The finalists are:
Honorable Mention goes to:
So, now we need to think upon these last few choices to determine the winner. We’ll be doing that next week. See you then.
When it rains, it pours. Fortunately, it seems the Journal of Unlikely Architecture has both a good roof and a good foundation.
We’ve received another positive review, here: http://www.sfrevu.com/php/Review-id.php?id=14932
Congrats to all our contributors.
The Journal of Unlikely Architecture has received its first review! Lois Tilton of Locus Online has declared our first non-buggy venture “fresh and crisp, surreal and weird, highly unlikely indeed.” You can read the full review here.
Congratulations to all of our authors, and particular congratulations to Mark Rigney whose story, The Latest Incarnation of Secondhand Johnny, received a coveted Recommended rating.
We’re delighted to announce the Table of Contents for Unlikely Story #7: The Journal of Unlikely Entomology. Without further delay, and in no particular order, we present our forthcoming line up of all new fiction.
The New World by Dennis Tafoya
The Psammophile by Maria Dahvana Headley
Found Items by Mark Rigney
The Years of the Tarantella by Sarah Brooks
A Superfluity by Helen Anderson
Strange Invasion by Darren O. Godfrey
Pompilid by Nghi Vo
The Wall Garden by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
The issue will be out in November, and we can’t wait to share it with you!
Clowns: The Unlikely Coulrophobia Remix is hot off the presses! So get your hot, pressed clowns today! Or if you prefer your clowns cold-pressed, never fear. A clown is nothing if not adaptable.
22 tales to horrify and delight, by authors Derek Manuel, T. Jane Berry, J.H. Pell, Jeff Wolf, Kristen Roupenian, Carolyn M. Yoachim, Mari Ness, Evan Dicken, Carlie St. George, Line Henriksen, Virginia M. Mohlere, Dayle A. Dermatis, Jason Arias, Joe Nazarre, Karlo Yeager-Rodruigez, Sara K. McNeilly, Chris Kuriata, Cassandra Khaw, Cate Gardner, Charles Payseur, Chillbear Latrigue, and Holly Schofield, with an introduction by Robin Blyn and illustrations by Bryan Prindiville.
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