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Spaceways, v. 3 issue 3, whole no. 19, March 1941
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SPACEWAYS FROM THE CONTROL ROOM For once, we actually have something to say in the editorial. Amazing, isn't it? Just goes to show that you never know what to expect in Spaceways. It's about the question of material: manuscripts you submit for possible publication in S, that is, It always makes us most unhappy to have to reject something which was submitted of the writer's own volition. With a professional magazine it's different, for it's a business proposition there. But to turn down something submitted to an amateur magazine seems like refusing a gift. And yet, there's simply nothing else to do: on an average, enough material to fill two issues of S comes in every six weeks, and it's impossible to publish everything with the magazine at its current dimensions. So perhaps a little dope about just what we want would be helpful, and save you from sending something foredoomed to rejection. We'll take up the divisions in detail. Fiction: Please don't submit fiction for the time being. We're horrible over-stocked at present, and just simply have to refuse it henceforth until we get most of the current mass in print. We'll let you know when we need it again. This applies, though, only to amateur science-fiction and weird tales. Things like "The Fan Who Wouldn't Be Editor", and "The Fan Who Evolved" from recent fan magazines, and the soon-to-appear-in-this-magazine "Cherchez La Fanne"--in other words, fiction about fans--is still welcome. Poetry: We can use this, but please don't send anything of more than half page's length unless you think it exceptionally good. And kindly omit two very badly overworked themes: "Hail, O red world of Mars!" and "Midnight in the cemetary with the ghosts coming out". Too, we get about twice as much poetry as we can possibly use, so please don't mind possible rejection. The main thing to remember is that we don't want fiction, but can use poetry, and need Articles: articles of all sorts, shapes and sizes. If you want to write something for S, we'd appreciate an article more than anything else. While enough come in, still we don't get enough to really chose the best, and we use four or fives times more wordage of articles than of stories. Maybe we shouldn't request them so urgently for we're likely to be swamped with them; but we'll be rash in the hopes of getting more than we want. Articles like Walt Sullivan's recent three-parter, Kraft's history of the fantastic film, Russell Chauvenet's "Gleanings" of about a year ago, Mark Reinsberg's "RAP", Joe Gilbert's "Southern Scientifictional Situation", are most popular and best. Not that we want imitations of these, of course; these are merely examples. I you make an extended visit with fans like Walter Sullivan, or feel like praising or condemning something as Mark defended RAP, or want to write up the fan situation in your town and vicinity, or have in the course of time run across a bunch of out-of-the-way fantasies you think few fans know about--write things like that up, and sent it in to us and make us happy. We could go on and on making suggestions, but the best thing is just to repeat that articles are the one thing Spaceways really lacks for. If you wish, drop us a note giving an outline of what you think would make an interesting article first, and if it in any way wouldn't please us we'll let you know and save you the trouble of writing it. And just be sure you don't send anything violating our no-controversies-when-avoidable policy. Art: Only covers at present, unless you'd like to do some new heading for the various departments. In any case, after all-too-bitter-experience, we've decided we prefer art-work done in soft black pencil, on not-too-opaque paper. Ordinary ten-cent-store typing paper is excellent for the purpose. Please don't use ink, or do it on cardboard. And wehn doing covers, be sure to leave at least 3-4, and preferably one, inch of margin on all sides of the 8 1-2 x 11 page. (And remember solid black is impractical for mimeo; use shading instead.) One more thing. From time to time publicity releases from the professional magazines come in. We rarely used them in Spaceways and mebbe we'd better explain why. Well, for instance, the story about the new Lovecraft novel that Weird Tales mailed around. We got it the last week in January. It's Feb. 18 as we type, and to date we've seen it published complete in four different fan (conclued on page 11)
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SPACEWAYS FROM THE CONTROL ROOM For once, we actually have something to say in the editorial. Amazing, isn't it? Just goes to show that you never know what to expect in Spaceways. It's about the question of material: manuscripts you submit for possible publication in S, that is, It always makes us most unhappy to have to reject something which was submitted of the writer's own volition. With a professional magazine it's different, for it's a business proposition there. But to turn down something submitted to an amateur magazine seems like refusing a gift. And yet, there's simply nothing else to do: on an average, enough material to fill two issues of S comes in every six weeks, and it's impossible to publish everything with the magazine at its current dimensions. So perhaps a little dope about just what we want would be helpful, and save you from sending something foredoomed to rejection. We'll take up the divisions in detail. Fiction: Please don't submit fiction for the time being. We're horrible over-stocked at present, and just simply have to refuse it henceforth until we get most of the current mass in print. We'll let you know when we need it again. This applies, though, only to amateur science-fiction and weird tales. Things like "The Fan Who Wouldn't Be Editor", and "The Fan Who Evolved" from recent fan magazines, and the soon-to-appear-in-this-magazine "Cherchez La Fanne"--in other words, fiction about fans--is still welcome. Poetry: We can use this, but please don't send anything of more than half page's length unless you think it exceptionally good. And kindly omit two very badly overworked themes: "Hail, O red world of Mars!" and "Midnight in the cemetary with the ghosts coming out". Too, we get about twice as much poetry as we can possibly use, so please don't mind possible rejection. The main thing to remember is that we don't want fiction, but can use poetry, and need Articles: articles of all sorts, shapes and sizes. If you want to write something for S, we'd appreciate an article more than anything else. While enough come in, still we don't get enough to really chose the best, and we use four or fives times more wordage of articles than of stories. Maybe we shouldn't request them so urgently for we're likely to be swamped with them; but we'll be rash in the hopes of getting more than we want. Articles like Walt Sullivan's recent three-parter, Kraft's history of the fantastic film, Russell Chauvenet's "Gleanings" of about a year ago, Mark Reinsberg's "RAP", Joe Gilbert's "Southern Scientifictional Situation", are most popular and best. Not that we want imitations of these, of course; these are merely examples. I you make an extended visit with fans like Walter Sullivan, or feel like praising or condemning something as Mark defended RAP, or want to write up the fan situation in your town and vicinity, or have in the course of time run across a bunch of out-of-the-way fantasies you think few fans know about--write things like that up, and sent it in to us and make us happy. We could go on and on making suggestions, but the best thing is just to repeat that articles are the one thing Spaceways really lacks for. If you wish, drop us a note giving an outline of what you think would make an interesting article first, and if it in any way wouldn't please us we'll let you know and save you the trouble of writing it. And just be sure you don't send anything violating our no-controversies-when-avoidable policy. Art: Only covers at present, unless you'd like to do some new heading for the various departments. In any case, after all-too-bitter-experience, we've decided we prefer art-work done in soft black pencil, on not-too-opaque paper. Ordinary ten-cent-store typing paper is excellent for the purpose. Please don't use ink, or do it on cardboard. And wehn doing covers, be sure to leave at least 3-4, and preferably one, inch of margin on all sides of the 8 1-2 x 11 page. (And remember solid black is impractical for mimeo; use shading instead.) One more thing. From time to time publicity releases from the professional magazines come in. We rarely used them in Spaceways and mebbe we'd better explain why. Well, for instance, the story about the new Lovecraft novel that Weird Tales mailed around. We got it the last week in January. It's Feb. 18 as we type, and to date we've seen it published complete in four different fan (conclued on page 11)
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