Ellen Datlow is editing the anthology series Best Horror of the Year (Night Shade Books) and is currently reading for the third volume, which will include all material published in 2010.
“I am looking for stories from all branches of horror: from the traditional-supernatural to the borderline, including high-tech sf horror, supernatural stories, psychological horror, dark thrillers, or anything else that might qualify,” says Datlow. “If in doubt, send it. This is a reprint anthology so I am only reading material published in or about to be published in 2010. Submission deadline for stories is November 15th 2010. Anything sent after this deadline will reach me too late. If a magazine, anthology, or collection you’re in or you publish is coming out in December, you can send me galleys or manuscripts so that I can judge the stories in time. No email submissions. I strongly suggest that authors check with their publishers that they are sending review copies to me as I don’t have time or energy to nag publishers to get me material. I request it once (maybe twice) and that’s it.”
Datlow adds, “There will be a summation of “the year in horror” in the front of the volume. This will include novels, nonfiction, art books, and “odds and ends”– material that doesn’t fit elsewhere but that I feel might interest the horror reader. But I must be aware of this material in order to mention it. The deadline for this section is December 31st, 2010.”
Material should go to:
Ellen Datlow
Best Horror of the Year Volume Three
PMB 391
511 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10011-8436
“I do not want to receive manuscripts from authors of stories from venues that it’s likely I already receive (like Interzone, Black Static, Crimewave, Cemetery Dance, Realms of Fantasy, Postscripts, Weird Tales, F&SF, etc) or from anthologies and collections, unless I don’t have or can’t get that anthology or collection. Please contact your publisher and ask him/her to send me the magazine or book.
“Please do not send a SASE. If I choose a story you will be informed. If you want to confirm that I‘ve received something, enclose a self-addressed-stamped postcard and I will let you know the date it arrived. For stories that appear on the web, please send me (or have the publisher send me) print-outs of your story.”
