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The Future Fire magazine (http://futurefire.net) is accepting
submissions for a themed Feminist Science Fiction issue toward the end
of this year or the beginning of 2010 (as long as it takes us to acquire
the requisite number of stories). By "feminist" we do not mean stories
necessarily written by women or featuring female protagonists; what we
are interested in are science fiction (or speculative) stories that
address issues of gender, sexual identity and sexuality; stories that
take the "radical idea that women are human beings" and do something
about it; stories that can engage, empower, educate, and inspire men and
women alike. And of course stories that challenge our expectations, that
avoid cliché, that are beautiful and useful, that are social, political,
and speculative cyberfiction.
Please follow the usual submission guidelines
(http://futurefire.net/about/contrib.html), and indicate in your
cover letter that this is a submission for the Feminist Science Fiction
special issue. Stories submitted to the general pile will be considered
for the feminist themed issue, and stories submitted to the theme will
be considered for the intervening issues. This will in no way affect our
selection criteria or standards: we shall still purchase only the best
stories we receive.
For more background, see the editorial to issue #15 at
futurefire.net/2009.15/