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Call for Submissions: Twilight Tales

Posted on 3 June 201916 August 2019 by Hemelein

LTUE Benefit/Charity Anthology #3 – Twilight Tales Edit (16 August 2019): This call for submissions is closed. Since its beginnings in the early 1980s, the Life, the Universe, & Everything Symposium academic symposium has been a staple of the Utah and Intermountain West author and artist community. Many authors, artists, and editors found inspiration for their careers at the feet of scores of symposium guests. Influential professors and others have mentored those planning and running the symposium, but many of these mentors have passed on. The symposium helps students of all ages by providing greatly discounted student memberships. Hemelein Publications—in…

Cover art reveal for A Dragon and Her Girl

Posted on 14 February 201914 February 2019 by Hemelein

At the Trace the Stars launch event today, we shared the cover art for A Dragon and Her Girl, the second of the LTUE Benefit Anthologies (due out in February 2020). To the left is the cover art for those that weren’t able to attend. The art is by Kaitlund Zupanic. We also announced the authors of the stories accepted into A Dragon and Her Girl: Christopher Baxter Josh Brown Jaleta Clegg Max Florschutz Melva Gifford M.K. Hutchins Sam Knight Gerri Leen Hannah Marie Jodi L. Milner Wendy Nikel Michaelene Pendleton S.E. Page Scott R. Parkin John D. Payne Bryan…

News for the New Year, 2019 edition

Posted on 7 January 20197 January 2019 by Hemelein

Hemelein Publications has a lot going on in 2019. Follow us on Facebook to keep updated! There are currently three anthologies in various stages of planning and production: Trace the Stars comes out on February 14. This collection of space opera and hard science fiction stories is the first in the LTUE Benefit Anthologies series created to help Life, the Universe, & Everything continue to let students attend for a very small membership cost. It’s in the final proofing stages right now. There will be a launch event at LTUE on February 14, 2019, so watch here for more details…

Call for Submissions closed for A Dragon and Her Girl

Posted on 19 December 201819 December 2018 by Hemelein

Thank you to everyone who submitted stories to be considered for the A Dragon and Her Girl anthology. The call for submissions is now closed. Our next step is reviewing the submissions to determine which stories will be collected in the anthology. We’re looking forward to reading all of the submitted stories. The decisions will be made by the end of January 2019, and those who submitted stories should receive email notification by that time. Your support of the mission of Life, the Universe, & Everything is greatly appreciated. We look forward to seeing you at the launch event for…

Trace the Stars limited bookmarks at FanX

Posted on 31 August 201831 August 2018 by Hemelein

Next Friday and Saturday, September 7-8, 2018, at FanX in Salt Lake City, Utah, Joe Monson (one of the editors of Trace the Stars) will have a limited number of bookmarks at the Bard’s Tower booth. See his post for more details. Less than six months until the release!

Call for Submissions for A Dragon and Her Girl anthology

Posted on 8 August 201813 September 2018 by Hemelein

This is a call for submissions to participate in A Dragon and Her Girl: Stories of Adventure, the second of the benefit (charity, non-paying) anthologies to help the Life, the Universe, & Everything symposium. The anthology will be jointly published by Hemelein Publications and LTUE Press. As with Trace the Stars, this anthology will be edited by Joe Monson and Jaleta Clegg. For this anthology, we are looking for the following: 1. Adventure fantasy featuring strong female protagonists (dragons are a huge plus!) 2. Stories up to 17,500 words 3. Unpublished or reprint stories Stories are due by December 15,…

Trace the Stars official final list of stories, submissions closed

Posted on 14 May 201812 May 2018 by Hemelein

It’s been great fun reading all of the submissions since issuing the call in November 2017. There were so many excellent entries that it was hard to select the ones that worked best for this space opera and hard science fiction anthology. We appreciate all of the authors who submitted stories for consideration to show their support of the mission of Life, the Universe, & Everything to help educate and hone new and existing writers. All proceeds from this anthology go to support the mission of LTUE to allow students to attend for a greatly discounted price. Submissions are now…

Trace the Stars updated author list

Posted on 22 March 201821 March 2018 by Hemelein

We’ve added a couple new authors to those appearing in the Trace the Stars anthology. They have been bolded in the list below. There may be one or two more, but since we are at about 92,000 words now, this is pretty close to the final roster: (listed alphabetically) Kevin J. Anderson Beth Buck Jaleta Clegg David Farland Daniel Friend Nancy Fulda Paul Genesse M.K. Hutchins Wulf Moon John M. Olsen Emily Martha Sorensen Eric James Stone Eric G. Swedin Sandra Tayler Julia H. West James Wymore …with possibly one or two more to be announced

LTUE Anthology Preview a success!

Posted on 18 February 2018 by Hemelein

Thank you to everyone who came to the LTUE Benefit Anthology Preview last night at Life, the Universe, & Everything. Great cookies were enjoyed by all. This is a preview of the cover art for the anthology. Keep in mind that the cover is not finalized yet, so there may be changes to it before it’s released. Here’s a list of the authors who are appearing in the anthology. There will be a few more, too, as the space in the anthology isn’t completely used up yet: (listed alphabetically) Kevin J. Anderson Beth Buck Jaleta Clegg David Farland Nancy Fulda…

Trace the Stars update for January 2018

Posted on 29 January 201830 January 2018 by Hemelein

The first batch of acceptances (and rejections) has been sent out for the Trace the Stars anthology. We are planning to have the anthology be around 100,000 words, and right now we are at about 78,000. If you have not yet submitted, please do so as soon as possible. While the submission period is open until July this year, it looks like that might have been too long a time as we have received so many submissions already. We will continue to consider submissions through the end of the submission period, but your story is more likely to be included…