[Cwgrad-announcements] Short story anthology seeks film-influenced work

[Robin Russin]

>
> For PAGING MR HITCHCOCK . . . .
> http://www.grayfriarpress.com/guidelines.html
>
> Whatever differences we acknowledge between film and prose, it  
> cannot be denied that the two have a major relationship. Cinema has  
> always sought the printed page to inform its storytelling, while  
> authors continually recognise the influence of the screen.  
> Nevertheless, the two media are not interchangeable.
> Quite enough has been discussed concerning the transition of text  
> to camera, but little has been explored regarding the alternative  
> route: the way literary writers use the imagery and ideas of  
> directors to create their own effects with words.
>
> This book will allow contributors to display how film has shaped  
> their work. Rather than paying homage to a specific film genre, we  
> want authors to choose either a favourite director or a cinematic  
> "style" or sub-genre (see below for suggestions) in order to reveal  
> this. The idea is to demonstrate how different techniques of the  
> camera might be captured, developed or even eschewed by prose. Show  
> us the limitations and advantages of drawing upon the screen; be  
> clever and inventive. Avoid pastiche or a simple
> conversion of themes, etc — push yourself, and fiction, into new  
> expressionist quarters…
>
> Stories can be any length, though there will be a preference for  
> 4,000-7,000 words; still, if you've got a fine novella, send it  
> along. HOWEVER, please send a short synopsis of your story first,  
> the better to avoid overlap.
>
> Email your synopses/submissions to BOTH Gary Fry and Gary McMahon  
> at submissions at grayfriarpress.com AND garyzed at hotmail.com (Send to  
> both e-mail addresses)
>
> NOTE: one of the problems with Gray Friar Press's previous  
> anthology, Poe's Progeny, was that many authors who were rejected  
> had simply dug out an existing story and appended a plausible  
> source to it! Be
> warned — we'll know if you've done this, and unless it works very  
> well, will be less inclined to accept or
> even read all of it. Having said that, the submissions accepted  
> will shape the finished anthology; we're eager to put together a  
> book which is structured as much by the contributors' ingenuity as  
> it is by
> any preconceived ideas we might possess...
>
> If you're unsure as to the type of fiction the publisher prefers,  
> check out a copy of its previous anthology Poe's Progeny— These  
> tales combine story, character and theme with both craftsmanship  
> and an artful use of language.
>
> Payment: negotiated. In the real world of independent press  
> publishing, there's only so much money to make projects viable.  
> We'll be as fair as we can, while guaranteeing exposure —  
> distribution in both the UK and the States — to all contributors.  
> Please enquire.
>
> Response time: ASAP, but please remember that the editors have  
> lives, too. :)
>
> Deadline for submissions: when it's full.
>
> Submission period opens: 1st December, 2006. Please don't submit  
> before that date.
>
> Examples of directors you might want to consider:
> Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini,  
> Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Ingmar Bergman, John Ford, Jean-Luc  
> Godard, Roman Polanski, Werner Herzog... The list is endless.
>
> Examples of cinematic "styles": New Wave Cinema, 1970s Hollywood  
> movie Brats, European cinema, Japanese cinema, Dogma, American  
> Indie cinema, the cinema of paranoia, Exploitation cinema, Slasher  
> horror, Underground cinema, Silent cinema... In short, anything  
> worthy goes, so be inventive!
>
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