We will have some planned downtime starting at around midnight CET (3 hours from now) and lasting approx. 1-2 hours (not more, G-d willing). We apologize for the inconvenience!

Dear Readers:

We are back with a double issue, Issue 35! We present eight new works for you to enjoy (seven stories and a poem) for your enjoyment, by authors from the USA, Japan and the Philippines. Themes range from gay time travel romance to a mysterious murder on an Indian reservation, and An Owomoyela even offers our first ever Otherkin story.

Enjoy the issue and please donate via Paypal if you appreciate our efforts!

Dash

We did it, folks -- we got out a new issue. At last.

WE ARE BACK!

Issue 34 can be found here. All of our contributors this month are women of color, too.

Enjoy!

Dash

Expanded Horizons is eligible for a Hugo Award in the "semi-pro" category, so if you haven't cast your ballots yet... you can vote for us!

prezzey has also been hard at work putting together her list of endorsements (hers, and not Expanded Horizons'), so make sure to check that out, too (you can read them here). She also has a long list of reviews of eligible works by authors of color and women authors. Show her some love... she's put a lot of work into this!!

Dash

Dear Readers:

Happy Holidays! We are back with Issue 33! We have four new stories for you to enjoy.

Please show some holiday spirit and donate if you appreciate our efforts. If everyone who read the magazine gave just $5, we could easily pay for all of next year's expenses, and increase the pay rate for our contributors. Would you like to see us officially go semi-pro? I would!

So please, if you read us, support us.

Dash
For the Expanded Horizons team

Hi everyone,

We're back! Expanded Horizons Issue 32 is up, with four new works for you to enjoy.

As always, if you appreciate our work, please donate!

With love,
Dash, for the Expanded Horizons team

Call For Papers
'Doctor Who and Race: An Anthology'

Doctor Who is the longest-running science fiction television series in the world. A popular series in the 1960s, 70s and 80s, and a cult phenomenon through the 1990s, the program has undergone a huge revival in popularity in the 21st century on the back of its new series. At the same time, Doctor Who has been critiqued throughout its history for its various representations of race, even while being praised for its ethos of liberal tolerance. A few academic papers and blog posts have discussed aspects of Doctor Who and race, but there is no doubt more to say on the subject. In this call for papers I am seeking contributions to a book -- contributions that will expand the conversation about Doctor Who and race, taking it in new directions and covering new ground. The proposed book will bring together some of the already-published works for the first time, but the bulk of its content will be new writings.

Two kinds of contributions are invited: academic-style essays 5000-7000 words in length, and personal-style reflections of up to 1000 words. The intended readership is mixed academic and non-academic readers, so contributions should be written to a quality standard but in language that is relatively accessible to non-specialists, with any specialist terminology explained. Ideally the book will bring academic theorising about race and representation to new, non-academic audiences, and simultaneously bring diverse personal experiences and thoughts about the significance of race in Doctor Who to the attention of the academic community.

Contributions may focus on any or all of the Doctor Whotelevision serials, from both the original (1963-1989) and new series (2005--). Contributions that primarily address Doctor Who texts other than the television series, such as the films, audio-plays, novels, and spin-off television programs, might be considered depending on space.
Under the scope of the concept 'race', contributors may discuss (but are not limited to) any of:
* the ethnic or racial backgrounds, identities and racially-signifying physical traits of characters, communities, and actors in Doctor Who
* depictions of racism, racial stereotyping and race-related exploitation in the program
* Doctor Who stories that reference colonialism, imperialism, nationalism, and other race-related phenomena significant in human history, such as slavery and civil rights movements
* allegorical literary tools used in the program to reference race, such as the alien as 'other'.

Contributions that address links between race and science are strongly encouraged.

Diverse disciplinary and theoretical approaches are invited for the academic-style essays, which will be assessed on the basis of originality, quality of scholarship, and useful contribution to the subject in terms of both advancing theory and expanding our understanding of Doctor Who. The personal-style reflections will be selected to maximise originality, quality of writing, and a diversity of perspectives.

The proposed book has already garnered interest from a publisher (Intellect) and the anticipated date of publication is late 2012 or early 2013. The deadline for expressions of interest is 15 December 2011. Details of how to submit your expression of interest can be found at Doctor Who And Race Blogspot

All authors are advised to have their writing proof-read by a competent (and ideally professional) writer prior to submission, since quality of writing is one of the selection criteria. Contributions must be in English, but authors from non-English-speaking nations and backgrounds are encouraged to submit expressions of interest. Short-listed contributors whose expressions of interest seem overly similar may be asked to consider collaborating on a single work.

Prospective contributors will benefit from reading works already published on this topic, since originality is one of the criteria for making the short-list. A select bibliography of these works is available at the blog.

Lindy Orthia, editor
For more information:lindy.orthia@anu.edu.au (though please check the information on the blog first)
To submit expressions of interest: lindy.orthia@gmail.com

Dear Readers,

Our Issue 31 is up for your reading pleasure.

We are back after the holiday break with three new stories – two by repeat authors and one whose work we are publishing for the first time.

This is a quite bloody issue – in one story, you will be able to witness the magical twist in a battle between Malaysian villagers and Portuguese invaders, while in another, you will see a powerful young dragon-like creature clash with humans – from the dragon's point of view. We also have a third story, a romantic tale with dark and mystical undertones.

Enjoy the issue and please donate if you appreciate our efforts.

Dash, for the Expanded Horizons team

There's been some fail going on in the past month.

First, this and this came out, making us all aware of how badly Strange Horizons failed with a story about Indians. Both the folks at Strange Horizons and the author herself apologized, and vowed to learn from this and not repeat it. (See here and here, for those apologies respectively.)

These are good examples of what to do when you fail!

Then this happened over at the SFPA's Star*Line.

A lot of people called this out.

This is not how to respond. A breakdown of that response can be found here.

I've recently made a bunch of anti-oppression bingo cards, and will probably make several more in the near future. One of my "free spaces" is "My story is not supposed to be about REAL [minority] people, so STFU!"

...And this would be an example of that, yes.

Dear Readers,

We did it -- Issue 30!

After some delay, our new issue is finally online, with four fascinating stories! We are proud to showcase three authors of color, one of whom has her first ever publication with us. We wish her success in her writing career!

Our July issue also includes a story that directly calls out common racist stereotypes in SF. We seldom publish similar material, but for reasons explained on the story page, we felt that this was warranted.

In other news, I know it took me a while to notice, but I just discovered that Karen Burnham put Expanded Horizons (and me) in for a Hugo.

I'm honored and flattered -- thank you, Karen!

The Expanded Horizons readership continues to steadily grow, while the number of submissions has actually been declining -- so if you have a story that would be a good fit for us, or you know someone who does, please help spread the word!

Also:

Author Dusk Peterson likes our submissions guidelines.

Submit, donate, and help spread the word.

Dash, for the Expanded Horizons team