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ellen_datlow ([personal profile] ellen_datlow) wrote2009-01-27 05:25 pm

Realms of Fantasy closing after April issue

Today it's been all over the blogosphere that Realms of Fantasy is being closed down by Sovereign Media after its April issue.

It's sad to lose any magazine in our field and I feel badly for Shawna McCarthy and her staff, who put a lot of themselves into the creation of the magazine.

The managing editor Laura Cleveland provided information on the closing to SFScope after rumors started earlier today. Those rumors began when Cleveland herself told an unnamed writer--before management alerted the staff (including Shawna, who is in Italy), the columnists, the authors whose work is in inventory, (some of which was purchased a mere week or two ago) or anyone else. Of course, the "writer" blabbed all over the net--and Cleveland is surprised.
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[personal profile] rosefox 2009-01-27 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I found out about this because one of their now ex-reviewers queried me as to availability of a YA reviewing spot. I was very sorry to have to say that our children's/YA reviews editor got laid off yesterday and so I was unable to help the reviewer out in that regard.

It's pretty grim.

[identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com 2009-01-27 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Jeez. Any news who is taking over that position, Rose?
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[personal profile] rosefox 2009-01-27 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know anything about how that's being handled yet. It could be handed off to another editor, or taken over by the children's/YA news editor, or canceled altogether... no clue.

[identity profile] oneminutemonkey.livejournal.com 2009-01-27 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Well drat, I'll cross you off my list also, Rose. (Obviously, it wasn't me asking, and I was the RoF YA reviewing guy!) :(

(edited to fix... life---> list. Sheesh, what a typo!)

[identity profile] ellen-datlow.livejournal.com 2009-01-27 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
I thought that sounded awfully mean ;-)

[identity profile] oneminutemonkey.livejournal.com 2009-01-27 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha. I'm not quite THAT final. I'd run out of people in no time flat! (Be a heck of a story idea though...)
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[personal profile] rosefox 2009-01-27 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm happy to consider you for SF&F; I just don't have any idea what's going on with children's/YA here at the moment.

[identity profile] oneminutemonkey.livejournal.com 2009-01-27 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks to the helpful passing-along of information from a friend, I just sent off my pitch.

[identity profile] mroctober.livejournal.com 2009-01-27 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow.