Fantasy Magazine to move fully online

PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Sean Wallace, prime@primebooks.com

FANTASY MAGAZINE TO MOVE ONLINE, PUBLISH PRINT ANTHOLOGIES

Prime Books announces Fantasy Magazine (www.fantasy-magazine.com) will change from its current quarterly print format to a weekly online edition beginning this November. The Web version will feature free fiction and other constantly updated content. As a complement to the magazine’s online presence, Prime will publish a series of print anthologies collecting the short stories that have been published on the Web site. The magazine’s rate for fiction will rise to .03 per word.

“We think this is the best way to bring Fantasy’s great short fiction and nonfiction to the largest possible audience,” said Prime/Fantasy editor Sean Wallace. “Fantasy’s current readership is Internet-savvy and accustomed to reading stories online. At the same time, we think there’s an additional potential readership who will be more likely to discover us on the genre bookshelves.”

The online magazine, which will be blog-structured, plans to post new fiction each Monday, reviews on Tuesday, other nonfiction on Wednesday, news and contests on Thursday, and a fun series of interactive “Fantasy Friday” online events to kick off weekends.

Tempest Bradford will join the editorial team as nonfiction editor, Paula Guran is still reviews editor, and Stephen H. Segal continues as creative director.

The release schedule for the print anthologies is not yet set, but they will be published in trade paperback and distributed nationally.

The last print issue of Fantasy, #7, will also be published in November. Current subscribers will be given a choice of converting subscriptions to the newly revamped Weird Tales or receiving a copy of the Fantasy trade paperback anthology, featuring all-new original fiction by many of the authors who have been published in the magazine.

The change is the latest phase of magazine-division restructuring by Prime’s parent company Wildside Press, which began earlier this year with the editorial revamping and redesign of Weird Tales.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Sean Wallace at prime@prime-books.com.