Shadowed Realms

Infobox Webzine
name = Shadowed Realms



caption = Shadowed Realms issue #11 screenshot
url = http://www.shadowedrealms.com.au
commercial =
type = Dark flash fiction
registration =
editor = Angela Challis
owner = Brimstone Press
author = Angela Challis and Shane Jiraiya Cummings
launch date = September 2004
current status = On hiatus
revenue =

Shadowed Realms was a dark flash fiction online magazine produced by Australian independent publisher Brimstone Press and edited by Angela Challis. A number of stories published in Shadowed Realms have won, or been nominated for, several speculative fiction awards. [ [http://www.aurealisawards.com/Winners.htm Aurealis Awards winners archive] Retrieved 9-9-2007.] [http://splints.customer.netspace.net.au/ditmar1024res/calldit1024.html Inkspillers Ditmar Awards archive] Retrieved 9-9-2007.]

Publication history

The first issue was published in September 2004. Issue #11 was published in October 2006 and was the last issue released prior to editor Angela Challis' announcement that the webzine was to close. Shadowed Realms is currently on hiatus until the final two issues are published.

The online magazine released two special issues during its run: Issue #6 - the Continuum 3 convention/Australian Horror Writers Association launch issue (featuring Continuum 3 guests Poppy Z Brite and Richard Harland, plus Robert Hood, Terry Dowling, and the winners of the inaugural AHWA flash fiction competition); and Issue #9 - the "Redback" themed issue (featuring nine prominent female horror/speculative fiction writers, including K J Bishop, Kaaron Warren, Deborah Biancotti, and Kirstyn McDermott.)

All Shadowed Realms issues have been electronically archived as part of the National Archives of Australia's Pandora project. [ [http://www.shadowedrealms.com.au/guidelines/ Shadowed Realms guidelines page.] Retrieved 9-9-2007.]

Published authors

Shadowed Realms published many prominent Australian horror writers such as Stephen Dedman, Lee Battersby, Martin Livings, and Paul Haines, and a number of US and UK horror authors including Kurt Newton, Greg Beatty, and Eric Marin. [ [http://www.shadowedrealms.com.au/contributors/ Shadowed Realms contributors list] Retrieved 9-9-2007.]

Milestones

Shadowed Realms was the first Australian horror webzine to be recognised by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) as a professional short fiction publication. [ [http://www.sfwa.org/org/qualify.htm#Q5 SFWA qualifying professional short fiction markets] Retrieved 9-9-2007.] Shadowed Realms was also the first electronic magazine to be nominated for the Best Collected Work. Ditmar Award [http://splints.customer.netspace.net.au/ditmar1024res/calldit1024.html Inkspillers Ditmar Awards archive] Retrieved 9-9-2007.]

Awards

Wins

*2006 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: " [http://www.shadowedrealms.com.au/issue03/03main.htm Pater Familias] " by Lee Battersby (Shadowed Realms #3)

Nominations

*2007 Ditmar Award, Short Story: " [http://www.shadowedrealms.com.au/issue09/09main.htm Surrender 1: Rope Artist] " by Deborah Biancotti (Shadowed Realms #9)
*2007 Ditmar Award, Short Story: " [http://www.shadowedrealms.com.au/issue09/09main.htm Cold] " by Kirstyn McDermott (Shadowed Realms #9)
*2007 Ditmar Award, Short Story: " [http://www.shadowedrealms.com.au/issue09/09main.htm The Bat's Boudoir] " by Kyla Ward (Shadowed Realms #9)
*2006 Ditmar Award, Collected work: Shadowed Realms (ed. Angela Challis)
*2006 Australian Shadows Award: "Pater Familias" by Lee Battersby (Shadowed Realms #3)
*2005 Tin Duck Award, Professional fiction: " [http://www.shadowedrealms.com.au/issue01/01main.htm A Life in Art] " by Adam Wieland (Shadowed Realms #1)

"Honourable Mentions"

*2007 Australian Shadows Award: " [http://www.shadowedrealms.com.au/issue09/09main.htm Silk and Pearls] " by K J Bishop (Shadowed Realms #9)
*2006 Aurealis Award, Horror short story: " [http://www.shadowedrealms.com.au/issue05/05main.htm In Nomine Patris] " by Martin Livings (Shadowed Realms #5)

Notes

References

* [http://www.aurealisawards.com/Winners.htm Aurealis Awards winners archive] Retrieved 11-9-2007.
* [http://www.natcon.org.au/2007/Noimination_shortlist_2007.html Convergence 2 official 2007 Ditmar winners announcement (June 2007).] Retrieved 11-9-2007.
* [http://splints.customer.netspace.net.au/ditmar1024res/calldit1024.html Inkspillers Ditmar Awards archive.] Retrieved 11-9-2007.
* [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Ditmar.html Locus magazine index to Ditmar Awards.] Retrieved 11-9-2007.
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-42606 National Archives of Australia Pandora project]
* [http://www.sfwa.org/org/qualify.htm#Q5 Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America qualifying professional short fiction markets] Retrieved 11-9-2007.

ee also

* Science fiction magazine
* Fantasy fiction magazine
* Horror fiction magazine
* Magazine

External links

* [http://www.shadowedrealms.com.au/ Shadowed Realms official website]
* [http://www.brimstonepress.com.au/ Brimstone Press website]
* [http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-42606 National Archives of Australia Pandora project: Shadowed Realms page]