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June 18, 2010 - Issue
19 was mailed to subscribers, contributors, reviewers, and sent to
Magazines Canada for distribution to stores.
June 17, 2010 – Issue
19 is finally in print! It has been an interesting few months with one
technical hurtle after another, but issue
19 is here now, and with any luck it will be in the mail on its way to
subscribers and contributor by the afternoon on Friday June 18, 2010.
May 25, 2010 – Issue 19 is running late our
apologies for the delay. The issue 19 has been put together and will be going
to print soon.
May 24, 2010 – Editor Karl Johanson has returned from Keycon27/CanVention30 in Winnipeg, where he spoke on panels, and shared a dealer’s table in the convention dealers’ room. On Sunday May 23 Karl attended the Aurora Awards ceremony at the convention. Dan O’Driscoll won the Aurora Award for Artistic Achievement for his cover of “Steel Whispers” published by Bundoran Press. (The covers of Neo-opsis issues 5 and 10 are Dan O’Driscoll’s work.) For more information about the Aurora Awards go to www.prix-aurora-awards.ca.
March 3, 2010 – The 2010 Aurora Awards short list has been announced. In the category Best Work in English (Other) the nominees are: Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, On Spec Magazine, Women of the Apocalypse, Ages of Wonder, Distant Early Warnings: Canada’s Best Science Fiction. In the category Artistic Achievement the nominees are: Jim Beveridge for the Neo-opsis #16 cover “Xenobiology 101: Field Trip”; Kari-Ann Anderson for the cover for Dragon Moon Press “Nina Kimberly the Merciless”; Dan O’Driscoll for the cover for Bundoran Press “Steel Whispers” (Dan’s art is on the covers of Neo-opsis issues 5 and 10); Lar de Souza “Looking for Group” online Comic; Tarol Hunt “Goblins” webcomic. The nominees in Best Novel in English include Steel Whispers by Hayden Trenholm. (Hayden has short stories in Neo-opsis: issue 3 The Lucky of Willy Lumen, issue 5 A Song for Morning, issue 9 Lumen Essence, and issue 16 Symphony of Stones.) For the Aurora short list nominees in all categories go to www.prix-aurora-awards.ca.
January 26, 2010 – It is time to nominate for the 2010 Aurora Awards. The Aurora Awards nomination deadline is coming up, February 15th. You can nominate online, but you must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. Go to www.prix-aurora-awards.ca.
Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, issues 16, 17 and 18, are eligible for nomination in the category Best Work in English (Other). Here is a list of the stories and poems in issues 16, 17, and 18 that are eligible in the category Best Work in English (Short Form): Asad, Dan, "The Poet" Neo-opsis # 18; DeMeulemeester, Lynda, "Time Leeches and the Evolution of Annie Ross" Neo-opsis # 17; Duncan, Dave. Poem "Ancestor" Neo-opsis # 17; Greylyn, Jennifer, "Breath and Tide" Neo-opsis # 18; Jaye, Conrad, "Self" Neo-opsis # 18; Lott, Jennifer, "A Day in the Life" Neo-opsis # 18; McDermott, Edward P. "Crash" Neo-opsis # 16; Overton, Scott. "No Walls" Neo-opsis # 18; Savage, Joan L. "The Seed" Neo-opsis # 17; Seybold, Grace. "Brought to Light," Neo-opsis, #16; Skinner, Josh. "She" Neo-opsis # 16; Smith, Peter Andrew, " Thirteen" Neo-opsis # 17; Switzer, Robert P. "Finders Weepers The Drowning Ones" Neo-opsis # 17; Trenholm, Hayden. "Symphony of Stones" Neo-opsis, #16; Winning, Kirk. "Too Human" Neo-opsis # 18; Wysong, Pippa. , "A Trip to the Northern Elves" Neo-opsis # 18. Eligible in the Artistic Achievement category: Beverage, Jim Cover ‘Xenobiology 101: Field Trip’ Neo-opsis # 16; Lightbody, Ann Cover: ‘Alien Landscape’ Neo-opsis # 18; Johanson, Stephanie Ann: Illustrations, Neo-opsis # 16, Neo-opsis # 17, Neo-opsis # 18 and cover Neo-opsis # 17.
December 18, 2009 – Issue 18 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine was sent to Magazines Canada today, so issue 18 will soon be in stores.
December 17. 2009 – Issue 18 of Neo-opsis Science
Fiction Magazine is in print! In the afternoon copies were mailed to
subscribers and contributors. 
December 16, 2009 – Issue 18 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine should be in print December 17, 2009, our apologies for the delay.
October 1, 2009 – Editor Karl Johanson and art director/assistant editor Stephanie Johanson will be attending, speaking on panels, and running a dealer’s table at Vcon 34, in Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 2-4, 2009. For more information about Vancouver’s Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Gaming Convention go to www.vcon.ca.
August 13, 2009 – Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine won the 2009 Aurora Award in the category Best Work in English: Other. Editor Karl Johanson and art director/assistant editor Stephanie Johanson both attended the Aurora Awards Banquet, held at Anticipation, The 67th World Science Fiction Convention, in Montréal, Québec, Canada. For more information about the Aurora Awards go to www.prix-aurora-awards.ca
August 5, 2009 – Editor Karl Johanson and Art director/assistant editor Stephanie Johanson will be attending Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Montréal, Québec, Canada, Thursday August 6 to Monday August 10, 2009. For more information about the convention go to www.anticipationsf.ca
July 28, 2009 – Issue 17 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine was mailed to subscribers and contributors in Canada and outside of Canada, and 450 copies of issue 17 were sent to Magazines Canada to be distributed to stores within Canada.
July 27, 2009 – Issue 17 of Neo-opsis Science
Fiction Magazine is in print! 
April 17, 2009 – Editor Karl
Johanson and Neo-opsis fiction writers Janine Cross and Nina Munteanu will be
appearing at Strategic Games and Hobbies, 3878 Main Street, Vancouver, BC,
Canada, on April 23, 2009, at 7:00 PM. Janine Cross will be reading from her
story "The Power of Love", which was published in issue 3 of
Neo-opsis. Information on Janine's other writing is available at: www.janinecross.ca/home.htm. Nina
Munteanu will be reading from her story "Virtually Yours," which is
also from issue 3. Information on Nina's other writing is available at: www.ninamunteanu.com. Editor Karl
Johanson will give a brief talk on Science Fiction and Gaming. Karl has worked
on close to 200 computer games for Sanctuary Woods Multimedia, Disney
Interactive, and Hidden Path Entertainment. This event is part of the
"Main Street Literary Tour," which is in turn part of the "BC
Books and Magazines Week." www.bcbookandmagazineweek.com
March 18, 2009 – Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine has been nominated for a 2009 Aurora Award in the category Best Work in English (Other), and Stephanie Ann Johanson has been nominated in the category Artistic Achievement for her cover image on issue 14 of Neo-opsis magazine. Voting is open to Canadian residents, and Canadian citizens. For more information about voting, and for a list of all the finalists, go to www.prix-aurora-awards.ca.
March 4, 2009 – Subscriber copies of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine issue 16 and the 4th Edition of the Neo-opsis CD of Amazingly Neat Stuff were mailed today.
March 3, 2009 – The 4th Edition of the Neo-opsis CD of Amazingly Neat Stuff is ready, burned, printed, and put in envelopes with Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine issue 16! We apologize for the delays. Issue 16 and the CD of Amazingly Neat Stuff 4 have made it through a lot of snags and pitfalls to come in quite late, but looking good. We hope that with the coming Spring we will be able to get things back on schedule for issue 17.
March 2, 2009 – Three large boxes, filled with Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine #16s, were sent to Magazines Canada to be distributed to stores within Canada.
March 1, 2009 – Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is again open to consider new submissions for publication. Please check the submission guidelines if you wish to submit any works to Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine. (By the end of the day, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine had received 18 new submissions.)
February
24, 2009 – Issue 16 of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine is in print! The mail-out has been delayed,
waiting for the 4th Neo-opsis CD of Amazingly Neat Stuff that
will go out to subscribers with issue 16. We apologize for the delays.
February 12, 2009 – Hank Quense, writer of “Hell of a Salesman” in Neo-opsis issue 8, has a short novel published as an ebook, Fool’s Gold. Fool’s Gold is also available in print. For more information go to http://hankquense.com/FG-overview.html
January 21, 2009 – The Prix Aurora Awards are accepting nominations for the 2009 Auroras. The Nominating period is from January 1st to February 28th, 2009. There is an online nomination form, and also a printable pdf form if you prefer to mail in your nominations. Neo-opsis editor Karl Johanson is eligible to be nominated in the category Best Short-Form Work in English for his story PIONeers in Sci Phi Journal, http://sciphijournal.com/tag/karl-johanson/. From the pages of Neo-opsis magazine issues 14 and 15, there are three Short-form works that are eligible to be nominated for a 2009 Aurora award: Seek You by David Routledge in Neo-opsis issue 14; Enduring Childhood by Marion Bernard in Neo-opsis issue 14; Biology 1000: That's Life a poem by Jeremy Gorman in Neo-opsis issue 15. Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is eligible for an award in the category of Best Work in English (Other). Stephanie Ann Johanson is eligible to be nominated in the category Artistic Achievement for her cover art, illustrations, and her work displayed at the World Fantasy Convention art show in Calgary, and at the Vcon art show in Vancouver.
December 30, 2008 - An "Author Ambush" interview of Neo-opsis editor Karl Johanson was done by Steph St. Laurent, at the World Fantasy Convention 2008, in Calgary AB. A copy of the interview is available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psRzo8Zi7ek The "Author Ambush" interview series also includes interviews of Neo-opsis Contributors Nina Munteanu and Hayden Trenholm.
October 25, 2008 – Editor Karl Johanson and Art director Stephanie Ann Johanson will be in Calgary October 29 to November 3 to attend World Fantasy Convention 2008. Karl and Stephanie will be running a Neo-opsis dealer table selling issues, subscriptions, and t-shirts. If you are attending the convention, come on by and say hello.
Editor Karl Johanson will also be participating in the convention programming panel, "Canadian Fantasy - Is There Such a Thing?” Also on the panel will be Marie Jakober, Candas Jane Dorsey, Ann Marston, and Ed Willett. (October 30th, 10:00PM) In addition to having paintings and soapstone in the convention art show, Stephanie Ann Johanson will be participating on the programming panel, "Making Art in the 21st Century”. Artists discuss traditional and digital painting and how these techniques can work exclusively as well as together. Also on the panel will be: Todd Lockwood, John Picacio, Shaun Tan, and James Beveridge. (November 1st, 2:00 PM)
October 19, 2008 - Canadian publisher Bundoran Press, who published The Best of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine anthology, recently released the young adult fantasy novel Tower in the Crooked Wood, by Paula Johanson. This is Paula's 17th book, and her first published novel. The book was released at the convention Vcon 33 in Surrey, BC, on October 6, 2008. Copies are available in bookstores, or through Bundoran Press's website: www.bundoranpress.com.
September
24, 2008 - Issue 15 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction
Magazine was mailed out to subscribers, contributors, reviewers, the
National Library of Canada, and to our distributor Magazines Canada.
September 22, 2008 – Issue 15 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is in print!
September 12, 2008 – Issue 15 has been delivered to the printer. The proof copy is expected to be ready on September 17, 2008. There have been a few delays getting issue 15 ready for print, but subscriber copies should be going out before the end of September.
August 14, 2008 – Important Notice: Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is temporally closing its doors to submissions. The submission process will open again on March 1st, 2009.
The inflow of stories, poems, and articles has been increasing steadily since Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine started accepting submissions back in June of 2003. More and more work hours have been allocated to the selection process, but it has not shortened the waiting period for those submissions that are selected for publishing. Closing the door to submissions for a few months will help us catch up on those submissions already in our selection process and it will give us the time to work on other aspects of the magazine. We hope this will not be too much of an inconvenience for the writers who have been so wonderful as to submit their creative endeavours to our selection process. Without our contributors Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine would not have become as popular as it is today.
May 9, 2008 – Issue 14 of Neo-opsis Science
Fiction Magazine is in print! In Canada subscriber issues were dropped off
at Canada Post. Out of Canada subscriber issues will be mailed on May 10, 2008.
April 25, 2008 – We have had a few setbacks this month, so there have been some delays in responding to story submissions, and a delay in printing for issue fourteen. We apologize for the delays and hope to be back on schedule some time in May.
March 28, 2008 – Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine has been nominated for a 2008 Aurora Award in the category of Best Work in English: Other. Stephanie Johanson has been nominated in the category of Artistic Achievement for her illustrations in Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine. To vote online or get a .pdf mail-in voting ballot, go to www.prix-aurora-awards.ca/English/home.html.
February 21, 2008 – Chris Ward just won a copy of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine for sending in the 4000th submission.
February 13, 2008 – Your chance to submit nominations for the 2008 Aurora Awards ends on March 17, 2008. To nominate, you must be a Canadian citizen (not necessarily living in Canada), or a permanent resident of Canada. The person you nominate must be a Canadian citizen, (not necessarily living in Canada at the time), or a permanent resident of Canada. You may select up to 3 nominees in each category. There is no fee to nominate. Nominations may be done online using the online form, or there is a printable form that can be mailed in.
January 24, 2008 – Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine issue 13 has been reviewed by Marshall Payne at The Fix Short Fiction Review website.
December 15, 2007 – Prix Aurora Awards are accepting nominations for the 2008 Auroras. Printable and online nomination forms are available at the www.prix-aurora-awards.ca website.
December
14, 2007 – Issue 13 of Neo-opsis
Science Fiction Magazine is in print! Out of Canada subscriber issues have
been mailed. In Canada subscriber issues will be mailed on Monday December 17th.
December 11, 2007 – Price increase: Due to the increases in the costs of paper, printing, and mailing, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is forced to increase the prices of single issues and subscriptions. Starting in February 2008 the price of a single issue will go up by a dollar, and subscriptions will increase accordingly. We apologize for the increase. In the past three years the costs of producing and distributing Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine have increased several times, we had hoped to counter these expenses with our increased subscriber base and some ad sales, but it is clear that to continue Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, with the same quality, these increases are necessary. To get the old rates please make your purchases before February 2008.
November 29, 2007 - Fantasy
& Sci-fi Lovin’ Book Reviews has a review of Neo-opsis Issue 12.
November 23, 2007 – Notice: Issue 13 has been delayed. It should go to the printer before the end of November.
October 21, 2007 – Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine has received the 2007 Prix Aurora Award for Best
Work in English (Other). Editor Karl Johanson accepted the award at the Prix Aurora Awards ceremony held
during Vcon 32 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It also seems that the Victoria
Times-Colonist article about Dave
Duncan, Sunday September 16th, 2007, was accurate. Dave Duncan did win the Aurora Award for Best
Long-Form Work in English for his novel Children of Chaos.
September 16, 2007 – In the Victoria Times-Colonist Sunday September 16th, 2007, D11, there is an article/review about well-known fantasy author Dave Duncan. The reporter misquoted that Dave Duncan was nominated for an Aurora Award, claiming that Dave had won the award and would be collecting it at Vcon. (I hope this will turn out to be a prediction, but for now it is best for people to know that voting is still open for the Aurora Awards.) The article is titled Established author settles in Victoria and includes a small write-up about Neo-opsis titled Creativity combines with curiosity.
September 16, 2007 - Lumen Essence, by Hayden Trenholm, Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine issue 9, has been nominated for an Aurora Award, in the category of “Best Short-Form Work in English”. For a short while we will have the story Lumen Essence online as a pdf, so that people who don’t have issue nine may consider the story for the Aurora Award.
September 9, 2007 – Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine has been nominated for an Aurora Award, in the category “Best Work in English: Other”. We would like to thank those contributors in issue eight, issue nine and issue ten, for making Neo-opsis magazine worthy of the nomination.
July 30, 2007 – Issue 12 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine and the CD of Amazingly Neat Stuff has gone out to subscribers. Sorry for the wait.
July 12,
2007 – Issue 12
of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine is in print! There will be a slight delay
with the mailing to subscribers, as the third Neo-opsis CD of Amazingly Neat
Stuff is still being produced.
July 5, 2007 – BC
Magazines is running a contest where you can win a two-night stay at the
Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino. If you love BC magazines, enter to win at www.bcmags.com. Contest closes October 30,
2007.
June 26, 2007 – Camosun
College in Victoria, BC, is running a Writer’s Workshop Series:
- Science Fiction Writers’ Workshop
with Paula Johanson 2007F WRIT 607V 001 * Thursdays September 27 –
November 1 * $179
- Food & Travel Writers’ Workshop
with Rosemary Neering 2007F WRIT 606V 001 * Thursdays October 4 –
November 4 * $179
- Children’s Writers’ Workshop
with Jeff Rud 2007F WRIT 604V 001 * Tuesdays September 25 – October 30 *
$179
To register: www.camosun.ca/ce
April 25, 2007 – The story Virtually Yours by Nina
Munteanu, first published in Issue 3 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction
Magazine, has yet again appeared in the limelight in Poland...
Wirtualnie Twoja… If you read Polish, check out Solarisnet.pl.
March 31, 2007 – Okal Rel has a “wanted” page up, looking for writers
and artists for the Okal Rel universe.
March
30, 2007 – Issue 11
of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine has gone out in the mail to all
contributors and subscribers.
March 29, 2007 – Issue 11 of Neo-opsis Science
Fiction Magazine is in print!
March 7, 2007 - Nomination
forms for the 2007 Aurora
Awards, for works produced in 2006, are now available at http://www.sentex.net/~dmullin/aurora/.
There are a few items listed on the "Aurora 2007 Eligibility List".
Nominations are not restricted to those already listed. If you have, or know
of, works that you would like to see added to the list, send them to prix.aurora.awards@gmail.com.
November 21, 2006 –
Stephanie Johanson’s painting Coastal Cave won Best in Show the Acrylics Art 2006
Summer and Fall Exhibition
November 21, 2006 – Issue 10 of Neo-opsis Science Fiction
Magazine has gone out in the mail to contributors, subscribers, and
Magazines Canada.
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