Talk:Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine

Authors
The listing of authors has two issues. 1. notability of some of these authors (probably don't need red links) 2. wrong links to articles with the same name. I've gone through the first half of these links, suggesting improvements, and fixing links. Widefox (talk) 20:40, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Bibliographies and checklists
These bibliographies and checklists might be useful for this article: http://www.mzbworks.com/bindx.htm http://www.philsp.com/mags/mzb.html Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 05:13, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Award-winnning short stories, to establish notability
Many award-winning stories were first published in this magazine. Searching Locus (e.g. |for "marion zimmer bradley's fantasy magazine" award will turn up a number of relevant results which could be included. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 05:14, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Contributors list
In my opinion, the contributors list is not needed in this article. Piece counts would also need to be sourced. I'm putting this here to make it easy to see what I removed. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 05:17, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Contributors
Contributors with more than one piece appearing in the magazine included:


 * Darrell Schweitzer (22)
 * Marion Zimmer Bradley (18)
 * Laura J. Underwood (13)
 * Dorothy J. Heydt (12)
 * Lawrence Schimel (10)
 * Steven Piziks (9)
 * Parke Godwin (8)
 * Rachel E. Holmen (8)
 * Patricia Duffy Novak (8)
 * Elisabeth Waters (8)
 * John P. Buentello (7)
 * Mercedes Lackey (7)
 * Ann Sharp (7)
 * Lynne Armstrong-Jones (6)
 * Jo Clayton (6)
 * Phyllis Ann Karr (6)
 * Barbara Rosen (6)
 * Cynthia McQuillin (5)
 * Patricia Russo (5)
 * eluki bes shahar (4)
 * Mary Catelli (4)
 * Isabel Cole (4)
 * Larry Hodges (4)
 * Bob Liddil (4)
 * Julia S. Mandala (4)
 * Richard Purtill (4)
 * Raul S. Reyes (4)
 * Selina Rosen (4)
 * Jacqueline M. Shank (4)
 * Stephanie Shaver (4; 1 with Ronald Pisano)
 * Susan Shwartz (4)


 * George Barr (3)
 * Katherine Blake (3)
 * Huan-Hua Chye (3)
 * Pat Cirone (3)
 * Lynn Coulter (3)
 * Susan Dexter (3)
 * India Edghill (3)
 * Tanya Huff (3)
 * Heather Rose Jones (3)
 * B.V. Larson (3)
 * Carol E. Leever (3)
 * Carrie Martin (3)
 * Lyn McConchie (3)
 * Deborah Millitello (3)
 * Devon Monk (3)
 * Sandra C. Morrese (3)
 * Kit Wesler (3)
 * Mary C Aldridge (2)
 * Marian Allen (2)
 * Karen Kruse Anderson (2)
 * Bruce D. Arthurs (2)
 * Cherith Baldry (2)
 * Renee Bennett (2)
 * John Gregory Betancourt (2)
 * Charlene Brusso (2)
 * Deborah Burros (2)
 * Shymala B. Dason (2)
 * Lisa Deason (2)
 * Bob Dennis (2)
 * Linda J. Dunn (2)
 * Stephen C. Fisher (2)


 * G.E. Gaines (2)
 * Roberta Gellis (2)
 * Jon Hansen (2)
 * V.L. Heppner (2)
 * Beth Kitchens (2)
 * Fritz Leiber (2)
 * Nathan Long (author) (2)
 * John S. Manor (2)
 * Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch (2)
 * Edwina Mayer (2)
 * Terry O'Brien (2)
 * Mark O'Connor (2)
 * Diana L. Paxson (2)
 * Nancy L. Pine (2)
 * Mary Mannon Reeves (2)
 * Jennifer Roberson (2)
 * Tracey S. Rosenberg (2)
 * Thomas D. Sadler (2)
 * L.S. Silverthorne (2)
 * E.R. Stewart (2)
 * Brad Strickland (2)
 * Micole Sudberg (2)
 * Connie Ten-Eyck & Glenn Ten-Eyck (2)
 * Carl Thelen (2)
 * Jason Van Hollander (2)
 * Gloria Wall (2)
 * Lawrence Watt-Evans (2)
 * Julia Watts (2)
 * K. D. Wentworth (2)
 * Deborah Wheeler (2)

Contributors with only one piece appearing in the magazine included:


 * David R. Addleman
 * Pauline J. Alama
 * Dawn Albright
 * John Edward Ames
 * Javonna L. Anderson
 * Kevin J. Anderson
 * Michael Don Anderson
 * Poul Anderson
 * Jennifer Ashley
 * Russell William Asplund
 * Donald Backman
 * Robin Wayne Bailey
 * Sharon Bailly
 * A.W. Bates
 * Michelle Benoit
 * Bunnie Bessel
 * Jeffrey Bouthiette
 * Carl Bowen
 * Marilyn Brahen
 * Marian Flandrick Bray
 * David Vincent Brinkley
 * Charlotte Brisbon
 * C. Brochet
 * Kathryn J. Brown
 * John Bunnell
 * David L. Burkhead
 * Richard Calantropio
 * Lorie Calkins
 * Dyanna Cara
 * Jayge Carr
 * Lucy E Carroll
 * Paul A. Carter
 * W.A. Chandler
 * Anna M. Cherry
 * C.J. Cherryh
 * M. Therese Cioppa
 * B.W. Clough
 * Yvonne Coats
 * Robert Collins
 * Ron Collins
 * Jan Combs
 * Stephen Cooke
 * Greg Costikyan
 * Susan Hanniford Crowley
 * Jon C. Crusoe
 * P.E. Cunningham
 * Jennifer Cush


 * Temple Dalton
 * Carey Daniels
 * Jeffery P. Dannis
 * Stephen Crane Davidson
 * Barbara Davies
 * Margaret Davis
 * Glenn De Turk
 * Dayle A. Dermatis
 * J.A. Deveaux
 * John DeVera
 * Michael Thomas Dillon
 * Elizabeth Dobecki
 * John Donohue
 * John Downing
 * Cynthia Drolet
 * Erin Duggan
 * Colin Dunn
 * Emily R. Dunn
 * Alethea Eason
 * M. Coleman Easton
 * Rosemary Edghill
 * Kimberly Egan
 * Rocio Escobar-Blanco
 * Catherine Faber
 * Sean Eric Fagan
 * Jane S. Fancher
 * Randall Allen Farmer
 * Theresa Feehan
 * Jonathan Fesmire
 * Mark Fewell
 * Steven E Fick
 * Marina Fitch
 * Rycke Foreman
 * Janet Fox
 * John Fredericks
 * Mary K. Frey
 * Esther M. Friesner
 * Kim Fryer
 * Mark A. Garland
 * George Gemanis
 * Kurt R. A. Giambastiani
 * Charles Gilman
 * Juli Lynn Gioia
 * Cheryl Edwards Gorman
 * Barbara Stevens Graybeal
 * Peter A. Greene
 * Wilda Gretzinger


 * Mara Grey
 * Frank C. Gunderloy
 * Elyse Guttenberg
 * Dan Jr. Guynn
 * Renee Carter Hall
 * Laurell Hamilton
 * Larry Hammer
 * Robyn Patricia Hansell
 * Carol Harris
 * Ross Hartshorn
 * David G. Hartwell
 * D. Lopes Heald
 * Lynn Hebert
 * J.G. Hemry
 * Laura Hewitt
 * Meg Heydt
 * Laura Higgins
 * Bob Hill
 * Dennis O. Hines
 * Jim C. Hines
 * Connie Hirsch
 * Howard Holman
 * Greg Hoover
 * Kate Hoppe
 * Joan Howe
 * K. Huebner
 * Cindy K. Hughes
 * Douglas L. Hulick
 * L.G. Hunt
 * Lauren B. Hurto
 * Daniel H Jeffers
 * Michael Johnson
 * Susan Johnson
 * Katy Huth Jones
 * Susan Jones
 * Janet Kagan
 * Helena Jo Karr
 * Helen Kenyon
 * Katherine Kerr
 * Kevin F. Kerr
 * Ladonna King
 * Thomas Jackson King
 * Stacie Kirk
 * Dana Kramer-Rolls
 * Peter Krug
 * Joseph M Kurtenbach
 * Jon LaFalce


 * Camille Allen Laguire
 * Charles Richard Laing
 * Beatrice Lanctot
 * Kathryn Lay
 * Madeleine L'Engle
 * Jonathan Lethem
 * Barton Paul Levenson
 * Martin Levy
 * Anthony R. Lewis
 * Jacqueline Lichtenberg
 * Blake Linton
 * Susan U. Linville
 * Nathan D. Littlefield
 * Rebecca Lloyd
 * Joy Luckabaugh
 * Richard A. Lupoff
 * Rebecca Lyons
 * Karen Magon
 * Bob Maier
 * Pete D. Manison
 * Peter L. Manly
 * Feona Manning
 * Michael Mardis
 * Roger Martin
 * Vicki Martin
 * Lee Martindale
 * Patricia Shaw Mathews
 * Roxanna Mathews
 * Julian May
 * Ardath Mayhar
 * Diana M. McCabe
 * Judy McCrosky
 * Steve McCue
 * Terry McGarry
 * Bobbi Miller
 * Leslie Ann Miller
 * Tim Miller
 * Keith Minnion
 * E. A. Minogue
 * Syne Mitchell
 * John F. Moore
 * Caitlin Moriarity
 * John Morressy
 * George Morrow
 * Nora M. Mulligan
 * Dierdre M. Murphy
 * Joe Murphy


 * Pat Murphy
 * Paula Helm Murray
 * Vera Nazarian
 * Julie Newcomb
 * Lyn Nichols
 * Morgan Noel
 * Andre Norton
 * M. Ruth O'Neill
 * Al Onia
 * A. Orr
 * Martin Owton
 * D.R. Parent
 * Scott R. Parkin
 * Rachel Cosgrove Payes
 * Michael H. Payne
 * Mildred Perkins
 * Winifred Phillips
 * Sabina Pinto
 * Ronald Pisano (with Stephanie Shaver)
 * Jill Pollock
 * Nick Pollotta
 * Sean Erik Ponce
 * K. Kimberly Prosser
 * Marilyn A. Racette
 * James Jr. Rada
 * Wil Radcliffe
 * Peggy Ramsey
 * Sherry D. Ramsey
 * Stephanie Randolph
 * Gregory Remington
 * Mike Resnick
 * Janet R. Rhodes
 * A. E. Roberts
 * Peg Robinson
 * Thomas Stephen Roche
 * Marsheila Rockwell
 * Chuck Rothman
 * Roger A. Russell
 * Marella Sands
 * Rima Saret
 * Heather Lynn Sarik
 * Mary Ann Schenk
 * Lucy Cohen Schmeidler
 * Jennifer Schwabach
 * William A. Sell
 * Margarita Serbia
 * Carol Severance
 * David M Shea


 * Jonathan Shipley
 * Janna Silverstein
 * Alan P. Smale
 * Emily C.A. Snyder
 * David J. Sosnowski
 * Becky Sparks
 * Janet Stewart
 * Neely Stewart
 * James Coston Stoddard
 * Ginger Strivelli
 * Leah Suslovich
 * Patrick Swenson
 * Lisa Swope
 * Barbara Tarbox
 * L.A. Taylor
 * Steve Rasnic Tem
 * Karen Thistle
 * Harold Thompson
 * Laura D Todd
 * Mark Tompkins
 * Adele Turner
 * Mary A Turzillo
 * Candy Taylor Tutt
 * Frank Tuttle
 * Anne M. Valley
 * Ryan G. Van Cleave
 * Ralph E. Vaughan
 * Earl Vickers
 * Dayl Waldron
 * Solange Wallace
 * Evangeline Walton
 * Phillip Wayne
 * Elizabeth Wein
 * Quinn Weller
 * Tom Whitmore
 * Connie Wilkins
 * Sue Young Wilson
 * Michael D. Winkle
 * L.D. Woeltjen
 * Elsie Wollheim
 * Katherine Woodbury
 * Max Wright
 * Janny Wurts
 * Mary Frances Zambreno
 * Paul Edwin Zimmer

Authors interviewed
Authors who were the subjects of interviews appearing in the magazine included:


 * Poul Anderson
 * George Barr
 * Peter Beagle
 * eluki bes shahar
 * Terry Bisson
 * Marion Zimmer Bradley
 * Lois McMaster Bujold
 * Octavia E. Butler
 * Charles De Lint
 * Pamela Dean
 * Vincent Di Fate
 * Teresa Edgerton
 * Esther M. Friesner


 * Lisa Goldstein
 * Robert Holdstock
 * Tanya Huff
 * Guy Gavriel Kay
 * Katherine Kurtz
 * Ellen Kushner
 * Mercedes Lackey
 * Fritz Leiber
 * Adrienne Martine-Barnes
 * Elizabeth Moon
 * Ray Faraday Nelson
 * Andre Norton


 * Diana L. Paxson
 * Terry Pratchett
 * Mike Resnick
 * Jennifer Roberson
 * Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
 * George Scithers
 * Susan Shwartz
 * Nancy Springer
 * Evangeline Walton
 * Lawrence Watt-Evans
 * Connie Willis
 * Gahan Wilson

More on notability
On a page about The Lost Years of Merlin, which purports to be part of "an offprint from Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults, Volume 12." per the copyright info: "The inaugural issue of a leading fantasy magazine (Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, 1989) featured a story about a spinning castle."

With print sources this "leading fantasy magazine" claim should be easy to back up. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 05:24, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Interviews
It would be nice to have a better source regarding interviews as a "characteristic"--i.e. from a literary criticism piece. I have removed this: "Often a story by the person interviewed would appear in the same issue as the interview."

Based on the back issue index, such interview/story pairs appeared *sometimes* but perhaps not "often". Feel free to replace this with a better source. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 05:42, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Additional quotes

 * "Her magazine rose from modest beginnings to a respectable standard of fiction, cover art, and pay rate. Bradley took her editing duties seriously and personally read every story submitted to her magazines and anthologies." from Supernatural Fiction Writers: Peter Ackroyd to Graham Joyce by Richard Bleiler, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003, "Marion Zimmer Bradley"

Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 06:07, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Interview with Marion Zimmer Bradley, conducted October 30, 1989 in 113-133 of Speaking of the Fantastic by Darrell Schweitzer. Page 113 is largely about the magazine.

Additional sources that could be used
Here are a few sources that could be used to improve this article if you can get a copy:
 * Bradley Magazine Snafu. Locus 21(12):5. December 1988.
 * MZB's Fantasy Magazine Due. Science Fiction Chronicle 9(9):4. June 1988.
 * MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY'S FANTASY MAGAZINE, Encyclopedia of Fantasy, 3rd edition. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 16:36, 8 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Also The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy: The Definitive Illustrated Guide. Research sources noted in Fantasy authors: a research guide for Marion Zimmer Bradley might also be helpful. Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 18:06, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Other topics that could be covered
Here's some info looking for a reliable source: Jodi.a.schneider (talk) 17:39, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Cauldron Award for best of issue/readers' favorite author
 * Republication (e.g. in SF&F, which uses MZB as an abbreviation)