Fist of the Spider Woman: Tales of Fear and Queer Desire
Deadline 1 May 2008

Fist of the Spider Woman: Tales of Fear and Queer Desire is currently seeking submissions of queer women's horror erotica. As the anthology's title suggests, we are looking for writing that is both frightening and arousing written by queer women and other women whose sexuality subverts or falls outside the mainstream. 

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Best Gay Erotica 2009 - Cleis Press
Deadline 15 April 2008

Short stories, novel excerpts, memoirs, narrative artwork, essays - original or reprint - are now being accepted for Best Gay Erotica 2009, to be published by Cleis Press in late fall of 2008.

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Bears: Gay Erotic Stories - Cleis Press
Deadline 15 March 2008

The title defines the content;

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Cruising - True Gay Stories of Public Erotica
Deadline 30 June 2008

Who can forget that rush of adrenaline when you walk in the backroom of a bar, or men steaming it up in gym showers, feet tapping in the stalls of college bathrooms and raunchy trysts in big city bathhouses, or small town sex arcades.    I'm  looking for TRUE stories of public sex for my new anthology. I am looking for tales that not only have an erotic element, but to also address the issues of sexual politics in the public arena. The stories must have great character development, and go beyond the trite male on male sex ritual. Two or more characters are appreciated.    </div>

Women’s Wonderlands: Good Lesbian Travel Writing
Deadline: Nov. 30th 2007.

Gillian Kendall is currently soliciting submissions for a new anthology from University of Wisconsin Press, which will be a sister edition to Wonderlands: Good Gay Travel Writing, edited by Raphael Kadushin. Wonderlands has had terrific success, selling out of its first print run after the W hotel chain made copies of the book available to selected guests.

For this anthology of lesbian travel writing, she does not want travel writing per se please, no destination pieces, no hotel-beach-tour reviews, nothing that would be even remotely right for Conde Nast Traveler. Wonderlands pieces are emphatically not consumer travel pieces; they are impressionistic, literary travel pieces in the tradition of fine travel writing. There are no forbidden topics, but we don’t want anything dogmatic. What Kendall does want is an anthology of personal stories that have a strong travel element. In other words, the stories should be about people, but the place should matter too.

If you’re wondering what that means, read Wonderlands itself — you can order it from Amazon. In this collection by gay men, nearly every piece is beautifully written, moving, funny, or all three. Or read Gillian Kendall’s book, Mr. Ding’s Chicken Feet: On a Slow Boat from Shanghai to Texas, or Sailing to the Far Horizon by Pam Bitterman for a guide to the kind of travel narrative sought. After you do, please send your own stories of adventure, of falling in or out of love, of exploration or ex-patriation, or danger or senseless self-indulgence. . .send stories of personal growth, stories of lesbian heart and spirit and, oh yeah, travel.

Women’s Wonderlands will offer a small honorarium to individual contributors, probably $50 USD. Many of the contributors to the first Wonderlands chose to donate their honorarium to support the work of Living Out, a long-standing gay/lesbian list from the U of Wisconsin Press.

Please send your submissions to womenswonderlands( at)gmail. com (replace (at) with @). There is no minimum page length, but please no more than 30 double-spaced pages. You may send work that has been published previously, as long as you retain the rights for republication (we can’t pay permissions fees).

Kendall aims to have a draft collection put together by the end of 2007, so please send her your work no later than Nov. 30th 2007.

Cosmos and Conjury – a collection of gay science fiction and fantasy
Edited by Pat Nelson Childs, author of The Chronicles of Firma & Heather Phillips, Executive Editor of Glynworks Publishing.
Stories collected by F.A. Pollard and Stephanie K. Yorque.
Submissions open: Nov 1, 2007 Submissions close: Jun 1, 2008

Glynworks Publishing is asking for submissions for a new anthology of science fiction and fantasy. We are looking for original stories containing gay male main characters who are portrayed in a positive light. Male bisexual and transgender characters are also welcome. We want you to be creative, different, and imaginative. You are encouraged to cross genres as long as the main content is science fiction or fantasy. For example, science fiction can be set in the old west or fantasy may contain romantic elements. Characterization and plot are a must. Please no vampires, erotica, or fan fiction. No previously published stories or anything that is available on the internet will be accepted. Only send us your best, most polished work.

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Results of a Saturday Morning Trawl of the publishers' sites. Are there any het anthologies? Can someone supply links?

ISLAND BOYS (Alyson)
Tropical Gay Erotica
Edited by Brad Nichols
Deadline: Dec 1, 2007
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ISLAND GIRLS (Alyson)
Tropical Lesbian Erotica
Edited by Simone Thorne
Deadline: Dec 1, 2007
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Best Lesbian Erotica 2009 (Cleis)
DEADLINE: must be post marked by APRIL 1, 2008
Guidelines for Submission
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"Kicked Out" call for submissions
Edited by: Sassafras Lowrey*
Publisher: Homofactus Press
Deadline: March 1, 2008

Kicked Out is an anthology, which chronicles the experiences of former queer youth and current queer youth who were forced to leave home as minors because of their sexuality and/or gender identity. Kicked Out tells our collective stories of survival, weaving together descriptions of abuse, and homelessness with poignant accounts of the ways in which the queer community offered sanctuary, and the power and importance of creating our own chosen families etc. Kicked Out offers advice and wisdom to the queer youth of today from former queer youth who have survived. Additionally, it provides the opportunity for readers to get a glimpse into the world of those queer youth who as a result of circumstance have had to leave home, while simultaneously shattering the stereotypes of who queer youth are, and what they have the potential to become.

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Got this from the ERA:

HARD HATS
Gay Erotic Tales
Editor: Neil Plakcy
Publisher: Cleis Press

The painter with one loose overall strap, artfully displaying a pierced
nipple. The electrician standing on a ladder, his hard cock pressing
against the fabric of his jeans, just at eye level. The plumber whose
tool belt drags his pants down, revealing a tempting ass crack.

What gay man hasn’t fantasized about sexy construction workers? I
hope you’ll consider your hottest construction worker fantasy and write
it up for my new anthology. I’m looking for well-developed
characters, real plots that arise out of the construction site, and hot,
man-on-man action. Think about hookups in unfinished men’s rooms, behind a
pile of lumber, in a site trailer—and with guys from every trade. Here
is a list of trades you might want to consider:

brick layer
cabinetmaker
carpenter
communications installer
concrete worker
crane operator
drywall hanger
earthmover
electrician
engineering contractor
excavator
fire alarm
framer
glazer
HVAC/tin knocker
insulator
iron worker
laborer
landscaper
mason
painter
paper hanger
phone installer
pipe fitter
plumber
roofer
tile setter
welder

Story length: 3,000 ­ 5,000 words
Deadline: June 30, 2007
Publication Date: 2008

Payment: $60.00 per story, payable on publication, plus 1 copy of the
book
Submit your story to Neil Plakcy at plax@bellsouth.net as a MS word
attachment.

NINE HUNDRED & SIXTY-NINE
Gay Literary Fiction Set Within West Hollywood
Stephen Soucy, Editor
Deadline: June 1, 2007

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Less Than Settled: Critical Perspectives on Travel and Privilege
Deadline: June 30, 2007

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Examining the Lives of GLBTQ of Color
Deadline: July 31, 2007 with a planned publication in 2008.

A special issue devoted to the above topic in: The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services: Issues in Practice, Policy & Research

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Sinister Wisdom Journal #74
Activism Latina Lesbian Style!
Deadline: October 1, 2007
Guest Editors: Juanita Ramos

Chicana/Latina/Latin American lesbians living all over the world are invited to submit material. We want to know how our sisters define what lesbian activism means to them in whatever way they see fit.

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ARKTOI BOOKS
Deadline: August through November, 2007
Editor: Eloise Klein Healy

Arktoi Books is a new imprint of Red Hen Press that will specialize in publishing the work of lesbian authors. This year, Arktoi Books is seeking poetry manuscripts. All styles and aesthetics are welcome. Manuscripts may be submitted between August and November. For submission requirements, please visit http://redhen.org/arktoi.asp Or, for more information, you may contact Eloise Klein Healy through her website: www.eloisekleinhealy.com

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Call for Submissions

Female Writers Wanted for Lady Smut... A new bi-annual Erotica Anthology.

So you're a woman who likes to write a dirty story? Or perhaps you like to read erotica and want to try your hand at writing? Women of all persuasions and perversions are encouraged to submit saucy erotica in any written form (not pictures) up to 1500 words.

The ten-fifteen authors selected to appear in the bi-annual (twice a year) publication will receive (AU)$25 plus a copy of the publication upon printing.

First edition Deadline: May 30, 2007.

Submissions via EMAIL ONLY, as a PC-readable MS WORD doc.

Send all writing to writingsafari [at] gmail.com

At the top of your submission, please include your legal name, pen name, address, phone number, and email address.

Successful applicants will be notified via email by mid-June. You absolutely must be a female over 18 years of age. You will need to sign a basic contract stating we have permission to print your story, and that you wrote it. You may publish your story elsewhere, and retain full copyright of your work.

Stories should primarily be written with a female audience in mind. And they should turn us on! Themes might involve solo, group, gay, lesbian, trans, bi, voyeurism, machine, phone/internet chat, hetero, D/s, drag, as well as other non-classifiable categories. No bestiality or underage characters.

If it's saucy, we want to read it!

ALYSON PRESS: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS


( ULTIMATE GAY EROTICA 2008 )

Story length: 2,500 – 4,000 words
Deadline date: June 1, 2007

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( ULTIMATE LESBIAN EROTICA 2008 )


Story length: 2,500 – 4,000 words
Deadline date: June 1, 2007

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A NOTE FROM THE EDITORS: Thank you all for your recent submissions to our "Best Love Stories: Summer Flings" and "My First Time, Volume 5" series. We will be in touch shortly with the writers whose stories have been selected. Publication will be Fall 2007. Also, please do not send queries to our email address; it is only for the purpose of submitting stories. We appreciate your cooperation.

ALAF Saucy Story Competition

http://alafireland.com/submissions.htm

Ever wanted to write erotic stories, but never put your creative juices to good use? Well, now you have a reason to pen your naughty, saucy, sexy and downright dirty stories for an appreciative lesbian audience.

Do it for the good of the LGBTQ community or do it for fantastic prizes.

The best of these will be recorded on CD and played as part of A Lesbian Arts Festival (ALAF) 25th – 27th April 2007 in Dublin. Stories should be no more than 1500 words, on any erotic subject you like. We will need to know your name in case you win a prize, although names can be changed to protect the innocent (if requested).

Send entries and contact details to: erotica@alafireland.ie

Editor: J.A. Deveaux
Publisher: Haworth Press
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2007

see my fingers rise like smoke
see them fall like ash
you're mine now, song
prayer and plea
whatever you heard is wrong
I'll never set you free
— "Mojo", Martin Pousson

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Editor: Shane Allison
Deadline: July 30, 2007

Shane Allison, editor of Hot Cops: Gay Erotic Tales, is on a new mission. This time to combine two delicious guilty pleasures. Food and Sex. I am seeking short stories, essays and memoirs (for an anthology that has not yet found a publisher) about what happens when the two are combined. Take me on a ride further than just whipped cream and chocolate-covered strawberries. Give me late night trysts at a 24 Hour diner, pizza delivery boys getting more than what they bargained for, cooks serving up more in the kitchen than just today's special. I want to read every tasty little erotic moment you have to share.

Please submit all original stories and reprints as a Word document attachments to hotcopsubmissions@hotmail.com, along with name and pseudonym (if applicable), short bio, as well as contact info.

Maximum length preferred: 6,000 words; no minimum.

EDIT: This call is open to both GLBT and het submissions.

Call for submissions: Best Gay Romance 2008

Edited by Richard Labonte
Deadline: April 30, 2007

For a second volume in its romance fiction series, Cleis Press and Richard Labonte are seeking short stories (maximum 7,000 words preferred) that are as sweet as they are steamy, as emotive as they are erotic: fiction (or true stories) about two men (or, who knows, more) falling in love. The wooing and the winning, the blush of a crush, the details of a date, the rush of romance...that's what I'm looking for. If great rough tender tough sex happens, that's fine, but the emphasis in these stories should be on what happens on the way to cataclysmic sex - or what happens after it, if sex is the starting point for true romance, and not the end result. Queries and submissions to: BestGayRomance@gmail.com, in .doc format.

BEST GAY LOVE STORIES
Summer Flings

Edited by Brad Nichols

Everyone loves to fall in love, and summertime is the perfect time of year. The days are long, the living is easy, and your heart is just that much more happy, that much more receptive to the notion of love. In this year's edition of our annual "love stories" series, Alyson Books is looking for entries about that hot time of the year when the heat of the sun and breeze off the ocean encourage us to link our arms, our hearts, and our lives. Whether it's the start of a long-term relationship or just a fun fling for the summer months, we want to celebrate the season with a sprinkling of romance.

Please submit all original stories as a Word document attachment to lovestories@alyson.com, along with name and pseudonym (if applicable), short bio, as well as contact info.

Length: 2,500 – 4,000 words
Deadline: March 15, 2007
Tentative Publication: Fall 2007

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BEST LESBIAN LOVE STORIES:
Summer Flings

Edited by Simone Thorne

Everyone loves to fall in love, and summertime is the perfect time of year. The days are long, the living is easy, and your heart is just that much more happy, that much more receptive to the notion of love. In this year's edition of our annual "love stories" series, Alyson Books is looking for entries about that hot time of the year when the heat of the sun and breeze off the ocean encourage us to link our arms, our hearts, and our lives. Whether it's the start of a long-term relationship or just a fun fling for the summer months, we want to celebrate the season with a sprinkling of romance.

Please submit all original stories as a Word document attachment to lovestories@alyson.com, along with name and pseudonym (if applicable), short bio, as well as contact info.

Length: 2,500 – 4,000 words
Deadline: March 15, 2007
Tentative Publication: Fall 2007

A NOTE FROM THE EDITORS: Please do not send queries to the lovestories@alyson.com address; it is only for the purpose of submitting stories. We appreciate your cooperation.

I've posted at origslash_news (The Skinny, an original slash news blog) a market report that may interest some of you. It lists publishing opportunities from e-zines, printed magazines, and presses that regularly publish original slash, femmeslash, yaoi, or yuri, or that have actively solicited submissions from slash and yaoi creators. (For those of you who don't know the terms, these are all subgenres of male/male or female/female original fiction that are sometimes erotic.) The report also includes self-publishing information.

I credited erotic_authors as one of the sources of my information. If I left out any relevant information, do let me know, so that I can add it to the next report.

True Tales: An Erotic E-zine of Masculinity and Power (truetales) is a free online gay magazine. More information is available on the history of the e-zine and the honors it has received.

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Blind Eye Books is an independent press dedicated to publishing science fiction and fantasy featuring gay and lesbian protagonists. Currently, we are compiling an anthology called Tangle, publication date to be announced.

We pay upon acceptance for character-driven sci-fi, fantasy and paranormal romance, 2,000 to 40,000 words.

Please send a hard copy of your story to:

Nicole Kimberling, Editor
Tangle
Blind Eye Books
1141 Grant Street
Bellingham, WA 98225

Authors residing outside the US may submit electronically. Query editor for instructions at: editor@blindeyebooks.com

Submission guidelines can be found here:

http://www.blindeyebooks.com/guidelines.html

New Trans/Gender Variant Anthology Sex, dating, and relationships in the trans/gender variant community
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Superqueeroes (tentative title) (This is the 2nd Superqueerheroes anthology on the books, what gives?)
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Fantasy: Untrue Stories of Lesbian Passion
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Sex by the Book: Gay Men's Tales of Lit and Lust
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