Publisher: Ravenous Romance
Editor: EM Lynley
Payment: Royalties
Email: lynley.editor at gmail.com
Length: 3,500 - 10,000 words
Deadline: June 15, 2009 or until spots filled -- query ASAP if you need an extension
Publication Date: July 2009

The first one will be stories based on traditional fairy tales, but with a GLBT slant. Here's your chance to spice up some favorite childhood tales in a way you've never seen before, but always wanted to tell the story! Feel free to use non-European tales as a base. Here are a couple of great resources for inspiration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fairy_tales and http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/talesindex.html

Currently accepting only m/m stories as there has been an abundance of f/f queries and subs. CLOSED to f/f subs unless you have previously queried.

All stories must have an erotic element, with a preference for romance over pure erotica. That means there should be a relationship between the characters beyond merely a sexual one. The sex should have emotion and I want to feel that along with the characters. These are fairy tales so there should be HEA or HFN, whichever is more appropriate for your story.

Deadline June 15, 2009. You may submit anytime before then, but I may not have a decision on yours until closer to the deadline. I strongly suggest a query in advance, with a 1-2 paragraph summary of your plotline to avoid having 10 Little Red Riding Hood stories, though perhaps that would be an interesting anthology on its own.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Specifics: 3,500 to 10,000 words. Please be sure your submission is free of typos and errors. Polish your story before sending it, please! No rape, underage, incest or bestiality. If you have other content you feel might be questionable, email me for clarification.

Format: send in RTF or Word (no docx), double spaced with no headers or footers.

Terms $10 per story advance against the royalties on ebook sales (and other non-exclusive subsidiary rights) for a period of three years.  Royalties are a pro rata share of the 35% on ebooks and 15% on audiobooks. If they sell additional subsidiary rights, additional payments will follow! More details of the rights here: http://ravenousromance.blogspot.com/...contracts.html

To submit, please send an attached document to lynley.editor @ gmail.com. Be sure your name & pseudonym, address, email, word count and a short summary of the story appear on the first page of your attached document (not only in your email). Also please include a 150-word bio suitable for publication with the story.

Feel free to email me with any questions: lynley.editor @ gmail.com

EM Lynley
http://www.emlynley.com
http://emlynley.livejournal.com

From emlynley

Ravenous Romance has discovered how many readers are interested in quality GLBT romance, and have asked me to put together two anthologies for their Panamour section (same-sex romance) and I'm really excited about the opportunity.

The first one will be stories based on traditional fairy tales, but with a GLBT slant. All stories must have an erotic element, with an emphasis on romance over pure erotica. Here's your chance to spice up some favorite childhood tales in a way you've never seen before, but always wanted to tell the story! Feel free to use non-European tales as a base. Here are a couple of great resources for inspiration: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fairy_tales and http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/talesindex.html

Deadline May 31, 2009. You may submit anytime before then, but I may not have a decision on yours until closer to the deadline. I strongly suggest a query in advance (including a paragraph or two about your storyline) to avoid having 10 Little Red Riding Hood stories, though perhaps that could be an interesting anthology on its own.

Specifics: 3,500 to 10,000 words.  Please be sure your submission is free of typos and errors. Polish your story before sending it, please!  No rape, underage, incest or bestiality.If you have other content you feel might be questionable, email me for clarification.

Format: send in RTF or Word (no docx), double spaced with no headers or footers.
 
Terms are Ravenous Romance's standard terms, which are now $10 per story advance against the royalties on ebook sales (and other non-exclusive subsidiary rights) for a period of three years. Royalties are a pro rata share of the 35% on ebooks and 15% on audiobooks. If they sell additional subsidiary rights, additional payments will follow! More details of the rights here: http://ravenousromance.blogspot.com/2008/10/our-short-story-rights-and-contracts.html
 
To submit, please send an attached document to my gmail address: lynley.editor. Be sure Your Name & Pseudonym, Address, and Email and word count and a short summary of the story appear on the first page of your attached document (not only in your email). Also please include a 150-word bio suitable for publication with the story.

October marks GLBT History month (to commemorate the first gay and lesbian marches on Washington in October 1979 and 1987 respectively). During the month of October, as part of our Pink Petal Books Presents series, we would like to release a series of anthologies commemorating stories of GLBT romance. While the heat levels should be very sensual to erotic, stories can be any romance sub-genre (historical encouraged).

Our goal for this anthology project will be to fill four volumes. This means we will need three to four excellently written novellas, representing the best in gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender erotic romance. No previously published work please (though we will look at those stories for our regular release schedule).

Submission Deadline: May 15, decisions by June 1

Electronic Publication: October 2009 (for GLBT History Month), print February 2010

How to submit: Please email your complete manuscript attached in RTF/Word format to meditor@pinkpetalbooks.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Include in the body of the email a word count and brief blurb (one or two paragraphs), along with any relevant publishing history. For more information about us, please read our complete submission guidelines.

http://www.pinkpetalbooks.com/index.php/Submission-Guidelines/

A bit about us:

At Pink Petal Books we believe that love is a beautiful thing. Our “Pink Petal Books Presents” anthology series offers readers a glimpse of the many themes and genres that can be found within romance. Each themed anthology contains three to four 15,000-25,000 word novellas released first as individual ebooks, then published together into one print volume. Heat levels in each story need to start at very sensual and work up to erotic. Language may range from the occasional frank or graphic language to no holds barred.

Payment will be 35% royalty on sales price for ebooks (except stories sold through third party vendors, which will be 45% of net (sales price - vendor cut = net). Print books will be our standard 10% royalty split between the three or four authors in the volume.

http://www.pinkpetalbooks.com

Writing Queer Kenya is an anthology of stories by Kenyan LGBTI to be published in December 2009. The book will be edited by: Keguro Macharia and Angus Parkinson

We lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex individuals, in a word, queers, have had the distinct un-pleasure of being told we don’t exist—in official government statements, historical documents, and contemporary statements. Well, we do.

We want Kenyan stories by Kenya-based and Kenya-born queers. About everything. We want writing about the dailyness of our lives, the good, the bad, the weird, the indifferent. If you have lived it, we want to hear about it. We especially want to reach beyond Nairobi, Mombasa, and other cities to all corners of the country. And we know the rest of Kenya, Africa, and the world wants to hear these stories as well.

Formats

We have three distinct formats. Choose what appeals to you.

1. Interviews: Tell us your story. Get in touch with us and we’ll arrange an interview. We value your time and your confidentiality. Not sure you want to meet us directly? We have phones and email and all manner of ways to make this happen.

2. Letters to Kenya: Write (or unearth) a 500-1,000-word letter. To whom? Parents, pastors, the government, best friends, former friends, present lovers, former lovers, the person you really want to tune. Get personal, get intimate. Say what you really want to say!

3. Personal narratives: Write (or unearth) a 2,500-3,000-word narrative about the dailyness of being queer. The high points, low points, the endless plateaus, the quick glances, indrawn breaths of desire, domestic thrills, sexual boredom, beginnings and endings. If you write it, we’ll consider it.

All submissions should be typed, double-spaced, and submitted electronically to queerkenya@gmail.com. If you can’t type, don’t want to, or can’t get hold of an email program that functions, get in touch with us. We can help.

How You Can Contribute

1. Get the word out. Convince your friends with hidden manuscripts or stories that must be shared to un-closet them.
2. Send us encouraging emails. We need your good wishes, your fabulously good wishes.
3. Volunteer time! We need all the help we can get.
4. Take ownership. We’re editing, sure, but these are our collective stories.

Important Dates

April 30, 2009: Deadline to Receive Submissions
June 30, 2009: Selected Contributors Contacted
Publication: December 2009.

Questions? We’re glad to answer. Please contact us at queerkenya at gmail dot com

Papers sought for a special issue of Politics & Gender on the gendered politics of the 2008 presidential primary and general elections. Deadline: April 15,2009. For more info and guidelines, visit: www.editorialmanager.com/pag/.

Short stories sought for an anthology about gay and lesbian love-at-first-site meetings that changed your life forever. Nonfiction only. For more info or to submit your story, e-mail: chrisL@post.harvard.edu.  (no dates given)

Original short stories sought with a focus on LGBT themes for publication in NewTownWriters' e-zine SWELL and the print publication Off the Rocks. $8.00 entry fee per story. Deadline: Janaury 1,2009. For more info, visit: newtownwriters.org/Fiction.html

Papers invited for "Queering Ireland" conf. at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Canada, to be held September 18-20, 2009. Papers in all disciplines (the sciences, arts, and social sciences) considered. Deadline: Jan. 16, 2009. E-mail: Goran.Stanivukovic@smu.ca.

Submissions sought--poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction--for Feminist Studies, a scholarly journal. To submit work, see guidelines at www.feministstudies.org. Ore-mail create@feministstudies.org.

Stories sought on human rights for a new play to premiere in San Francisco at the New Conservatory Theatre Center in 2010. E-mail Robert Leone at sfwave@comcast.net. For more info, visit: rightsof-passage-nctc.blogspot.com.

Stories sought for "Best Bi Short Stories," edited by Sheela Lambert. Focus on relationships and romance, not erotica. Deadline: Dec. 31. Submit work to: info@biwriters.org.

Essays invited by The Gay & Lesbian Review for forthcoming issues. Projected themes: 1) "Election 08: Now what?" 2) The Internet, Blogosphere, and GLBT culture; 3) GLBT studies and the Academy. E-mail Richard Schneider, editor, at HGLR@aol.com. For writers' guidelines: www.GLReview.com.

Last Gasp is seeking submissions for an anthology of adult comics, "Best Erotic Comics 2009" (the second in an annual series). The series is intended to showcase the most artistically interesting -- and most sexually arousing -- recent erotic comics, from both the literary comic side of the field and the smut comic side. We believe that the divide between literary comics and adult comics is unfortunate and unnecessary, and we plan to make "Best Erotic Comics" enjoyable both as a literary and artistic exploration of human sexuality... and as a fun dirty book.

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Hot Raw Erotica Compilation - men of colour
Deadline December 31, 2007
(Director's note - new owner/published company, caveat author)

Burrow Publishing is seeking submissions for the hottest and rawest erotica book compilation to drop in 2008. Stories should prominently feature men of color (e.g. Brothas, Papis, Caribbean men, etc.) and the various types of men (e.g. Thugz, Bears, etc.) Stories should be fresh, unique, and sex-filled, but also have an engaging storyline and character development. We are open to various writing styles, content, and sub-genres. Only one requirement. You know what turns you on. Unleash what you got and show us your skills. Non-fiction stories will also be considered.

This erotica book compilation is an opportunity for new writers to gain national exposure and for established authors to expand their body of work. Stories must be between 2,500 and 5,000 words. The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2007. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for a response to your submissions. Email submissions will not be accepted. However, email inquiries are okay.

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