Lesbian Lust: Red Hot Erotica
Editor: Sacchi Green
Publisher: Cleis Press

Story Length: 2500-5000 words

Payment: $50 plus two contributor’s copies

Deadline: October 15, 2009

Release Date: Summer 2010

 The theme is right there in the title. All stories must deliver on that promise of intense, fulfilling lesbian sex. There are plenty of ways to get there; atmosphere, setting, and emotional as well as physical heat can all play a part in building sexual tension, while well-developed characters and a compelling plot or story arc are absolutely necessary.   Kink is fine, and if you can make vanilla just as spicy, all the better. I’ll be using a wide variety of stories, so your best bet is to write about what captures your imagination as well as about what turns you on. Women only this time.

 Send manuscripts in MS Word or RTF to: sacchigreen@gmail.com. Queries welcome.

We’re working on several books here this summer at Circlet Press. Please note each one has a separate submission address. General guidelines on preferred format & length are the same for all, but each has a different editorial focus.

Like a Queen: gay and lesbian fairy tales
Like A Thorn: BDSM fairy tales
Like Twin Stars: bisexual-themed erotic sf/fantasy

Like a Queen

Subject matter: Have you ever thought that your favorite fairytale from childhood would make a great bedtime story for adults? We’re looking for erotic retellings of fairytales, fables, and bedtime stories, specifically with a gay/lesbian twist. This is your chance to tell the parts that the Brothers Grimm left out - what was really going on between Cinderella and her fairy godmother? What did the dwarves spend their time doing before Snow White arrived? What if there were a beautiful boy with golden locks at the top of a tower, waiting for rescue by a handsome prince? Whose kiss might Sleeping Beauty really be waiting for? Fairytales are about the fairest of both sexes, governed by outrageous passions and gifted magical powers with which to pursue them. Heroes, damsels, dragons, witches, wizards, enchanted kingdoms, evil queens, man-eating wolves - all of them have torrid sex lives. Ideally, we’d like to stick with European, Brothers-Grimm-style fairy tales, as they’re the most familiar to our readers, but really excellent submissions based on fables from other cultures will be considered. Although rape and violence have a considerable presence in the original versions of most of these stories, please leave them out of your retellings. Power dynamics are sexy, but stories where characters are forced into nonconsensual and/or violent acts will not be accepted. That said, we can’t wait to read your submissions; turn us on with your own erotic gay or lesbian tales of once upon a time!

Like a Thorn

Subject matter: Fairy tales often contain a more ‘adult’ interpretation within their metaphors and symbols. Was Sleeping Beauty’s pricking of her finger symbolic of her loss of virginity? The fairy tale landscape is awash in erotic possibilities, as well as intriguing opportunities to explore bondage, dominance and submission, and power exchange fantasies. Cruel queens, towers and dungeons, tests of love and valor, what fairy tale will inspire you to craft us an arousing/intense BDSM fantasy?

Like Twin Stars

Subject matter: According to Scientific American, bisexual behavior is common in over 1500 species of animals on Earth, including humans, for whom it has greater social and personal consequences than it does for penguins, baboons, or garter snakes. Use science fiction and fantasy to get at this subject. Could there be worlds where bisexuality was the norm? What’s erotic about being attracted to both ends of the gender spectrum and what sort of fantasies and fantastic worlds of magic or science can it spawn? Is there something special about bisexual characters or those who identify themselves as such? Explore the theme of bisexuality through this erotic and fantastical lens.

SUBMISSION DETAILS:
For all three anthologies, submission deadline is JULY 7, 2009. Email submissions only. Stories are best submitted as a word processor document (.doc, .rtf, .txt, etc.) attached to the email, but do not forget to include your complete contact information on the attached document! (If it’s only in the body of the email, it’s quite easy to have a brilliant story come out of the printer and then have no way to trace back where the heck it came from.) Manuscripts should be correctly/professionally formatted for submission. (If you’re not sure what we mean by that, Google it.)

Preferred word length is between 3000 and 7000 words. All stories must include explicit sexuality and erotic focus. (For more details on our editorial preferences, see the general submission guidelines on circlet.com. We highly recommend reading the guidelines, especially the “do not send” list, to increase your chances of sending us something we’ll love.) Try to avoid cliches. Fresh and direct language is preferred to overly euphemistic. Sex-positive, please, no rape/nonconsensuality/necrophilia or other purposefully gross topics. We do not publish horror.

Original stories only, NO REPRINTS unless the distribution was truly obscure. Ebooks pay $25 per story, with an additional $25 if the book gets a print edition. Authors get one copy of each edition, as well. Author retains the reprint rights to individual story; we buy non-exclusive rights to inclusion in this anthology only.

Submission addresses:
LIKE A QUEEN, send to: rachelcirclet (at) gmail (dot) com
LIKE A THORN, sent to: sarahcirclet (at) gmail (dot) com
LIKE TWIN STARS, send to: kellycirclet (at) gmail (dot) com

Also, don’t forget we are accepting microfictions for publication on Circlet.com. Every Friday is Fiction Friday. Microfictions should ideally be between 250 and 1000 words and pay either $5 via Paypal or a free book (or ebook). Microfictions should be submitted by email only to: circletintern (at) gmail (dot) com.

http://submissions.paper-bag-press.com/index.php

We at Paper Bag Press are looking for the highest-quality erotic short stories on the planet. Our official storefront, located at paper-bag-press.com, made its debut on February 14, 2009. We are always looking for more quality e-books. That's where you come in.

We are seeking new or established authors for exclusive publication. We want writers who can craft a short story with a strong plot that revolves around sexual experience. The stories are not necessarily romantic — the sex is the focus. If the characters are in luuurv, that’s fine, as long as the sex is hot.

We know that you are taking a chance on us since we are new. Because of this, we are offering a 5% royalty bonus beyond our normal royalty rate of 30% for the first 25 stories that are accepted for publication.

All kinds of stories are being considered, including:

If you have an erotic story that you'd like to us to consider for publication, go to the Submit Your Story page to tell us about it! We are seeking stories from 1,000 to 15,000 words. However, we are not draconian about the word count. These are just guidelines and not strict observance.

We are strict about what we will not accept:

• Pedophilia — all characters involved in sexual situations will be 18 years old or older.
• Bestiality — no humans having sex with animals.
• Rape — absolutely not allowed. All sex must be consensual.
• Toilet issues — must we go there? The answer is no.
• Physical abuse as titillation — again, the sex must be consensual. No characters harming each other within the sexual framework (no snuff, no stabbing, none of that). In BDSM, it must be made clear that the people involved have consented and are enjoying themselves.
• Necrophilia — again, must we go there? The answer is still no.
• Incest — once again, must we go there? The answer is absolutely, unequivocally no.

Other than that, we are an equal opportunity smut peddler.

Please read our Submissions FAQ for more information. Questions? Drop us a line.

Ready to submit your story? Complete the Submit Your Story form. Your story should be in Microsoft Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf), size 12 font, double-spaced.

Have fun writing!

 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.

Accentuate Writers and Accentuate Services (the editors), in conjunction with Twin Trinity Media Company (the publisher), are seeking open submissions for the 2009 Accentuate Writers Erotic Anthology from you (the writers!).

This is NOT a contest, but open submissions of erotic short stories.

There is no reading fee. There is no cost to submit. There is no cost for being published. In fact, you are not required to pay for anything. You are not even required to purchase anything to be considered for publication. All authors selected for publication will receive a royalty contract as well as a small upfront payment (between $15-250 upfront), to be made as an 'offer for advance'. Each author will receive a percentage of royalty for each book sold (as a standard royalty paying author's contract), based on their percentage of contributing to the anthology (determined by final word counts).

All selected authors will receive two free copies of the anthology in which their story appears, as well as being able to purchase books at a 50% discount off retail sale price, as the special author's pricing. No purchase is required, ever.

If interested in submitting, please keep the following in mind:

Accentuate is not looking for pornography, neither are we looking for romance writing. What we seek is something somewhere in the middle: romance with a heat level that sizzles, while still telling a great story!

What we want: (cut to publisher's site)

Taste Tests are mini-anthologies consisting of three or more stories ranging from 3000-7000 words each for a total of 10000-20000 words. Monthly themes are posted on the Taste Test submission page, along with deadlines and links to our general submission guidelines. Authors may submit a single story to any open theme, or submit a set of stories as single author collection, suggesting their own theme. Single-author collections will be published concurrently with a regularly scheduled monthly title.
Please send all submissions to submissions@torquerepress.com care of Lorna Hinson with Taste Test (theme title) in the subject line. This line pays our standard royalty rates, split equally among all authors (co-written stories receive a single payment divided between the co-authors). Please follow our general guidelines for formatting and cover letter information. If you have questions about the suitability of any story or need clarification on our guidelines, please email Lorna at ldoone@torquerepress.com

Currently seeking submissions for:

K9 – Publication date June 2009, submissions due 3/11/2009 (Who doesn't love a dangerous, sexy canine shapeshifter? Looking for hot, adventurous tails)

Walk the Plank! – Publication date July 2009, submissions due 4/15/2009 (Buckle my swash and send me pirates! Rapiers! Codpieces! Hot cabin boys!)

Pushy Little Bottoms – Publication date August 2009, submissions due 5/13/2009 (Topping from below? Demanding a good spanking RIGHT NOW? You bet. I want bossy little bottom boys! No whining allowed.)

Chain Male - Publication date September 2009, submissions due 6/17/2009 (Knights on white horses. Squires in chains! Saracens who want to show Europeans how to bathe, among other things. Bring on the knight.)

Scared Stiff - publication date October 2009, subs due 7/15/2009 (Sexy spooks? Ghosts with something extra to stick to you? Heck yes!)

Men in Kilts - publication date November 2009, subs due 8/12/2009 (Celtic barbarians, modern day commando hotties. Highland fling me, please!)

All Wrapped Up – publication date December 2009, submissions due 9/16/2009 (Bondage for the holidays? Heck yes. Who wouldn't want a little BDSM under the mistletoe?)

We are open for submissions in "forbidden" romance genres, particularly ménage, BDSM, homoerotic and capture/abduction stories from authors who are passionate about erotic romance. Sex scenes must sizzle, be explicit, use adult language and leaving nothing to the imagination. Books can be set in contemporary, historical, paranormal/fantasy worlds, etc. All books MUST possess a strong, romance-oriented plot and have a happily-ever-after or happy-for-now ending. We are NOT interested in books that are strictly sexfests. Our goal is to cultivate authors with vivid, passionate voices and the ability to deliver well-crafted characters and relationships. We're most interested in books of 40,000 to 60,000 words, but will consider works as short as 20,000 and as long as 80,000. Nothing under 20,000 words will be considered at this time.
Submission Guidelines

Send submissions to submissions@forbiddenpassionpress.com and attach:

    * A detailed synopsis (2 to 5 pages describing setting and main characters and outlining full plot, including resolution).
    * Your complete manuscript (doc or rtf format).
    * The subject line of the email should say SUBMISSION: your name and the title of your book.

We are an electronic publisher, so we accept only electronic submissions. Please do not attempt to send us printed submissions via snail mail. They will not be considered.

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Wilde Oats celebrates gay and bisexual fiction.  
It embraces the joys and agonies of life for gay and bisexual men,
from hard gritty realism to wild flights of romantic fantasy.

http://www.wildeoats.com/ComingIssues

August: Pic4Fic

What is the hidden story behind this illustration?(See above link)  In Pic4Fic one of the Wilde Oats artists will provide a thought provoking and teasing image to stir the imagination of writers.  We challenge writers to send us a story using this illustration, by Wilde Oats artist Gormax, as a prompt, for the next (August) issue.  We will print all accepted stories -- the more, the better.

December: Gays and Marriage

Wilde Oats plans to feature a themed issue every December. As our first theme we have chosen marriage. Not just gay marriage, but any story about how gay men are affected by the institution of marriage – gays happy or unhappy in their heterosexual marriages, gays under pressure to marry, married couples with gay children or in-laws, etc. The field is wide open so start thinking about your story submission now. The deadline for submissions will be early October. While stories and articles about marriage will be given priority, we welcome submissions on other subjects as well. However, if you write about something else we will wait until the deadline before making our final selection, publish those we have room for in the order we received them, and hold the others we accept in reserve for our April issue.

Who we are:
Damnation Books is a new ebook publisher. We specialize in dark writing: horror, dark fantasy, thrillers, science fiction and erotica (within the genres of horror, dark fantasy, thrillers and science fiction). Being new, we are focusing on ebooks. We have plans to go into trade paperbacks with novel length and anthology works within a year.

We officially launch the company in September 2009 with twenty-five titles. Our current plans are to hold a launch party at KillerCon in Las Vegas in September 2009. After the initial opening, we will release twelve new titles every three months.

We accept unsolicited submissions. Multiple submissions are fine so long as you keep us informed of the book's status and let us know immediately should it be sold elsewhere.
Turnaround time is currently expected at four to six weeks. Please don't inquire until that length of time has passed.

Word lengths:
" Short stories 5,000 to 10,000 words
" Novellas 10,001 to 60,000
" Novels 60,001 to 120,000

Our pay rate for short stories is .03 cents per word with a max length of 10,000 words. Novellas and novel length works are royalty based at 40% net. We are unable to pay advances at this time. We ask for worldwide electronic and North American print rights for a three year period from the date of release. There will NEVER be any fees charged to authors for being published by us. Reprints are fine so long as the work is out of print in any format anywhere and you have full rights returned to you. Yes, we will ask for proof if we offer you a contract. A release letter or email will do at that time.
Our preferred method of payment is through PayPal. We pay quarterly.

Ebooks will be sold via our website and a number of ebook vendors in multiple formats.

What we want: full details on their website

http://www.damnationbooks.com/

We want you... to submit your story to Absolute XPress. http://www.absolute-x-press.com

We are currently seeking high-quality novel-length and novellas of: science fiction, fantasy, horror, dark/gruesome fantasy, romance, erotica, mystery.

Manuscripts should be written in good taste and be aimed at an older (aged 20 and up), well-read, mature audience. We prefer novels of between 75,000 and 120,000 words, and novellas of between 10,000 and 60,000, although we occasionally accept longer or shorter works. We work with new and established authors.

We particularly like stories with:

• depth and insight
• great writing
• original ideas
• interesting characters who have believable behaviors, motives, and relationships
• believable dialogue
• strong plots
• solid science or magic systems
• unique settings
• well designed, innovative alien life forms and environments, and
• richly detailed and original cultures.

Deadline for submissions is September 1, 2009

Greetings, all–

My colleague, R. G. Emanuelle, and I are editing an anthology of short stories whose focus is women pirates. Here's the official call:

Call for Submissions

Skulls and Crossbones

A collection of short stories that features women pirates in any setting, any time period.

Editors: Andi Marquette and R. G. Emanuelle.
Publisher: Mindancer Press (Bedazzled Ink), print and ebook editions

Stipulations:
No longer than 7000 words; no shorter than 4000 words
Will consider original and previously published stories.
$35 per story, paid after contract is signed. Story rights revert back to authors 18 months after date of publication. Each contributor will receive one print copy as well as one ebook copy of the anthology.

GLBTQ/heterosexual characters are welcome BUT EACH STORY MUST FEATURE A WOMAN PIRATE, either as the main character or the focus of the story (e.g. another sailor on the ship who hates the woman pirate and through his/her eyes, we observe the woman pirate). Again, the main character or the focus of the story MUST BE A WOMAN PIRATE. We will consider main characters that identify as transgendered (male to female), but that identity must figure prominently in the story as a driving force and/or something that speaks to the character's experience as a woman pirate.

Extra caveat: The focus of the story cannot be a romantic hook-up/sex/ erotica. Sex, eroticism, and romance may be part of the story (as=2
0long as they fit within the story's overall plot), but they cannot be the reason for the story or the driving force of the story. We want stories that feature adventure, intrigue, antiheroines/ heroines, battles (epic, personal, or small-scale) , something to be accomplished/ overcome, vengeance, trickery, thievery, and/or assorted banditry and outlaw behavior.

Absolutely NO stories that feature acts of pedophilia, incest, bestiality, or rape.

Deadline for submissions is September 1, 2009
Final selections will be made by October 1, 2009, with publication tentatively slated for January 2010

To submit your story, send as an email attachment in RTF format, double-spaced to pirateanthology AT gmail DOT com. Please include your name, pen name (if applicable), mailing address, email address, story title, and word count on the first page of your submission.

You can also go to Mindancer Press (Bedazzled Ink) to see the official call. Click here.

If you have questions, drop us a line at pirateanthology AT gmail DOT com.

None on Record: Stories of Queer Africa
Edited by: Notisha Massaquoi & Selly Thiam

WE are collecting stories of Africans from the continent and within the diasporic communities that identify as queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (QLGBT).

One of our biggest challenges as QLGBT Africans globally is forced invisibility. Human rights violations in many countries on the African continent are at an all time high for QLGBT Africans who speak out publicly.

In order to identify ourselves rather than be defined by others we must first see ourselves, create discourse and story. And only we can write it. We must no longer cooperate in the maintenance of our own invisibility. Our voices must be heard. We do exist.

It is the goal of None on Record to link the struggles, triumphs, joy and pain of QLGBT Africans everywhere. We aim to add to the exponential growth of histories and stories being told by queer Africans all over the world.

We invite QLGBT Africans to submit original, unpublished essays, poems, short stories, plays, creative non-fiction, and visual art. We’re looking for work that explores the lives of QLGBT Africans and how your experiences have shaped you emotionally, politically, socially, and culturally. We are interested in the ideas and language that make you African and QLGBT.

We accept work from QLGBT Africans from the continent and those who have immigrated to other parts of the world. We also accept submissions from first generation QLGBT Africans born outside the African Continent. If you self-identify as a QLGBT African but do not fit the criteria written above and would like to submit work for consideration, please write us at: NORsubmission@gmail.com

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Unmasked II: More Erotic Tales of Gay Superheroes

Edited by Eric Summers
Deadline: March 15, 2009

The response to "Unmasked: Erotic Tales of Gay Superheroes" was so positive that we have decided to publish a sequel.

What made the first "Unmasked" so well received was the originality of the characters and the great amount of humor, making it erotic and fun! If you contributed to "Unmasked," please consider a sequel to your story.

For those who wish to contribute for the first time, we are looking for superheroes that are original and not cliché, and a sexy sidekick is always welcome! Your superhero should have both an extraordinary talent and not so obvious weakness. All we ask is that your superheroes are hot and their actions hotter. And of course, we want them to be fun.

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Boys Getting Ahead

Edited by Mickey Erlach
Deadline October 15 2009

Everyone has heard of the casting couch, but did you know it stretches far beyond Hollywood? Many a stud has used his “talents” to get ahead, whether in an office, a loading dock, a store, or especially in politics. After all, to get ahead in life, you sometimes have to take it like a man, or give as good as you get.

BOYS GETTING AHEAD is about those ambitious young men, who will do what it takes as often as necessary to grab the brass ring or at least wear it. There are no limits to what some of these guys will do. If the boss wants it rough, that’s cool. If the boss wants romance, that’s perfectly acceptable. And, if the boss wants to throw you to the curb and treat you like a whore, that’s the chance you take. Who said having a successful life was going to be easy?

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TEAMMATES
Edited by Eric Summers

Deadline: November 15, 2009

There you are in the locker room after a hard practice, watching your teammates strip and head to the open shower room, and suddenly the practice isn’t the only thing that is hard. Or, during wrestling practice, you are paired up with the best built, most handsome guy on the team, whose singlet is stretched beyond its limits everywhere possible. You are the quarterback and the new center has the hottest butt you’ve ever seen, and now he is bent over in front of you with your hands against his crotch, ready to hike the ball. What do you do? What have you done? What do you regret not doing?

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Sloppy or poorly written stories will not be considered, replied to, or acknowledged!!!
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Like a Sacred Desire
Deadline: 1st April 2009

We are seeking stories that think outside the box of physical gratification as a means of manifestation. Think words of power, abstinence as a means of building up energy, invoking Gods and Goddesses often thought of as dark such as Baphomet, Kali or Lilith.

Themes can include destruction and rebirth, healing the self, binding of a slave to a Master, pasts remembered and futures conceived. Surprise us. Turn us on and intoxicate us.

Electronic submissions only. Please send to jwsubs13 at gmail dot com.

Circlet Press is an independent publisher dedicated to celebrating the erotic imagination. We began life in 1992 to provide a market for science fiction and fantasy stories that were “unpublishable” elsewhere merely for their heavy erotic content. We believe that the erotic imagination should thrive in science fiction and fantasy; the literature of the wildest flights of imagination should not be devoid of this universal portion of human fantasy. Since that time we have published over forty print titles in that vein. Most of the books we have done have been anthologies of short stories built around various themes (vampires, high tech) or sexualities (gay men’s erotic sf, transgender stories, fetish/SM), with the occasional novel or single-author collection thrown in. PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT UNSOLICITED NOVELS OR NOVEL QUERIES.

We accept submissions during our open reading periods only. Manuscripts submitted at other times will be discarded (or returned with SASE) unless they were specifically solicited! Typical story length we enjoy is 4,000 to 7,000 words, and these lengths tend to get the most positive response. Anything from 1500 to 15,000 is possible, but if you are going to go over 8,000 words, your story had better really justify it. Pace your story like a short story, not like a novel, begin “in medias res” and you will have better success. Anything above 15,000, is usually too long for our taste.

Short story submissions must have both the following requisite components:

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Circlet Press is looking for steampunk erotica stories to be published in its upcoming e-book, Like Clockwork. of all original stories. The reading period begins March 1, 2009 and ends April 1, 2009. All stories for ebook publication will conform to the same standards of quality and sensuality as in all Circlet’s print books. Ebook only publications pay $25 per story, with an additional $25 for any book that goes into print.

Like Clockwork 
We’re making a sequel to Like a Wisp of Steam, Circlet’s landmark steampunk erotica anthology. We liked what we received for that collection so much, we want to see more! Here’s your chance to explore the world of corsets and goggles, airships and weird science, all with a sexy twist.

Circlet Press is an independent publisher dedicated to celebrating the erotic imagination. We began life in 1992 to provide a market for science fiction and fantasy stories that were “unpublishable” elsewhere merely for their heavy erotic content. We believe that the erotic imagination should thrive in science fiction and fantasy; the literature of the wildest flights of imagination should not be devoid of this universal portion of human fantasy. Since that time we have published over forty print titles in that vein. Most of the books we have done have been anthologies of short stories built around various themes (vampires, high tech) or sexualities (gay men’s erotic sf, transgender stories, fetish/SM), with the occasional novel or single-author collection thrown in. PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT UNSOLICITED NOVELS OR NOVEL QUERIES.

We accept submissions during our open reading periods only. Manuscripts submitted at other times will be discarded (or returned with SASE) unless they were specifically solicited! Typical story length we enjoy is 4,000 to 7,000 words, and these lengths tend to get the most positive response. Anything from 1500 to 15,000 is possible, but if you are going to go over 8,000 words, your story had better really justify it. Pace your story like a short story, not like a novel, begin “in medias res” and you will have better success. Anything above 15,000, is usually too long for our taste.

Short story submissions must have both the following requisite components:

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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

Dreamspinner Press is seeking homoerotic stories for the following short story/novella anthologies.
Deadline: March 15, 2009

Short stories and novellas for anthologies are purchased for a flat amount based on the length of the work.  Copyright remains with the author.  Dreamspinner requires two-year digital and paperback rights.

To Have and to Hold
A Love Story a Day for the Month of June

A wedding day is full of magic, whether you're the groom, the best man, a friend, or a bystander, and the love in the air is impossible to resist. We are looking for stories that give us a glimpse of that love - established couples or love at first sight, wedding bells or engagements, or something inexplicable that makes you think "I do." The details are up to you.

Length: 5,000 - 18,000 words (manuscripts shorter or longer will be considered but will have to be extraordinary)

Submission Deadline: March 15, 2009

Follow the general submission guidelines for short stories.
http://dreamspinnerpress.com/submissions.htm

Writing Sprint 3: Deadline - February 6, 2009

You need to join the community to enter.

Challenge: Love is a theme which fuels many popular stories and novels. Writing about love can also be difficult. For this challenge, write a story about two long lost lovers who are suddenly reunited. The story should be between 500-2,000 words.

To enter, post your piece during the sprint period and include the tags Long Lost Love (entered as long_lost_love).

The entries will be judged on originality and poignancy. Make us experience what the reunited couple are feeling and do it in a way that is genuine and unforced.

Awards:

• The winner of each weekly competition will receive $30.

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