WRITERS: Looky here!

[svairini]

I thought it would be good to create a thread for writers/editors to share Calls for Submission.

Here are some that recently came my way. Most are unpaid. (Nope I don't know any more about them, please don't pm me! Contact the publications directly, thx.)

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PILIPINA/O JOURNAL

The next issue of _maganda_ will be centered around the question of
whether or not we are at a point of renaissance -- politically,
socially, artistically, etc. -- as Pilipinas/os. Visual and written
submissions welcome. Deadline: December 1, 2003. Full call for
submissions at: http://www.magandamagazine.org/malakas.html


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RADICAL PEOPLE OF COLOR ZINE
-- QUEERING QUEERNESS ISSUE

Call for submissions for _Ana Castro_ #2.
Deadline: January 1, 2004.

_Ana Castro_, a Radical People of Color zine, launched its first issue
in March, 2003 on the exotification of Women of Color. The next issue
will be on Queering Queerness. _Ana Castro_ is accepting the following
submissions: Comic strips, drawings, short essays, fiction, pictures and
poems by Queer People of Color.

Your submission(s) should be on the following topics:
The definition of Queer today
Being a Queer POC
Genderqueerness
Trannie fags/Trannie lesbians
Having straight partners

The Queering of Sex:
Queer Women with Queer Men
Trannie fags with bio fags
Open Relationships/Polyamory/Non-Monagamy
Threesomes/Orgies
Multiple people relationships
Trans women with Trans men

Also accepting ideas on other topics not listed above.
Submissions/Questions can be sent over email to
<AnaCastroZine@yahoo.com>.

Or:
Ana Castro Zine
217 Ocean Ave. # 7A
Brooklyn, NY 11225
U.S.A.


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QUEER DISABILITY ZINE

_Scars Tell Stories: A Radical Queer and Trans (Dis)ability Zine_

RESYST Seattle seeks poetry, artwork, essays, fiction, interviews,
plays, rants, and all other forms of expression reflecting the
experiences of transgender, bisexual, genderqueer, lesbian, gay and/or
queer-identified crips/disabled folks of all (dis)abilities, races,
classes and genders for radical queer and trans (dis)ability zine. We
define (dis)ability in the most inclusive sense of the word and include
all physical (dis)abilities, psychological (dis)abilities, PTSD,
depression, cognitive (dis)abilities, learning (dis)abilities, panic
attacks, chronic illnesses (such as HIV/AIDS and breast cancer), chronic
pain, repetitive motion injuries, arthritis, and invisible
(dis)abilities, and any other experience that people self-identify as a
(dis)ability.

What do you wish existed in the world around (dis)ability politics,
theory, art, and activism? This zine wants you to create it. _Scars Tell
Stories_ seeks to prioritize underrepresented experiences in
(dis)ability, queer, and trans movements.

Topics might include:

(Dis)ability and Racism
Internalized ableism
(Dis)ability and Sex
Ableism in (dis)ability communities
Body Politics
Creating crip communities
AIDS activism as (dis)ability activism
Radical Crip Theory
Models for radical communities to be truly accessible
Connections between Queer, Trans, and Crip Communities
Crips Loving Crips
Mad/Crazy Activism
Accessible spaces for people with psychological (dis)abilities.

Submission info:

No previously published work. Please include a brief bio with your work.
Please send work as an attachment to <resyst@resystseattle.org>, or send
work via ground mail to:

RESYST Seattle
1816 Bellevue Ave. #205
Seattle, WA 98122
U.S.A.

Deadline: December 10, 2003.

If sending ground mail, Include Self Addressed Stamped Envelope (or
International Return Coupon if applicable), to receive a response, and
with sufficient postage to return manuscripts and art if so desired.

About Us:

RESYST Seattle is a political and cultural resource for GLBT and Queer
activists and educators, particularly youth of color, young women,
(dis)abled youth, working class youth, trans youth and other young
people from marginalized communities, working to build a movement of
youth united for radical social change. http://www.resystseattle.org

About the Editors:

Colin Kennedy Donovan is an anti-racist Irish/English/German/Spanish
trans/genderqueer (dis)abled activist, poet, writer and performer. S/he
has facilitated workshops and performed throughout the Pacific
Northwest. Hir work appears in _Clamor Magazine_, _Revolutionary Voices:
A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology_, _Turning the Tide_, and _XCP:
Streetnotes_. S/he is also the author of the radical (dis)ability zine
_Fuck Pity_.

Qwo-Li Driskill is a Cherokee Two-Spirit and Queer also of African,
Irish, Lenape, Lumbee, and Osage ascent. Hir works has appeared in
numerous publications including _Many Mountains Moving_, _The Raven
Chronicles_, _Red Ink_, _Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer
Youth Anthology_, and most recently the anthologies _Speak to Me Words:
Essays on Contemporary American Indian Poetry_ and _Nurturing Native
Languages_. A Mad Crip activist and educator, Qwo-Li lives with chronic
pain, PTSD, and bipolar disorder. Visit hir online at
http://www.dragonflyrising.com

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ASIAN AMERICAN FIRST POETRY BOOK CONTEST

Submission Guidelines for Poetry Manuscript Competition For Unpublished
Poets

Judges: Three-member panel consists of distinguished poets & editors.

Award: Publication of poetry book, including a standard book contract;
participation in The AAWW's Literary Caravan reading tour; a profile in
The AAWW's literary magazine, _Ten_. The book will be funded by a grant
from The Ford Foundation, and will be nationally distributed by Temple
University Press. Winner will be announced in Spring 2004.

Cash Prize: $1,000

Entry Fee: Each submission must be accompanied by a completed entry
form, including proposed book title, author's name, address, telephone
number and email address; and a $20 entry fee. Please make check payable
to The Asian American Writers' Workshop; entry fee waived for members of
The AAWW.

Manuscript rules: Three (3) copies of a previously unpublished typed or
word-processed manuscript (48-100 pages), including cover page with
publication credits and an artistic bio. Electronic submissions will not
be accepted. Revisions and additions will not be accepted once a
manuscript has been submitted and received. Keep a copy of your
manuscript as manuscripts will not be returned; they will be recycled.
Send a self-addressed stamped postcard to acknowlege receipt of entered
submission.

Eligibility: Open to Asian American poets, writing in English, who are
residents or citizens of the U.S., and who have not published a book of
poetry. Poets who have published a chapbook, online, or self-published
book are eligible.

Terms: Submitted manuscript may contain individual poems that have
already been published in literary magazines or journals. Please include
acknowledgements page.

Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked by December 1, 2003.

Please send manuscripts to:

AAWW Poetry Competition
16 West 32nd Street, Suite 10A
New York, NY 10001
U.S.A.

Questions? Please call (212) 494-0061.

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WOMEN OF COLOR ESSAY AWARDS

Women of Color Caucus Student Essay Awards
National Women's Studies Association

The sponsor provides essay awards of $400 each for one Latina, one
Asian/Asian-American woman, and one Native American woman undergraduate
or graduate student or recent Ph.D. recipient (degree acquired no
earlier than May 2003). Scholarly essays must provide critical
theoretical discussions and/or analyses of issues/experiences of Latina,
Asian/Asian American, or Native American women and girls. Focus may be
national or international.

Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: Any/No Restrictions
Locations Tenable: U.S.A. Citizenship (including U.S. Territories)

University of Maryland
7100 Baltimore Blvd., Suite 500
College Park, MD 20740
U.S.A.
nwsa@umail.umd.edu
http://www.nwsa.org/scholarship.htm
(301) 403-0525
(301) 403-4137 Fax

Deadline: 02/15/2004 (Postmark)

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RACE & GIRLHOOD ANTHOLOGY

Seal Press, Fall 2004

How old were you when you became conscious of the color of your skin?
What was the first racial epithet you ever heard? Was your house
vandalized because you were the only different kid in school? Were you
ever made fun on in the girls' bathroom because your name wasn't easy to
pronounce? When did you first witness racism: a Swastika spray-painted
on your third grade classroom; your Sikh classmate being called a "girl"
because of his long hair; your parents talking, over the dinner table,
about "the people in your neighborhood"? What were those childhood
experiences that hurt you or made you think or made you reevaluate your
history, the history of your community, the history of your country?

From the compassionate to the terrifying to the amusing, childhood
experiences of race are formative and lasting. Unfortunately, these
experiences are not talked about because of pain, fear, embarrassment,
the intense pressure to fit in, or the inability to discuss race/racism
without being "politically correct." In addition, women, who are
navigating through childhood and adolescence and dealing with other
issues like body image, growing sexuality, cliques and popularity, often
skirt and compartmentalize issues of race.

Do you want a space to tell your own stories? Do you want to read about
the experiences of other women and realize you are not the only one?
Then consider contributing to this thought-provoking women's anthology
that delves deep into race/racism, through the lens of childhood, in
America. I am looking for honest essays by women that discuss how the
concept of "other" or the concept of being "other" has defined their
childhood, both positively and negatively.

The tone of this book does not aim to be bitter, but engaging and
moving. I would like to put the diversity of race/racism in America
(rural, urban, black, Asian, Latina, white, multiracial, women who
immigrated in their childhoods, women who were born here) under a
microscope.

I am looking for good storytelling - what I want to capture are stories
of growing up and stories that aren't often told. I am looking for style
as well as substance - there is an infinite number of ways the writer
can explore the personal essay. Push the parameters of the genre; be
unique and daring. I'm looking for a strong narrative - something
learned, something gained, something seen more clearly.

Hardly an exhaustive list, here are some words to play around with and
get you thinking: Exclusion; Silence; Double lives (i.e. one life in
school/one life at home); Reflections of parental prejudice;
Consciousness of race; Perceptions of other races; Perceptions of one's
own race; Coping; Denial; Understanding; Compassion; Race on the
playground; Loss of innocence.

Writers may contribute creative nonfiction, personal essays and memoirs.
Women of every race (white, black, Asian, Latina, mixed-race), class,
sexuality, background, and generation are encouraged to tell their
stories!

Previously published pieces OK. Simultaneous submissions OK. (Just make
it clear in email or cover letter).

Deadline: December 15, 2003, for Fall 2004 publication
Length: 1,500 to 6,000 words, negotiable
Fee: $100, on publication, plus two copies of the book

Send completed manuscript in .rtf or .doc format to Pooja Makhijani, c/o
raceandchildhood@yahoo.com, along with a cover letter/bio/resume. If you
must submit a hard copy, please send to Pooja Makhijani, c/o Leslie
Miller, Seal Press, 300 Queen Anne Ave. N., #375, Seattle, WA 98109,
U.S.A.

About the editor: I am a writer living in New Jersey. My bylines have appeared
in _The New York Times_, _The Village Voice_, _The Newark Star-Ledger_,
_The Indian Express_, _Time Out New York_, _NY ARTS Magazine_, and
_India Today_. This fall my essays will appear in _Cicada_ (Cricket
Group, November-December 2003) and in _Women Who Eat: A New Generation
on the Glory of Food_ (Seal Press, November 2003).
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[svairini]

CALL FOR PAPERS:
Desire in Transition: An anthology by, for and about
partners and potential partners of
trans(gender/sexual), intersex, and gender queer
people

Partners and potential partners of gender queer people
are extremely diverse and rarely visible as a group.
We are people of all genders (trans and otherwise),
people of all sexual identities (straight, lesbian,
gay, bisexual, pansexual, trans-sensual, s/m, vanilla,
some of us still searching for terminology and some
happy without it), not to mention body sizes and
shapes, races, ethnicities, health statuses, physical
abilities, economic classes and so on. Part of our
invisibility is that there doesn't seem to be a simple
name for the one thing we have in common. "Homosexual"
might work for similarly gendered trans people in
relationships, but not all of us with differently
gendered preferences are comfortable with
"heterosexual," and "transsexual" is already taken.

It's time for an anthology to begin to illustrate who
we are (in all of our diversity), the issues with
which we struggle, and what we're doing to make the
world a better place. We imagine this book as a
beginning of a conversation among lovers of gender
variant folks and the varied communities to which we
belong.

So, I'm looking for writing (essays, memoirs, stories,
poetry, etc.) on the following topics or others that
you believe would be important for such a book:

Coming out stories (How has your thinking about your
sexual identity and relationship changed over time?
Did a partner you were already with, come out as
trans? Or, did you find a pattern in the types of
people you were attracted to? What have you come out
as? Have you come out more than once, with more than
one sexual identity? How did others react when you
told them? What were your hopes and fears in coming
out? How have they come true or not? Did your partner
or ex come out to you? And how did you react?) Sex
(Desire, erotica, safer sex, S/M, vanilla, phone sex,
public sex, fantasies, fuck-ups, and so on…)
Relationships (Is there anything special about trans
or differently gendered relationships? How have your
views on relationships changed with your partners
and/or identities? Changes during transition, trans
people telling their partners, non-trans partners'
transitions, how to be a political ally to your
romantic partner/s, inter-racial relationships,
internet dating, monogamy and polyamory, commitment
ceremonies, state-sanctioned marriages, domestic
violence…) Creating Community (Where do we fit, and
how have our communities responded? How have our
non-trans-identified communities adjusted or changed?
Who has come into our lives that we might not
otherwise have met? What barriers have obstructed our
efforts to create community, and how have we dealt
with them? What has been fun or fabulous about your
gender community?) Organizing for Social Change (What
kinds of trans/partners political organizing are we
doing? What tips do we have for others? How do we work
with and in existing political organizations - queer,
people of color, labor, feminist, fat liberationist
and other movements? How has being a partner of a
trans person fit with and/or changed and/or enhanced
your political analysis?)

Submissions should be no more than 15 pages (double
spaced) or 3700 words.

Send paper versions to:
Natalie Patrice
643 Hamlin St. NE #6
Washington, DC 20017
or electronic ones to nptucker at yahoo dot com

Deadline October 15, 2004

[svairini]

Call for Submissions for new Lesbian Parenting Book
For Nonbio Moms

Hey All,

Harlie Aizley here, wondering if any of you lezzie
mommies (or friends of lezzie mommies who might pass
this on) would like to contribute to a book I am
working on due out hopefully in 2005. This project is
an edited collection of essays written by
non-biological mommies in two-mommy households. The
working title is The 2nd Mommy: Tales from the Lesbian
Home-front or Nonbiological Mothers Tell All. The book
aims to be a series of anecdotes - humorous,
tongue-in-cheek, serious, however it flows - about the
rarely discussed role of being a non-biological mommy
raising a child from conception, alongside the child's
biological mother. Here's a synopsis of the proposal:

As a bio-mom with endless support groups at my
disposal, I've often felt the poignant and complex
experience of my partner is without similar support or
even precedent. It occurred to me that as lesbians
choosing to parent we are creating a new family
architecture - complete with its own joys,
complications, blessings, and difficulties - for which
there is no literature, or analysis. I'm hoping this
collection will be an educational resource as well as
a source of emotional support for all women in this
unique place. Topics will include (but certainly are
not limited to): issues surrounding physical closeness
to the child or children (ex., nursing), what each
mommy is to be called, having to come out much more as
the nonbio mommy, perhaps not looking at all like your
child, being a different race from your child, being
old enough to be the grandmom of your son or daughter,
issues regarding nonbio mom's parents and their roles
as grandparents - or not, jealousy of the birth
experience, jealousy in general, differences in
connection with the children if nonbio mom then has a
child of her own, competition between moms from the
non-bio mom's perspective, the construction of role
(i.e. second mom, dad, aunt, etc.), non-bio moms from
birth or those that join a family a bit later, etc.

The cast of contributors is looking great, but I want
more (!!) and am sending out an open call for
submissions to any lesbian mom who is or was the
non-biological mom in her household. So please
consider contributing, offering suggestions as to
topics you think would be of interest, and/or passing
on this email to any other women you think might be
interested in writing. There is no deadline as of yet,
though we are hoping to have the manuscript complete
by Fall 2004. Twenty-page limit per essay. I'm happy to
email a detailed copy of the proposal to anyone who's
interested.

Thanks for your time and consideration. Happy
parenting!

Best,
Harlyn Aizley
http://www.buyingdad.com/
buyingdad@aol.com

[femmetwists]

Svairini, thanks for all these! love your new avatar

[mountainbikedyke]

Great thread. Thanks.

[svairini]

BLACK LESBIAN LOVE ANTHOLOGY

_Longing, Lust and Love: Black Lesbian Stories_
Edited by Fiona Zedde

Most of us have been through it, the various stages of lesbian love. It
starts with the lingering looks across the room at an interesting
stranger, romantic e-mails, flowers, and wearing leather on your first
date. Then once you have her, stage two kicks off with all night sex
sessions that leave you sore but still wanting more. Soon you don't even
want to leave the house for months, and some of your friends even forget
your name. At this point even the smell of her dirty underwear gets you
wet. Then, if you're lucky (and not on the second date, mind you), the
third stage comes around and you've settled into the comfy couch of your
relationship, taking relaxing baths together, holding hands as you watch
the sun set from the deck of the condo you bought together five years
ago. After the kids are in bed, the two of you snuggle on the sofa with
hot tea and each other's loving touch. We want stories that show one of
these three stages of lesbian relationships. Just remember, the lust
part is good, but so is the other stuff.

Specifications:
Stories should be no more than 4,000 words. Be as sexy, sensual, even
explicit as you like, but no porn. No underage or non-consensual
encounters, no animals, etc. Previously unpublished material is
preferred, but excerpts from published work are also acceptable. In the
case of previously published work, you must have the reprint rights.
(Indicate where and when published, plus rights status. This means full
disclosure of publishing history.)

Submission requirements:
Submit stories in typewritten hard copy only, double-spaced. Manuscripts
not chosen will be discarded, so do not send your only copy. Include
with your submission a brief author bio and your e-mail address. No
e-mail submissions, please. For additional information, contact:
<anthology@nghosibooks.com>.

Mail submissions to:
Nghosi Books.com
Attn: NBANTHOLOGY
P.O. Box 1908
Stone Mountain, GA 30086

Submission deadline: October 1, 2004.
Compensation: Two copies of the published anthology, and an opportunity
to participate in all of the promotional events surrounding the
anthology's release.

NGHOSI: v. Providing a forum for artists of all disciplines to share
their soulful creations with the world. http://www.nghosibooks.com



QUEER MORMON ANTHOLOGY

_This Is the Place: Queers from Mormon Families Stake Their Claim_

You grew up queer and closeted in a Mormon family or household, but
where are you now? We want to publish your story! We are compiling an
anthology of such stories to arouse, inspire, to entertain, to teach,
and most of all, to claim our identities. _This Is the Place_ for queer
writers with Mormon backgrounds to pioneer our own collection of
groundbreaking memoirs, essays, and historical narratives. Submissions
should be no more than 5000 words, typewritten in a 12-point font,
double-spaced and single-sided. Please include a cover letter with a
brief bio and contact info, as well as a SASE of sufficient size for the
return of your manuscript. Send your stories by October 31, 2004 to:

This Is the Place
P.O. Box 1150
Bowling Green Station
New York, NY 10274

For full guidelines, email <thisistheplace@riseup.net>.



RECLAIMING JEWISH COMMUNITY ANTHOLOGY

This anthology aims to make concrete the growing number of radical
Jewish ideas, movements and identities that are currently blossoming in
21st century united states. We seek to create new spaces for young
Jewish radicals who are constantly relegated to the margins to highlight
the immense amounts of knowledge, insight and wisdom that so many of us
find with one another that has yet to be documented, critiqued, shared
and dispersed in a wider and significant manner. We represent and give
voice to historically and currently marginalized u.s. Jewish communities
and identities, including Mizrahi and Sephardi Jews, Jews of color,
transgender Jews, queer Jews and disabled Jews, as well as politically
radical Jews such as Secular Jews, Jews making radical work, and
anti-oppression activists.

Through art, poetry, fiction, prose, free thought and non-fiction we
hope to make evident the lush radical culture of "new Jewish life"- new
in many ways only because it has lived so long in the shadows of our
passions, poetry, dreams and inspirations outside of Jewish mainstream
culture.

We aim to provide this as a space where people can feel like they can
bring their whole selves to a creative piece. We do not want this to be
another reader that is filled with jargon that we all spit out to each
other all the time, nor is this solely about identity politics.

We want people to bring new theories, new concepts, new perspectives,
and tell us stories that might not be told in mainstream jewish
settings.

We want people to write from what they know...from their truth...from a
perspective that they don't think has been taken/given before.

We stand with and give room to people who are in solidarity with
Palestine and all anti-colonial and anti-imperialist struggles.

We believe in risk-takers and know that many of us do not have choices
in the risks we take to live, breathe, love, fuck and survive. We
believe that we need more support amongst one another. As well, we
believe that the time is long overdue where our presence is not
relegated to the side as "alternative voices" but rather is known as
integral to the pulse of Jewishness and Jewish life and history.

We also believe this is a work in progress and would like to see this
become a project that is continually in motion.

Submission Guidelines:
Please include your name, mailing address, telephone number and email
address, along with a 1-paragraph bio (authors must be 35 and under) All
submitted manuscripts must be original work not previously published.
The editorial committee will make the final decision on all work
selected for publication.

Guidelines for creative writing: Poetry submissions should not exceed 5
pages. Short fiction and memoirs between 2000-3000 words. Guidelines for
essays: Essays should not exceed 5,000 words.

Please send all art materials as slides to:
35-64 90th St #6B
Jackson Heights, NY 11372

Please email written pieces to: reclaimingjewishcommunity@yahoo.com
Please email us with any questions about potential themes, concepts or
ideas for pieces.

co-conspirators:

Shira Hassan, MSW has been working in harm reduction for the last ten
years. She is a middle eastern queer femme jew making jewish community
in Chicago, Illinois. Last year, she co-wrote a new machzor and co-lead
a radical observation and reclamation of Yom Kippur. Shira was last
program director for the New York Peer AIDS Education Coalition and is
currently the clinical coordinator for the Young Women’s Empowerment
Project. After moving to Chicago in 2002, Shira co-founded the city’s
first harm reduction based drop-in servicing boys and transgender youth
involved in the sex trade. Shira is a trainer and consultant for the
Harm Reduction Coalition and Upstream Consulting. She received her
masters in social work from New York University in 2001.

cole krawitz: is a 25 year old Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jew with white
skin privilege raised in a conservative jewish community, trans,
pansexual, cancer survivor, writer. after graduating from college, cole
worked at coalition for the homeless as a community organizer in the new
york city shelter system. most recently, cole has been working with
queers for economic justice (QEJ) helping to jumpstart an LGBT shelter
organizing project and with jews for racial and economic justice (JFREJ)
as an organizer in the jewish immigrant justice campaign.
colekrawitz23@yahoo.com



CULTURAL APPROPRIATION ANTHOLOGY

Editor is now accepting submissions for _The Cultural Appropriation
Reader_. Write your heart out!

What is Cultural Appropriation/Cultural Colonialism? Are there
acceptable forms of cultural "borrowing"? How does one appreciate
culture without taking it on, or seeming to conquer it? Vent your
anger/get livid about it. What's okay and what's not? Medicine?
Spirituality? Clothes? Words? Art? Self-definitions? How do folks create
a truly "radical" space for themselves without just stealing from
others?

Still need more ideas?
The sacred as fashion-one person's God as someone else's shower curtain:

Quan-Yin, Kali, Siddhartha, Shamanism, Bindis, dream catchers; Rituals
and ceremony, sweat lodges, burning sage, tea ceremonies, belly dancing,
henna, dreadlocks, "Mohawks", the New Age movement, Buddhism, Djembes,
Didjeridoos, pseudo-Rastafarianism, drumming circles, talking sticks,
etc.

I want to hear about the appropriation of language, queer words,
disabled words, women's words, prayers, sacred words, red words, black
words, brown words, yellow words, hip hop words, terms such as "true
that", "bling bling", "Two-Spirit”; appropriation vs. reclamation; using
quotes to sell products, etc.

Tell me about how stealing culture reinforces systemic oppression.
"Working class" fashion: mesh hats, trucker paraphernalia, mechanics
jackets, stickers that say "trailer trash", etc.; Kanji tattoos,
"tribal" tattoos, etc.

All these (mostly white) "movements" comparing their struggles to the
Civil Rights movement: "We’re just like Rosa Parks!" Che Guevara's
image, Bob Marley's image, etc.

I've started this project because every book that I can find that talks
about this topic is hugely academic, written in such abstract language
that I'd have to pursue a Master's degree just to make sense of it. Yet
cultural appropriation is something that we all encounter on a daily
basis. I'm looking for gut reactions, feelings, writings from the heart,
opposing viewpoints, thought processes, etc.

Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2004.
Email submissions preferred via word attachment: thecar@redpride.com
OR send by ground mail with SASE for reply to:
The CAR
5319 Dover St.
Oakland, CA 94609.
Please do not send originals, as they will not be returned. Previous
work is accepted, please inform editor when and where it was published
and who holds the copyright.



FEMINISM/CULTURE/MEDIA STUDIES -- JOURNAL ISSUE

The editors of _Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media Studies_
invite the journal's readers to contribute statements of 500-1000 words
that consider, contemplate, entertain, and/or imagine the future of
"feminism, culture, and media studies." Selected contributions will be
published in a special issue to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the
journal. What lines of inquiry and approaches to these terms and to
this nexus do you find most engaging? What lines do you expect to find
most productive in the future? How do you see the conjuncture of
"feminism, culture, and media studies" as intersecting with other
discourses, disciplines, and practices? How does your sense of the
future of this conjuncture reflect your understanding of its history?
How would you characterize the changes in feminist culture and media
studies, and how do you see those changes as related (or removed from)
the changes within the media and cultural practices themselves? What
theories, methodologies, objects, texts, and/or practices would you want
to revive or re-energize at this point? What would you want to eulogize
or mourn? In sum, what would you submit to a _Camera Obscura_ "archive
for the future," and why?

Please send three copies of your statement, including complete contact
information, to:
Camera Obscura
Department of Film Studies
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4010.

Deadline: 15 October 2004.



ARAB AMERICAN JOURNAL

_MIZNArose, Poetry and Art Exploring Arab America_

POSTMARK DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 24, 2004. Mizna, a bi-yearly journal of
Arab American literature, is seeking original writing for its upcoming
publication. We welcome creative work that explores the diversity of our
community. Writing must be previously non-published. We are
especially interested in writing by Minnesota and New York residents. If
you would like your work to be considered for publication, please send
FOUR copies (double-spaced, maximum 2500 words) and a short biography
(maximum 75 words) to the address below. Please limit poetry submissions
to 4 poems per submission. Include your name, phone number, mailing
address, and e-mail address. We regret that we cannot return
submissions. Alternate forms of submission are accepted, including tape
recordings. Mizna encourages writers who have recently translated their
work into English to submit. We are available to assist writers through
the editing process if necessary. Writers whose work is published in
Mizna will receive a generous stipend and complimentary copies of the
journal. Contributors do not have to be of Arab descent provided their
work is of relevance to the Arab American community. Due to the volume
of submissions received, we reserve the right to disregard any
submission not conforming to the above guidelines.

Mizna, Inc
P.O. Box 14294
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Mizna@mizna.org
http://www.mizna.org



TRANS / TWO-SPIRIT / GENDERQUEER PEOPLE OF COLOR ZINE

_Transgressions_

Radical POC trans/two-spirit/genderqueer zine -- Submit!!!

This zine is an attempt to build a community based on survival through
resistance and struggle for trans/two-spirit/genderqueer poc by linking
together our stories, experiences, analyses, resources, confrontations,
and activism ... Submit!!

Call for submissions

Seeking essays, fiction, interviews, poetry, rants, artwork,
photography, drawings, illustrations, graphics and all other forms of
expression by and for trans/two-spirit/genderqueer people of color

Topics may include:
Prison Industrial Complex
Police Brutality
AIDS activism
(Dis)ability activism
Genderqueer/Trans/Butch boundaries
Gender Privilege
Passing
Immigrants rights
Coming Out Stories
Sex
Racism, classism, sexism in the communities we live and/or work in
Transphobia in queer communities
Transitioning
Indigenous identities
Medical Institutions
Radical trans activism
Organizing in non-queer communities
Health Issues
And of course a whole bunch a other stuff...

Submission Guidelines:
Deadline: [Was] May 11, 2004 [Has Been Extended]
Submissions accepted after deadline will be considered for next issue.

Please send all submissions as an attachment to
<transgressions1@yahoo.com>.

If sending submissions via ground mail include a cd or disk (mac
compatable) and a self addressed stamp envelope for response with enough
postage to return work submitted.

Send to:
Priyank Jindal
P.O. Box 34184
Philadelphia, PA 19101

Priyank Jindal is a middleclass queer transgendered desi doing
community-based organizing work in Philly around immigrants rights.

In Struggle,
Priyank

[Reese]

First off, Tristan Taormino at www.puckerup.com, has a list where she sends out a lot of calls for submissions; Erotica Readers also posts lists of calls at http://www.erotica-readers.com/ERA/g...categories.htm.

Finally, here's the call I started out here to post:

Call for Submissions
Vampires and Werewolves and Succubi, Oh My!
(tentative title) (Lesbian erotic supernatural anthology)
Edited by Therese Szymanski
Submission deadline: December 15, 2004
The darkness calls to the demon in all of us—beckoning us to come hither . . .
. . . bad things happen in the night—even while we try to take it back . . .
. . . the boogeyman comes from under the bed, or out of the closet, and what does lurk around
that next corner?
Therese Szymanski is looking for hot stories that creep her out, or are too fun to turn down—but
they must also be hot and deal with the supernatural—incubi, succubi, werewolves, demons,
ghosts, mummies, witches, warlocks, vampires, monsters, hell spawn and whatever else sends a
shiver down your spine and into your nether regions. Cross the Time/Life series with a good
porno, and you’re on track. This will be a lesbian erotica anthology.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: December 15, 2004
Guidelines:
1) Stories should be between 2,000 and 6,000 words in length.
2) Please submit a typed, double-spaced hard copy.
3) Characterization, plot, and story are key.
4) Name, address, phone number, word count, and email address (if applicable) should all
appear on the first page. (If accepted, final manuscript must be submitted electronically.)
5) Include a 50-word bio with your submission.
6) Only previously unpublished stories—or stories that have appeared on the Internet—will
be considered.
7) Include an SASE with sufficient postage to return the manuscript, or, if manuscript is
disposable, please state so in your cover letter.
Contributors will be paid at the end of the royalty period immediately following the publication
and will receive five copies of the anthology.
Send all manuscripts to:
Therese Szymanski
8500 16th Street, #128
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Therese Szymanski is the Lammy nominated writer of the Brett Higgins Mysteries/Motor City
Thrillers, the editor of Back to Basics: A Butch/Femme Anthology, and one-fourth of the Once Upon a Dyke: New Exploits of Fairy Tale Lesbians team.
Please address any questions by email to Therese at tsszymanski@worldnet.att.net.

[AmberThille]

Hi,
I'm very happy to find a place where sub calls are being posted. I was wondering if ever there are calls for poetry? I wish I had time to write essays and such , but being single with a little one, I'm lucky to get 100 words down ... besides poetry is my specialty. I am also looking for a way to publish my book of poems, and such. Any help would be appriciated.

[Reese]

Amber,

Type this into Google:
+"poetry" +"calls for submission"
exactly like that - and then you can dig through to find anything of particular interest to you.

I know poetry isn't very big these days, so the likelihood of getting a book of poems published isn't very big, so can't help you there.

Luck to you,
Reese

[AmberThille]

Amber,

Type this into Google:
+"poetry" +"calls for submission"
exactly like that - and then you can dig through to find anything of particular interest to you.

I know poetry isn't very big these days, so the likelihood of getting a book of poems published isn't very big, so can't help you there.

Luck to you,
Reese

Thanx Reese,
I know I am so uncool. Writing poetry is a good vent though, and it just keeps piling up when its kept around. Like I said I would write more worth while stuff, if I had time. The funny thing is I'm not even remotely romantic, but I guess some of the poems are... I don't know. I get all worked up about politics and such, and wish I could write about it... but there just isn't time! Maybe when she's older...

[Dial]

Svairini--

This is a great idea for a thread. I'll post when I have some calls for writing to share.

Just wanted to say thanks.

[svairini]

that'd be great Dial-- when you're not too busy cuttin it up on the dance floor!

Amber, the best place I've found for poetry calls is Poets & Writers magazine. The print version carries hefty listings in every issue. http://www.pw.org/

[Aaron]

thanx for this thread and info svairini...
"you da bomb girl!"

[Ravenouss]

November 2004
Ron Suresha seeks nonfiction and photography for “Eagles Across America: True Stories from Leatherbars,” an anthology of writing by bi, gay and trans men on their experiences in leather/Levi-oriented bars named “Eagle” in the U.S. and Canada. Send submissions—typed, double-spaced, 3,000-5,000 words, along wit bio and SASE—to Suresha, P.O. Box 3355, Providence, RI 02909-0355. Query to mail@suresha.com; submission deadline is Nov. 1, 2004.

December 2004

The Cream City Review is currently accepting poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art submissions for a special issue featuring work by writers who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or queer. With this issue, scheduled for release Fall of 2005, our aim is to compile some of the important literary work being done by contemporary queer writers. Submissions are not restricted thematically, since this issue will strive to portray diversity of theme and form. Please see our website http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/English/ccr/index.htm for
complete guidelines. Mail submissions to TCCR, ATTN: 29.2, Dept of English-UWM, Milwaukee, WI, 53201. Email: creamcity@uwm.edu, for information; we do not accept email submissions. Deadline (extended): Dec. 1, 2004

Gival Press seeks previously unpublished poetry collections of at least45 pages (which may include previously published poems) for their 6th Annual Poetry Contest. The competition seeks to award well-written, original poetry in English on any topic, in any style. Guidelines on website or by SASE or e-mail. Entrants are asked to submit their poems in the following manner: (1) without any kind of identification, with the exception of the titles, and (2) with a separate cover page with the following information: name, address (street, city, state, and zip code), telephone number, e-mail address (if available), and a list of the poems by title. Checks drawn on American banks should be made out to Gival Press, LLC, and mailed to: Gival Press, LLC, P.O. Box 3812, Arlington VA 22203. Deadline: December 15 (postmarked). Reading fee: $20 (USD). Prize: $1,000.00, plus publication, standard contract and 20 author's copies. Entries are judged anonymously by the previous winner. Open to any writer. E-mail: givalpress@yahoo.com. Website: www.givalpress.com. Contact: Robert L. Giron.



February 2005

They're immortal. They cannot lie. Often they are unnaturally beautiful or horrendously ugly. With a song or a glance or a single kiss they can bewitch. They are the Fey Folk. For centuries they have captivated us, in folktales and in fiction. Editor Steve Berman is seeking stories that capture the fey and their dealings with humankind. Not all the stories need be set in a bucolic past or pseudo-medieval setting... the Fair Folk can be found in many places and many times. As with all good fantasy stories, authors should do their research. The intended readership for the book is savvy and appreciates the nuances of spec fiction. Know the difference between a boggart and a kelpie.

Authors are recommended to read some of the classic nonfiction works on faeries as well as peruse the Internet. Finally, while faeries can be seductive, the focus of the book is on story and not stroke. Erotic portions of any story and all such elements should serve (or compliment) the tale's theme. Releasing from Haworth Press, Inc. Edited by Steve Berman. Stories should be between 2,500-7,500 words (query if more). Except for a few choice tales, all stories should be original.

If you have a previously published work that you think is exceptional, please query at sberman8@yahoo.com.Please only one submission per author. All manuscripts should be emailed as attached files o sberman8@yahoo.com. Files should be Microsoft Word .doc or .rtf. Please include name, word length, and email address in both cover letter and attached story. A brief bio with any publishing credits is also appreciated. Contributors will be paid based on word length, up to $100, plus one gratis copy of the book. Deadline: Februrary 28th, 2005

Ongoing

Alice Street Editions is looking for lesbian novels and nonfiction books; erotica, science fiction OK. Published by Haworth Press. Editor-in-chief Judith P. Stelboum, 11 Cambridge court East, Old Saybrook, CT 06475. E-mail: JPS360@aol.com.


Bella Books is expanding! Bella seeks full-length lesbian romance and mysteries. Please query first to: Bella Books, P.O. Box 10543, Tallahassee, FL 32302. Include a one-page synopsis of the plot with your query letter; do not include the full manuscript. Deadline: Open.


Editor Tristan Taormino is seeking short stories, novel excerpts or other prose for “Best Lesbian Erotica 2006” (Cleis Press). Previously published material will be considered if published between Sept. 1, 2004 and Dec. 31, 2005. Include cover sheet with author’s name, title of submission, address, phone/fax and e-mail, address. Work should be typed and double-spaced, with numbered pages; maximum 5,000 words. Send two copies of each submission with SASE to: Tristan Taormino, P.O. Box 4108, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163. E-mail (inquiries only) to tristan.taormino@verizon.net. Deadline: April 1, 2005.


New publication, biMagazine, published online at www.bimagazine.org, seeks fiction and poetry. Work should deal substantively and creatively with bisexuality or bi-eroticism. Poetry may be in any form or style (102 page limit per poem); fiction may be in the form of flash fiction or short stories no more than twenty pages long. For more info, contact Jonathan Alexander, fiction and poetry editor, at jamma@fuse.net.


Blithe House Quarterly, the leading online journal of lesbian and gay literary fiction, is pleased to open submissions for its 2004 issues. Stories must be previously unpublished, fictional (as opposed to memoir), and usually 2,500 to 7,500 words in length. We recommend reading stories in recent issues. For guidelines on submission, see www.blithe.com. If you have further questions after reading the site’s submission guidelines and “Frequently Asked Questions,” please direct them to Aldo Alvarez at adalvarez@aol.com.

Firebrand Books is looking for lesbian literary fiction and nonfiction manuscripts. Please send query letter first to Firebrand Books, c/o Karen Oosterhous, 2232 S. Main St., #272, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. Deadline: Open.

HLFQ (Harrington Lesbian Fiction Quarterly) is looking for poetry, fiction, art for ongoing publication. Info: Editor Judith P. Stelboum, 11 Cambridge Court East, Old Saybrook, CT 06475. E-mail: JPS360@aol.com.


“Out in the World” is a new gay and lesbian travel literary series begun by Haworth Press. Proposals for books can range from the erotic to the literary to the academic and can be anthologies or the work of one author. Proposals should be clearly presented, with a synopsis, marketing outline and a CV of previous works and a bio. For more information, or questions on presenting a proposal, contact Michael Luongo, editor of the series, at mtluongo@aol.com.

Many thanks to Lambda's website!

*edited to ad*
lambda <== I'm too tired, took me hours to figure this one out! lol

[Reese]

Thanks for sharing!

BTW: Tristan Taormino has an email newsletter sort of thing that carries such, alyson.com does a number of anthologies/year, bellabooks.com is starting on the anthologies, and Lambda Book Report, where you got the above from - ya ought to probably mention their website, so folks know they can look there (is it lambdalit.org?)

There are several other sites that carry many calls, such as the Erotica Readers Association, and The Goddess Room.

But, everyone, please write, then set it aside briefly, and reread. Also, it's not real good to misspell the editor and/or press/publication's name on the envelope or cover letter.

Just a few thoughts.

Reese

[svairini]

thanks Rav -- some good ones in there. how's your writing going?

[Ravenouss]

thanks Rav -- some good ones in there. how's your writing going?

I am too busy writing papers about writing... lol
But the question is: how's yours? You are the one getting the $$$ to do it! He he he...

[JRosestar]

Excellent thread - thanks so much.
**************

These came from a message forum for The Golden Crown Literary Society.
http://www.goldencrown.org/

Who's members include many published lesbian authors as well as some marketing people, book distributers and publishers.

The Golden Crown Literary Society (GCLS) is a literary and educational organization for the study, discussion, enjoyment, and enhancement of lesbian literature.

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Regal Crest Enterprises, LLC (RCE) is seeking innovative and well-written works by emerging or experienced writers of gay and lesbian fiction. RCE, with over 90 novels in print, is an independent publisher of high quality books.

For specific submission guidelines, see the following divisions at
http://www.regalcrest.biz:

• Quest Books for gay or lesbian action, adventure, & mystery • Yellow Rose Books for lesbian romance• RCE Imprint for drama, gay literature/romance, & non-genre fiction

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Call for Submissions

Bold Strokes Books is soliciting stories for the new entry in the Erotic Interludes collection.

Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes

Edited by Stacia Seaman

Love on the run, in the office, in the shadows.women stealing time from ordinary life to make passion a priority, if only for a moment. We're looking for no-holds-barred erotica - fast, furious, and almost too hot to handle.


DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: March 1, 2005

(submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis)

Guidelines:

1. Stories should be between 2,000 and 6,000 words in length. Please include word count in your cover letter.

2. Submissions should be submitted via email in Word .doc or .rtf format to submissions@boldstrokesbooks.com.

3. Please include name, address, phone number, email address, and a short bio including previous publications with your submission.

4. Only previously unpublished stories-or stories that have appeared on the Internet-will be considered.


Release date: September 2005

[Irishlass]

Thanx Reese,
I know I am so uncool. Writing poetry is a good vent though, and it just keeps piling up when its kept around. Like I said I would write more worth while stuff, if I had time. The funny thing is I'm not even remotely romantic, but I guess some of the poems are... I don't know. I get all worked up about politics and such, and wish I could write about it... but there just isn't time! Maybe when she's older...

If poetry ain't cool no mo', that's too sad. I certainly read alot of it, buy books, magazines, zines, write it, love it. Some of the best writing I've read these days is in poetic form. I think we learned out of date ideas regarding poetry in high school, and grew to hate it then. Wake up! Read poetry! Often, it is the face of God coming through the poet. A moment distilled to its essence, the 'wah' of something. Read some Mary Oliver for gawd's sake.

But I do bow to your knowledge that poetry books may not be getting published much these days. I only can hope this changes.

Irish

[Worldwalker]

Check out the Poetry Fix! It carries a wide range of performance and publishing opportunities for poets, particularly people of color and LGBTQ folks. It's a great free resource, and I know the black lesbian who puts it together. If any of you have poetry or performance information (including calls for submission, performance opportunities, or other venues info), just send it in to the Poetry Fix and it'll be posted for the world to see. Just today, people from Belgium, London, and some Carribean islands logged in to check it out, so it's definitely gone international somehow.

www.thepoetryfix.org

W

[Toblerone]

Thanx Reese,
I know I am so uncool. Writing poetry is a good vent though, and it just keeps piling up when its kept around. Like I said I would write more worth while stuff, if I had time. ...

Hey Amber, don't confuse what's being published and is popular these days with what is "worth while stuff." Sometimes they are the same thing, but often they are not. That you express yourself in any kind of writing is most *definitely* cool.

T

[selena2003]

What an awesome thread. Thanks everyone for sharing.

selena

[Elsbeth]

Adding my name to this thread... Thanks so very much!

[Ravenouss]

Click here for contest

Okay... you are wondering who in the world want to submit to a literary magazine in Idaho, eh?

Two essays that appeared there are going to be in the "Best American Essays Anthology, 2004" AND a story that appeared there won a Pushcart Prize. So the big wigs of the litterary world are reading it...

Submit by April 1, 2005. Click on the link above for more information

[Toblerone]

For any writers (and readers devoted to lesbian lit) there is a conference in New Orleans at the end of June - reasonably priced, too! - with a lot of lesbian writers, workshops, etc., where the 1st Annual Goldies will be announced. You can check it out at: http://www.gclscon.com/



T

[Reese]

Just found out about this one:

Call for Submissions

The Perfect Valentine: Erotic Valentine’s Day Lesbian Love Stories (tentative title)

Edited by Barbara Johnson & Therese Szymanski

Submission deadline: June 1, 2005
Valentine’s Day is a time of love… a time of happiness… a time for really hot lesbian sex. And so Barbara Johnson and Therese Szymanski are looking for hot tales of lesbian love that center on Valentine’s Day antics. Pull the readers into the story – make them hot, make them wet, and make them want more. Put your all into it, and keep in mind that these two love good stories! Humor and twist endings are fun, but the stories must also be hot and sexy. Give us your very best!

Guidelines:
1) Stories should be between 2000 and 6000 words in length.
2) Please submit a typed, double-spaced hard copy.
3) Characterization, plot, and story are key.
4) Stories must be erotic, contain love, be lesbian, and be Valentine themed.
5) Name, address, phone number, word count, and email address (if applicable) should all appear on the first page. (If accepted, final manuscript must be submitted electronically.)
6) Include a 50-word bio with your submission.
7) Only previously unpublished stories—or stories that have appeared on the Internet—will be considered.
8) Include an SASE with sufficient postage to return the manuscript, or, if manuscript is disposable, please state so in your cover letter.
Contributors will be paid upon publication and will receive two copies of the anthology. No final decisions about stories to be included in this anthology will be made before 10/1/05.

Send all manuscripts to:
Therese Szymanski
8500 16th Street, #128
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Please do not send manuscripts in any way that requires a signature upon delivery. If you enclose a self-addressed stamped postcard with your story, Szymanski will be happy to drop it in the mail upon receipt.

Barbara Johnson is the bestselling author of Strangers in the Night, Bad Moon Rising, The Beach Affair, and Stonehurst.

Therese Szymanski is the Lammy finalist author of the Brett Higgins Mysteries/Motor City Thrillers and the editor of Back to Basics: A Butch/Femme Anthology and Call of the Dark: Erotic Lesbian Tales of the Supernatural.

And both are part of the Lammy finalist team for Once Upon a Dyke: New Exploits of Fairy Tale Lesbians.

[Ravenouss]

*bump*

Deadline for Iowa Summer Workshop May session is March 8th. IF you send it overnight delivery tomorrow you can still make it.

For the June session the deadline is April 14th.

Application is super easy: 2-3 stories w/ cover sheet you can find here I AM A LINK


Watch out for lots of deadlines coming up. It's almost Spring and many literary magazines wake up around this time of the year.

On another note:
I made to the second round of a 10K writing award and don't have the time to deal with the second phase of paperwork. They only gave us 2 week turn around time and I am just too busy to follow through with the very onerous application process. A shame!

BTW: what is the etiquette?
Do I send a letter thanking them, lamenting my lack of time this year and expressing my desire to try again next year?
Do I just ignore it all together?

[Ravenouss]

OK, so I did make the cut for the Iowa Writer's workshop!

I have to say, as a writer, this has been a mind blowing experience. I am having a great productive time. Story ideas are just pouring out of me. My group is excellent and the teacher is absolutely brilliant!

Everyone should try to save for a while to be able to afford the 3 week stay, plus travel and tuition. Even if it takes a long time, it has been worth every penny.

[JRosestar]

I know this has been posted in a couple of spots, but realized it should go here too.

June 8-11 in Atlanta The GCLS (Golden Crown Literary Society) http://www.goldencrown.org/ will hold their annual convention.

It includes lots of great workshops and such. Sorry for such late notice. But anyone in the Atlanta area may want to come by at least for the author's autograph sessions.


Here are some of the authors attending (and some are also provide seminars)
Robin Alexander
Lynn Ames
Kim Baldwin
Ann Bannon (who is also going to be the keynote speaker)
Rose Beecham
Ronica Black
Carrie Carr
Blayne Cooper
Nann Dunne
Jane Fletcher
Vada Foster
Verda Foster
Jennifer Fulton
Ellen Hart
Linda Hill
Karin Kallmaker
KatLyn
Radclyffe
JM Redmann
Jean Stewart
Therese Szymanski
Jane Vollbrecht

You can still register for the convention.

http://www.gclscon.com/

[ananas]

Thanks for bumping this thread, Rav and JRosestar -- I hadn't seen it before. I write fiction (lots of porn lately) and sometimes poetry -- nice to hear from other writers.

Here's a website I find really useful for readers and writers of erotica:

http://erotica-readers.com/

Also, I've got a call out for smut for a zine I'm putting together as a raffle item for the Bash in Las Vegas:

http://www.butch-femme.com/portal/fo...ad.php?t=23618


ananas

[FemmeInterrupted]

great thread *subscribing*

[Ravenouss]

Also, I've got a call out for smut for a zine I'm putting together as a raffle item for the Bash in Las Vegas:

http://www.butch-femme.com/portal/fo...ad.php?t=23618


ananas

A call for SMUT, eh? I wish...

[ananas]

A call for SMUT, eh? I wish...

Don't dream it, write it! A little smut from you, Sir, would be lovely!

xoananas

[Elsbeth]

Locus, an independently published Baltimore arts magazine is now accepting submissions of art/media to be featured in Issue 02. All media considered including visual arts, writing, time-based media, and music.

Contact:

Locus Magazine
135 S Poppleton St
Baltimore MD 21201

http://www.locusartmagazine.org
hello@locusartmagazine.org

[DAYWALKER]

This is a fabulous thread...!

[svairini]

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VISIBLE: A FEMMETHOLOGY CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE March 15, 2007


A new anthology of writing on queer femme identity Editor: Maria
Angeline
Publisher: Merge Press Anticipated Publication Date: Spring 2008
Femmes are still invisible. Society can't see past our heels to hear
our stories, so we must continue to build platforms for our voices.
Visible: A Femmethology, is about the power and complications in
presenting femme as a gender and breaking the traditional meaning of
feminine, It aims to showcase blunt, personal essays exploring what
"femme" means to those who claim it as an identity. Give me your
experiences, your inner dialogues, your theories and practices. Please
do not send fiction, poetry, erotica, or any material to which you do
not fully own the rights. I am seeking prose that is
thoughtful,analytical, raw, challenging, exploratory, and uniquely you.
Submissions must be sent as Word files with text in 12 point Times New
Roman font.

Essays must be previously unpublished, 1500-6000 words in length, and
typed double-spaced. You may submit more than one essay. Author
maintains and controls the copyright of their essay and licenses their
First North American Rights to Merge Press for publication purposes.
Author retains the right to reprint the material in any publication.

Send SUBMISSIONS ONLY to Maria Angeline at femmethology at
mergepressdot com. Include your legal name, pseudonym (if any) you wish
to use,address, phone number, email, and the bio you would like to
appear in the book if your selection is chosen for publication. Put the
title of your essay in the subject line of the email. Each essay must
be emailed separately. Send questions to Maria Angeline at
maria.angeline at mergepress dot com.
It is not possible to respond to all email inquires. Once selections
have been made, every person who has submitted work will be sent an
announcement. Send a MySpace friend request to Visible: A Femmethology
HERE. Visit Femmethology.com for project updates.

Bread and Bread: http://breadandbread.blogspot.com

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: WOMEN AND WAR DEADLINE APRIL1, 2007
Kalliope Fall 2007:

We invite submissions of poetry and short fiction for this special
issue that relates to the theme of women involved in or responding to
war in its broadest or most specific context. We are pleased to
announce that for this issue we will consider all submissions,
regardless of the gender of the writer, provided the submission is
grounded in the theme of women and war. All submissions should
comply with Kalliope's general submission guidelines and be sent to:

Dr. Margaret L. Clark, Editor-in-Chief
Women and War Issue
Kalliope
Florida Community College at Jacksonville
11901 Beach Blvd.
Jacksonville, FL 32256

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A WEEKLONG WRITING RESIDENCY AT THE H.J.ANDREWS EXPERIMENTAL FOREST
Application deadline for the Spring 2007 Writers Residency is December
31, 2006

Creative writers whose work reflects a keen awareness of the natural
world are invited to apply for The Andrews Forest Writers Residency
which offers writers an opportunity to explore the forest, interact
with working scientists, and write poetry or prose that reflects on the
forest and their experiences.Residency dates are negotiable for a
weeklong retreat in March, April or May

The Andrews Forest Residencies are sponsored by the Spring Creek
Project in collaboration with the USDA Forest Service as part of the
Long-Term Ecological Reflections program, designed to bring together
writers, humanists and scientists to create a living, growing record of
how we understand the forest and the relation of people to the forest,
as that understanding and that forest both change over time.

For the Andrews Forest Residencies, writers are provided:
--a comfortable, three room apartment at the H.J. Andrews Experimental
Forest
--access to a majestic ancient forest and world-renowned research site
--opportunities to interact with research scientists as they go about
their work
--opportunities to have writings included in The Forest Log
http://www.fsl.orst.edu/lter/researc.../template.cfm?
next=wir&topnav=169
--an honorarium of $250.

For more information and application forms, visit the Spring Creek
website: http://springcreek.oregonstate.edu
or call or email Charles Goodrich at 541-737-6198, or
spring.creek@oregonstate.edu

[Ravenouss]

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Woo Hoo! Does it mean one of my favorite femmes is back? Does it mean you finished your book? Oh, such discipline you have...

News for writers:

Short Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers

Deadline is Dec. 15, 2006

[ananas]

Tales Of Travelrotica For Lesbians, Volume 2

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Tales Of Travelrotica For Lesbians, Volume 2
Erotic Travel Adventures
Edited by Simone Thorne
Publisher Alyson Books
http://www.alyson.com/html/99_submis...ubmissions.htm

Pack your bags for a second vacation with Alyson’s exciting new "travelrotica" series.

The response has been overwhelming to our first collection of erotic stories in exotic lands, and so we are pleased to open a call for our next volume. Whether by plane, by boat, by car or by train, we are looking for the best stories your imagination can fuel of women who love women. So, take us far, far away, for a sizzling tale of erotic exploits.

Please submit all original stories to erotica@alyson.com, along with name and pseudonym, as well as contact info and a short bio. In the subject line, add the name of the anthology for which your story is intended.

Length: 2,500 4,000 words
Deadline: December 1, 2006
Tentative Publication: Summer 2007

Note: Please, only one entry per author, so send us your best one! Due to the number of submissions we receive, only the authors whose stories are chosen will be contacted.



Asian Spice

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Asian Spice: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology
Editor: Zane
Publisher: ATRIA/Simon and Schuster
Deadline: January 1, 2007
Payment: $300 and 5 copies of the book

Zane is seeking submissions for Asian Spice: The Eroticanoir.com Anthology to be published by ATRIA/Simon and Schuster. Stories must prominently feature Asians in one or more of the key roles and contain some sort of Asian theme. Stories should be between 2,500-3,500 in length (no longer). Stories must not just be strictly sex-filled but must actually have a storyline and character development.

The deadline for submissions is January 1, 2007. Please allow 4-5 months for a response to your submissions as the submissions process will be very competitive. Contributors will be paid a one-time fee of $300 and receive 5 complimentary copies of the finished book.

Emailed submissions will not be accepted. All submissions must be double-spaced with 1" margins and in 12-pt. Times New Roman font or will not be considered.

Please send your submissions to: Strebor Books/Simon and Schuster, ATTN: Asian Spice, PO Box 6505, Largo, MD 20792.




Touch Me, I’m Sick:
Writings on Sex and Chronic Illness

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NOTE: This anthology does not yet have a publisher.

Call for Submissions

Touch Me, I’m Sick: Writings on Sex and Chronic Illness
Edited by Tara-Michelle Ziniuk
Deadline: December 1, 2006

Not now, baby, I don’t feel well. Now baby, I don’t feel well. Did you stop breathing the first time she touched you, but actually stop breathing? Do you fuck with an asthma puffer by your bed or show up for dates with a purse full of tinctures? Did he make you break out in hives? Did you spend your 6-month anniversary in the E.R? I’m looking for stories of the intersections of sex and chronic illness the touching, the humorous, the painful, the erotic. I want stories of the difficult lines and situations that arise: having to say no, being "too difficult to date," accusations of hypochondria, the overlaps of being marginalized, sexual and ill. I want the stories of tenderness and "success" too: the lover who knew how to treat you right, the toy your hand could actually grip, the perfect pillows you found for under your knees. I want to unleash the discussions that only the folks that sleep with us get to hear, or the ones we have quietly with each other; what we fetishize and what we resent, and not what’s assumed of us and our sex.

In an effort to move beyond survival and survival guides, I want to bring together people’s experiences as they are hot, personal and painful. For every ultimate guide there are hundreds of affected people, each with their own lifetime of unique stories. I want the bodies that don’t or can’t fuck by conventional means (or possibly at all) to have the erotic spotlight in a non-sensationalist way. I want folks who have trauma triggers and dissociate during sex to have a place to say that their sex is still sexy. I want folks living with HIV and AIDS to have their sexuality talked about beyond disease. I want to include voices of people who have figured out how to work within the confines of their illness, and of those who continue to struggle to.

How "Chronic Illness" is defined: For once, by your own self-identification with these words. I don’t think you require a certain level of diagnosis, or a diagnosis at all. You don’t have to have been sick for a certain length or time or have been sick a specified number of times beyond having tracked it interfering or inconveniencing your life at some point or another. Yes, pain "counts". Chronic pain, injury or ailment is included in my own definition of these words. For the purpose of this anthology, you can have whatever relationship to the medical establishment as you choose as long as you are respectful of the autonomy of others I will not publish pieces I deem preachy. Yes, mental illness "counts". Yes long-term disability "counts".


Submission Guidelines:

I’m looking for personal stories, non-fiction essays, articles, well-written journals and first-person testimonials. Maximum 2500 words, prefer shorter, no minimum word count. I am not accepting illustrations, photos, comics, fiction or poetry at this time. Erotica on its own will not be accepted, though I encourage submissions that are explicit and erotic.

Submissions from people of all genders, bodies, backgrounds and sexual orientations are welcome. This is a queer and trans-positive project, it is not, however, exclusively queer or trans in content. This is a BDSM/kink-positive project. If you are unsure if your piece is suitable for this anthology, or would like to pitch something you don’t see here, please send a query by email ahead of time.

Submissions from partners, lovers, caregivers, healthcare providers, friends and allies of folks with chronic illness are welcome. Please submit stories of your own experience though, and be respectful of others’ experiences by not appropriating their stories.

Submissions should be typed, double spaced, in 12pt, Times New Roman or a like font. If this is not possible for you please get in touch so that other arrangements can be made. Emerging and established writers are welcome to contribute. Submissions, queries and letters of interest can be sent to: taramichelle@ckln.fm or Touch Me Anthology, c/o Come As You Are, 701 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario M6J 1E6, Canada attn: Tara-Michelle Ziniuk. Email submissions are preferred. Deadline for submissions is December 1, 2006 earlier preferred.


About the Editor: Tara-Michelle Ziniuk is Montreal/Toronto writer, performer and activist. Her publications include Emergency Contact (McGilligan Books, 2006) as well as anthologies and magazines across North America. She is editor of the forthcoming anthology Dirt Road: transient tales. She is usually, if not always, ill and interested in the intersections of her own sex and illness, as well as that of others.

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I'm excited, but slightly embarassed to announce that my submission was accepted for publication! I submitted it under my pen name Jessica Lennox. This is the first time I'll be published by a well-known publisher... I'm so excited!

Tales Of Travelrotica For Lesbians, Volume 2

Please tell editors/publishers you read their guidelines on the
Erotica Readers & Writers Association Website
www.erotica-readers.com

Tales Of Travelrotica For Lesbians, Volume 2
Erotic Travel Adventures
Edited by Simone Thorne
Publisher Alyson Books
http://www.alyson.com/html/99_submis...ubmissions.htm

Pack your bags for a second vacation with Alyson’s exciting new "travelrotica" series.

The response has been overwhelming to our first collection of erotic stories in exotic lands, and so we are pleased to open a call for our next volume. Whether by plane, by boat, by car or by train, we are looking for the best stories your imagination can fuel of women who love women. So, take us far, far away, for a sizzling tale of erotic exploits.

Please submit all original stories to erotica@alyson.com, along with name and pseudonym, as well as contact info and a short bio. In the subject line, add the name of the anthology for which your story is intended.

Length: 2,500 4,000 words
Deadline: December 1, 2006
Tentative Publication: Summer 2007

Note: Please, only one entry per author, so send us your best one! Due to the number of submissions we receive, only the authors whose stories are chosen will be contacted.
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