queer writers ahoy! Calls for submissions - various by burntblue

ANTHOLOGIES

BodyMindSpiritMagic: HOW BDSM AFFECTS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR SELVES
Many people are aware that the practice of BDSM has an impact on self esteem and self awareness, but most current work in the field does not explore those changes in any depth. “BodyMindSpiritMagic” will be a collection of first-person essays about how, specifically, the practice of BDSM has changed the writers relationship with their body, their mind, their emotions, and/or their spirituality. We invite anyone to submit an essay on one facet of their life that has been positively impacted by their kink – regardless of age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, or type of participation in any leather / kink community. We ask that writers send their previously unpublished essays of 1500-2000 words in .doc (MSWord 2000 or 2003) or .txt format, including a 100-word biography, phone and email contact information to the address below. All submissions will be acknowledged, and those authors chosen to be included in the book will receive a complimentary copy of the book and will have the opportunity to purchase additional copies at a reduced cost. Please feel free to contact the editor, Sarah Sloane, with any questions or clarifications you might have at the address below.
Info: bodymindspiritmagic (at) gmail.com
Deadline: Open

EROTICA – A WOMAN’S VIEW
HotRedApple.com is currently accepting submissions for an upcoming coffee-table book, titled Erotica: A Woman’s View . This project will consist of erotic fantasies written by women, and exquisite photographs taken by Gary depicting those fantasies. Are you a woman? Do you like to write about your erotic fantasies? Have you always dreamed of getting published? Here is your chance! If your work is chosen for inclusion, you will receive 1 copy of the coffee table-book Erotica: A Woman’s View , 1 (one) 11×14 museum-quality giclee print of the image that accompanies your story, signed by Gary and ready for framing, and online publication of your work in our “Erotica: A Woman’s View” gallery. We will accept erotic stories, written by women, in prose or poetic form. We will not accept work that has been plaigarized, has been previously published, or contains references to bestiality or minors under the age of consent. Manuscripts to be no longer than 1500 words, and must be double-spaced, with 1" margins on all sides. There is no minimum word count. Your work must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document. Include a page that indicates your real name, the name (if different) that you would like us to publish your work under, and your contact information (will be kept private). Also please provide verification that you are female and over 18 (please attach a clear photo of you holding your photo ID next to your face to your email).
Email: admin (at) hotredapple.com

I LOVE YOU TO DEATH: BLACK LESBIAN DIARIES
Do you have a tale of obsessive passion and/or borderline stalker story in you, written as if it were from a page of your very own private diary? Then submit your story for the second edition from our New Voices Series – I Love You to Death: Black Lesbian Diaries . Stories should 4,000 words or less. Previously unpublished material is preferred, published work is also acceptable (please disclose publishing history). Submissions must be mailed, hard copy only, double spaced, and include an author bio & email address. Manuscripts will not be returned. 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.
Info: nghosi (at) bellsouth.net, subject line: Nghosi Books Anthology 2010.
Mail: Nghosi Books, Attn: NBANTHOLOGY2010, P.O. Box 29944, Atlanta, GA 30359
Compensation: Two copies of the published anthology.
Deadline: October 31, 2009

MAKING BABIES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF QUEER CONCEPTION, PREGNANCY AND BIRTH
This will be a collection of creative nonfiction stories focusing on lesbian, queer, and bisexual women and trans people making and having babies together or alone. This anthology will look at the experiences of conception, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and parenthood from a queer perspective.
Info: Erin Wilkins, gaybabies (at) gmail.com
Deadline: Open

MONKEYFOOT
Monkey Foot Production’s imprint Naughty Monkey is looking for writers and artists. We are publishers of e-novels and e-comics. We offer up to 70% in royalties. Payrate details are available at the submissions section of the website.
Email: editor (at) monkeyfoot.net
URL: http://www.monkeyfoot.net/naughty/submissions.html

MAGAZINES AND E-ZINES

BEST SEX BLOGGERS
Best Sex Bloggers is looking for bloggers to be part of a new weekly feature. “Featured Blogger of the Week” If you are interested please submit an original (not yet published) post and a link to your blog. Pieces do not have to be erotic, but must not yet be published anywhere else. If you would like to be part of this please send your submission to diva (at) bestsexbloggers.com.
Deadline: Open

BLITHE HOUSE QUARTERLY
Unpublished short fiction by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered authors. Blithe House Quarterly, the leading online journal of lesbian and gay literary fiction, is pleased to open submissions for its 2009 issues. Submission guidelines are available on site.
URL: http://www.blithe.com/
Deadline: Open

CURVE MAGAZINE
Curve, the nation’s best-selling lesbian magazine, spotlights all that is fresh, funny, exciting, controversial, and cutting-edge in the lesbian community. We profile lesbian heroes and icons, illuminate trends, and offer a lesbian and woman centered perspective on issues and events. Curve welcomes freelance submissions, either in the form of a query letter or a full-length article. We encourage you to contact our editorial department with a story pitch before you write, rather than submit a complete story that is unsolicited. Please note that Curve does not publish fiction, poetry, unsolicited first-person anecdotes and stories, book, music and web reviews (these are written in-house), or explicitly sexual material. Visit our web site for guidelines and contact info.
URL: http://www.curvemag.com

THE DOMINANT’S VIEW
A free BDSM pansexual eZine providing information, education and entertainment for today’s dominant is seeking articles, erotica and poetry with a BDSM/fetish focus. See the URL below for submission guidelines.
Contact: KaylaKuffs (at) thedomsview.com
URL: http://www.thedomsview.com/TDV/submissions.htm
Deadline: Open

GAY LIFESTYLE MONTHLY
GLM is an online GLBT magazine with interviews, news items, essays, articles, reviews, and fiction for the queer community. For theme ideas for issues, check http://www.myspace.com/gaylifestylemonthly
Email: Ellen Tevault, ellen (at) gaylifestylemonthly.com or ellen_gaylifestylemonthly (at) yahoo.com
URL: http://gaylifestylemonthly.com
Deadline: Open

ONESHOW
Seeking submissions for the Gendercrash monthly column Oneshot. Looking for pieces that are non-fiction, about queerness, class, race, gender, transgender, gender queer, queer politics, anti-violence work, and/or community building. Submissions should no more than 2000 words, no graphic sex, sent via email in body or word attachment to gendercrash (at) gmail.com.
URL: http://www.gendercrash.com
Deadline: Open THE SHADOW SACRAMENT
A quarterly on-line journal of BDSM spirituality
Email: Skian McGuire, editor, skian (at) topdogpress.com
URL: www.shadowsacrament.com
Deadline: Open

$PREAD MAGAZINE
$pread’s issue 4.4 will be focused on the economy and it’s recent downturn. We’re always open to general pitches and ideas, but we’re looking, specifically, for the following:Positions: Would you ever steal from a client/Have you ever stolen from a client? (One writer needed for each side.)Hot Topic: What are your best tips for cutting work-related costs and/or best cheap product finds? (Responses should be 150 words or less.)Indecent Proposals: What’s the funniest or weirdest thing a client’s ever asked you to do? (Please send an outline before writing the entire piece.)Cunning Linguist: Send us a list of the terms you use in your profession with a one sentence definition for each term.Creative Writing: Stories, poems, non-fiction.
Email: contribute (at) spreadmagazine.com
URL: www.spreadmagazine.com

VELVET MAFIA: DANGEROUS QUEER FICTION
Editor Sean Meriwether is seeking submissions for future issues of Velvet Mafia. The best gay fiction contains an element of the erotic, the adventure of sexual conquest, and the mystery of unexplored territory. Velvet Mafia seeks unpublished alternative gay male focused literary fiction and erotica for future quarterly issues. We want work that dares to step over the line, fiction with teeth. It can be sensual, dark, sexy, indecent, experimental, hard or raw, so long as the story makes us sit up and pay attention. Full submission guidelines available at Velvet Mafia.
URL: http://www.velvetmafia.com

ART & OTHER MEDIA / PERFORMANCE

CALL FOR VIDEO ENTRIES
IXFF FILM FESTIVAL 2009 – Good Vibrations is still accepting film submissions for their upcoming festival debuting in San Francisco on August 20, 2009. All entrants must submit their films by June 30, 2009 to Good Vibrations IXFF. Films may be submitted in person or by mail, attention: C. Lombard, to the Good Vibrations Home Office: 934 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Deadline: June 30, 2009

CALL FOR TALENT
Women & Children First Bookstore in Chicago is looking for provocative lesbian-identified queer artists and scholars to present their work at our new, monthly Sappho’s Salon series. We’re looking for poets, writers, spoken word artists, comedians, visual artists with slides who can talk about their work, queer academics with provocative lectures, queer burlesque performers, musicians, performance artists, filmmakers and / or others we haven’t thought of. Sappho’s Salon will occur from 7 to 9 on the third Saturday of every month. Touring artists: let us know if a Sappho’s Salon will coincide with your travels through the Chicago area. Pay based on at-the-door donations and pass-the-hat (no guarantees), and permission to sell your swag. If you are interested in performing, contact Kathie B. at Pressgirl at Ameritech dot net (with attachments or links if relevant). Send demo CDs and DVDs to Kathie (Sappho’s Salon) c/o Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60640. No phone calls. Please include artist bio, including past publications, shows, performances, accomplishments and so on. Visit us on the web at www.womenandchildrenfirst.com , or on MySpace at www.Myspace.com/womenandkids

CALL FOR WRITERS – WOMEN’S / TRANS’ POETRY JAM
Vittoria Repetto, the host of the Women’s /Trans’ Poetry Jam w/ Open Mike at Bluestockings Bookstore in NYC is looking for new voices to be one of the monthly two feature writers at the event . The reading is on the last Tuesday of the Month and we also include fiction in the reading. If you are interested in being a feature; please send 10 pages of your work along w/ a cover letter which includes your e-mail and phone number to Vittoria Repetto, 24 Mulberry St # 4R, New York, NY 10013 (Warning: Anglicizing the name Vittoria Repetto will cause your submission to be deposited into the garbage unread!)
URL: www.bluestockings.com

MISCELLANEOUS

CALL FOR LESBIAN, BISEXUAL & QUEER WOMEN COUPLES TO INTERVIEW
From Felice Newman, author of The Whole Lesbian Sex Book . Have you been together for 5+ years? Do you enjoy a satisfying sex life? I’d like to hear from you: What makes your sexual relationship work? Will you help me research a new sex guide for lesbian couples? I am conducting confidential interviews (via telephone) with couples who enjoy a satisfying sexual relationship. I am interested in exploring the ways we “grow” our sexual partnerships. I want to know what makes your sexual relationship work. How do you sustain erotic interest over the years? How do you face the sexual challenges that inevitably arise in a long-term relationship? How has your coupled sexuality evolved? How does your partnership support your sexual growth and pleasure? In short, what are the payoffs of an ongoing sexual relationship? All interviews will be strictly confidential, and interviewees will be quoted anonymously in my book. If you’d like to participate, please email felice (at) felicenewman.com for more information.

LOOKING FOR COUPLES TO POSE NUDE
Paulie & Pauline Photography are freelance photographers based in New York City. Among other ongoing projects, they are currently recruiting real-life couples, especially transgendered/genderqueer folks, willing to model nude alone or with their partners. Paul explains that he’s “interested in showing the beauty of relationships that transcend ‘traditional’ notions of sex and gender.” Find them online at www.paulieandpauline.com