desayunoencama | FYI for other writers

Here are a few calls for submissions that might be of interest to different writerly-sorts who read this LJ.

I am not associated with any of these projects. This falls under the category of sharing the wealth and passing along information:

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Best Sex Writing 2005
Editor: Mitzi Szereto
Publisher: Thunder’s Mouth Press
deadline: May 15, 2005

Best Sex Writing 2005 will offer exactly what it says in the title: the best sex writing that has been published during the past year. The time period to be covered will run from approximately summer 2004 through May 2005. The anthology will be published by Thunder’s Mouth Press (a division of Avalon Publishing, New York) in autumn 2005.

Material to be considered: book excerpts (fiction or non-fiction); short stories; essays; memoir; newspaper, magazine and journal articles; columns; blogs, etc. Work must have been previously published in English. No unpublished material can be considered.

You are free to submit your own work or else nominate the work of another writer. Provide hard copy (photocopies are acceptable), with all publication information (date, publication, copyright holder). If material has been published on the web, provide URL and full title/author information. (Please do not submit or nominate smut/porn writing.)

Rights: One-time, non-exclusive world English-language anthology rights.
Payment: A one-time honorarium will be paid.
Submissions deadline: May 15, 2005.

For postal information or to put forth a nomination, email: worddabbler@yahoo.com

About the editor: Mitzi Szereto is editor of several anthologies, including Wicked: Sexy Tales of Legendary Lovers; Foreign Affairs: Erotic Travel Tales; Erotic Travel Tales 1 & 2. She is author of Erotic Fairy Tales: A Romp Through the Classic

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FRESH MEN 2: NEW VOICES IN GAY FICTION edited by Donald Weise

Short fiction by emerging gay authors sought for Fresh Men 2: New Voices in Gay Fiction, the second book in the acclaimed Fresh Men series edited by Donald Weise. Gay content need not be at the center of the story, though stories should contain gay themes. Submissions are open to any writer who has not published a novel or short story collection; all other writers (including those who have published in anthologies, journals, etc) are eligible. Submissions should be single-sided, printed in a legible font; work may be previously published.

Send to:
Don Weise
c/o Carroll & Graf (attention: New Voices)
245 W. 17th Street, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10011

Deadline: May 1, 2005

(Pay attention to this one,

ethereal_lad.)

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Adams Media, Inc. in Avon, Massachusetts, is compiling an anthology of stories for a new book tentatively titled "HerStory: Why I Live in My Bathtub and Other True-Life Stories about the Moments that Make Us," to be published in Fall 2005. The book will contain 30 true stories – written by strong women like you – that celebrate the moments that help women everywhere deal with the cathartic stuff of life. They are stories about women who have taken charge of their lives and inspire us to take charge of our own destinies. Genuine, edgy, sometimes ironic but always authentic, these stories might have such themes as:

· A woman takes the proverbial bull by the horns and proposes marriage to her live-in boyfriend
· An overworked software engineer dumps her six-figure job and heads to London to fulfill her life-long dream of becoming a professional belly dancer
· A mother of three finds a way to preserve her career AND stay home with the kids
· A middle-aged single woman with a ticking clock says to hell with a husband and heads for the local sperm bank
· A harried new mom rekindles the flagging romance with her husband
· A young artist uses her canvas to heal the divide between herself and her mother
· A disillusioned grad student abandons the city to take up organic farming in the country

No essays or vignettes, but good stories with a beginning, middle, and end, that highlight a milestone or turning point in your life, large or small, approximately 2,000 to 2,500 words. Contributors whose stories are included in the book will receive $200 and a copy of the book upon publication.

Send your stories to the email shown below by March 10th, 2005.

If you have questions or need further information, please contact:

Indi Zeleny, Editor
Box 1312
Carmel Valley, CA 93924
zindiz@yahoo.com
www.herstoryinfo.homestead.com

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Good luck to anyone who tries writing for one of these!