Showing posts with label bisexual literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bisexual literature. Show all posts

06 July 2011

Call for Submissions: Bisexual Women-Themed Er0tic Anthology (Cleis Press)

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22 May 2011

Call for Submissions from Lesbian/ Bisexual Female Poets: Lady Business (Assaracus Journal)

Deadline: 31 August 2011

We’re publishing a special issue called ASSARACUS: LADY BUSINESS which will feature the work of ten lesbian or bisexual female poets. The submission period for this issue is open through August 31, 2011. To our sapphic sisters – follow the same submission requirements listed below… and good luck!

Guidelines:

In order to be considered for publication in Assaracus, please submit a significant selection of your work in DOC or DOCX format to siblingrivalrypress@gmail.com with the subject line “Assaracus Submission” and your name (“Assaracus Submission Levi Johnston,” for example). Again, make sure it’s during January, May, or September. How you define “significant” is up to you. The definition of gay poetry is also subjective. Work that has been previously posted on a personal website is welcome. Previously published work is also acceptable so long as you retain the rights to republish.

Each issue will be built around the selected poets and will showcase the variety within the queer poetry community. We’re not looking for any one style or form. In fact, we want each issue to represent multiple poetic forms. The chosen poets will retain all rights to their work, will receive a free print copy of the issue, and will be endlessly promoted throughout the literary universe.

Due to the small number of poets featured in each issue, we cannot accept every submission. Do not let this deter you. Because we’re always working on future issues, submissions that were declined once might be accepted at a later date depending on the “feel” of the issue we’re currently designing.

Please note that poems with lengthy lines may, as is the case in every publication, require editing to fit our page dimensions. As a general rule, however, we will not attempt to edit your work to fit our standards. The purpose of Assaracus is to offer that grand stage for gay poets – not to morph your work into the kind of poetry our editor enjoys. We’ll give you the microphone. You do the singing.

Contributors will receive proofs of their Assaracus sections prior to print.

We welcome submissions from gay poets with various publishing experience, from old masters to spring chickens. We want everyone from Dennis Cooper to the freshman at the University of Ohio who scribbles love poems about in Biology 101.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: siblingrivalrypress@gmail.com

For submissions: siblingrivalrypress@gmail.com

Website: http://siblingrivalrypress.com
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29 April 2011

Gender-Bender Stories Welcomed: All Access Pass Rock & Roll Er0tica Anthology

Backstage Passes editor Amelia G is reading for a sequel to her anthology of rock and roll er0tica, called All Access Pass. Below are general fiction guidelines for Blue Blood fiction projects. For this book in specific, music must play a central role in the story. Events could take place at a punk club or an outdoor festival, characters may be musicians, music may just really speak to a particular character, but it needs to be important. Stories ranging from balls-out memoir or entirely fantastical vampire s3x are all fine, within the appropriate theme and quality standards.

When submitting electronically, please make the subject of your email ALL ACCESS PASS SUBMISSION.

Before sending anything over, please ask yourself if your work passes the Blue Blood litmus test: Is it intelligent? Is it s3xy? Is it edgy/counterculture? Is it cool? Email electronic submissions to submit@blueblood.net For submissions of fiction or nonfiction text, please have your writing in a Word document with a .doc suffix (not .docx), RTF, TXT, InDesign, or Open Office format. It is preferred if you include an author bio or link to your website or online profiles.

The All Access Pass anthology is seeking erotic stories with a counterculture feel — Gothic, industrial, techno, rave, punk, metal, dyke, mystery, gangster, hard-boiled, science fiction, cyberpunk, steampunk, vampire, werewolf, medieval etc. At the moment, our needs are for stories primarily from a male or female heteros3xual viewpoint, lesbian viewpoint, or female bis3xual viewpoint. Often, we can also place male hom0sexual and gender bender stories in anthologies. We look for work between 2,000 and 7,500 words. Most accepted fiction is shorter than 4,000 words. Death and horror elements are acceptable so long as they do not prevent the piece from being s3x-positive. Characters may die but not as part of the s3xuality. Negative attitudes about s3xuality are not fine. All s3x must be c0nsensual and ar0using.

If you can write genuinely arousing fiction which still works as a story, do contact us. Payment is net 60 on on-sale date and we generally purchase first worldwide rights (exclusive from acceptance to one year after publication) along with nonexclusive reprint rights.

$50 first run + reprint rights, $25 reprints.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: submit@blueblood.net

For submissions: submit@blueblood.net

Website: http://www.blueblood.net/tag/backstage-passes/
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28 April 2011

Open to Gay/ Lesbian/ Bisexual Fiction: Secret Cravings Publishing

At this time, we are accepting submissions for all genres of romance including: Historical, Contemporary, and Futuristic Time Periods
  • Gay/Lesbian
  • Bisexual
Secret Cravings Publishing is a full-service, royalty paying publisher of general fiction and non-fiction books, focusing on Romance and high quality Literary Fiction. We publish in electronic and paperback formats. Electronic formats will include pdf, epub, and html. Distribution on third party websites include Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Bookstrand, ARe and 1romance ebooks. We are working on other channels as well. Books over 50,000 words will go to print.

Our standard 40% of the cover price is paid quarterly based on gross e-book sales. We pay 40% on gross third party sales. Our terms of contract are now for the standard three years and require full digital. 20% royalty will be paid on print copies. Contracts are negotiable.

Authors are not required to pay for any editing or promotional services. We are not a vanity press or self-publishing company.

We are open to various types of submissions at this time: Fiction and Non-fiction, Romance and Romance subgenres. Your manuscript must have a happily ever or happy for
now ending.

We are seeking high quality original short stories, novellas, and novels that have never been published before.

We do accept reprints and self-published works as long as you are a contracted author
with Secret Cravings Publishing. You must show us your terminated agreement(s) and
letter stating your termination with whomever you have published with in the past.

Simultaneous submissions are accepted. Please notify us in your query if you have
submitted your manuscript to other companies as well as ours.

Please send query letter with your contact information, synopsis, and completed manuscript to submissions@secretcravingspublishing.com. If you do not receive a confirmation email stating we have received your manuscript, please resend it.

Length:
  • Short Stories: 5,000 to 15,000 words
  • Novella: 16,000 to 45,000 words
  • Novel: 45,001 to 120,000 words
If you have questions about the company, please feel free to email publisher@secretcravingspublishing.com. We would be more than happy to give you
information about the company, our experience and our plans for promotion and
distribution. You are also encouraged to email our authors and talk to them about the
company and their experiences. Contact information for each author is available on our authors page.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: publisher@secretcravingspublishing.com

For submissions: submissions@secretcravingspublishing.com

Website: http://www.secretcravingspublishing.com
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07 April 2011

Call for Submissions: Issue 8 and 9 of Bolt Magazine, the Magazine for Bisexual, Lesbian and Trans Women in Ireland

Deadline: 11 May 2011 (issue 8), 13 July 2011 (issue 9)

BoLT Issue 8 and 9 Call for Submissions

Issue 8: The International Issue

Issue 9: The Local Issue

BoLT magazine has always been proud of trying to expand, to look past horizons and leap over barriers. So far, we have focused on our Irish LGBTQ community, and most of our pieces have been from people living on the island of Ireland. For issue 8 we have decided to spread our wings and ask for submissions from people living around the world who have an Irish connection. We would particularly welcome submissions on experiences of Irish people living abroad or travelling, as well as LGBTQ or women’s activism across the world. Whether you have a story that you would like to share, an opinion piece or a profile of an exciting project that you have been involved with we would be delighted to hear about it.


And with Issue 9, we intend to bring the focus back to our communities in Ireland, giving special priority to people outside the well-documented, resource-rich urban areas of Ireland. We are looking for people to talk about what it is like to be LGBTQ in their local region, their town, village or county. Is there a difference between your experiences in rural and urban areas in Ireland? Are some areas more supportive of LGBT lives? What does 'local' mean to you? We know that there are diverse experiences of coming out, creating families and building lives, and we want to hear about them. We would particularly welcome submissions from women and trans masculine spectrum people in rural areas. If you are a group that provides services to local LGBTQ women or trans masculine people in rural communities in Ireland, we would love to profile you and work together to increase the visibility of LGBTQ people outside the big cities.

We would like to call for submissions for both our eighth and ninth issues to highlight the diversity of our LGBTQ women's community at home and abroad. As always, we also encourage you to write about other pressing issues you feel you'd like to write about. And if you want to become a regular writer, talk to us about that! We are always looking for people to come onboard!

The deadline for submissions for issue 8 is May 11th , 2011 and for issue 9 is July 13th.

Written submissions can be stories, poetry, opinion pieces, book/film/music reviews and interviews. Written submissions should be no longer than 1500 words. For written submissions, please contact us at editor@boltmagazine.ie

More information here.
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05 April 2011

Open to Homosexual/ Bisexual Er0tic Stories: Paper Bag Press

We at Paper Bag Press are looking for the highest-quality er0tic 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 s3xual experience. The stories are not necessarily romantic — the s3x is the focus. If the characters are in luuurv, that’s fine, as long as the s3x is h0t.


All kinds of stories are being considered, including:

* Heteros3xual
* Homos3xual
* Bis3xual
* Vampire
* Fantasy
* Cowboy/Western
* Futuristic/Sci-Fi
* Historical
* Paranormal

If you have an er0tic 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.

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. Please note that our turnaround time to get back to you about your story is up to three months. We will contact you via email after reviewing your submission.

Submit here.
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29 March 2011

Call for M3nage/ MMF/ MMMF Submissions: Nau9hty Nights Press

Deadline: 31 May 2011

Attention All Er0tic Writers: Check Out This Nau9hty Call For Submissions for M3nage M/M/F, M/M/M/F, sub-genre of Er0tica.

Does the idea of two or three men and a woman, having h0t, cons3nsual, st3amy, earth shattering s3x, bring you to your knees, make your th0ng damp and stretch your b0xers out? Does it make your heart beat faster and your mind wander into 3xplicit nau9hty places it really shouldn’t be headed right now?

Well our readers agree so we are gonna give ‘em what they crave!

Can you write a short story that has all participants enjoying each other, not leaving a single one out in any way and will make the reader feel as though they are one of the characters, begging for more and do it between 2500 to 5000 words, becoming one of Nau9hty Nights Press, Next Generation of Er0tic Romance Writers?

Of course you can!

All submissions due in no later than May 31st, 2011.

Please send your submissions to Nau9hty Nights Press submissions@naughtynightspress.com

For submission and formatting requirements please go to our “How To Submit to NNP” page for further details.

Nau9hty Nights Press: The Next Generation of Er0tic And Paranormal Romance Publishing. Pushing The Nau9hty Limits And Taking Our Readers To The Next Level Of Er0ticism.

More information here.
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14 March 2011

Call for Er0tic Shorts (Bi inclusive): Razor's Edge Press

Submissions Guidelines

Contemporary Single Session short stories, including Dark Desires, Cougar Seduction, Capture Fantasy, Vampires and Werewolves, and BDSM.

We like it h0t! -- keep it on the Razor’s Edge!

Genres: Adult oriented Er0tic Sessions, most contemporary genres, including Het, Slash, Bi, I/R, Dark Desires, Cougar Seducti0n, Capture Fantasy, Vampires and Werewolves, and BDSM.

Heat level: Barely l3gal -- keep it on the Razor’s Edge!

Length: Single session short stories, from 3000 to 6000 words.

Multiple sessions with a continuing character are acceptable, but we are not looking for serial works with the same characters in an ongoing relationship.

We accept submissions via email only.

Please include a short cover letter including your website or blog and a brief publishing history, as well as a short plot summary of no more than 250 words. Be sure to include the genres you're targeting for this book. Attach your complete manuscript as an rtf (Rich Text File) or txt (Text) file attachment.

All submissions will be acknowledged promptly, and we’ll notify you as to whether your work has been accepted within 2 weeks. No simultaneous submission, please.

Please contact RazorsEdgePress@gmail.com

More information here.
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23 January 2011

Call for Submissions: TRIOS of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Romance Stories (Embrace Books)

Embrace is currently seeking TRIOS of short stories all by the same author to be published in one mini-volume, preferably h0t r0mance (straight, gay, lesbian or bis3xual) with a common or linked theme.

We accept contemporary, historical and paranormal stories. But they MUST be romance and deliciously hot.

Please state TRIO theme in your submission and submit all three stories at the same time as three separate Word attachments: total word count of the whole collection should not be less than 10,000 nor exceed 15,000.

And don't forget to tell us something about yourself in the accompanying email: jane@embracebooks.co.uk

More information here.
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21 January 2011

Call for Poems from Lesbian/ Bisexual Women: Tattooed Tongue Press

Tattooed Tongue Press besides being a one person army and a renegade force is a small publishing house mostly dedicated to publishing unknown and emerging women voices, especially lesbians and bisexual women. With a commitment to social justice and human rights Tattooed Tongue strives to make change through the echoing of words. Our mission is to stay small. In staying small we are determined to remain fugitives from the mainstream market economy and prefer to place more emphasis on legitimizing works through the building of networks and communities. Tattooed Tongue also actively encourages and assists individuals to self-publish and/or start their own press thus, eliminating the idea of art as competition. At Tattooed Press we understand the need for historical accuracy and are committed to the belief of NOT allowing someone else to define “your” personal experience.

Tattooed Tongue Press accepts submissions year-round for 4th Month and Vagabond Poets.

Send up to 5 poems to Tattooed.Tongue.Press@gmail.com. You can either copy and paste, or attach your document as a .doc, .rtf, .txt, or Open Document file. Please, no .docx files.

The subject of the email should be formatted as: LAST NAME_Vagabond or LAST NAME_4thMonth. Please ONLY submitted to 4th Month OR Vagabond Poets NOT Both.

Please include your contact information. Please also include a cover letter with your submission. It's not mandatory, but it is preferred.

Our staff is small, but we generally respond to submissions within 60 days. If the allotted time has passed and you haven't heard back from us, you may query us regarding the status of your submission.

4th reserves Electronic Archival Rights. All other rights revert to the author upon publication.

Sadly, we are unable to pay our contributors monetarily. However, we can offer exposure for your work, which will be posted on the site once enough submissions have been obtained to launch our inaugural issue.

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, but please notify us if your work is accepted elsewhere. 4th seeks ONLY previously unpublished work.

Thank you for thinking of Tattooed Tongue Press - Keep Writing!

Visit My Website: Http://www.IndelibleInk.Viviti.com
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18 January 2011

Call for Submissions - Edited Volume on Incarcerated Mothers (including lesbian/ trans mothers): Oppression and Resistance (Demeter Press)

Deadline: 31 May 2011

CALL FOR PAPERS

Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited collection on Incarcerated Mothers: Oppression and Resistance, Co-Editors: Gordana Eljdupovic and Rebecca Jaremko Bromwich

Publication Date: 2012

A large proportion – and in many jurisdictions the majority – of incarcerated women are mothers. Popular attention is often paid to challenges faced by children of incarcerated mothers while incarcerated women themselves often do not “count” as mothers in mainstream discourse. This anthology will explore complex issues relating to incarcerated mothers, from connections between mothering and incarceration, through criminalization of motherhood to understanding experiences of mothers in prison.

This book will examine the experiences of incarcerated mothers as well as how incarcerated mothers are understood in popular discourse and discounted as good or “real” mothers in Western patriarchal society. We encourage submissions that interrogate popular discourses about mothering, virtue and criminalization and especially those that focus on resistance and agency by incarcerated mothers.

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

-health of mothers in prison -,- experiences of mothers in prison, -representations of incarcerated mothers in popular culture - prison narratives by and about mothers- history of incarcerated mothers- public policy- the law, - stated above - Criminalization of pregnancy and motherhood -constructing identities - survival patterns as incarcerated mothers- negative cultural portrayals of mothers who are criminalized - relationship of patriarchal discursive systems to portrayals of incarcerated mothers – Incarcerated mothers in the press and other mainstream cultural media - adolescent incarcerated mothers - race, class, ethnicity and incarcerated mothers - foster families and incarcerated mothers- mother and caregiver relationships – mothers after incarceration – transitioning from carceral settings to the community - Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgendered and Transsexual incarcerated mothers - gender identity, criminalization and the social construction of motherhood.

Submission Guidelines:

Abstracts should be 250 words. Please also include a brief biography, including citizenship (50 words).

Please send to Rebecca@jbbarrister.com

Deadline for Abstracts is May 31st, 2011

Accepted Papers of 4000-5000 words (15-20 pages) will be due November 1, 2011
and should conform to MLA citation format.

Demeter Press
140 Holland St. West, PO Box 13022
Bradford, ON, L3Z 2Y5
www.demeterpress.org info@demeterpress.org

More information here.
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18 November 2010

Call for Submissions: Corsets and Clockwork (er0tic romance, may include lesbian/ bis3xual elements)

Deadline: 15 February 2011

Editor: Kristina Wright
Publisher: Cleis Press
Publication Date: Fall 2011
Submission Deadline: February 15 (earlier submissions preferred!)
Payment: $100 per story and 2 copies of the book, on publication
E-mail: corsetsandclockworks@gmail.com

Not sure what steampunk is? Think Victorian elegance and aesthetics meets futuristic invention and exploration. But it doesn’t have to be Victorian (or Edwardian) era—it can be any time period, real or imagined, that blends elements of science, history, fantasy and technology. The one thing the genre has long been missing is romantic relationships and er0tic encounters. Steampunk er0tic romance is shiny brass and crushed velvet; mechanical inventions and romantic conventions.

The steampunk world includes steam engines and scientists, corsets and clockworks, aviators and airships, alchemy and anachronistic technologies—not to mention those damned goggles and gadgets that everyone always references when talking about the genre! Steampunk is a spirit of high adventure that bridges the past and future. It captures the imagination in ways that make the eyes go wide and the heart beat a little faster.

What I do want:

* Stories that embody the essence of steampunk and pay homage to the genre.
* Time travel, alternate histories, “second” or parallel worlds and non-traditional steampunk settings.

What I don’t want:

* Stories that throw in everything but the steampunk kitchen sink.
* Stories that are pure camp. A little campy fun is okay, but don’t overdo it.
* Fan fiction or slash fiction. Do not steal another author’s characters, please.
* Stories that are more about the technology than the characters.

Steampunk often defies definition, but here are some examples of books, television shows and movies that are considered steampunk or contain elements of steampunk:

* The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (comic book series and movie)
* Wild, Wild West (60s television show and 90s movie)
* Sherlock Holmes (the recent movie)
* H.G. Wells’ Time Machine
* Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
* Katie MacAlister’s romance novel Steamed!
* Joss Whedon’s Serenity (television series) and Firefly (movie)
* Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (movie, technically dieselpunk)
* Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere
* The Prestige (movie, technically gaslight romance)

There are many more, but hopefully this gives you an idea of the depth and breadth of steampunk. (Author Cherie Priest does an excellent job of defining steampunk on her website The Clockwork Century: http://theclockworkcentury.com/?p=165)

This collection will feature primarily heteros3xual relationships, but stories may include lesbian and bis3xual elements, triads, polyandrous relationships or group encounters.

Stories should be written with a female audience in mind and I have a preference for female point of view. According to Romance Writers of America, a romance must include two key elements: a central love story and an emotionally-satisfying, optimistic ending. So be sure to give me a steampunk story that is er0tic and romantic!

Submission Guidelines:

Unpublished stories only, no simultaneous submissions. The desired story length is 2,500-5,000 words. Double-space and indent the first line of each paragraph. Do not put extra spaces between paragraphs. Include your full contact information (legal name/pseudonym, mailing address and phone number) and a bio of 50 words or less written in the third person. Please paste your story into the body of your e-mail and attach it as a Microsoft Word .doc file.

Payment will be $100 per story and 2 copies of the book upon publication. Contributors retain the rights to their stories. I will notify contributors of their acceptance in June 2011, but please note that Cleis Press has final approval over the manuscript.

Send your submission to corsetsandclockworks@gmail.com with Submission: Story Title in the subject line. Please direct any questions to the same address.

Please read the complete guidelines here.
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04 August 2010

Alex Hogan Stories, USA, gay/bisexual

Alex Hogan Stories, USA, gay/bisexual
Category: Blog
Founder/Editor: Alex Hogan
E-mail Address: timander42@fastmail.fm

Description:
My stories evolve around people struggling with sexual identity issues. They are of a gay and bi-sexual theme - involving same sex couples. These are not "adult" stories, but stories about adults. As sex is an aspect of adult life, sometimes my stories will have sex in them, but this is not an erotica site.

(Directory entry)
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31 July 2010

Writing for Rainbow Rumpus (Fiction/Poetry)

We’re glad you’re thinking of writing for Rainbow Rumpus! We are creating a new genre of children’s and young adult fiction. Please carefully read and observe the guidelines below.

* Stories should be written from the point of view of children with LGBT parents or other family members, or who are connected to the LGBT community.

* Stories should celebrate the diversity of LGBT-headed families and their communities.

* The primary plot point of the story should not be family structure or children being teased about their families.

* Stories for 4- to 12-year-old children should be approximately 800 to 2,500 words in length. Stories for 13- to 18-year-olds may be as long as 5,000 words.

* Please observe standard manuscript format: 12-point Times, one-inch margins, double-spaced text, and page numbers.

We publish a variety of genres and will consider serialized work. Stories featuring families of color, bisexual parents, transgender parents, and mixed-race families are particularly welcome.

Rainbow Rumpus pays $75 per story on publication. We purchase first North American online rights and may also request the right to post formatted PDF and audio files for free download, and the right to include the story in a print anthology.

All fiction and poetry submissions should be sent to editor-in-chief Beth Wallace at fictionandpoetry@rainbowrumpus.org, with the word “Submission” in the subject line. Please attach your work as a Microsoft Word or .rtf file, use standard manuscript format, and include complete author contact information on the first page only. Please do not include submissions in the body of the email.

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Rainbow Rumpus, USA, bisexual/transgender

Rainbow Rumpus, USA, bisexual/transgender
Category: Online Magazine
Founder/Editor: Undisclosed
E-mail Address: editor@rainbowrumpus.org

Description:
Rainbow Rumpus is a magazine for youth with LGBT parents. We publish a variety of genres and will consider serialized work. Stories featuring families of color, bisexual parents, transgender parents, and mixed-race families are particularly welcome.

(Directory entry)
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Anything That Moves, USA, bisexual

Anything That Moves, USA, bisexual
Category: Print Journal
Founder/Editor: Undisclosed
E-mail Address: editrix@AnythingThatMoves.com

Description:
Anything That Moves is (was once) an internationally distributed bisexual magazine containing stories, poetry, news and other information of interest. We're produced quarterly by an all-volunteer staff in the San Francisco Bay area, and are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

(Directory entry)
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30 July 2010

Bi Writers Association, USA, bisexual

Bi Writers Association, USA, bisexual
Category: Organization
Founder/Editor: Undisclosed
E-mail Address: info@biwriters.org

Description:
The Bi Writers Association is the foremost voice promoting bi writers, bi books and bisexual writing in America. We are working to put the "B" in LGBT. We provide a networking forum for bi writers, an online bi book club, we work to increase awareness of members' writing within the bi community, promote bi writing in the LGBT community, use our word power to dispel myths and stereotypes about bisexuality in both the gay and mainstream press and work to help the "gay press" truly become the "LGBT press." This association includes writers in all genres including journalism, essays, fiction, non-fiction, plays, poetry, TV and movie scripts, songwriting and erotica. The Bi Writers Association receives Call for Submissions from editors and passes them on to its members. BWA also publishes Call for Submissions from members for their book and publishing projects. We publish links to member blogs and websites.

(Directory entry)
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29 July 2010

Wilde Oats, USA, gay/bisexual

Wilde Oats, USA, gay/bisexual
Category: Online Journal
Founder/Editor: Stanley Ridge
E-mail Address: editors@wildeoats.com

Description:
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. Wilde Oats is published three times a year, in April, August and December.

(Directory entry)
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26 July 2010

Wild Oats Seeks Gay and Bi Fiction

The December Issue will have a history theme (though we also encourage seasonal stories if your muse drives you that way.) As usual, all submissions will be considered, but preference will be given to pieces with these themes. Submissions for the December issue close on the 8th October.

We’re interested in well written gay/bi male-centered fiction with original plots and characters. (See the section above for possible themes for forthcoming issues)

We can’t pay for stories at this time, but we are happy to provide a link to your Web site; include a brief biography to help publicize your work; and provide 'buy buttons' to published work in Amazon, Barnes & Noble or other online publishers. We are here to encourage new writers and to give established writers a place where they can experiment. To help you submit the sort of work we want, we have provided a few details below.

As with any publication, the best way to get a feeling for the kind of stories we want to publish is to read them in our current issue or in the archives.

Please submit all stories as Word file attachments (preferably in .doc format rather than .rtf) or OpenOffice attachments (.odt format), with a cover e-mail giving us your name, your pen name if you use one, and the title and word count of the story. Please use “Wilde Oats Submission” as the subject line of your e-mail. Stories should be formatted in single-spacing, with a single line space between paragraphs and with no paragraph indent. Please submit only one story with your e-mail. All submissions should be addressed to the editor.

We encourage you to send us a brief biographical note, twenty-five words more or less, which we will set as a footnote to your contribution. In submitting that biographical note, you warrant that it is true and accurate, and you authorize its publication. We are happy to provide a link with your story or article to your Web site, and request that you reciprocate with a link to ours.

Stories should:

*Be between approximately 2,000 and 10,000 words. If you’ve written something great that exceeds these limits, we will consider serializing your story (see below).
*Be well written and original. Please do not submit a story written by someone else as your own; that reflects badly on you and can cause problems for all three parties: you, us, and the original author.
*Be written in any genre – romance, humor, fantasy, horror, sci-fi, etc. – and focus to some extent on gay or male bi relationships, romantic or otherwise.
*Have a central character or characters who are gay or bi men.
*Be sympathetic in their treatment of gay/bi issues.
*Be fully copy-edited for spelling and grammar errors, typographical errors, plot holes, internal contradiction, and continuity issues. It is not an editor’s job to take care of these details; an editor works to help you tighten and polish your work, to find the right tone, the right word, the right turn of phrase – not to take care of your spelling problems or carelessness. If you have doubts about your spelling and/or grammar, please have the courtesy to ask a friend whose spelling and/or grammar is more reliable to beta read your work before you submit it.

SOURCE
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20 July 2010

Biphobia - Documentary Looking into Prejudice Toward Bisexuals - UK

This is a student project. Travel expenses will be discussed, but its more likely that we would arrange a filming location in interviewees locations. We want to generate some opinions by email and phone initially so that we can find the best possible interviewees for our film. We would happily except auditions recorded on phones or webcams (or anything you can get your hands on).

Location: Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Payment details: expenses paid

Interviewee

Looking for gay, straight and bisexual male and females to give their opinions on bisexuality. We want a range of different views and stories. These interviews wouldn't have to be face on camera, we can conceal identities or even conduct interviews off camera - by recording telephone calls or meeting with a Dictaphone.
Any gender, aged 18 to 99 from the United Kingdom

SOURCE
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