A Composed Life: An Autobiographical Poetry Workshop for GLBT Seniors (CA)

Deadline: 20 August 2011 (1-5pm)

In a supportive setting student will learn how to craft poems out of their own personal experience. This workshop is designed for the fearful, inexperienced, as well as the established writer. This Workshop is going to be taught by Steven Reigns, published poet and two-time recipient of The Los Angeles County's Department of Cultural Affairs' Artist in Residency Grant. Reigns organized and taught the first-ever autobiographical poetry workshop for GLBT seniors and edited an anthology of their writings, My Life is Poetry. He has taught writing workshop around the country to GLBT youth and people living with HIV and recently received his Masters in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: info@grcps.org

Website: http://www.grcps.org/

Educational Resource

Online classes can teach you more about poetry: www.onlineclasses.net

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Call for Submissions: Memorial Book on the Life of David Kato, African LGBT Activist

Deadline: 16 December 2011

This is a call for materials for a biographical book on the life, work and legacy of David Kisule Kato the deceased Ugandan human rights defender for s3xual (and other) minorities. The biography is being developed and written by researchers in the Law, Gender and S3xuality Research Project of the Faculty of Law at Makerere University Kampala. We are interested in a range of materials including essays, fiction, poetry, web blogs, art, crafts, photographs, film, documentaries, speeches, diaries, letters and other correspondence, music, academic publications, etc. that reflect any aspect of the life and work of David Kato. We invite materials from family, friends, lovers, partners, colleagues, allies, students, other human rights defenders and advocates, social justice activists, s3xual minorities, academics, clerics, parliamentarians, journalists and anyone else with something (whether positive or negative) to say about David Kato�s life, work and legacy.

Materials about the different commemoration activities and memorial events held after David�s death are also welcome. The materials will be collected alongside interviews and focus group
discussions conducted in rural and urban Uganda among those who knew David Kato. Although the main language of the biography will be English, relevant materials written in Luganda, Kiswahili, French, Portugese, Spanish and any other African tongue will be translated for inclusion. The deadline for submission is 16th December 2011. All received materials will
be duly acknowledged.

Please send material to:

Stella Nyanzi,
Law, Gender and Sexuality Research Project,
Faculty of Law,
P. O. Box 7062, Kampala � Uganda.
Email: snyanzi@law.mak.ac.ug or
stellanyanzibah@googlemail.com

Contact Information:

For inquiries: snyanzi@law.mak.ac.ug or stellanyanzibah@googlemail.com

For submissions: snyanzi@law.mak.ac.ug or stellanyanzibah@googlemail.com

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Multi-Genre Reading: Queer Border Crossings at The Asian American Writers' Workshop (NY)

Deadline: 14 July 2011, 7pm

Even as New York becomes the largest state to legalize same sex marriage, the queer body remains a point of contention in public policy and literature. In writing the queer body, the borders that separate pertain not just to gender and sexuality, but also race and voice, form and genre. In this multi-genre reading, Ronaldo Wilson, Rahul Mehta, Kit Yan, and Ching-In Chen cross borders of both gender and genre. Avant-garde poet Ronaldo Wilson reads from Poems of the Black Object, winner of the Asian American Literary Award--detailing the nitty-gritty of bodily fluids, illicit subcultures, and dream states to critique the objectification of the black queer body. Short story writer Rahul Mehta will take you across continents, uncomfortable family gatherings, and bitter generational rifts to reveal the growing pains of being gay and Indian American in Quarantine. Multi-genre poet Ching-In Chen plays with form and theatrical jazz aesthetics in her latest work. A Hawaiian spoken word artist lost in New York, Kit Yan’s love poems, dirty sex stories, and comedic tales of his childhood are raw, real, heart-wrenching, and unforgettable.

Ching-In Chen is the author of The Heart's Traffic (Arktoi Books/Red Hen Press) and co-editor of The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities (South End Press). She is a Kundiman and Lambda Fellow and part of the Macondo and Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation writing communities. She has worked in the San Francisco, Oakland, Riverside and Boston Asian American communities. Ching-In currently lives in Milwaukee and is involved in union organizing and direct action against the draconian proposals of Governor Scott Walker. Her work is lauded by veteran poet Juan Felipe Herrera, as Chinese classic poet “Cho Wen-Chün on fire—with a punk mohawk cut.”

Rahul Mehta earned his MFA at Syracuse University and is the author of the short story collection Quarantine (HarperPerennial). Portions of Quarantine, already a runaway success in India, have appeared in New Stories from the South, The Kenyon Review, The Sun, Epoch, NOON, Fourteen Hills and Storyville.com. His essays have appeared most recently in OUT Magazine, Marie Claire India, and The Telegraph (Kolkata). Born and raised in Parkersburg, West Virginia, he currently lives in Alfred, New York, and teaches at Alfred University. Quarantine is described as “A rich study of family ties, romantic failings and cultural disconnection told in crisp, clean prose,” (Kirkus).

Ronaldo V. Wilson is the author of Narrative of the Life of the Brown Boy and the White Man (University of Pittsburgh Press) and Poems of the Black Object (Futurepoem Books), winner of the 2010 Asian American Literary Awards. He is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, NYU’s Graduate Creative Writing Program, and holds a PhD in English from the CUNY Graduate Center. Wilson has won numerous fellowships to include the National Research Council Ford Foundations, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, Cave Canem, Kundiman, Djerassi, and Yaddo. A co-founder of the Black Took Collective, he currently teaches creative writing, literature, and African American poetics at Mount Holyoke College. Publishers Weekly calls Poems of the Black Object “erotic verse about gay sexuality, demolition jobs directed at racial stereotypes, and plenty of genre-busting, metafictional, forward-looking hybrid forms.”

Kit Yan tells stories through slam poetry from the lens of a transgender Asian American from Hawaii now lost in the big city of New York. Through touching love poems, dirty sex accounts, and comedic tales of his childhood–Kit takes you on a journey that is raw, heart-wrenching, and unforgettable. Kit’s work has been taught at universities coast to coast. He spoke to over 200,000 from the stage of the 2009 National Equality March, performed on the San Francisco Pride main stage, and is a nationally ranking slam poet. Kit Yan is the first ever and reigning Mr. Transman 2010. “The eloquence of Kit’s spoken-word delivery lies in the anti-racist, anti-homophobic, gender-inclusive, language that ties his lyrics together,” (Bitch Magazine).

The event is co-sponsored by Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York (GAPIMNY).

@ The Asian American Writers’ Workshop
110-112 West 27th Street, 6th Floor
Between 6th and 7th Avenues
Buzzer 600

Open to the public. $5 suggested donation.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: desk@aaww.org

Website: http://aaww.org/

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Femenace Creative Writing Workshop at the Centre for Women and Trans People (Ontario)

Deadline: 26 June 2011

Join us at the Centre for Women and Trans People to celebrate the launch of Femenace, hosted by the new Femenace Blog.

Do you want to write, have ideas that you can't get down on paper or into a blank word document? Are you unsure about how to get started? Thoughts and feelings and no outlet for them?

Overcome these barriers in a workshop led by writer, teacher and arts educator Dianah Smith. Get advice on how to generate ideas and creative flow.

Everyone is welcome. Free to attend, but limited space. Snacks and refreshments will be provided.

Time: 1:00 - 3:30 pm

Address: 563 Spandina Avenue, Room 100, North Borden Building, Toronto, Ontario

We are wheelchair accessible through Bancroft Avenue (back entrance)

Contact Information:

For inquiries: femenace@gmail.com

Website: http://womenscentre.sa.utoronto.ca

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Call for Submissions - Lavender (Lesbian) Review Issue 4: Fairy Tales

Deadline: 1 December 2011

Lavender Review was born on Gay Pride Day, June 27, 2010. Lavender Review is a biannual e-zine dedicated to poetry and art by, about, and for lesbians, including whatever might appeal to a lesbian readership. This e-zine is free, and open to everyone. Scroll down on the homepage
to see the Contents link.

The theme of Issue 4 is Fairy Tales, in honor of Olga Broumas' Sleeping Beauty. The deadline for submissions is 12/1/11.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: lavender.review@gmail.com

For submissions: lavender.review@gmail.com

Website: http://lavrev.net/

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Call for Art and Writing: Queer Noir

The detectives at Queer Noir are passionate about outsider art and writing. Although we do like work that's "queer" in content, we're not limited to pieces that are "gay". We like transgressive work that shocks, humors, and turns on the Queer Noir readers. We hate to use the word "edgy", because a person could go to a Target and buy themselves some "edgy" these days. We want people to be themselves. We want people to tell secrets. We want people to be sexy on their terms.

ALL SUBMISSIONS SHOULD INCLUDE:

• Name:
• E-mail Address:
• Website (if any):
• A Short Bio:
• A Short Statement About the Submission:

E-mail all submissions to: queernoir@gmail.com

FOR TEXT SUBMISSIONS: Queer Noir accepts poetry, erotica, fiction, flash fiction, short plays, reviews, and sex stories. Queer Noir DOES NOT except song lyrics, personal journal entries, or interviews. PLEASE PASTE TEXT SUBMISSIONS INTO THE BODY OF THE E-MAIL.

FOR VISUAL ART SUBMISSIONS: Please e-mail .jpg or .png formatted images to queernoir@gmail.com

Contact Information:

For inquiries: queernoir@gmail.com

For submissions: queernoir@gmail.com

Website: http://queernoir.com/

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Call for Submissions: Issue 2 of Q-Zine African Magazine for and About Sexual Minority Groups

Deadline: 15 August 2011

Are you a creative writer, journalist, political or social commentator with an interest in LGBTQI issues? A queer fashion designer, make-up artist, or hairdresser? An LGBTQI relationship guru, fitness guru, or health care provider?

Are you an artist or entertainer with an interest in illuminating LGBTQI lives and concerns? Are you a queer person of any background or persuasion who wants to talk about the experiences that shaped your life or the issues that matter to you?

Are you ready to get published? We are seeking your work.

Q-zine will feature articles, news, editorials, fashion shoots, art pieces, reviews and creative writing on a wide range of topics directly relevant to the lives and experiences of sexual minority communities and their allies in Africa.

Q-ZINE’S MISSION

Q-zine is a bilingual (English and French) quarterly online magazine by, for and about sexual minority communities in Africa. We aim to provide an inspiring and creative outlet for queer Africans to celebrate, debate and explore the creativity and cultural richness of queer life in Africa.

Q-zine’s overall goal is to encourage African sexual minority communities to decide for themselves how they should be represented in the media and popular culture. The first issue of Q-zine will be online July 1, 2011.

WHAT Q-ZINE IS LOOKING FOR

* Features, opinion pieces and news on politics, human rights, and social issues
* Fiction, non-fiction (e.g. autobiographical essays, personal essays) and poetry
* Profiles and interviews of activists, writers, artists and other public figures
* Illustrations and cartoons
* Fashion, make-up and hairstyle shoots
* Book and art reviews
* TV, movie and music reviews
* Reviews of queer-friendly bars, restaurants, resorts and hot spots in your community or in places you’ve visited.

HOW TO SUBMIT TO Q-ZINE

We are now accepting submissions for issue two. The deadline for submissions is August 15, 2011.

1. All work must be original, unpublished and accompanied with a cover letter including a short biography of the author with contact information. Please include word count at the top your piece.
2. Fashion, make up and hairstyle shoots should be in colour. They should include the name of the designer, the models, the make-up artist and photographer. Please provide a short description of the work, your contact address (including Facebook page), boutique address and prices of your work.
3. Submissions may be in English or French.
4. All written content should be submitted as Word (.doc) files. All images should be submitted as TIFF or JPG files with a resolution of 100 ppi.
5. Q-zine is accepting submissions for the following sections and formats:

News & Politics

Word count: 500-600 words

Arts, Culture, & Entertainment

Word count: 500-600 words

Fashion

Fashion, make-up and hairstyle shoots should be in colour. They should include the name of the designer, the models, the make-up artist and photographer. Provide a short description of the work, your contact address (including Facebook page), website, boutique address and prices of your work.

Art

Illustrations, paintings, cartoons and photography on any LGBTQI-related theme are welcome. Each image should have a caption (max. 100 words) commenting on the work. In the case of photos the location and date should also be given.

Literature

Short stories and poetry: Max 1,000 words

Features

Word count: 1,000-1,200 words

Commentary & Editorials

Word count: 400-500 words

Material should be submitted using Q-zine’s online submission form, which can be accessed via the Queer African Youth Networking Centre (QAYN) http://www.gayn-center.org/call-for-submissions

If you cannot access the online submission form, you may also email your submissions to the Lead Editor at: mkonommoja@gmail.com

Contact Information:

For inquiries: mkonommoja@gmail.com

For submissions: click here or send to mkonommoja@gmail.com

Website: http://wp.gayn-center.org/

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Writer’s Workshop at Fresno LGBT Community

Date: 18 June 2011

Come join community members to get help or guidance in crafting your submission for the USP’s LGBT+ Anthology!

USP is currently accepting submissions of personal stories of the LGBT experience (either directly or peripherally) for an anthology that will be published later this year. The anthology will be available in local public and school libraries as well as the LGBT Community Center here in Fresno.

At the Writer’s Workshop you can

*Use the Center’s computer to submit your story.

*Get hands on writing advice from experienced writers (Help with anything from grammar to creative diction, to narrative flow!)

*Discuss and workshop ideas.

*Get typing assistance if needed.

*Have a safe place to talk about coming out issues, bullying issues, or anything else that relates to your experience as a member of the LGBT+ community.

The workshop will feature David (current leader of the Clovis Writer’s Group), Jessica (current Creative Writing grad student at Fresno State), Kaylia (BA in Creative Writing, writer for gayfresno.com), and Chris (long time writer for gayfresno.com).

Contact Information:

For inquiries: zoyer_zyndel@yahoo.com

For submissions: zoyer_zyndel@yahoo.com

Website: http://www.gayfresno.com

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Call for Submissions: LGBT Anthology to Benefit the Trevor Project

Deadline: 16 July 2011

Submissions are currently being accepted for an LGBT-themed anthology. All profit will be donated to the Trevor Project (http://www.thetrevorproject.org/). The books will be 40 pages and cost $5. Those who have be selected for print can obtain the book at half price.

Submission Guidelines:

- Submissions must be LGBT-themed poetry, short fiction or creative non-fiction. You don't have to be LGBT (or any other rainbow persuasion) to write or submit. Pieces from allies and pieces about about equality, tolerance, diversity, et cetera are highly encouraged. Any anti-LGBT sentiment will result in an automatic disqualification.

- You may submit up to five pieces.

- Previously published material is welcome if you hold the rights. Please note when and where the pieces was published.

- Submission should be typed into the body of an email and sent to makepoetry.andlove@gmail.com by noon on the 16th of July.

- Please do not use crazy fonts or colours.

- Include your name as you want it to appear in the publication.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: makepoetry.andlove@gmail.com

For submissions: makepoetry.andlove@gmail.com

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Call for Queer Works: Dirtflask Literary Magazine

This journal seeks to provide flasks of dirt to sustain you through the massive emotional desert that forms the bulk of our sterilized world.

We are currently open for submissions; please read the submission guidelines for details. If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact us at dirtflask@gmail.com.

Guidelines:

We like medical history, driftwood, negative queer theory, and street fires.

We’re looking for acts of creation that are unusual, weird, experimental… dirty. Dirty in both the spiritual and the physical sense. Not unhygienic so much as antihygienic. Queer, in the most beautiful and dark sense of the word. Poetry that negates rather than mediates. That screams ‘fcuk you’ without apology. Prose that wants nothing to do with the avant-garde’s incessant creation of new territories, and would rather burrow deep under the reader’s skin. Necr0philia, meet the corpse of punk.

We want to see your best flasks of dirt, whatever form they may take: poetry, prose, ramblings, tracts, confessions, actual flasks of dirt*, smut … nothing will be turned down based on form alone. With that in mind, we are especially interested in works that resist definition and stray beyond traditional formats. Don’t be afraid to send in that sound poem or that it’s-not-a-prose-poem-but-it-ain’t-prose-and-it-ain’t-poetry-either.

In short: experimental? Great! Does dirty things with language? Even better! We want to see your flasks, to car3ss them, and to be repulsed by them.

Some r0ugh guidelines: simultaneous submissions are okay, just inform us if the status of your work changes. We’re going to try to keep the turn-around time lightning quick, so please don’t send prose longer than ~1,000 words or more than five poems (apply this as a rule of thumb for other media). If accepted, your work will definitely appear online, and will possibly appear in tangible form.

To submit, please send an email titled ‘Submission’ to dirtflask at gmail dot com (preferably with your work/s embedded in the body of the email).

*If you want to send an actual flask of dirt or other physical object, please email us for a mailing address.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: dirtflask@gmail.com

For submissions: dirtflask@gmail.com

Website: http://dirtflask.com

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The Eyes of Babylon National Writing Contest

Deadline: 14 June 2011

Playwright Jeff Key joined the Marines in 2001 as a 34-year-old gay man. The Eyes of Babylon is the transformation of his Iraq journal into a stunning, raw, funny and indelible solo performance about going to battle, being gay in the military, and finding peace when you are at war with yourself. Jeff now runs writing workshops for veterans, manifesting again the ability for words to heal the wounded and perhaps even the sea of restless bystanders.

EOB National Writing Contest

The producers of The Eyes of Babylon have launched a national writing contest to promote the play’s Off-Broadway run, June 14-July 3, 2011 in NYC. Submission deadline is June 14th, 2011.
Genres

* Drama: Play/Screenplay, up to 15 pages, double spaced | Judge: Del Shores
* Prose: Fiction/Non-fiction, up to 15 pages, double spaced | Judge: Aimee Bender
* Poetry: up to 3 poems, or 8 pages max, no more than 1 poem on each page | Judge: Timothy Donnelly

All submissions must be previously unpublished.

Prizes

—> Winners will be announced by July 15th.

GRAND PRIZE $1000 (one overall winner chosen by all three judges)

* Publication on The Eyes of Babylon website
* Trip to New York City to meet Jeff Key
* Read for a New York audience at a gala for the play
* Swag bag and art/memorabilia from the play

1ST PRIZE $500 (1 per genre) & 2ND PRIZE $200 (1 per genre)

* Publication on The Eyes of Babylon website
* Two tickets to the play
* Swag bag and art/memorabilia from the play

HONORABLE MENTION (2 per genre)

* Two tickets to the play
* Swag bag and art/memorabilia from the play

Background

Playwright Jeff Key joined the Marines in 2001 as a 34-year-old gay man. The Eyes of Babylon is the transformation of his Iraq journal into a stunning, raw, funny and indelible solo performance about going to battle, being gay in the military, and finding peace when you are at war with yourself. Jeff now runs writing workshops for veterans, manifesting again the ability for words to heal the wounded and perhaps even the sea of restless bystanders.

Contest Themes

With this contest, we hope to to further explore the play's themes of war, the memory of war, and our individual and collective forgetfulness about being at war. We hope to start a broad social dialogue about how art is both a celebration and a critique of our citizenship, patriotism, love of country, and allegiance to values. The play is as much about the process of searching for answers as finding answers themselves, and contest entries should consider the battles we wage both internally and externally, and the role of writing, creativity, and art in the fight for peace, change, and self-examination.

Submission Fee

Entry fee is $15. Multiple entries are welcome, and will be considered as anonymous separate entries. The fee is $10 for each additional submission. Follow the submission instructions below for each separate submission, and assign each piece a unique passcode. Use the same email address to submit all entries.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: jennilyn@theeyesofbabylon.com

For submissions: enter here

Website: http://www.theeyesofbabylon.com

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Reminder - Call for Submissions: banQuet 2012 (New Writing by Australian Queer Women and Men)

Deadline: 3 June 2011

banQuet Press is still looking and welcoming submissions. In summary, they are looking for new original, unpublished pieces of writing that are not under consideration elsewhere. They accept up to 5000 words of writing and are willing to look at a small number of visual art pieces.

Call for Submissions

banQuet 2012: A feast of new writing and art by Australian Queer Women & banQuet 2012: A feast of new writing and art by Australian Queer Men

The anthologies showcase a broad range of innovative, engaging quality writings and art by emerging and established queer writers/artists about LGBTIQ s3x and s3xualities.


Challenge and surprise us. Introduce us to your complex and flawed queer protagonists and antagonists. Take us for a ride on the seamy side of LGBTIQ lives! We’d love to look at writings and art about queers falling in and out of bed or love!

banQuetpress supports community diversity.

Submission Guidelines

banQuetpress will only accept original, previously unpublished material. Please do not submit material that is being concurrently considered elsewhere.

Maximum of three pieces per author/artist.

Submission Deadline: Friday, 3 June 2011

Word Length: up to 5000 words
Art / Graphics / Images: one or a few cells/photos/images

Short Fiction Guidelines

• Well-crafted, well-written engaging short fiction – short stories, flash-fiction, etc.
• A range of genres, er0tica preferred for 2012 edition
• Scenarios and themes primarily focussed on LGBTIQ lives

Non-Fiction Guidelines

• Well-crafted, well-written and accurately researched short non-fiction
• Ideas, issues and information primarily focussed on LGBTIQ er0tica, s3xualities
• Reviews and academic essays not accepted

Comic Art / Graphics / Photography Guidelines

• Comic art - One or a few cells/photos
• Scenarios, issues and themes primarily focussed on LGBTIQ er0tica, s3xualities
• Material that can be effectively reproduced/published in B/W
• Resolution quality at least 300dpi

Style / Formatting Guidelines

• Submit a “clean” manuscript – that is, a manuscript that has been edited for accuracy and clarity in communication, as well as proof-read for typos. (Works accepted for publication will undergo a full editing and proof-reading process; however, your submission must demonstrate your professionalism as a writer/artist).
• Cover sheet with your legal name (essential), pen name (if applicable), title and word count on it only
• Name must not appear anywhere on manuscript and artwork (only on cover)
• MS Word document
• JPEG document for graphics
• Document Filename should include title of the work
• Standard 12 point Arial font
• Double spacing
• Numbered pages

Cover Sheet – Author / Artist Details

Please include a cover sheet with the following information:

• Legal name (essential) and pen name (if applicable)
• Contact details: address, phone, email
• An author/artist biography paragraph (up to 150 words)
• A declaration of originality/authenticity (one per submission). For example: ‘My short story [title] is original work produced by me [name] and has not been previously published and is not currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Signed, [type in your name].’

Submission Contact Details / Receipt / Notification

• Electronic submissions only by email as an attachment to: admin@banquetpress.com
• Acknowledgement of receipt of your submission will be by email
• You will be notified by late July concerning the status of your submission

Copyright

• Copyright will remain with you, the author/artist
• Once the work has been published in banQuet, you are free to reprint it elsewhere
• Please acknowledge that the work was first published in banQuet in any subsequent reprint of the particular work.

Acknowledgement / Payment

At this stage, banQuet is unable to pay you, but offers:

• one complementary copy of the publication
• inclusion of author/artist paragraph biog (including contact details if you wish) in ‘About the Contributors’ section
• an invitation to the publication launch – writer’s and reader’s event
• promotion of the anthology
• invitations to participate in spoken word performances held by banQuetpress

Contact Information:

For inquiries: admin@banquetpress.com

For submissions: admin@banquetpress.com

Website: http://www.banquetpress.com

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Call for Poems/ Stories - Coming Out Muslim: Realities and Dreams of Queer Muslims

Deadline: 23 May 2011

You are invited to share your poems, stories, images, artistic works, photographs, desires, hopes, interviews and more honoring and celebrating the wide ranging experiences/realities and dreams of Queer Muslims.

Your submission will be included in a Visual Collage/ Photography show entitled: "Coming Out Muslim" in New York.

The show will live at the 7th St and 2nd Ave Gallery housed in the social room of the Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village for LGBT History and Pride month this June.

This is part of a larger vision celebrating Islam and Queer experience life with the intention of broadening all our perspectives and opportunities for lives we love -in all of our communities - local and global!

Please share this announcement widely to your contacts and network and send your ideas/questions/suggestions to the coordinators of this project at: comingoutmuslim@googlegroups.com

Deadline to submit: 5/23/11.

All contributors are welcome to be a part of designing the collage and arrangement of images and words in the Gallery.

Anonymous submissions welcome.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: comingoutmuslim@googlegroups.com

For submissions: comingoutmuslim@googlegroups.com

Website: http://groups.google.com/group/comingoutmuslim

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Call for Submissions: Queer Youth Reader Literary Journal (Bare Bones Press)

Deadline: 30 June 2011

Bare Bones Press & Productions wants to publish your work in a new literary journal for and by lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/transgender/transsexual, queer/questioning, intersex, and allied youth. With the premier issue of the Queer Youth Reader, we intend to establish the queer youth version of the Paris Review.


What we’re looking for

If you identify as LGBTQIA, and are between the ages of 14 and 23, here’s what we want from you:

* Fiction
* Poetry
* Essays
* Opinion Pieces
* Book/Film/Music Reviews
* Interviews
* Creative Nonfiction

The mission of Bare Bones Press & Productions is to bring awareness to the diversity and visibility of the queer experience. We love and adore our straight, gender-normative allies (we couldn’t do it without you!) — and will allocate a small portion of this publication to allied voices, but the majority of work published in the Queer Youth Reader will be work created by queer youth.

How to submit your work

To be considered for the premier issue, submit your work with the following submission inquiry form by June 30, 2011. After receiving your inquiry form, we’ll respond to the e-mail address you provided to receive the complete submission.

* Queer Youth Reader submission inquiry form

Bare Bones Press & Productions respects your privacy and will never ever ever sell or make available in any way, your name, email address or any of your other information without your explicit permission.

All work submitted must be your original work and not previously published. Longer works (such as an ongoing piece of fiction) may be serialized (meaning, we’ll break it up into chunks and publish it a bit at a time).

The Queer Youth Reader will be published initially in a digital format with the intention to eventually become a print-based publication.

We retain first time publishing rights to all work published, as well as the right to republish in anthology form. If writers publish the same works somewhere else, Bare Bones Press & Productions will receive an acknowledgement as first publisher. Contributors must be at least 14 years of age at the time of publication.

Contact Information:

For submissions: click here

Website: http://barebonespress.wordpress.com

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Deadline Extended - Call for Prose and Poetry: Inaugural Issue of ShuoMii LGBT Magazine

Deadline: 16 May 2011

ShuoMii is a dynamic, responsive and collaborative not-for-profit based media Mega-source set with the purpose of changing the LGBT dynamic within itself and society. ShuoMii’s goal is to revolutionize the stereotypical opinion of our community by enabling a platform that will facilitate a positive image by influencing people with art poetry, film, photography, music and other literary works. Through empowerment ShuoMii plans to create a safer environment dedicated to promoting a positive image for the LGBT POCC, so that we may promote acceptance and understanding. At this moment, there is no major magazine which brings LGBT People of Color writers and artists to the forefront. We believe it is time to publish such a magazine!


ShuoMii will:

• Introduce a wide audience to literature and art (film, music, and photographs) by the LGBT community.
• Provide a unique opportunity for underrepresented writers and artists viewpoints.
• Discover and publish emerging and developing writers and artists.
• ShuoMii will be published both in print and on the web. Print costs are high, so our agenda is to build a website first and print four magazines a year when we have the funds. We are currently seeking submissions for our inaugural issue! All LGBT people of Color artists, musicians, performers and writers are encouraged to submit work.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Prose and Poetry: Submit up to 3 pages of work(double-spaced, 12 pt.). It is best to send all of your work in one Microsoft Word (.doc) or text (.rtf) attachment.

Graphic files: Submit up to 5 visual art images or photographs. Photography and visual art should be sent using .tif files ( at least 300 dpi /300 pixels per inch resolution) or .jpeg files. Please include a short artist’s statement about the work submitted.

Songs and Sound Art: Submit up to five MP3 files. Please include a short artist’s statement about the work submitted. All sound art and music will be featured mostly on our website.

Video Art/Movies: Please send a URL to the work if it is online. If not, fill out the submission form and we will contact you about how to submit your video. Please include an artists statement about the work.

ALL submissions: Please include a short bio (two sentences) with your name (as you want it to appear in print), email, phone, and mailing address.

Issue Topic: Acceptance (coming out, etc)

DEADLINE for submissions to be considered for the inaugural issue will be May 16, 2011.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: click here

For submissions: http://shuomii.com/submissions-page

Website: http://shuomii.com/

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Call for Submissions: Pink Ink Zine (Canada)

Deadline: 9 May 2011

NO ONE CAN TELL YOUR STORY BUT YOU. PINK INK’s 2011 Zine wants you!

We are looking for queer and trans youth who want to submit their writing and/or art (about any subject) to our annual zine.

We are accepting submissions from queer, trans, and questioning youth (14-29 years old). No writing experience necessary!

We are going to have our zine launch at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) on June 15th. This is very exciting! We are getting a brand new incredible space that will be open the week of our launch. (The event will be all ages, free and is wheelchair accessible.)


It doesn’t matter if you’ve never been to Pink Ink before and it does not matter if you identify as a writer or not - we’re still interested in having your work in our zine.

The deadline for submissions is Sunday May 9th, 2011

Important:

-Please send all submissions or inquiries to ksilverwoman@hotmail.com
-put ZINE SUBMISSION IN THE SUBJECT HEADING
-include a short BIO or/and the name you want to use for yourself in the zine.

Or mail it to:

SOY
Attention: Pink Ink Zine Submissions
333 Sherbourne St, 2nd Floor
Toronto, ON
M5A 2S5

Pink Ink is a writing group for queer, trans, and questioning youth from around the Greater Toronto Area.Pink Ink is a program through Supporting our Youth (SOY) www.soytoronto.org.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: ksilverwoman@hotmail.com

For submissions: ksilverwoman@hotmail.com

Website: http://www.soytoronto.org/current/pinkink.html

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Lambda Award Finalists National Readings

Dates: 26 April - 12 June, 2011

Please join the Lambda Literary Foundation and Finalists of the 23rd Annual Lambda Literary Awards for readings in the following cities of their nominated works. The lists of confirmed readers are subject to change.

SAN FRANCISCO • APRIL 26, 2011

San Francisco Public Library
Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A & B
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, California 94102
5:00 pm Reception
6:00 pm Reading

Readers: Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Malena Watrous, Greg Hewett, Jen Currin, Justin Hall, Deborah Cohler, Erik Orrantia, Adam Haslett, Jon Macy, Karin Kallmaker, Lucas Noach Dzmura, S. Bear Bergman, Kathy Briccetti, Meredith Maran, and Zelda Lockhart.
CHICAGO • MAY 3, 2011

Gerber/Hart Library
1127 West Granville Avenue, Chicago, IL 60660.
For more information, call at 773-381-8030 or visit gerberhart.org
7:00 pm Reading & Reception

Readers: James Klise, Julie Marie Wade, Scott Herring, and Michelle Renae.
SEATTLE • MAY 8, 2011

Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 Tenth Avenue (Pike X Pine), Seattle, WA 98122
5:00 pm Reading

Readers: Carol Guess, Elizabeth Colen, Thomas Schabarum, Anna Swanson, and Jen Currin.
LOS ANGELES • MAY 9, 2011

Skylight Books
1818 N. Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90027
7:30 pm Reading

Readers: Michael Gregg Michaud, Michael Klein, Chris Corkum, Stuart Biegel, Jallen Rix, Audrey Bilger, and Leigh Stuart.
NEW YORK • MAY 12, 2011

Bluestockings Books
172 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002
7:00 pm Reading

Readers: Eileen Myles, Michael Klein, Sassafras Lowrey, Barbara Hammer, Ann Herendeen, Daniel Talbott, Rob Stephenson, Gayle Salamon, Eleanor Lerman, Kathleen Warnock, Georgeann Packard, Rafael de la Dehesa, and Richard Stevenson.
NEW ORLEANS • MAY 14, 2011

9th Annual Saints and Sinners Festival, May 12-15

Participants and attendees of this reading must be registered with the festival. For more information: sasfest.org.

Readers: TBA

EDMONTON, AB • JUNE 12, 2011
LEVA (11053 86 Avenue)
2:00-4:00 pm Reading

Readers: Laurie Macfayden, Vivek Shraya & guests

Contact Information:

Website: http://www.lambdaliterary.org/

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Start-up Website Seeks Gay Er0tic Short Fiction Writers and Poets

Seeking ORIGINAL gay er0tic flash fiction, micro fiction, and poetry:

* Pay is $6 - $8 for every two flash pieces
* Pay is $3 for each piece of micro fiction
* Pay is $5 for each poem
* 3-month exclusive rights sought

What we're looking for: gay/bi-male, s3xy, in space or in a h0t tub, wherever. Good writing comes first. S3x comes second.

What we're not looking for: t3en s3x, rap3, or heavy S/M.

If interested, email us two of your best pieces of gay er0tic flash fiction, micro fiction, or poems EMBEDDED within your email. Please include a 1 - 3 sentence bio about yourself.

You will receive an email of acceptance in about two weeks if we want to publish you or see more of your work.

Hints for acceptance?

1. Pieces don't necessarily have to have s3x, but they should definitely make us want to.

2. We like low maintenance writers.

Keep writing and believing in yourself.

Location: International

Compensation: Pay is $5 - $8 for every two pieces

Via: craigslist.org

Contact Information:

For inquiries: job-srmk6-2325684313@craigslist.org

For submissions: job-srmk6-2325684313@craigslist.org

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Call for Submissions: Bodies and TransQueer Experiences

genderWHAT?! will be creating a zine on bodies and their implications within trans/queer experiences. We are looking for submissions that include (but of course anything goes): stories, experiences, poetry, drawings, feelings, ideas, thoughts, radical manifestos, complaints, arguments, studies/statistics, etc. Use this opportunity as a platform to express yourself.

Please send submissions to genderfuct@gmail.com, or if you would like to contribute anonymously please go to genderwhat.tumblr.com/ask.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: genderfuct@gmail.com

For submissions: genderfuct@gmail.com

Website: http://genderwhat.tumblr.com/

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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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