Posted by The Admin Team, on April 5th, 2012% 
Our fantastic friends at banQuetpress are searching for stories and artwork for their Men’s and Women’s 2013 Anthologies. They’re also looking for cover art. banQuetpress is Australia’s only dedicated queer publishing house and if you have a short story, poem or piece of art you’d like to see in print, I highly advise sending them your submissions now.
Submissions
banQuet 2013: A feast of new writing and art by Australian Queer Women and banQuet 2013: A feast of new writing and art by Australian Queer Men
These anthologies showcase a broad variety of innovative, engaging quality writings and art by emerging and established queer writers/artists/photgraphers about GLBTIQ sex and sexualities.
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 GLBTIQ lives! We’d love to look at writings and images about queers falling in and out of love or bed!
banQuetpress is especially interested in works that overtly explore a diverse range of: • sexual expressions/practices • GLBTIQ cultures (from mainstream gay to queer sub-cultures) • gender expression • relationship types • issues of sex/sexuality particular to the GLBTIQ community
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banQuetpress will only accept original, previously unpublished material.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, 18 May 2012
Word Length: up to 3000 words Art / Graphics / Images: one or a few cells/photos/images/photostory Short Fiction Guidelines
• Well-crafted, well-written engaging short fiction – short stories, flash-fiction, etc. • A range of genres, erotica preferred for 2013 edition. • Scenarios and themes primarily focussed on LGBTIQ erotica, sexualities.
Non-Fiction Guidelines
• Well-crafted, well-written and accurately researched short non-fiction, personal reflections. • Ideas, issues and information primarily focussed on LGBTIQ erotica, sexualities. • Reviews and academic essays not accepted. Comic Art / Graphics / Photography Guidelines
• One or a few cells/photos, one-page comic strip, photostories • Scenarios, issues and themes primarily focussed on LGBTIQ erotica, sexualities • Material that can be effectively reproduced/published in B/W and/or colour. • Resolution quality at least 300dpi.
Style / Formatting Guidelines
• Please do not submit your first draft. • 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. • No paragraph indents. • No headers/footers. • Use single quotation marks for dialogue. Cover Sheet . . . → Read More: Call for Queer Fiction: banQuetpress 2013
Posted by Matthew Lang, on March 28th, 2012% 
MLR Press is currently having an open call for Christmas and Australia Day short stories:
Australia Day:
There's more to Australia Day than hunks in swimwear…but hey, it's nice to look at
Australia Day is the Australian version of July 4, it’s when the whole of Australia drops everything and PARTIES to celebrate ALL THINGS Australia. It’s fireworks, festivals, food, beer, ferryboat races on Sydney Harbour, you name it… It’s their national day. Every city puts on the most amazing celebrations.
So here’s your chance if you’ve always wanted to write a story about Australia, help us celebrate Australia Day! Imagine the stories you can write about HOT Aussie men in iconic Aussie locations/scenarios:
- Surf Life Savers on Bondi Beach – Jackaroo horsemen in the Outback – Drag queens and HOT men at Sydney’s party of parties the Gay Mardi Gras – Lovers snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef – Romance in Melbourne, the Paris of the southern hemisphere – Opera at the Sydney Opera House – The mystical Ayers Rock and the Red Centre – Love in a hot wool-shearing shed on a sizzling Queensland – A steamy crocodile safari in Darwin
Now that you’re tantalized with the possibilities…here’s the details:
Stories should be between 5k and 40k
Any subgenre you’d like (but MUST be set in Australia around the celebration)
Due November 5, 2012
Submissions should be sent to special_submissions@mlrpress.com
Christmas Stories:
Christmas Memories (2011) by Matthew Lang
H-oohhh-H-ohhh-Holiday Time! Let’s celebrate MLR style! From the sweet to the scorching, the winter holidays have it all. Whether it’s Thanksgiving, Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Christmas, or New Year’s Eve – no matter the holiday if it’s in the winter months, let’s celebrate it!
Stories should:
- Be set around a winter holiday between Thanksgiving (US) and New Year’s Eve – Be between 5k and 40k – Any subgenre is welcome
Deadline for submissions: August 15th, 2012
Submission should be sent to winter_holiday_subs@mlrpress.com.
Posted by Matthew Lang, on November 4th, 2011% This obviously isn’t me (i.e. I have no affiliation with Pink Petal Books), but they’re calling for submissions, and if you’re looking for GLBT publication opportunities, here’s one for you right now!
Call for Submissions for “Dangerous Places-Dangerous Men” anthology.
Pink Petal Books, a high-quality boutique publisher, is actively searching for erotic short stories between 7k-15k words for an anthology to be released in April 2012. At this time, we are looking for four to six tales for a 50k-word finished electronic and print book. Both published and unpublished authors are welcome.
Theme: Dangerous places- Dangerous men
Do you have a survivor-type story? A shipwrecked hero, a heroine stranded on a desert island with a hot rogue, or a couple who’s lost in the steamy jungles? Did your hero drop into a war zone or does he work in an extremely perilous occupation?
If you have or are currently working on a story that might be suitable, please send directly to anthologysubs@pinkpetalbooks.com
Dangerous Places-Dangerous Men Anthology Guidelines:
7k-15k word stories must have romance, and either a happily ever after or a happily for now ending. M/F, M/M, F/F and ménage accepted Heat rating: crank up the heat! All erotic heat levels accepted Submission deadline is January 15, 2012. Submit the full short story plus a blurb to anthologysubs@pinkpetalbooks.com with “Dangerous Places-Dangerous Men” in the subject line. Can’t wait to hear from you!
Publishing And Payment Information:
This anthology will be released in print and ebook format simultaneously. Approximately ninety days later each story will release as individual ebooks. Royalties are paid monthly, and our general royalty structure is 40% of the sales price for all sales from our website. For third party sales, we pay 40% of what we receive. All print books pay 10% of cover price regardless of sales outlet. For anthology sales, all authors in the anthology will split royalties equally. Individual ebook sales will receive full royalties.
For more information about our submission guidelines and publishing program, please visit our website at: http://pinkpetalbooks.com/Submissions.html. If you have any questions, please contact us at anthologysubs@pinkpetalbooks.com
Posted by Matthew Lang, on May 15th, 2011% Vignette Press is currently calling for submissions for it’s next indie offering: Geek Mook.
mook – 1. A bound hybrid publication issued in a series. 2. Not quite a magazine, not quite a book. 3. A collection of surprising, unconventional new writing.
geek – 1. An awkward or socially inept person. 2. A person obsessed with technical or non-mainstream interests. 3. A carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, such as biting off the head of a live chicken.
Geek Mook explores the worlds of hackers, gamers, steam punk fashionistas, trekkies, neo-punk trainspotters and obsessives of all the other fixations that give us a reason to stave off death (and quite frequently sex as well). As primarily book and literary geeks ourselves, the editors especially welcome submissions caught in the intersection of geekery and the literary. We’d love to learn about the ways the ways geek, literary and human have crashed up and mashed up in your lives and imagination: explain to us the aesthetics of coding; remember a childhood struggling with the unfair dice rolls of AD&D and ADHD; trace the interconnections between infidelity and Star Trek; show us the human heart beneath the steampunk carapace.
Submission Guidelines:
We are accepting nonfiction, fiction, infographics, poetry, illustration and other art forms which work well in a black and white print format. Submissions may be from 500-3000 words, though we envisage sweet-spots around 1250 words and 2500 words. We will consider longer pieces where the work is so good, we’d feel silly bowing to any word count rule. Geek Mook contributors should not assume specialised knowledge or vocabulary on the part of the mook audience, though they can and should expect intelligence and curiosity. The pieces need not be homogenised, however, and we welcome work that, like A Clockwork Orange, pushes us out a little past our cognitive and linguistic depth, sinking yet strangely still able to breathe.
Vignette Press appreciates the guts, labour and dedication required to produce good writing and art. Unfortunately, at the moment, we are not in position to express this monetarily. Each contributor will receive two complimentary copies of the Geek Mook.
Possible topics include but are not limited to:
Coding Conventions Steampunk Cosplay Cinema Fan fiction Hacking Online communities Collecting Music obsessions WikiLeaks Dungeons and Dragons Superheroes Zines Blogging Code poetry Memes Speculative fiction
Submissions open 1 July 2011 and close 31 July 2011. Please email your submission together with a fifty word bio to geekmook@gmail.com
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Although submissions are not yet officially open, you can send works in for consideration now–just don’t expect a response until July. Good luck and happy submitting.
Matt
Posted by Matthew Lang, on May 8th, 2011% 
Brand spanking new eBook publisher Jaffa Books is still looking for novels to publish. They’re after outstanding writing in any genre, with a length over 60,000 words. From what I can see they have excellent royalty rates, and their contracts are non-exclusive after 6 months. They are brand new, and don’t have a track record I can look at but if you’d like to get published and think your work is up to it, you might want to check them out.
DISCLAIMER: I am not affiliated with nor involved in Jaffa Books. I have no works published by them or under consideration by them. The owner is an internet acquaintance of mine, but we have no other relationship.
Good luck and happy submitting.
Matt
Posted by Matthew Lang, on March 21st, 2011% 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 sex and sexualities.
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, erotica 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 erotica, sexualities 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 erotica, sexualities Material that can be effectively reproduced/published in B/W Resolution quality at least 300dpi
Style / Formatting Guideline
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 . . . → Read More: banQuet 2012 call for submissions
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