Queer Calls for Submissions

Other Calls:

Check out the Submissions page at queerwriters.com.

There are several Calls for Submission areas at Otherbear (formerly Calling All Trans.)

Are You Outside the Lines blog sometimes posts info on calls for submissions.

Saturday, June 21, 2008, 10 AM . 4:30 PM
GuyWriters presents
.The GuyWriters Conference: Get Plugged In!.
Featuring John Fisher, Jaime Cortez, Jay Frazier, Kirk Read, Matthew Graham Smith and Joel Tan
@ The National Queer Arts Festival
The Center
1800 Market Street @ Octavia
San Francisco, CA 94102
Admission: Only $15 (Includes Lunch)
RSVP: http://www.GuyWritersConference.org
Tickets: http://www.BrownPaperTickets.com
More Info: http://www.GuyWritersOnline.org and http://QueerCulturalCenter.org GUYWRITERS LAUNCHES GAY WRITERS CONFERENCE AT NATIONAL QUEER ARTS FESTIVAL

San Francisco, CA . GuyWriters, the network for gay male writers, will launch the Bay Area.s only queer writers conference on June 21st at the National Queer Arts Festival. .The GuyWriters Conference: Get Plugged In!. will present a keynote address, writing workshops and panel discussion featuring some of the most active movers and shakers in the queer literary scene, including John Fisher, Jaime Cortez, Jay Frazier, Kirk Read, Matthew Graham Smith and Joel Tan. .GuyWriters invites all queer male poets, prose writers and playwrights to get plugged into the new gay literary movement,. says Conference Director Philip Huang. The Conference offers participants the chance to pick up new writing skills, learn about the craft and the business of writing, and network with some of the most prolific gay writers in the Bay Area. (For more information, visit www.GuyWritersConference.org. )

The GuyWriters Conference will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2008, from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM as part of the National Queer Arts Festival at The Center, 1800 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. For more information about GuyWriters, please visit www.GuyWritersOnline.org. For more information about the National Queer Arts Festival, please visit QueerCulturalCenter.org.

Admission is only $15 (including lunch). RSVP at www.GuyWritersConference.org

REGISTRATION IS LIMITED, SO PLEASE BUY TICKETS EARLY.

Call for Submissions: *Still Blue: More Writing By (For or About)Working-Class Queers*

Please post/repost. (Please also forgive duplicates.)

Following the success of *Everything I Have is Blue: Short Fiction by Working-Class Men about More-or-Less Gay Life* ( http://everythingihaveisblue.com/ ), a new anthology on queer, working-class themes is currently in preparation.

Writers are encouraged to send their work for possible inclusion in the new volume, tentatively entitled *Still Blue: More Writing By (For or About) Working-Class Queers*.

Writers of any and all genders are welcome!

Like *Everything I Have Is Blue,* *Still Blue* is mea! nt to showcase our imaginative writing: short fiction, life writing, memoir, poems, work that doesn't fit the categories. If it illuminates our realities, our struggles, our resistance to assimilation and mental gentrification, and if it's well written, I'll consider it respectfully. (Submissions of previously published work, as long as you hold the copyright, are also welcome.)

Please *do not* submit erotica, as I cannot use it.

Send submissions as an email attachment formatted in Word to me at: editor (at) everythingihaveisblue dot com

Be sure to include a biography. [If your server doesn't like that address, try me at wendell.ricketts at gmail dot com.]

Submissions must be received by July 1, 2008.

Work not selected for the print anthology may also be considered for the online"Still Blue Project": http://www.everythingihaveisblue.com/still.html . "Still Blue" currently contains new work by Keith Banner, Donal Mosher, Allen Conkle, and Anton Veenstra.

Exhibition: Queer Bodies (working title)

Gallery: Million Fishes Arts Collective, San Francisco

Deadline: Saturday May 10, 2008

Exhibition Dates: Saturday June 7, 2008 - Saturday June 28, 2008

Eligibility: Open to all artists working in the San Francisco Bay Area.

As the demarcations of gender and sexuality continue to shift, so do the boundaries of expression of the queer body. The external body often acts as a bridge to elucidate ones internal queer experience by continually expressing its identification in a range of aesthetic styles and methods. This somatic experience is not always expressed visually, but also through the other senses.

Queer Bodies asks what forms do queer bodies take, what are their experiences and how are they received by others? How do they choose to reveal, hide, transgress, submit, defy and provoke social and cultural constructs of gender identity and sexuality? How are queer bodies made perceptible or imperceptible to others? Where can queer bodies be located in our contemporary social and cultural experiences and what roles do they play?

Submissions should include an artist's statement and images of work(s) in jpg format. No more than 3 submissions per artist. All mediums visual and performative will be considered. Jury decisions will be notified by email on Saturday May 17, 2008.

The exhibition will be juried by Tamara Loewenstein, MA Curatorial Practice Candidate California College of the Arts, San Francisco and Zee Boudreaux, Million Fishes Arts Collective, San Francisco.

Million Fishes is an incubating program for emerging artists of varying media to build the tools necessary to establish themselves as contributors of art.

All submissions should be sent to queerbodies@gmail.com by Saturday May 10, 2008. Mail DVD submissions only to: Zee Boudreaux, c/o Million Fishes - Queer Body, 2509 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

ALSO: "Dear Nomy" Questions 100-200 words, deadline ASAP dearnomy@makeshiftmag.com

Greetings friends, activists, writers, loved ones, and extended community.

I am excited to announce that I have just taken on editing the .Everyday Actions. section of Make/Shift, a new feminist magazine committed to queer, anti-racist and international perspectives (see www.makeshiftmag.com for more info).

I am looking for submissions of 100-500 words, simple anecdotes from your life that show the way you live and breathe your vision, your commitments, your struggle to occupy a space of dignity in the world.

The theme for this issue's "Everyday Actions" section is: CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. Have you had conversations with children or youth in your life that challenged you to articulate your beliefs in clear, non-hierarchical language? How do you approach topics like war, prisons, gender, class, and other things you feel strongly about? How do you support a young person.s process of understanding the world and their place in it? How do you share your sense of what is whole or real with an infant who is not yet speaking, or is just learning to talk? How do you stay humble in conversations with adolescents and teenagers?

I would love to hear from: parents, teachers, childcare providers, aunts & uncles, and especially young people who are defining these conversations.

All of this, none of this, and more is what I envision receiving from you and yours. I am more interested in actual examples than in theoretical ideas. Please send to: everydayactions@makeshiftmag.com. Deadline March 15. I.m excited to read what you have to say. If accepted, please know that your piece may be edited for clarity or space, and I will be in contact with you about that process.

ALSO: I'm nearing the deadline for my .Dear Nomy. column, also in Make/Shift magazine. It.s an advice column, so I need some askers. Questions can include ethical/spiritual/political dilemmas in relation to family, love, work, activism, community, sex, or whatever else you want some perspective on. Send them to dearnomy@makeshiftmag.com ASAP.

Updated 2/7/2008:
Call for Submissions: Ignavia Press Online Journal

Ignavia is an online journal that promotes fiction that is
transgressive in content and form with a bias for material that is
dark, edgy and queer.

Guidelines
Ignavia seeks transgressive fiction - next issue is scheduled for
August 2008.  We need work that challenges us intellectually, morally
and aesthetically. We need work that is dark and edgy. We need work
that can arouse us while making us choke on our own bile.

General Rules
1) Keep submissions under 4000 words.
2) Send submissions in the body of an email. Also include name,
mailing address, telephone number and a 50 word or less biography.
3) Although we prefer work with a queer focus, quality supersedes this bias.
4) We request Electronic Serial Rights so that we may maintain your
work in our archives. We cannot offer compensation.
5) No poetry, unless it is prose poetry, which is more prose than poetry.
6) Familiarize yourself with the work of authors on our reading list,
which can be found at http://www.ignaviapress.com
7) E-mail submissions to ignaviapress(at)gmail.com. Remember to
replace (at) with @.

QUEER UTOPIAS: A Science Fiction Anthology edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel for publication by Arsenal Pulp Press, Spring 2009

We are looking for visions of queer utopias--whether these are self-contained, single-sex communities on our own Earth today; distant future worlds where gender and/or orientation are fluid; societies in which queer women and/or men co-exist apart from the hetero norm; or alien cultures where sexualities of all flavours are celebrated.

Extrapolate from life today to imagine compelling "homotopias," where queers are the new normal. Extrapolate from contemporary society to imagine alternate cultures, where all-female/all-male/trisexual/unisexual/even asexual communities exist. Extrapolate from 21st century science to imagine future environments where sexuality is safely, rewardingly celebrated. That is to say: consider dominant cultural discourses that have, for the better part of a century and a half, marked homosexuality as different; subvert the dominant heterotopia to craft your queer utopia.

Think about how your queer utopia was created: what cultural, social, or political forces caused it to come to be? Why was there a need for a distinct homosocial space? But don't just build your utopian vision; people it and tell us the stories of the women/men/other who live there in well-crafted fiction. Imagine the impact on your utopia when an outsider arrives; tell the story of a utopian who for some reason must leave; or write a story in which your characters and their world are self-contained. What conflicts arise because of the creation of this utopia--whether within the community or in reaction to it from without?

A utopia is not always idyllic. We want short stories that celebrate possible queer lives and worlds. But not every world is without flaw, or hostile outside pressures. You might also consider the antithesis of your utopia--oppressive social control, an authoritarian or totalitarian government or culture that is in opposition to your world: a dystopia which threatens the ideal.

There is a long tradition of feminist utopian critiques that posit an all-female society, but outside of gay pornography there are relatively few all-male utopian visions, something this anthology hopes to consider/rectify to whatever degree. That said, and despite having two male co-editors, we are very much hoping to create a book of short stories that consider queer utopias through a broad lens. This applies, as well, to your approach in tackling the concept of a queer utopia: we're looking for stories from science fiction writers who want to explore the implications of sexuality or for stories rooted in a queer/feminist background that're imagining a desirable (or perhaps undesirable, to some or all) future.

As an anthology for a Canadian publisher, preference will be given to submissions from Canadian writers. But the anthology is open to submissions from all writers, and is actively interested in non-North American writers.

Story length: we are open in terms of length, up to a maximum of 10,000 words. Keep in mind, however, that longer stories will have to knock our socks off to justify our not including two stories of shorter length.

Submission instructions:

1) Title the file with author's last name and story title in the file name: Surname-Title.doc (Do not simply title your piece QueerUtopias.doc, at least not the version you submit to us.)
2) Include your name, your mailing address, your email address, and a bio WITHIN the .doc file with your piece, as submissions will be separated from emails to be read.
3) Submit your work by email, as an attachment in .doc format, to queerutopias@gmail.com
Deadline: May 15, 2008.

Payment: an honorarium and one copy of the book will be paid. (Please note that payment is in Canadian funds.)

About the editors Richard Labonté has been the editor of the BEST GAY EROTICA series since 1997, and of the anthologies COUNTRY BOYS, BOYS IN HEAT, BEST GAY ROMANCE 2008, BEST GAY BONDAGE, WHERE THE BOYS ARE, and HOT GAY EROTICA. He writes the syndicated review column "Book Marks" for Q Syndicate ( www.qsyndicate.com) and also the Gay Men's Edition of Books to Watch Out For (www.btwof.com). For many years the general manager of A Different Light Bookstores in California, he returned to Canada in 2001, and lives with his husband Asa on Bowen Island, BC, with forays back to a farm in rural eastern Ontario.

Lawrence Schimel is an award-winning author and anthologist who has published over 80 books in many different genres, including PoMoSEXUALS: CHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUALITY, TWO BOYS IN LOVE, BEST DATE EVER: TRUE STORIES THAT CELEBRATE GAY RELATIONS, THE DRAG QUEEN OF ELFLAND, THINGS INVISIBLE TO SEE: LESBIAN AND GAY TALES OF MAGIC REALISM, THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF NEW GAY EROTICA, SWITCH HITTERS: LESBIANS WRITE GAY MALE EROTICA AND GAY MEN WRITE LESBIAN EROTICA, and BEST GAY POETRY 2008, among others. He lives in Madrid, Spain with his husband, Ismael Attrache.

Together, Labonté and Schimel are the editors of THE FUTURE IS QUEER, FIRST PERSON QUEER, and SECOND PERSON QUEER, also published by Arsenal Pulp Press.

About the publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press ( www.arsenalpulp.com) is an independent Canadian publisher located in Vancouver, BC, which has published titles such as QUEER VIEW MIRROR, QUICKIES, HOT AND BOTHERED, OUT/LINES: UNDERGROUND GAY GRAPHICS FROM BEFORE STONEWALL, SEMINAL: THE ANTHOLOGY OF CANADA'S GAY MALE POETS, and the Little Sisters Classics series, among many other queer-interest titles.

Posted 12/2/2007:

It's true--femeninete's on the verge of publishing a brand new erotic issue.  
Now, all we need is you!

We want to know what's hot in your world. Reveal your steamy daydreams. 
Share your ideas about sexuality. Concoct a vision of your most tantalizing 
fantasy. You can make up a pen name if you wish. It's all up to you.

Don't be shy. Send us your poetry, photographs, writings, drawings, and 
meanderings of any kind. We're not even sure where the boundaries are so 
feel free to push them. Bring your idea of what's erotic into other 
people's worlds.

Send contributions to femeninete@yahoo.com along with a short bio 
(100 words or less) and a picture. Anonymity can still be preserved with 
a bit of creativity--or, let us all know who you are!

Extended Deadline is December 15th, 2007

Thanks for making femeninete possible!

Much love from the grrrls.


Posted 11/15/2007:

Call for submissions:

SECOND PERSON QUEER:
How We Lived Our Lives . and How You Can Live Yours
edited by Richard Labonté and Lawrence Schimel

For an anthology of life advice from the GLBT community to the GLBT community, 
we're looking for short, informed essays . preferably between 1,000-2,000 words 
. written in the second person (addressed to a "you").

Every GLBT person must make their own personal journeys to come out, but many 
queer communities are and have been especially proactive in welcoming and 
mentoring "new" members.  This teaching happens on many levels, from the 
institutional ( e.g., safer sex education) to the individual (e.g., a feminist 
consciousness raising or instruction in the codes of the leather lifestyle).

But each successive GLBT generation can hopefully learn from the experiences of 
those who came before--and teach them many things as well.

Whether aimed at the overarching queer community in general or at a subset of 
the community . or even at an individual in your life . your essay must deliver 
advice that is deeply personal, intelligently (but not overtly) didactic, and 
constructive in tone. We're not looking for a bitchfest, although dark humour, 
smart irony, and witty prose are welcome, as long as there's also some sound 
advice for our readers. We want to be affected by intensely personal 
experiences from writers of diverse genders, ages, races, and orientations, 
informing us about unusual lessons learned from their lives that can be passed 
along to others.  Teach us.

Contributors are invited to approach the book in two ways:
1) "How-to" essays, which should be instructive in nature and have a title that 
begins "How To." No topic is out of bounds - "How to Be Friends With Your 
Lover's Mother",  "How to Manage a Homophobic Boss", "How to Pick Up Your 
Therapist", "How to Create a Gay-Straight Alliance At Your School", "How to 
Invite Your Ex-Lovers to Your Wedding", "How to Seduce a Straight Friend", "How 
to Dress for Success", "How to Break Up Without Tears", "How to Choose the 
Right Cockring", "How to Cruise Online", etc. - as long as it imparts a useful 
queer lesson to others. The essays can be profound or practical or humorous or 
heart-rending -- or a blend of styles -- but must be written in the second 
person (addressed to a "you").  Draw from your own experience and teach us 
something; essays which not only teach us how to do something but why are 
especially welcome.

2) Open Letters.  Write a letter to someone specific--whether a public persona 
(celebrity, politician, author, etc.) or someone drawn from your personal life 
(a teacher, a relative, a neighbour, whoever)--in which you either offer advice 
or thank them for things you learned from them (their example).  Think James 
Baldwin's THE FIRE NEXT TIME or the "Art of Mentoring" series. Discrete queer 
communities have a history of mentoring within themselves: activists teach 
activists, genderqueers inspire genderqueers, the leather community passes 
along its traditions, gay elders keep a love of show tunes and Judy alive.draw 
on that sense of your part in the tradition of a communal memory for your 
contribution.

Keep in mind the focus of the anthology, however--life advice FROM the queer 
community FOR the queer community. For example, while there are open letters we 
could--and should--write to many non-queer persons regarding their treatment of 
the community, this anthology is not the place for those sentiments.  Do write 
them and send them to said persons, to your local politicians, to the op-ed 
pages of queer or mainstream newspapers, etc.  But for this project, please 
only send us open letters offering advice to members of the queer community.

The one exception we are willing to consider will be open letters to a child 
(relative, child of queer parents, etc.) whose sexuality is not yet defined, 
and to whom one is offering advice on how to deal with the pressures of 
heteronormative society while growing up.  Note, however, that we will include 
only one or two such pieces in the book, so your chances of publication 
increase tremendously if you choose a more original subject.

Submission instructions:

1) Title the file with author's last name and story title in the file name: 
Surname-Title.doc
(Do not simply title your piece SecondPersonQueer.com, at least not the version 
you submit to us.)
2) Include your name, your mailing address, your email address, and a bio 
WITHIN the .doc file with your piece, as submissions will be separated from 
emails to be read.
 3) Submit your work by email, as an attachment in .doc format, to 
secondpersonqueer@gmail.com

Deadline: Mar. 15, 2008.

Payment: a small honorarium and one copy of the book will be paid. (Please note 
that payment is in Canadian funds.)  

As an anthology for a Canadian publisher, preference will be given to 
submissions from Canadian writers. But the anthology is open to submissions 
from all writers, and is actively interested in non-North American writers.

About the editors
Richard Labonté has been the editor of the BEST GAY EROTICA series since 1997, 
and of the anthologies COUNTRY BOYS, BOYS IN HEAT, BEST GAY ROMANCE 2008, BEST 
GAY BONDAGE, WHERE THE BOYS ARE, and HOT GAY EROTICA. He writes the syndicated 
review column "Book Marks" for Q Syndicate ( www.qsyndicate.com) and also the 
Gay Men's Edition of Books to Watch Out For (www.btwof.com). For many years the 
general manager of A Different Light Bookstores in California, he returned to 
Canada in 2001, and lives with his husband Asa on Bowen Island, BC, with forays 
back to a farm in rural eastern Ontario.

Lawrence Schimel is an award-winning author and anthologist who has published 
over 80 books in many different genres, including PoMoSEXUALS: CHALLENGING 
ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUALITY, TWO BOYS IN LOVE, BEST DATE EVER: TRUE 
STORIES THAT CELEBRATE GAY RELATIONS, THE DRAG QUEEN OF ELFLAND, THINGS 
INVISIBLE TO SEE: LESBIAN AND GAY TALES OF MAGIC REALISM, THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF 
NEW GAY EROTICA, SWITCH HITTERS: LESBIANS WRITE GAY MALE EROTICA AND GAY MEN 
WRITE LESBIAN EROTICA, and BEST GAY POETRY 2008, among others. He lives in 
Madrid, Spain with his husband, Ismael Attrache.

Together, Labonté and Schimel are the editors of THE FUTURE IS QUEER and FIRST 
PERSON QUEER, also published by Arsenal Pulp Press.

About the publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press ( www.arsenalpulp.com) is an independent Canadian publisher 
located in Vancouver, BC, which has published titles such as QUEER VIEW MIRROR, 
QUICKIES, HOT AND BOTHERED, OUT/LINES: UNDERGROUND GAY GRAPHICS FROM BEFORE 
STONEWALL, SEMINAL: THE ANTHOLOGY OF CANADA'S GAY MALE POETS, and the Little 
Sisters Classics series, among many other queer-interest titles. 

Posted 11/15/2007:

A Midsummer Night's Press announces two new annual anthologies:

BEST GAY POETRY edited by Lawrence Schimel
and
BEST LESBIAN POETRY edited by Linda Alvarez

For the 2008 editions of this exciting new series celebrating the best in 
gay/lesbian poetry, A Midsummer Night's Press invites submissions of poems 
PUBLISHED during 2007.  

Poems can have appeared in print or online magazines, journals, or anthologies; 
we are also willing to consider poems from books or chapbooks first published 
in 2007, even if the poem was originally published previously in periodicals, 
so long as the poet has the right to reprint the poem.

We are open to all styles of poetry, from formal to free verse; we are likewise 
open-minded in terms of content, so long as it somehow fits (even if pushing 
the boundaries of) what might be considered "gay poetry" or "lesbian poetry".

We are willing to consider slam poetry, so long as it has been published in 
text form, not merely performed; the poem must also work on the page, for these 
anthologies.

We are open to English-language poetry from all over the world, and actively 
look to include non-North American voices.

Please title documents with the poet's surname.

Please include contact information (both street and email address), bio, and 
where the poem was published WITHIN the .doc file, as documents will be read 
separately from the emails.

Submissions from individual poets or queries should be sent by email in .doc 
format to one of the following addresses, as appropriate:

BestGayPoetry@gmail.com
or
BestLesbianPoetry@gmail.com

Deadline is December 1, 2007.
(We will consider submissions of work that is scheduled to appear in the latter 
half of the year, but which has not yet been published.)

In each volume, A Midsummer Night's Press also plans to include a round-up of 
all books/journals/anthologies of gay/lesbian poetry published the previous 
year. (We also welcome recommendations or suggestions of appropriate poems from 
editors of journals, anthologies, or presses.)

Books and journals for review can be sent to the attention of the appropriate 
editor at:

A Midsummer Night's Press
16 West 36th Street
2nd Floor
New York NY 10018
amidsummernightspress@gmail.com
www.amidsummernightspress.com

About the Editors

Linda Alvarez is the editor of the anthologies BEST DATE EVER: TRUE STORIES 
THAT CELEBRATE LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS (Alyson) and DYKE THE HALLS: EROTIC 
LESBIAN CHRISTMAS TALES (Circlet) and lives in New York City.

Lawrence Schimel is an award-winning author and anthologist who has published 
over 80 books, including FIRST PERSON QUEER (Arsenal Pulp), TWO BOYS IN LOVE 
(Seventh Window), THE FUTURE IS QUEER (Arsenal Pulp), PoMoSEXUALS (Cleis), and 
TWO HEARTS DESIRE (St. Martin's Press).  He also edited the first (and so far 
only) anthology of gay love poetry to appear in Catalan, ELLS S'ESTIMEN 
(Llibres de l'Index).  His poems have appeared in a diverse array of 
periodicals, from THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR to PHYSICS TODAY to THE LYRIC, 
and have been widely anthologized in GAY LOVE POETRY, THE PRACTICE OF PEACE, 
CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE HORSE-LOVER'S SOUL 2, and THE RANDOM HOUSE TREASURY OF 
LIGHT VERSE, among others.  He lives in Madrid, Spain with his husband, Ismael 
Attrache.

About the Publisher:

A Midsummer Night's Press (www.amidsummernightspress.com) is an independent 
publisher devoted primarily to poetry, publishing under three imprints: Fabula 
Rasa for work inspired by fairy tales or mythology, Funny Bones for light verse 
and humor, and Body Language for works exploring sexuality and queer subjects.  
The press' first titles include THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN OUR OTHER LIFE by Achy 
Obejas, THE GOOD-NEIGHBOR POLICY: A DOUBLE-CROSS IN DOUBLE DACTYLS by Charles 
Ardai, and FAIRY TALES FOR WRITERS by Lawrence Schimel.  A Midsummer Night's 
Press is distributed by SPD ( www.spdbooks.org).

Posted 11/12/2007:
Travel Queeries is a feature-length documentary film that examines the 
culture, art and activism of radical queers in contemporary Europe. 
http://www.travelqueeries.com

Travel Queeries has just finished two years of production, filming on 
location in over 9 different European cities. For post-production, the 
project is looking to add positions.
*It is preferred that applicants live in or close to Seattle.

Looking for:

Production Intern: 
Intern will be in contact with interviewees & collaborating artists, 
research distributors, audio/color mastering, catalog and transcribe footage. 

PR/Design Intern:
Intern will create PR materials (digital/print), research & make database 
of festivals, screening venues & publications. Hands on design work for 
website and poster, post cards and assist with screenings. 

Editor:
We are looking for an Editor that is a good fit for Team TQ. Interested 
applicants must be familiar with queer culture/culturally competent. This 
is a great fit for someone who has experience and is also flexible around 
compensation. Goal for rough cut of the feature is June 2008, finishing 
work in Fall and completion date January 2009.

Producer:
Looking for experienced producer who is interested in helping this strong 
film through post-production and distribution. The film has great footage 
and collaborating artist and is an exciting project to get involved in.

Start Date: January 2008

If you are interested, please send resume/CV and description of your interest 
in working on Travel Queeries to Elliat Graney-Saucke (Director/Executive 
Director): elliat_graneysaucke@yahoo.com

DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF OPENINGS:

http://www.travelqueeries.com/?q=node/162

Posted 9/21/2007:
The Open Door Project

A five-day publishing introduction intensive in New York City--
including a series of lunches with literary agents, book editors, and
other publishing figures, a public reading, and a private cocktail
reception with New York's writing community will be awarded to the
winner of the first Open Door Project fiction competition.  The contest
is open to gay men writing fiction with queer content who have not yet
published a book of fiction. Accommodations and transportation will be
provided to an out of town winner. Judges include Christopher Bram,
Alexander Chee, Samuel R. Delany, Dennis Cooper, Robert Gluck, E. Lynn
Harris, Scott Heim, Andrew Holleran, David Leavitt, Stephen McCauley,
Dale Peck, and John Weir. Submit stories or stand-alone novel excerpts
of up to 8,000 words by March 1, 2008. The winner will be announced
June 08. There is no entry fee. Submissions should be mailed to:

Don Weise, Open Door Project
c/o Oscar Wilde Bookshop
15 Christopher St
New York, NY 10014

Please do not contact the bookstore for information about the Open Door
Project. Queries can be sent to dweised@aol.com. No queries confirming
receipt or status of submissions please.

Posted 8/12/2007:
Coming out American Style:
"Am I the only queer person in------?!?!?"
 
Is there a difference between coming out in New Jersey as oppose to Oklahoma? 
To answer this question I are calling for submissions for a new anthology of 
coming out stories "COMING OUT AMERICAN STYLE" celebrating the diversity of 
the American experience.  I are looking for coming out stories from the 
entire GLBT community. The goal is to have a story from every state and 
territory of the United States of America and to have every story followed 
by contact information from GLBT organizations of that state or territory.  
I am looking to answer for every young person "Am I the only one?" 
We know they are not alone and this anthology will be a way to let them know. 
If you would like to share your story and any information about GLBT 
organizations in your state please send your submissions to Tashamee Dorsey at 
COAmericanstyle@aol.com.
Story guidelines:
Story length should be between 1500 and 5000 words in length.  
Deadline for submissions is January, 23 2008.
Submissions are answering the following question: "How did where I came 
out affect how I came out?"

Posted 8/5/2007:
The New Black Lace Book of Women's Sexual Fantasies edited and compiled by 
Mitzi Szereto

Author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto is currently compiling material for 
the above mentioned anthology, which is due to coincide with the fifteenth 
anniversary of the Black Lace imprint of Virgin Publishing in the UK. This 
book will be a collection of genuine sexual fantasies from women of all 
ages, the aim being to provide readers with a peek into what goes on in 
the minds of real women. It will be both enlightening and titillating, 
offering insight into our sexual culture today.

A questionnaire can be found at the Black Lace website.
Note that all questionnaires and the identity of participants will be kept 
completely confidential; likewise if your material is used in the book.

Visit the Black Lace website and click on the shoe!

http://www.blacklace-books.co.uk

(Author and anthologist Mitzi Szereto has more than a dozen books to her 
credit, including the critically acclaimed Erotic Fairy Tales: A Romp 
Through the Classics; The World' s Best Sex Writing 2005 
(non-fiction/criticism); the multi-genre Dying For 
It: Tales of Sex & Death; Wicked: Sexy Tales of Legendary Lovers; the 
popular Erotic Travel Tales anthology series, and the upcoming Getting 
Even: Revenge Stories (Serpent' s Tail). She's
also penned several best-selling erotic novels under the name M. S. 
Valentine, including the special double volume Celia Collection. Her work 
has been translated into several languages, including Russian. Her fiction 
and non-fiction have appeared in publications worldwide. Mitzi is the 
pioneer of the erotic writing workshop in the UK and Europe, teaching them 
from the prestigious Cheltenham Festival of Literature to the Greek 
islands. Her outspoken views on the erotic literary scene have made her a 
trendsetter, earning her a reputation as the author and editor who has put 
the "literature" back into erotica. Her authority on the subject 
has made her a widely sought out interviewee, and she's
been featured in publications ranging from the Sunday Telegraph 
(London), Independent (London), Times (London, including the Sunday Times 
Travel Section and the Times Higher Education Supplement), Observer 
(London), The Sun (London), Company Magazine , Family Circle, Writing 
Magazine, Toronto Star, Scarlet Magazine, Leicester Mercury, Sheffield 
Telegraph and Forum to Bravo UK Television, Telecinco TV 5 (Madrid), and 
BBC Radio (including the Asian Network). She's a regular contributor 
to Penthouse Magazine and the Erotic Review. Her work as an anthology 
editor has earned her the American Society of Authors and Writers
 Meritorious Achievement Award. Her anthology Erotic Travel Tales 2 is the 
first anthology of erotica to feature a Fellow of the Royal Society of 
Literature. Originally from the USA, she now lives in England.)

Visit Mitzi's MySpace: 

http://www.myspace.com/mitzi_szereto


Posted 8/4/2007

A call for submissions!

Good Vibrations, the legendary destination for sex-positive products, 
announces The Second Annual Good Vibrations Amateur Erotic Film Competition.

Submit your erotic-themed film to our Amateur Erotica Film Competition 
and you may end up a star!

Submissions must be 10 minutes or less. All participates in the film must 
be over 18 (we require a 2257 form), and you must reside in one of the 
seven major Bay Area counties. Submit your film in mini DV, VHS or DVD 
format. For all of the official Rules and Regulations visit 
http://www.goodvibes.com/Content--Good-Vibrations-Erotic-Film-Competit
ion--id-1997

The top winning entries will be shown on the big screen of the Castro Theatre 
on October 11, 2007.

The deadline to submit your entry in Store or at our office is 
September 10, 2007.  Mail to: 938 Howard Street, Suite 101, 
San Francisco, CA 94103, Attention: Camilla, or drop-off at 
one of our San Francisco Bay Area locations. (603 Valencia St., SF; 
1620 Polk St., SF; 2504 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley)

Posted 7/11/2007

*Madder Love: Queer Men and the Precincts of Surrealism*

Anthology scheduled for publication in 2008 by Rebel Satori Press.

 The Surrealists and the radical edge of gay lib represent two of the
most sweeping movements for liberation of the last century and both
continue to this day. Moreover, the pair also created two remarkable
"cultures of desire," seeing sexuality as a primordial,
transformative force, and exploring the power of dreams, fantasies,
personae. They provided homes to the /flaneur/ and saw the city and
its hidden places as vital, almost alive and in different, but
related, ways both saw the worlds of the imagination and "real life"
as overlapping each other. More importantly, the two took such things
as actively political /revolutionary/ in fact. These resonances can be
found in the depictions of Paris in Aragon and the swooning landscape
of sections of White's /Nocturnes for the King of Naples/, in the
novels of Rene Crevel and the extensions of automatism and dream
material in much of Burroughs, in the permeability of
text-world-voice in (largely queer) New Narrative writing, in the
obsessional desire that animates great swatches of both Breton's
anti-novels and Wojnarowicz's memoirs. And the list of analogues
could be longer&Given this, we feel it's high time for an anthology
of prose investigating this subterranean relationship.

 *We're looking for:*
 Short fiction and essays, prose poems, automatic texts and dream
narratives, genre-defying pieces that explore/embody the
relationships between gay men and Surrealism as a radical/literary
movement exploring desire, the imagination and the fluid boundaries
between the world and the mind.

 *We'd prefer not to see:*
 Memoirs about how seeing that picture in the MOMA changed your life,
writing that takes "surreal" as a synonym for "strange." And, if your
main reference points for surrealism are a couple of Dali paintings,
this anthology probably isn't the place for your work.

 Send submissions to: Peter Dubé, PO Box 643, Succ. Place du Parc,
Montreal, Quebec H2X 4A6, Canada. Enclose SASE (sufficient Canadian
postage or IRC's) for the return of your material if you want it
back. Submissions without same will be destroyed. Email submissions
will be deleted unopened.

 Deadline: September 30, 2007

 All that being said, we're looking forward to reading you.

Posted 4/13/2007

The Slash Skinny: News and Market Report on Original Slash, Femslash,
Yaoi, and Yuri

The Slash Skinny is a news and market report on four genres of
professionally published literature and art featuring same-sex
attraction. The report, which is edited by Dusk Peterson, takes the
form of a downloadable HTML file that includes dozens of links.

Regular columns: Publishing industry news, news of individuals,
interviews, awards and contests, conventions and other events, new
issues, new books, older books, new online works, calls for
submission, staff openings, markets and submission guidelines, dead
markets, booksellers, professional organizations, publishing
cooperatives and subscription Websites, and self-publishing.

Ordering information and free online
archives:
http://duskpeterson.com/skinny

Posted 2/21/2007:
Call for submissions MIXED FRUIT

 Mixed Fruit: Writings from Multi-racial Queer Communities

 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

 How do mixed queers experience "passing" in regards to our racial/ethnic 
backgrounds, our sexualities and our genders? How do the experiences of 
our multi-racial families effect our genders and sexualities? What are 
the ways other identities play into being mixed race/transracially adopted 
and queer (such as being parents, being differently abled, immigrants, etc.). 
How does being "othered" in regards to race apply to being "othered" in 
regards to gender and sexuality?

 I am looking for original essays and poems that address the specific 
experiences of multiracial and queer identities in a broad range of topics.

 Submission Guidelines:

 WHO CAN SUBMIT?

     People who identify as mixed race/multi-racial, mixed blood, 
transracially adopted and/or identify with mixed cultures (such as mestizo 
and Creole).
     Who also identify as lesbian, gay, two-spirit, bisexual, mahu, bakla, 
transgender, intersex, joto, or any "queer" identity.

 More than one piece may be accepted and submissions may be made in multiple 
categories.

     Nonfiction: Maximum 2 pieces, up to 6,000 words each. 
Creative non-fiction, interviews and essays will all be accepted.
     Poetry: Maximum 5 poems, 5 pages or less per poem.

 All submissions must be typed and double-spaced. Please send submissions 
by mail only. Email for questions/clarification at logangutierrezmock@yahoo.com

 Mail submissions, a short bio, and all contact information to:
 Mixed Fruit
 c/o Logan Gutierrez-Mock
 P.O. Box 14637
 San Francisco, CA 94114-0637

 Compensation: Contributors will receive one copy of the anthology and 
monetary compensation (with a minimum of $20 per contribution).

 DEADLINE for submissions is May 15th, 2007.

Posted 2/2/2007:

Beyond Masculinity 
http://www.beyondmasculinity.com/

Gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer men's gender identities often exist 
somewhere outside the traditional categories of "masculine" and "feminine." 
Sissies, drag queens, and leather daddies alike play with gender in a way 
that cannot be accounted for in traditional understandings of maleness. 
This collection -- part blog, part anthology, part audiobook -- aims to 
shatter traditional understandings of maleness and point towards a new 
understanding of how queerness and gender intersect.

BEYOND MASCULINITY is looking for contributions in four key areas. 
Contributors should not feel bound by these categories - they should rather 
be seen as potential prompts:

- Identity Intersections: How do race, ability, class, and other kinds of 
identities and experiences intersect with gender and queerness -- and how 
do these intersections complicate our relationship to traditional 
understandings of "maleness?"

- Feminism, Gender, and Politics: How can feminism inform our understanding of 
queer male gender? Can queer men be feminists? How can we use our queerness 
as a political tool? What does male privilege look like for queer men?

- Bodies, Desire, and Pleasure: What kinds of male bodies are desired? 
Fetishized? Where does sexual desire intersect with queer gender and how 
are these politics mapped out on our bodies?

- Queer Male Communities: How are our identities produced through our 
communities? How do the gender norms and politics of gay/bi/trans/queer male 
communities both liberate and constrain us?

We're looking for queer male writers to step up and contribute their 
thoughts to this online project. This is not your typical bookstore anthology.
It will be only available online - and it will be completely free of charge 
to the public. Wih its unique implementation of media, this anthology aims 
to change the way queer non-fiction is done.
 
http://www.beyondmasculinity.com/

Posted 1/12/2007:

Call for Submissions 

FIRST PERSON QUEER:

Who We Are, Where We've Come From, Where We're Going 

edited by Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel

for publication in Fall 2007 by Arsenal Pulp Press 

We're looking for short (under 1500 words) first person essays from across 
the spectrum of queer experience that depict the diversity, the complexity, 
and the excitement of contemporary GLBTQ life. We want to be surprised, and 
to surprise our readers, with intensely personal experiences from writers of 
diverse genders, ages, races, and orientations, informing us about unusual 
aspects of our lives. Comprehending queer codes, exulting in nonconformity, 
expressing gender deviance, confronting assimilation, having to "pass": write 
about the theory of your life. Discuss sissyhood, parenting skills, sexual 
experiences (play or work), urban pleasures, personal choices: write about 
the practice of your life. We've all got a story to tell. Share yours. 
Express your "I". 

Topic and tone--witty, reflective, satirical, learned--are open to your 
imaginations, as long as the writing is real. What's going to make us sit 
up and pay attention are essays that go beyond the traditional tales of coming 
out, first love, breaking up, the death of a lover, the acceptance--or not--of 
parents. These are important stories, and intriguing twists on them will be 
considered, but they've been done; we're unlikely to include more than one 
or two. So: offer us something different, something less easy to categorize. 
Give us a glimpse of an instructive physical moment or a transcendent 
emotional passage from your dyke, fag, tranny, bi, or otherwise queer life. 
Prose or graphic/comix narratives, no poetry. 

Submit your work by email, as an attachment in .doc format, with author's 
last name and story title in the file name: Surname-Title.doc, to Richard 
Labonte at: fpqueer@gmail.com 

Please include contact details and bio in the .doc file, not just in your 
email; submissions that are considered will be separated from the emails. 

Deadline: Feb. 28, 2007. 

Payment: a small honorarium and one copy of the book will be paid.  
(Please note that payment is in Canadian funds.)  

As an anthology for a Canadian publisher, preference will be given to 
submissions from Canadian writers.  But the anthology is open to submissions 
from all writers, and is actively interested in non-North American writers. 

About the editors 

Richard Labonte has been the editor of the BEST GAY EROTICA series since 1997, 
and of the anthologies COUNTRY BOYS and HOT GAY EROTICA.  He writes the 
syndicated review column "Book Marks" for Q Syndicate (www.qsyndicate.com) 
and also the Gay Men's Edition of Books to Watch Out For (www.btwof.com). 
For many years the general manager of A Different Light Bookstores, he moved 
home to Ontario, Canada in 2001, where he lives with his husband, 
Asa Dean Liles, and their dog Zak.   

Lawrence Schimel is an award-winning author and anthologist who has 
published over 80 books in many different genres, including PoMoSEXUALS: 
CHALLENGING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUALITY (with Carol Queen), BEST 
DATE EVER: TRUE STORIES THAT CELEBRATE GAY RELATIONS, THE DRAG QUEEN OF 
ELFLAND, THINGS INVISIBLE TO SEE: LESBIAN AND GAY TALES OF MAGIC REALISM, 
THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF NEW GAY EROTICA, SWITCH HITTERS: LESBIANS WRITE GAY 
MALE EROTICA AND GAY MEN WRITE LESBIAN EROTICA (with Carol Queen), and 
TWO BOYS IN LOVE, among others.  Since 1999, he has lived in Madrid, Spain. 

Together, Labonte and Schimel are the editors of THE FUTURE IS QUEER, 
also published by Arsenal Pulp Press. 

About the publisher 

Arsenal Pulp Press (www.arsenalpulp.com) is an independent Canadian 
publisher located in Vancouver, BC, which has published titles such as 
QUEER VIEW MIRROR edited by James Johnstone and Karen X. Tulchinsky, 
OUT/LINES: UNDERGROUND GAY GRAPHICS FROM BEFORE STONEWALL, WITH A ROUGH 
TONGUE: FEMMES WRITE PORN edited by Amber Dawn and Trish Kelley, and the 
Little Sisters Classics series, among many other queer-interest titles. 
 

Posted 1/5/2007:
Essays, poems, artwork and other creative
two-dimensional works are wanted for the FORGE
Forward 2007 Conference and Intensives Program Book.

“Honoring Our Complexities” is the Conference
theme, and we’d like the Program Book to include
some thought-provoking reflections on what that
means for individuals, for the trans/SOFFA
community, and for our larger
society.  Programming for this Conference spans
everything from very practical skills-building to
very provocative and open challenges to what we
typically recognize, include and honor, and what
we don’t.  We are seeking articles and/or artwork
that also span this wide range:  how-to’s,
manifestos, narratives, personal stories…send us
whatever you think of when you hear “Honoring Our Complexities.”

Prose and poetry should be under 1,000 words, and
artwork should be reproducible in black and white
on an 8-1/2” X 11” page.  Creators of published
works will be given credit and additional program
books to distribute as they see fit, and will be
offered display space (artists) or an opportunity
to read their work aloud (authors) at the
Conference.  Conference organizers reserve the
sole right to choose what is published.

Deadline:  February 10, 2007.  Works should be
emailed to conference@forge-forward.org.  If you
must mail us paper artwork (no originals
please!), contact us by email before February 10
to make appropriate arrangements.  Please include
contact information and a bio with your submission(s).

Questions?  Email conference@forge-forward.org or
call 414-559-2123.  For more information on the
FORGE Forward 2007 Conference and Intensives, see
our website at 

http://www.forge-forward.org/conference


Posted 1/5/2007:

Queer and Catholic Anthology

The Haworth Press scheduled for publication mid 2007

Tell us these stories:

I've felt different from the kids around me my entire life.  When I was 8, 
I was sure I would be a martyred saint.  This would prove I was special to 
God.  I went so far as to plan out how the Church would kill me and pick 
the date and duties of my Sainthood.  My favorite game became Saint.

I remember when I was in second grade during lent they would send home a 
paper bowl into which we as a family were to put the difference between 
the meal we would have eaten--steak, potatoes and green beans--and the actual 
meal we ate--rice and vegetables--each Friday during lent.  That money was 
used to buy babies in third world countries.  Imagine my surprise at the 
end of the year when I learned we didn't actually own the babies.

My first real crush was on another alter boy who served with me on Saturdays.  
But before John there was Jesus who I desperately wanted to hold in my arms 
and kiss.

I was devastated to discover that as a boy I wouldn't be allowed to wear 
a first communion dress to my first communion. I was devastated that as 
a girl I couldn't wear a color or say mass.

Call

Whether we embrace or reject our Catholic upbringings, they affect and 
shape who we are and bump up against our queer identities.  Give us the 
light-hearted stories of profound discovery that you made as a Catholic 
youth and connect those memories of incense, vestments, saints, prayers, 
sacraments, and images to your then budding queer identity.  Do you to 
this day eroticize rituals that have their roots in the Catholic Church?  
Did Joan of Arc shape your queer identity, or was she the standard you 
held your first dates up to?  What messages did the church send you as 
you discovered your queer identity and how did you filter or bend what 
you were discovering about yourself to make it fit church doctrine?  
How did growing up in the Catholic faith affect the adult you have become?

We are interested in the culture of Catholicism rather than the dogma or 
letter of it. Tell us about it from your heart, not your head. Personal 
essays, narrative prose, and creative nonfiction preferred.  Short stories 
or novel excerpts that illustrate the theme will also be considered. 
5000 word max. Limited poetry will be accepted.  For poetry, query first.  
Previously unpublished work only.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS FEBRUARY 21, 2007.

GUIDELINES:

1) Submissions should be no less than 1,500 words and no more than 5,000 
words, and must be typed (preferably in Times New Roman, 12 font), 
double-spaced, and printed on one side of the page only.  Please 
number the pages.

2) Submit TWO HARD COPIES, INCLUDING TWO COVER LETTERS AND BIOS. All 
manuscripts must be disposable. (If accepted, final manuscript must be 
submitted on disk.)

 
3) Name, address, phone number, E-mail address, and word count should 
appear on the first page. Last name and email in the footer of every page.

4) Please include a brief bio of no more then 75 words.

5) SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) must be provided if you wish to 
be notified by "snail mail". Others will be notified through E-mail.

6) Only unpublished materials will be considered at a pay rate of $75 to $100. 
Contributors will receive one copy of the book.

Submit stories to:

Amie M. Evans/Trebor Healey
33 Campbell Street
Woburn, Ma 01801

For information ONLY: Pussywhippedproductions@hotmail.com

Amie M. Evans is a widely published creative nonfiction and literary 
erotica writer, experienced workshop provider, and a retired burlesque and 
high-femme drag performer. Her short stories and essays have appeared most 
recently in the Ultimate Lesbian Erotica 2006 (Alyson) and Show and Tell 
(Alyson), Call of the Dark (Bella 2005); 2006 Lambda Literary Award 
Nominated Rode Hard and Put Away Wet (Suspect Thoughts Press 2005); 
Best of The Best of Lesbian Erotica (Cleis Press); and Ultimate Lesbian 
Erotica 2005 (Alyson Publications).  She also writes gaymale erotica under 
a pen name.  Evans is on the board of directors for Saints and Sinners GLBT 
literary festival. She graduated Magna cum Laude from the University of 
Pittsburgh with a BA in Literature and is currently working on her MLA 
at Harvard.  She is currently co-editing an anthology on Drag Kings for 
Suspect Thoughts Press with Rakelle Valencia.  Evans is the author of 
Two Girls Kissing, a column on writing lesbian erotica which can be found 
at erotic readers association and co-author of a writing tips column, 
unsolicited advice, with Toni Amato which can be found on 
http://www.sasfest.org

Recipient of the 2004 Ferro-Grumley and Violet Quill awards for his first 
novel, Through It Came Bright Colors (Harrington Park Press), Trebor Healey 
is also the author of 5 poetry chapbooks and a collection of poems, Sweet 
Son of Pan, (Suspect Thoughts, 2006).  His short fiction and poetry have 
appeared in numerous journals, zines, anthologies and reviews, including 
The Chiron Review; Long Shot; The James White Review; Van Gogh's Ear; 
Holy Titclamps; The Lodestar Quarterly; The Blithe House Quarterly; 
VelvetMafia.com; Ashe!; Queer Dharma; Signs of Life; When I Knew; Quickies 3; 
M2M; Wilma Loves Betty; Out of Control; Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache; 
Skin  and Ink; Best Gay Erotica 2003, 2004, 2006, and Best of Best Gay Erotic 2,
 as well as Best American Erotica, 2007. Trebor's short story, "Mercy Seat," 
was selected as one of the top ten online stories of 2004 by StorySouth.com. 
A graduate of U.C. Berkeley and raised in a traditional Irish Catholic home, 
Trebor was a Marian heretic while growing up and became a Buddhist in his 
early 20s. He lives in Los Angeles, where he is completing a short story 
collection, A Perfect Scar. 
http://www.treborhealey.com.

Posted 1/3/2007

True Tales: An Erotic E-zine of Masculinity and Power 
( http://truetales.org) is a free online gay 
magazine. More
information ( http://truetales.org/aboutus.htm) 
is available on
the history of the e-zine and the honors it has received .

True Tales publishes narrative nonfiction and fiction. Narrative
poetry, drama, book excerpts, and blog entries may also be
submitted, as well as links to art, photography, and videos.

Both unpublished works and reprints will be considered. Erotic
and non-erotic works are both welcome.

All writings must include a narrative (that is, a series of
connected events). All submissions must be on a topic related to
masculinity and power, such as masculine icons (cops, cowboys,
etc.) or power dynamics between men. Authors and artists may be
of any gender and sexual orientation.

Submissions may not include erotic depictions of minors. Other
than that, any characters/people, plot, setting, theme, genre,
length, and lightness or darkness of tone will be considered.
Works (including stories) that offer a realistic portrayal of gay
life are especially welcome, but fanciful works may be submitted
too. Submissions that include societal minorities or that break
past the conventions of gay erotic literature and art are also
especially welcome.

2006-7 theme (until October 31, 2007): Military Men.

2008 theme (until October 31, 2008): Businessmen.

Submissions are accepted at all times of the year. Submissions on
topics not related to the yearly themes are also welcome.

True Tales is a non-paying market that asks for non-exclusive Web
rights in the English language for one year. Visit the e-zine's
submission guidelines ( http://truetales.org/submissions.htm
)
for more information.

Posted 12/7/2006:
BEST GAY EROTICA 2008: Call for submissions

Short stories, novel excerpts, memoirs, narrative artwork, essays --
 original or reprint - are now being accepted for Best Gay Erotica 2008, 
to be published by Cleis Press in late fall of 2007.
 
Maximum length preferred: 6,000 words; no minimum. Reprints must have 
appeared in print or online, or been scheduled to appear, between July 
2006 and June 2007. Best Gay Erotica is not a "theme" anthology, so 
anything goes - any fantasy, all flesh, any kink, and every genre - 
as long as the work is intensely erotic, lusciously literary, and quite,
quite queer. Deadline for submissions is April 30, 2007 for late Fall 2007 
publication.  35-40 stories will be selected by series editor Richard 
Labonte from among the submissions.  Winners will be chosen from the 
finalists by this year's judge, Emanuel Xavier.

Emanuel Xavier is author of the novel Christ Like, the poetry collection 
Americano, and editor of the anthology Bullets & Butterflies: queer spoken 
word poetry.  He appears in the Logo film The Ski Trip and has been featured 
on Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry.  He is also founder of the House of 
Xavier and the annual Glam Slam competition. 
 
"My first publication ever was in Richard Labonte's Best Gay Erotica series 
and I am truly honored and excited to be the first Pier Queen and spoken 
word artist to have the opportunity to choose the finalists."
-Emanuel Xavier

Queries and submissions to: bge2008@gmail.com in .doc format

Posted 11/30/2006:
Ashé Journal is seeking creative and inspiration pieces of short
fiction, poetry, art and photography for our Spring 2007 issue (6.1).
For this issue, we are particularly interested in pieces that explore
the "American sadhu." We welcome pieces exploring any aspect of youthful
independent renunciation with a particularly western flair... skate-rat
squatters, punks, straight-edge, krsnacore, riot grrrls and other misfit
toys! The flora and fauna of saying no to just saying no... Modern
shaman, hardcore Buddhist, postmodern Christian or D all of the above...
Please forward or repost this call to anyone you think might be interested.
Questions and inquiries welcomed.
Please submit material as electronic attachment to
submit@ashejournal.com
Deadline: March 1, 2007
For full submission guidelines, submission FAQ and author agreement,
please refer to our website. 

http://www.ashejournal.com

Posted 8/31/2006:

1st Annual Good Vibrations Amateur Erotic Film Competition:

Have you ever wanted to be in sexy cinema or to produce it? Have you ever
wanted to see your work on the big screen? We thought so! Well, here's
your chance! Make a short film (10 minutes max) with a sexual or erotic
theme, fill out our entry forms and releases, and send it on in! Big
prizes will be awarded!

The premiere screening (featuring celebrity guest judges) will be held at
the beautiful CASTRO THEATRE in San Francisco. There will also be an East
Bay showing at the Parkway Speakeasy Theater in Oakland.  Screenings are
Thursday, October 26th, 8pm at the Castro theatre and 
Friday, October 27th, 9:15pm at the Parkway Speakeasy Theatre.

The deadline to submit your film is September 30, 2006,  7pm PT.

There is no purchase necessary and no entry fee!

For more information, forms and releases, and details of entry, 

follow this link.


Posted 8/4/2006:

 *Gay Shame/ Queer Pride Zine contributions*
what about being a Queer makes you smile from ear to ear?
what makes you hang your head in Gay shame?
During Twee Pride kaffequeeria (Manchester, UK)
will be distributing a Gay Shame/ Queer Pride
zine to folks at the main pride parade.

The zine is intended both to identify to people just exactly what it is we
are objecting to within mainstream, commercialised Gay culture and to
celebrate our queerness. We would love if people could contribute articles
of any format or genre (rant/ rave/poetry/cartoon...etc).  email :
tweepride@kaffequeeria.org.uk
Submissions inh by the 12th of August 2006, please. copies will be sent to
contributors. Please,* Please forward and circulate internationally, we are
trying to get contributions from all over the globe! *

Posted 5/27/06

call for short documentary submissions- RETURN TO GRRRLVILLE film series
Calling all women documentary filmmakers... The RETURN TO GRRRLVILLE
film series is seeking submissions no longer than 15 minutes for
inclusion in the June 29th event at the Women's Building.

The series began in 2005 with the groundbreaking STRAIGHT OUTTA
GRRRLVILLE. Eleven films screened at an almost sold-out show in the
packed Women's Building auditorium. The event was covered by the
Guardian and other local press, and received high acclaim.
GRRRLVILLE's mission is to represent the diverse experiences of women
in our community, and to make public presentation of our work easily
available to all. If you have a little nugget of a film that you've
been waiting to submit, or have been too intimidated by the festival
series, now's your chance to get your film seen. The films that
screened at last year's event were incredibly moving, inspiring, and
had a large impact on all in attendance.

This summer's GRRRLVILLE screening will be at the Women's Building,
Thursday June 29th at 8pm. The screening will be followed by a short Q
and A with the filmmakers.

To be considered, films must be postmarked by June 2nd. Please send
materials with a check for $10 to: Sally Rubin, Return to Grrrlville,
572A Wisconsin St., San Francisco, CA 94107. Contact: 415-216-6147.


Posted 4/12/2006:

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS -- PLEASE POST WIDELY
New Trans/Gender Variant Anthology
SEX, DATING, AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE TRANS / GENDER VARIANT
COMMUNITY
Edited by *Morty Diamond
Looking for first person stories from trans and gender variant writers about 
the experience of dating, sex, relationships, and finding love.

Topic examples: hilarious or heartbreaking dating stories, transitioning 
within a relationship, being trans and starting families, passing/not 
passing and how this affects our choices for dating, meeting our partners 
families, the idea of marriage - legal or otherwise, online dating, 
anonymous sex, sex and dating before and after surgery and/or hormones, how 
we negotiate sex.

I strive to make this anthology as diverse as possible within age, race, 
sexuality, and gender identity. I encourage all writers who identify as 
transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, third gender, non-gender, or gender 
variant in some way to submit work.

The length of your work should be between 1,500 and 3,000 words. Sexually 
explicit work is ok. Please include a short biography with your work.
Please submit your writing via email to: newtransanthology@gmail.com
Deadline: August 2006
If your work is accepted you will be paid a stipend and will get two free 
copies of the book.

*Morty Diamond is the editor of the book "From the Inside Out, FTM and 
Beyond" and the producer and director of the film "Trannyfags".



Posted 3/13/2006:

Hi everyone,

The submissions to Nerve House, the DIY quarterly publication, are  
starting to come in (as are the subscriptions), so thanks to any of  
you who participated in those.

As the publisher and editor, I would love to publish essays, rants,  
articles or poems that touch on our themes of Power and/or Choice  
on the following issues:

Race
Palestine
Sexism
Gentrification
Religion
Consumerism
Queer Identity within current political struggles
Worker Co-ops, collectives, ad hoc groups or other non-mainstream  
organizations
Anarchy

Please consider submitting. Contributors get a free 25-word bio in  
the directory. Submission information is below. Feel free to  
forward this email.

Thanks!
Sura

Please distribute far and wide. We're looking for submissions from  
anywhere in the world, and a wide diversity of opinion, so don't be  
shy. Post it on your arts, politics and cultural lists, send it to  
your friends and your enemies and, of course, looking for your  
submissions as well

NERVE house, the quarterly, DIY, print publication is back to give  
a voice to change through art!

Using words, images and ideas

-      To inspire and outrage you
-      To present independent thought, opposing viewpoints and  
       provocative ideas
-      To ask difficult questions, raise awareness and incite  
       original action
-      To give voice to change through art

SUBMIT! SUBMIT! SUBMIT!
Themes for first issue (deadline 5/08/06): Power and/or Choice,  
broadly or loosely defined.

All submissions must be previously unpublished (or include the  
names of where previously published)
and under 800 words. Rights revert to author.

Art in Words: Poetry, prose, rants, opinions
Art in Images: Photography, comix, drawings, doodles (we love  
them): Please send images!
Art in Ideas: Essays, commentaries, reviews

Directory: Contributors are entitled to a 25-word listing/bio (must  
be included with submission)
in the issue in which they are published.

Submissions should be sent to:
NERVE house
nervehouse@yahoo.com
414.263.1513

Become part of NERVE house

Subscribe: $35 for one year (4 issues). $50 for enhanced  
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Advertise: Promote yourself, your organization, collective, or  
business in our affordable directory.
Distribute: Make NERVE house available at your café, bookstore, co- 
op, indy business or revolutionary hangout.
List Calendar Events: Let your happening make us happening.  
Volunteer: Advise, distribute, raise funds, edit, do layout, feed  
the crew, donate $, massages, office supplies or whatever you have.

Call 414.263.1513 for more information.

Posted 3/13/2006

10th Annual Artists Against Rape
VOICES ROOTED IN TRUTH SHAKE THE SKY
Call for submissions
dance, poetry, songs, flows
We especially encourage submissions from women of color, immigrants,
youth, elder folks, queer, transgender and genderqueer people, poor and
working class people, first time performers, differently-abled folks, 
sex workers.
Performers will receive a modest stipend

Submit your work , here's how --
Spoken Word/Flows/Songs: Send in a Cassette/CD of piece, along with a
written copy and short bio
Dance: Send in a VHS or DVD and short bio

if you are unable to provide a visual or audio aid, send in a written copy
only.
contact artistic committee (details below) if you have questions and/or
concerns!

THIS IS OUR DECADE YEAR OF CREATING A
UNIQUE SPACE OF HEALING AND
TRANSFORMATION THRU THE ARTS!!
JOIN US IN SPEAKING OUT AGAINST VIOLENCE AND
SEXUAL ASSAULT
ON JUNE 30TH AT THE BRAVA THEATRE, SAN FRANCISCO

For details and or questions
call 415-861-2024 ask for:
Lisa at ext. 302
Lisathomas-adeyemo@sfwar.org
or Roopa at ext. 308
roopasingh@sfwar.org
Check our website out for details:

http://www.sfwar.org

Mail Submissions to:
Artistic Committee
3543 18th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

Posted 2/1/2006

Flaming Film Festival:

We are currently accepting submissions of feature-length and short 
film/videos by, about, or of interest to queers, lesbians, gay men, 
fetish freaks, bisexuals, and genderqueer and transgendered persons for 
the FLAMING FILM FESTIVAL2006: The 6th annual Minneapolis Queer Film 
Festival, May 26th - May 30th.

FINAL DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 20, 2006

we specialize in underground, music videos, animations, experimental, 
non-narrative and queer youth screenings. we are looking for shorts and 
feature length films in all genres. especially movies that have not made 
it to the twin cities yet. we accomodate filmmakers each year, (especially 
young and emerging artists) with some travel, hospitality and festival 
passes. we want your movies to come to the midwest!

there is no submission fee. please label pre-screening NTSC VHS 
tapes/dvds clearly with your name, running time, title and contact 
information. include any information about yourself and your works. 
please send your entries to

Lisa Ganser
Flaming Film Festival
1710 - 2nd Avenue S suite 2
Minneapolis, MN 55403

we will host a movies at many venues, including a number of free 
screenings for youth (21 and under) at District 202, our cities' queer 
youth center. we like to try to accomodate all formats of monie, and like 
the challenge of accomodating things like dual projections, super 8, and 
we loves us some 16mm.

we look forward to hearing from you.

http://www.flamingfilmfestival.com

Posted 1/13/2006

 new sydney based fag mag called GAF to be launched soon...
 http://www.gafmagazine.com
 looking for contributers for the next issue.
 email submissions to...
 peco@gafmagazine.com


Posted 1/9/2006:
Drag Kings: Short Story Erotica
Amie M. Evans and Rakelle Valencia, editors
Suspect Thoughts Press

We want to create an anthology of realistic stories involving drag
kings on- or offstage. In a dressing room, a parked car, a hotel
room. All the glamour, or lack thereof, of dressing up like a man,
performing for a screaming (or lame) crowd, traveling in intimate
circumstances with other performers, or meeting all those fine women
and bois who yell to take it off, that leads to sex, sex, sex. Or
tell us tales of the hooking up that happens at these gigs between
co-performers or lusty fans looking to bed their favorite kings. And
make your story HOT. Deadline for submissions is April 1, 2006.

Full guidelines available at:

http://www.suspectthoughts.com/guidelines.htm


Posted Dec 2005:


(short version)
Call for submissions: Best Gay Erotica 2007
Edited by Richard Labonte, judged by Timothy J. Lambert
Deadline: April 15, 2006
Guidelines: Original work, or reprints that appeared or will have appeared
from July 31, 2005 to June 30, 2006, are eligible; must be intensely erotic,
lusciously literary, and quite, quite queer.
Submissions to: bge2007@gmail.com (attachments okay). Or double-spaced hard
copy to: Richard Labonte, 7-A Drummond St W., Perth ON, K7H 2J3 Canada.
Email submissions preferred; mailed manuscripts will not be returned.

(long version)
Short stories, novel excerpts, memoirs, narrative artwork, essays - original
or reprint - are now being accepted for Best Gay Erotica 2007, to be
published by Cleis Press in late fall of 2006. Maximum length preferred:
5,000 words; no minimum. Reprints must have appeared in print or online, or
been scheduled to appear, between July 31, 2005 and June 30, 2006. BGE is
not a "theme" anthology, so anything goes - any fantasy, all flesh, any
kink, all genres - as long as the work is intensely erotic, lusciously
literary, and quite, quite queer. Deadline for submissions is April 15,
2006; 35-40 stories will be picked by series editor Richard Labonte from
among the submissions, with winners chosen from among those finalists by
this year's judge, Timothy J. Lambert (coauthor with Becky Cochrane of Three
Fortunes in One Cookie and The Deal; one-fourth of the writing team for It
Had to Be You, He's the One,  I'm Your Man, and, coming in 2006, Someone
Like You; and a contributor to Best Gay Love Stories 2005 and 2006).
Submissions to: bge2007@gmail.com (attachments okay), or double-spaced hard
copy to Richard Labonte, 7-A Drummond St W., Perth ON, K7H 2J3 Canada (email
submissions preferred; mailed manuscripts will not be returned).    



Posted Dec 2005:


Realness Is Overrated:
Rejecting the Requirement to Pass

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
 
What lies are people forced to tell in order to gain
acceptance as "real?"   When someone passes -- as the
"right" gender, race, class, sexuality, age, ability,
body type, health status, ethnicity -- or a member of
the dominant religion, political party,
social/educational institution, exercise trend,
fashion cult or sexual practice -- someone else fails.
How do we break the rules and make the tools to skewer
dominant cultural norms and open space for those in
the margins? 

I'm looking for essays that explore and critique the
various systems of power seen (or not seen) in the act
of passing.  I'm seeking not only scathing critiques
of passing into the mainstream, but also essays that
examine unconventional passings and standards for
inclusion in subcultures and cultures of resistance.
What does it take to pass as nonmonogamous, on the DL,
genderqueer, totally broke, spiritual, ghetto
fabulous, anti-capitalist, outside the beauty myth,
differently-abled or completely uninterested in
passing as anything?  How healthy can a sick person
feel?  What about passing as crazy in order to get
disability benefits, passing as Latino or Asian to
avoid being targeted as an Arab, or passing as a woman
in order to marry a man for citizenship (when you’ve
recently transitioned from female to male)?	

I'm looking for essays that confront the perilous
intersections of identity, categorization and
community in order to challenge the very notion of
belonging. I'm especially interested in confronting
gender normativity within trans communities and racial
profiling by individuals already marginalized by race,
as well as rules of passing enforced by model minority
mythologies, class striving obsessions and cultural
appropriation scams.  

Realness Is Overrated will make sure that nothing
escapes scrutiny.  If we eliminate the requirement to
pass, what delicious and devastating opportunities for
transformation might we create?
	
Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore is the
editor, most recently, of That’s Revolting! Queer
Strategies for Resisting Assimilation (Soft Skull
2004) and the author of Pulling Taffy (Suspect
Thoughts 2003).

SPECIFICS:

*Submit non-fiction essays of up to 6,000 words. All
submissions must be typed and double-spaced, and sent
by mail only (no email submissions, but feel free to
contact me with queries, mattilda@sbcglobal.net).
Please include a short bio.

*The book will be published by Seal Press in 2007.
Contributors will be paid $60-100 per accepted work,
depending on the total number of essays included in
the anthology.

*Deadline is January 31, 2006 -- but the sooner, the
better.

*Send submissions to:
Realness Is Overrated
c/o Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore
P.O. Box 640047
San Francisco, CA 94164-0047 


http://www.mattbernsteinsycamore.com


Posted 7/4/2005:

A Call for Submissions for Jota 2005: The Chicana Lesbian Body can
be found at 
http://www.jotazine.org/submissions.html

Posted 5/16/2005:

Call For Submissions - Transgender Artwork

The Southern Comfort Conference is one of the transgender community's
premier events. Every year, hundreds of people from around the world
converge on Atlanta to partake of the rich variety of educational,
social, and personal empowerment programming.

This year, (our 15th, September 21 - 24, 2005) we plan to launch
an exhibition of visual  art produced by transgender, intersex and
genderqueer artists. It is our intention is to support and promote trans
& genderqueer art and artists. We are particularly interested in works
that are trans-relevant.

Submissions should be photo representations of your work, preferably in
electronic format for ease of transmission.

For information and to enter, go to 

http://www.sccatl.org/art_exhibit.htm

the DEADLINE for submissions is August 15, 2005.


Posted 4/20/2005:

"Rainbow Journeys" Book Seeks Inspiring True Stories 

Media Contact: Andy Chambliss, Anticipation Journeys Publishing, 877-665-2228, 
e-mail info@RainbowJourneys.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

"Rainbow Journeys" Book Seeks Inspiring True Stories 

"Rainbow Journeys for the Gay and Lesbian Spirit," coming this fall, 
is looking for true stories from across the spectrum of gay life. 
The book will be an uplifting volume filled with stories of coming out 
and coming together, and the publishers are gathering great stories 
from real people.

Topics will include Coming Out, Family, Friends, Falling in Love, 
Overcoming Obstacles, Parenting, Legal Issues, Discovery or Orientation, 
Inspiration, Socializing, Growing Up, and Miscellaneous.

Anyone with a story to share is encouraged to send it via e-mail to 
submissions@rainbowjourneys.com. Stories can also be mailed to 
Rainbow Journeys at P.O. Box 54082, Tulsa, OK 74155. 

Stories should be between 300 and 1500 words and written in 
Microsoft Word or Text. Stories may also be submitted as text in 
the body of an e-mail. Rainbow Journeys will also include a 
few poems and line illustrations.

All electronic submissions must include the author's name and e-mail 
address. Stories submitted through the mail must include the author's 
name and street address.

If a selected author prefers to remain anonymous in print, the publishers 
will respect that wish, but the publishers need all author's names and 
a contact address for correspondence.

Authors of any item chosen for the book will receive a bionote in the 
book plus one complimentary copy of the volume.

Authors need not be professional writers. The volume will be edited 
by an experienced book author and editor. Stories will be selected for 
their message, not their punctuation.

Deadline for submissions is July 15, 2005. Authors with stories 
selected for the book will be notified by July 31. Tentative release date 
for the book is September 15, 2005. 

More information is available at http://www.rainbowjourneys.com

Artwork available: Electronic file in various formats available from 
Anticipation Journeys Publishing. Send artwork requests to 
info@RainbowJourneys.com.

Anticipation Journeys Publishing is a new alternative publishing house based 
in Tulsa, OK. Anticipation Journeys is staffed by published authors and 
editing professionals looking to bring great books to the gay and lesbian 
reading public. All correspondence should be addressed to Anticipation 
Journeys Publishing, P.O. Box 54082, Tulsa, OK 74155 or e-mail 
info@RainbowJourneys.com. 


Posted 2/10/2005
A Call to Writers, Sound Artists, Painters, Drawers, Printmakers, and 
Photographers

We are working on the third in a series of zines based on Greek and 
Roman myths. The first two were "Persephone" and "Cupid + Psyche".  The 
new zine will be about Orpheus, with whom you may be familiar as the 
great musician of Greek mythology, one of the Argonauts on Jason’s 
famed voyages, or the guy who lost his beloved Eurydice forever when he 
looked back.

"Orpheus" will be made up of a book component and an audio component on 
CD. We seek original art, sound recordings (music or other), and 
writing somehow related to the story.

GUIDELINES:
Writing: We are primarily interested in fiction and poetry. Send 
queries and submissions to: andrealawlor@earthlink.net.

Art: Art should be reproducible in black and white; color artwork will 
be considered, however. The paper size will be 8.5x14 folded in half 
the fat way. If you have other ideas that might require inserts or 
foldouts, let's talk about it. Send queries and submissions to: 
andrealawlor@earthlink.net.

Music/Audio: Digital audio submissions should be on CD or DAT.  All 
sound submission queries to emilyeliotmiller@yahoo.com  Please snail 
mail to: EE Miller, 30 Fort Square East, Greenfield, MA 01301.

DEADLINE: June 1, 2005

CONTACT: andrealawlor@earthlink.net

Copies of "Persephone" and "Cupid + Psyche" are available at Dog Eared 
Books and Valencia Books (San Francisco) or by sending $5 per copy to 
Andrea Lawlor, 1930 West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19130.

All zines will be distributed by Last Gasp in 2005.

Feel free to contact us with any questions you may have.
Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested.
And thanks for your interest in this ongoing project.

-Andrea & Emily



Posted 6/30/2004:

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Femina Potens currently seeks women and transgender artists of all 
mediums for our upcoming gallery season.   Femina Potens is a 
non-profit arts gallery and performance space dedicated to promoting 
women and transgendered artists. Femina Potens strongly encourages 
women and transgendered persons of color as well as queer women and 
genderqueer artists to submit for consideration.   Please send artist 
statement, bio, and 3-5 digital images on cd to:
Femina Potens Artist Submissions
465 S. Van Ness SF, CA  94103.
Please include a SASE if you would like your cds returned.
Deadline is August 1st 2004. 


UNPUBLISHED SHORT FICTION
BY LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDERED AUTHORS

Blithe House Quarterly
http://www.blithe.com/

Blithe House Quarterly, the leading online journal of lesbian and gay 
literary fiction, is pleased to open submissions for its 2004 issues.

Now in its seventh year of online publication, Blithe House Quarterly 
features new short stories by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) 
authors -- both emerging and established.  With an average of over 24,000 
readers per issue, Blithe House Quarterly is the most widely read of LGBT
literary periodicals. OUT Magazine has called us "the central publishing arm of
new queer fiction." A recipient of Encyclopaedia Britannica's Internet Guide
Award, we are also a featured site on internet hubs.

Suite101.com writes: "Blithe House Quarterly is an electronic magazine
up to the standards of print." In fact, our literary standards our higher than 
those of many print media. We publish LGBT fiction not as a genre or ghetto,
but as a literature that can stand by any other in its quality and innovation.
A key guide to the gay and lesbian Internet said:

"Setting the quality bar [for gay and lesbian writing] is the phenomenal
site Blithe House Quarterly. It's awash in awards and rightly so. Of all gay
and lesbian sites, Blithe House is the golden child, the one to be entered
in the Literature Olympics. None of the stories needs special cosseting as our 
fiction. Be skeptical and go see the site!"
- GAY & LESBIAN ON LINE, 3rd Edition

Appearing in BHQ can be a great way to be noticed. Stories first published in 
Blithe House Quarterly have been reprinted in MEN ON MEN, BEST AMERICAN GAY 
FICTION, BEST LESBIAN LOVE STORIES, and in numerous short story collections. 

Anthology and magazine editors and literary agents read BHQ and solicit 
material from people we've published.

For guidelines on submission, please see the site at
http://www.blithe.com/ .

Stories must be previously unpublished, fictional (as opposed to memoir), and 
usually 2500-7500 words in length. We recommend reading stories in recent 
issues.

If you have questions after reading the site's submission guidelines and 
Frequently Asked Questions, please direct them to Aldo Alvarez at 
adalvarez@aol.com .

Provided as a service by HolyTitclamps.com.  We limit calls for
submissions to ones dealing with queer issues.  Try to send as
plain text, not as attached document. If you have any
calls for submissions, send email to larrybob@io.com

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