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*6 New Poems
A Dream by PoetiklyChallenge
An Empty Ride by Thru My Eyes
Butch Whipped by L. Monique
Foreplay is Not Necessary by JaeB
I Want To Be Loved by Lanita Joseph
The Nature of Tension by Caramel Splash

*3 New Stories
Into The Night by FemmeUNeed
Let me give you what you need.

Office Romance by Yolanda Green
Who dat bitch think she is?

Random Sex by M. Rahim
A quickie in the tiny stall wasn’t gonna do it for me that night.

*BUTCH BOTTOMS*

Editor: Maria Angeline

“Butch” and “top” may sometimes seem to be attached at the hip. Many will mistakenly insist that these terms mean the same thing! They most certainly are not a package deal. You might see plenty of personal ads with “Butch Top” in the title, but the truth is out there: butch bottoms exist, and they are everywhere. It’s time that sweet place where masculinity meets bottoming is put on display by the writers who know
there’s nothing finer than a butch offering up power.

Butch Bottoms is expected to be released in 2009. I need stories about the diversity of butch bottoms: female, genderqueer, transgender, transsexual, male, intersex or just human, of any sexual orientation, bottoming, submitting, or acting on masochist desires.

Guidelines:

• Erotica only.

• Submit stories of 1500-6000 words to ButchBottomsSubmissions at gmail
dot com.

• Put the title of your story in the subject line of the email. Each story must be emailed separately.

• Submissions must be sent as Word files with text in 12 point Times New Roman font and must be double-spaced.

• Include your legal name, pseudonym (if any) you wish to use, address, phone number, email and a bio (selected authors will be asked to update their bios prior to publication) above the title of your submission
directly on the Word file.

• Unpublished material will strongly be considered.

• Previously published material will also be considered, provided you have retained your rights; please submit previous publication information (and the terms of your copyright agreement) in these cases.

• You may submit more than one piece of writing.

Authors maintain and control the copyright of their stories and license their First North American Rights to Merge Press for publication purposes. Authors retain the right to reprint their material in any publication. Contributing writers will share 25% of the net profits of Butch Bottoms and receive a free copy of the anthology.

Send questions to maria.angeline at gmail dot com.

Submissions are now open. A submissions deadline will be announced in 2008.

Once selections have been made, every person who submitted work will receive an announcement.

All in Black and White Productions invites you to The Engagement Benefit Party, in celebration of Marriage Equality and support of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). Features include a VIP Reception from 8:30pm to 10:30pm, with performances by LGBT ballroom dancers, an introduction to the GLAAD Announcing Equality campaign, and a sneak preview of the “back by popular demand” hit play: The Engagement. Come meet the cast! Cocktails and hors d’ouerves will be served.*DRESS is BLACK & WHITE CHIC*

VIP tickets also include a $10.00 voucher toward any upcoming performance of The Engagement.

Dance Party to follow, 10:30pm – 2:30am, featuring DJ Exquizstylz.

For more information on The Engagement Benefit Party or The Engagement (the Play): www.snatchoflife.com

Order Tickets Online

THE HOUSE OF XAVIER’S
GLAM SLAM 2007

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20th 2007
7pm to 9:30pm
BOWERY POETRY CLUB
308 BOWERY
(b/w BLEECKER & HOUSTON)
$7

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY
GLAM SLAM ’06 CHAMPION A.B. LUGO & EMANUEL XAVIER
HOSTED BY MOTHER DIVA XAVIER

CATEGORIES:
BEST BUSH BASHING POEM
IN COWBOY HAT AND ALL AMERICAN COLORS
BEST BITTER BREAK UP POEM IN BLUE
BEST GAY PRIDE POEM IN TRUE COLORS
BEST EROTIC POEM IN SEXY UNDERWEAR OR LINGERIE
$100 GRAND PRIZE- BEST VERBAL VOGUE

RULES
Email <a href=”mailto:houseofxavier@emanuelxavier.com”>houseofxavier@emanuelxavier.com</a> to confirm participation
Each contestant gets up to three minutes to share an original selection featuring the required props within each category. Winners must be prepared to read a second piece to compete for Grand Prize. Repeat poems are not allowed.

SCORING
Five selected judges score each contestant from 0 to 10 with decimals based on poetry and performance. The highest and lowest scores are dropped and the remaining three are added for a highest possible score of 30. The poet with the highest score in each of the four open categories receives a trophy and competes for Grand Prize.

<a target=”_blank” href=”http://www.emanuelxavier.com/hox.htm”>http://www.emanuelxavier.com/hox.htm</a>

Emanuel Xavier launched the House of Xavier in 1998 and introduced the Glam Slam to the literary arts scene as a tribute to the gay ball competitions which had influenced him and brought the poetry slams to a whole new level of inspiration and entertainment. After staging several events within the ball and spoken word communities, the House of Xavier established the Glam Slam as a unique and vibrant contribution to New York City culture.

THE HOUSE OF XAVIER’S
GLAM SLAM 2007

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20th 2007
7pm to 9:30pm
BOWERY POETRY CLUB
308 BOWERY
(b/w BLEECKER & HOUSTON)
$7

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BY
GLAM SLAM ’06 CHAMPION A.B. LUGO & EMANUEL XAVIER
HOSTED BY MOTHER DIVA XAVIER

CATEGORIES:
BEST BUSH BASHING POEM
IN COWBOY HAT AND ALL AMERICAN COLORS
BEST BITTER BREAK UP POEM IN BLUE
BEST GAY PRIDE POEM IN TRUE COLORS
BEST EROTIC POEM IN SEXY UNDERWEAR OR LINGERIE
$100 GRAND PRIZE- BEST VERBAL VOGUE

RULES
Email houseofxavier@emanuelxavier.com to confirm participation
Each contestant gets up to three minutes to share an original selection featuring the required props within each category. Winners must be prepared to read a second piece to compete for Grand Prize. Repeat poems are not allowed. 

SCORING
Five selected judges score each contestant from 0 to 10 with decimals based on poetry and performance. The highest and lowest scores are dropped and the remaining three are added for a highest possible score of 30. The poet with the highest score in each of the four open categories receives a trophy and competes for Grand Prize.

http://www.emanuelxavier.com/hox.htm

Emanuel Xavier launched the House of Xavier in 1998 and introduced the Glam Slam to the literary arts scene as a tribute to the gay ball competitions which had influenced him and brought the poetry slams to a whole new level of inspiration and entertainment. After staging several events within the ball and spoken word communities, the House of Xavier established the Glam Slam as a unique and vibrant contribution to New York City culture.

*PLEASE: WOMEN WHO BEG*

Editor: Maria Angeline

Do you love when your partner makes you beg? Do you crave being deprived of your desires until you utter that magic word – and really say it like you mean it? Or maybe, your partner makes you beg for what you /don’t/ want to do?

Begging isn’t about wanting something; it’s about how much you want something. It’s about need. Please: Women Who Beg will include stories from all over the erotic map that possess one common factor: a woman’s lips forming the sound of that “pretty please.”

Submissions should involve queer, lesbian, or bi themes.

Guidelines:

• Erotica only.

• Submit stories of 1500-6000 words to PleaseSubmissions at gmail dot com.

• Put the title of your story in the subject line of the email. Each story must be emailed separately.

• Submissions must be sent as Word files with text in 12 point Times New Roman font and must be double-spaced.

• Include your legal name, pseudonym (if any) you wish to use, address, phone number, email and a bio (selected authors will be asked to update their bios prior to publication) above the title of your submission directly on the Word file.

• Unpublished material will be strongly considered.

• Previously published material will also be considered, provided you have retained your rights; please submit previous publication information (and the terms of your copyright agreement) in these cases.

• You may submit more than one piece of writing.

Authors maintain and control the copyright of their stories and license their First North American Rights to Merge Press for publication purposes. Authors retain the right to reprint their material in any publication. Contributing writers will share 25% of the net profits of Please: Women Who Beg and receive a free copy of the anthology.

Send questions to maria.angeline at gmail dot com.

Please: Women Who Beg is expected to be released in 2009. Submissions are now open. A submissions deadline will be announced in 2008.

Once selections have been made, every person who submitted work will receive an announcement.

UNSPEAKABLE HORROR:
     FROM THE SHADOWS OF THE CLOSET
Edited By: Vince A. Liaguno and Chad Helder
Minimum Length: 1,000 words
Maximum Length: 7,500 words

Dark Scribe Press is seeking short story submissions for an anthology of queer horror tales.  We are looking for edgy, provocative dark genre fiction – horror and dark psychological suspense only.  We are not interested in science fiction/fantasy, mystery, or splatter punk for this anthology. We’re looking for stories about those terrors that populate the closets of gays, lesbians, and bisexuals.  Terrors can be of any shape, size, and theme – supernatural, psychopaths and slashers, vampires, werewolves, zombies, urban legends, ghosts, witchcraft, demons, and original horrors of any kind. 

At Dark Scribe Press, we believe that horror is meant to unnerve, disquiet, and strike deeply at the darkest places in readers’ hearts.  We believe that writers should never be restricted within the established genre limitations and should feel comfortable offering up their darkest tales.  As the publisher, if we don’t like it or it’s not a right fit for a particular anthology, we’ll simply politely pass on the submission.  Taboo and edgy subject matters are welcome if handled in a literary manner – nothing is off limits if well executed and compelling.  Stories may include explicit sex and erotic elements if well-integrated into the tale itself – we are not looking for a subtle ghost story with a raunchy sex scene inserted into the middle of it.  Please avoid clichés – unless you have a fresh queer twist or perspective to offer. 

At the heart of all submissions must be a distinct queer theme running through the fabric of the story – stories that represent the harmful effects of repression, the manifestation of homophobia (both internal and external), childhood anxieties that run parallel to sexual orientation and the coming out process, and any other well-conceived and executed queer theme.

Email queries only.  Please note some helpful email query guidelines here .  As with all Dark Scribe Press calls for submissions, your query represents our first impression of you and your story.  Avoid rattling off an abstract to us in an informal email – chances are we’ll pass.  We’re looking to see that writers have given thought to their story and have the ability to articulate those thoughts. 

Queries can be emailed to publisher@darkscribepress.com beginning October 1, 2007 and will be accepted through May 15, 2008.  Response time to queries is 30-60 days.  Once a query is greenlighted, the deadline for actual submissions is June 30, 2008.  Response time to submissions is 30-60 days.  Please put Query / Anthology in the subject line of all emails to help us efficiently route your email.  Kindly note that queries with attachments will be deleted – do not send your story until you have queried us first.

Format guidelines will be emailed upon our response to your initial query. 

Terms: Pays $.05 per word upon acceptance for FNASR

Anthology is slated for 4^th quarter 2008 publication – subject to change.

Greetings,

Griot Soul Films is making the first Black Lesbian Romantic Comedy Feature Film, “She Wasn’t Last Night” and we’d love your support. We want to share ideas, circulate resources, maintain the Black storytelling tradition and learn about each other in the process. Griot Soul Films is a non-profit dedicated to producing and disseminating complex literary and historical film images of Black folks worldwide. We have a long term vision of infusing our communities with diverse images that portray our experience with integrity and soul. Join us! Spread the word!

http://www.griotsoulfilms.org

http://shewasntlastnight.ning.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Kimberly Purnell, (212) 252.3398
EMAIL: sexyorchids@hotmail.com

New York, NY, April 21, 2007—Women of Choice (WoC), LLC presents “Part Deux…Orchids II Reality or Fantasy” the continuation of unspoken lesbian erotica with a twist.

Beginning our journey as Q&T, LLC now Women of Choice, we signify the choices of life that we as women dare to explore. Our mission is to go beyond the realm of women’s comfort zones and normalcy by providing you with exotic adventures, unexplained pleasures, new and exciting ideas and inexplicable desires. WoC is comprised of women who appreciate the Art of Loving and challenge the Brave at Heart by surrounding ourselves with multi-talented women and men, who are involved with more than just average and crave to be distinctive.

Orchids II Reality or Fantasy is filled with scintillating episodes that force you to envision participation and indulge in gratification. “Orchids I African American Lesbian Erotica One Night Stands” enticed women to want to share their Reality and Fantasy desires which are scattered throughout Orchids II Reality or Fantasy. In addition, each story tempts you with a seductively enticing photo that will warrant shameful thoughts of debauchery.

Our symbol, The Orchid represents the chameleon that lies within each of us; the layers that surround our consciousness; and the beauty of our souls.

Continue to explore the unknown through us and within yourselves.

Copies of Orchids II Reality or Fantasy and Orchids I African American Lesbian Erotica One Night Stands can be obtained via email. ORDER YOUR ADVANCE COPY(IES) NOW!

P.O. Box 2095
New York, NY 10008
212.252.3398 – Phone
www.womenofchoice.com – Website
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