{"id":44,"date":"2006-12-01T06:53:23","date_gmt":"2006-12-01T11:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=44"},"modified":"2006-12-01T06:53:23","modified_gmt":"2006-12-01T11:53:23","slug":"call-for-submissions-first-person-queer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"Call For Submissions – First Person Queer"},"content":{"rendered":"

FIRST PERSON QUEER:
\nWho We Are, Where We’ve Come From, Where We’re Going<\/p>\n

edited by Richard Labont\u00e9 and Lawrence Schimel
\nfor publication in Fall 2007 by Arsenal Pulp Press<\/p>\n

We’re looking for short (under 1500 words) first
\nperson essays from across the spectrum of queer
\nexperience that depict the diversity, the complexity,
\nand the excitement of contemporary GLBTQ life. We want
\nto be surprised, and to surprise our readers, with
\nintensely personal experiences from writers of diverse
\ngenders, ages, races, and orientations, informing us
\nabout unusual aspects of our lives. Comprehending
\nqueer codes, exulting in nonconformity, expressing
\ngender deviance, confronting assimilation, having to
\n“pass”: write about the theory of your life. Discuss
\nsissyhood, parenting skills, sexual experiences (play
\nor work), urban pleasures, personal choices: write
\nabout the practice of your life. We’ve all got a story
\nto tell. Share yours. Express your “I”.<\/p>\n

Topic and tone\u2014witty, reflective, satirical,
\nlearned\u2014are open to your imaginations, as long as the
\nwriting is real. What’s going to make us sit up and
\npay attention are essays that go beyond the
\ntraditional tales of coming out, first love, breaking
\nup, the death of a lover, the acceptance\u2014or not\u2014of
\nparents. These are important stories, and intriguing
\ntwists on them will be considered, but they\u2019ve been
\ndone; we’re unlikely to include more than one or two.
\nSo: offer us something different, something less easy
\nto categorize. Give us a glimpse of an instructive
\nphysical moment or a transcendent emotional passage
\nfrom your dyke, fag, tranny, bi, or otherwise queer
\nlife. Prose or graphic\/comix narratives, no poetry.<\/p>\n

Submit your work by email, as an attachment in .doc
\nformat, with author’s last name and story title in the
\nfile name: Surname-Title.doc, to Richard Labont\u00e9 at:
\nfpqueer@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Please include contact details and bio in the .doc
\nfile, not just in your email; submissions that are
\nconsidered will be separated from the emails.<\/p>\n

Deadline: Feb. 28, 2007.<\/p>\n

Payment: a small honorarium and one copy of the book
\nwill be paid. (Please note that payment is in
\nCanadian funds.)<\/p>\n

As an anthology for a Canadian publisher, preference
\nwill be given to submissions from Canadian writers.
\nBut the anthology is open to submissions from all
\nwriters, and is actively interested in non-North
\nAmerican writers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FIRST PERSON QUEER: Who We Are, Where We’ve Come From, Where We’re Going edited by Richard Labont\u00e9 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pMmJz-I","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":186,"url":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/blog\/?p=186","url_meta":{"origin":44,"position":0},"title":"Calls for Submission: Lesbian, Queer, and Bisexual Women and Trans People Making and Having Babies","author":"","date":"October 13, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"(This is not a Kuma announcement, see end for submission details.) 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