tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41804268899745012582012-10-30T15:38:30.210-07:00lgbt, queer, gay, lesbian, writers, contest, competitions, poetry, short story, literature, award, scholarship, fellowship, call for submission, workshopModsnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1480125Qlithttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-72987597609976226042012-07-03T11:40:00.000-07:002012-07-03T11:41:42.426-07:002012-07-03T11:41:42.426-07:00Please be advised that we have moved all posts to our new blog, Writers For Diversity. If you are looking for opportunities for LGBTQ writers only, there is a "for LGBT writers" tab in the navigation bar over at the new blog. To our e-mail subscribers, please re-subscribe using the "subscribe...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-22221100207527941632012-06-18T04:34:00.002-07:002012-06-18T04:35:13.683-07:002012-06-18T04:35:13.683-07:00Deadline: 25 June 2012 Gay Play Day is a festival of short plays by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered playwrights, running in Toronto on September 29 & 30th, 2012 (venue TBA). We are accepting submissions until June 25th at gayplayday@gmail.com CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Gay Play Day is...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-88548752633058424452012-06-14T08:17:00.003-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.783-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.783-07:00Deadline: 31 December 2012 Against Equality (www.againstequality.org) is putting together a new anthology of er0tic fiction, so we need your help! We’re looking for submissions of original, unpublished stories between 1500 – 2000 words that incorporate our political agenda of challenging...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-51322057403001332482012-06-11T09:39:00.001-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.785-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.785-07:00Deadline: 18 June 2012 ESC: English Studies in Canada invites submissions for a Special Issue on "Childhood and Its Discontents," guest edited by Nat Hurley. No figure more fully embodies the paradoxical demands of civilization than the child. At once beloved and overdetermined, the child...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-22240270193781798102012-06-08T10:09:00.002-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.786-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.786-07:00The Qouch, an on-line publication of The Queer Psychoanalysis Society, is looking for submissions from scholars, writers, and artists who do work in the fields of queer studies, gender studies, and/or psychoanalysis. We welcome proposals or finished works that explore the psychology of sexuality...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-7049422003393351722012-06-07T22:15:00.002-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.789-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.789-07:00Deadline: 15 June 2012 Gender Reel, the east coasts only multi-media festival dedicated to enhancing the visibility of gender non-conforming and transgender images, experiences and artists will be accepting submissions starting 3/15/12 until 6/15/12. WHERE AND WHEN IS THE FESTIVAL BEING...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-9131312983812568872012-06-07T22:15:00.001-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.791-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.791-07:00Deadline: 15 June 2012 Each issue of Eye to the Telescope has a different guest editor. The Issue 5 editor will be Stephen M. Wilson, who is looking for LGBT (Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transgendered) themed speculative poems. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES From Stephen: I am looking for LGBT as well...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-76401883954581245572012-06-07T22:14:00.001-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.792-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.792-07:00Deadline: 15 June 2012 The Gatewood Prize is Switchback Books' annual competition for a first or second full-length (48-80 pp.) collection of poems by a woman writing in the English language. It is named after Emma Gatewood, the first woman to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. 2012 JUDGE:...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-15745576315923437682012-06-07T22:13:00.000-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.794-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.794-07:00Deadline: 15 June 2012 Evernight wants your stories about friends turned lovers. There's nothing quite the same as two friends discovering there is more to their relationship than they realized. We want quality stories with strong plots and memorable characters. Push your imagination to the...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-36990662729307504182012-06-07T22:12:00.000-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.796-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.796-07:00Deadline: 15 June 2012 Loose Id is a leading publisher of er0tic r0mance. The California-based company is an acknowledged industry leader with seven years in business, operating in the black since the end of our second quarter back in 2004. It publishes between 16 and 24 titles per month by...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-58516916816197252592012-06-07T11:32:00.001-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.798-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.798-07:00Deadline: 1 February 2013 Since the 1970s, both the content and the institutional practices surrounding er0tic romance fiction have been transformed. The remarkable popularity of E. L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy has brought a number those transformations to light, not just in terms...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-21584729285726100492012-06-07T11:17:00.002-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.799-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.799-07:00Deadline: 20 December 2012 Lesbian fiction is coming to Riptide in 2013, and we're looking for a selection of the very best F/F stories with which to launch our list! We'll leave the time and place up to you, but the focus of your story should be the romantic love between two women, whether it’s...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-12627815259762399752012-06-07T09:11:00.001-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.801-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.801-07:00Ampersand Editions is always interested in hearing from writers who want to make their work available to the world. We pride ourselves on having a personal relationship with our authors. Your opinion and input really do matter to us and we will consult you on all matters involving your work -- from...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-9566510578659974442012-06-05T05:15:00.003-07:002012-07-04T05:34:29.971-07:002012-07-04T05:34:29.971-07:00Submissions for American Athenaeum are now open and rolling. We are a print journal, committed to publishing four times a year. The first issue, Colossus, is scheduled for July. The following is the type of work we're seeking. Our finished collections are submitted to literary agents, Best...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-32478513798834903562012-06-03T21:31:00.002-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.804-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.804-07:00Deadline: 30 August 2012 A clean slate. A fresh start. A chance to throw out the old and begin anew. There’s nothing as revitalizing as the start of a new year, and what better way to begin than with a kiss. Less Than Three Press is seeking stories for a collection revolving around the theme of a...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-80222679590412047642012-06-03T21:28:00.004-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.806-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.806-07:00Deadline: 30 June 2012 Dragons, firebirds, griffons, kirin, unicorns, centaurs, demons, chimaera—these are but a few of the countless monsters that endlessly fascinate. What about them draws us in? What brings us back to them over and over? More importantly, what is capable of taming these...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-9057748641908827112012-06-03T21:26:00.000-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.808-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.808-07:00Deadline: 30 September 2012 Everybody loves a rockstar. The music, the look, the life—it’s loud and glamorous and wild. From the badboy who can’t stay out of trouble to fresh-faced newbies still getting used to the stage to the softrock boys who actually play nice. Then there are all the...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-41180002659130332302012-06-03T20:44:00.002-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.811-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.811-07:00Deadline: 10 June 2012 What's Religion got to do with it? What’s your experience with religion? Enter the Seekardia Writing Contest, Winsconsin's first writing contest for LGBTIQ Youth. First Place in each division receives $150. 2012 RULES AND SUBMISSION FORMAT Divisions -entries will be...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-38608785001080393562012-06-03T20:41:00.000-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.813-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.813-07:00Deadline: 10 June 2012 This publication will offer differing voices as the fight for gay marriage threatens to completely envelope all other struggles in the queer community. Inspired by Against Equality: Queer Critiques of Gay Marriage, this publication will focus primarily on Australia and...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-30713566016113347902012-06-03T04:06:00.001-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.815-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.815-07:00Deadline: 22 June 2012 This is a wide-open theme, and we welcome all proposals that examine LGBTQI themes in film and television, however one chooses to interpret it; there are, after all, no strict definitions. You can find a slew of lists online that might give you some ideas on where to start,...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-68121513128792002342012-06-03T00:17:00.001-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.816-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.816-07:00Deadline: 30 June 2012 We are excited to announce a collaborative essay contest with BLITZ. Here is your chance to get creative and give voice to what it means for you to be a trans* person. ESSAY TOPIC: This is a two part essay. We want you to tell us what it means to you to be TransEnough AND...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-54659009812588826802012-06-02T21:47:00.003-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.818-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.818-07:00Deadline: 16 June 2012 In many places, celebrations of GLBT pride are held in June, from Gay Day at Walt Disney World to New York City’s Gay Pride Parade through the historic Village. Whether you celebrate with “family” close to home, travel to attend distant gay galas, or avoid the parades...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-78585846114090924792012-05-31T21:19:00.004-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.819-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.819-07:00Deadline: 10 July 2012 Plenitude Magazine is currently accepting submissions for the inaugural issue. Issue 1 will be launched in August, 2012. In order to be considered for Issue 1, we recommend submitting before July 10, 2012. ABOUT PLENITUDE MAGAZINE Plenitude Magazine aims to promote the...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-71260480612122225642012-05-31T21:17:00.000-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.821-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.821-07:00Deadline: 20 July 2012 The Association for Queer Anthropology (AQA) is proud to announce the 2012 Ruth Benedict Book Prize Competition for outstanding anthropological scholarship on a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender topic. The Ruth Benedict Book Prize is presented each year at the American...Modsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4180426889974501258.post-68757459629784386572012-05-31T20:45:00.001-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.823-07:002012-06-16T04:19:12.823-07:00Deadline: 31 July 2012 We seek contributors to an edited collection which explores the specific role of women in, on, and behind the film and video work of Todd Haynes. Female characters and women’s genres from classical Hollywood, as well as feminist film scholars, women directors, film...Modsnoreply@blogger.com