Archive for the 'Literature' Category

Butch Femme Book

March 7, 2005 | Literature

I heard about the Butch Femme Book from Daddy Preston, who is in Australia. It’s a call for materials - writing and photographs - relating to the butch-femme subculture. Be warned though, the site is entirely Flash with very little information on regular pages.

Call For Submissions

February 2, 2005 | Literature

Blog readers are typically writers as well, so here’s a writing opportunity for those of you under the age of 23. Queerthology is seeking essays from young people ages 13-23 about what it’s like to grow up queer or be a queer young adult today. The essays will be collected into a book, and royalties will be donated to GLSEN to help their efforts to ensure safe schools for all queer students. Hurry up though - the deadline for submissions is February 15th!

Blithe House Quarterly

January 7, 2005 | Literature

Just a real quick post for you as I recover from the flu that would not die. (If you want to read my whining about it, it’s all over at my site; I’ve been trying to spare other sites from my griping!) Anyway, Blithe House Quarterly publishes queer fiction from a variety of authors both male and female. (My favorite bio: SARA WINGATE GRAY is a writer. She has previous bedroom empire experience.) Their archives are all available dating back to 1997, and there is information about books written by the authors who have participated in BHQ writings.

The Well of Loneliness

January 4, 2005 | Literature

PlanetOut has a story about the mostly unknown persecution of Radclyffe Hall, author of the famous queer novel The Well of Loneliness. The 1920s book painted “inverts” (lesbians) as oppressed and misunderstood, and it wasn’t published until 1949 after having been smuggled from Britain to France.

Call for Submissions

November 1, 2004 | Literature

I received this call for submissions as part of Tristan Taormino’s Double T Newsletter and I thought I’d pass this along.

Therese Szymanski is looking for hot stories that creep her out, or are too fun to turn down - but they must also be hot and deal with the supernatural - incubi, succubi, werewolves, demons, ghosts, mummies, witches, warlocks, vampires, monsters, hell spawn and whatever else sends a shiver down your spine and into your nether regions. Cross the Time/Life series with a good porno. 2,000-6,000 words, typed, double-spaced hard copy with full contact info and bio, unpublished or published on internet only. Include an SASE with sufficient postage.

Submissions should be sent to Therese Szymanski, 8500 16th Street, #128, Silver Spring, MD by December 15th!