Novel - Harlequin: Cosmo Red Hot Reads - Contemporary

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Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin 

feature contemporary, fun, sexy stories for today's fun fearless females!

The Heroine:

• She is the Cosmo woman: fun, fearless, female
• She is independent
• She does not need a man to make her life complete, but he is the icing on the cake
• She's adventurous and daring both in the bedroom and out!
• She values her female friendships
• She is focused on her career
• Our heroine (and hero) grew up with reality TV, texting, online dating
• She is most likely in her early to mid-twenties
• The heroine drives the story

Key Elements:

• Sexy romantic relationship with a satisfying ending
• Love scenes are frequent, fun, detailed, fantasy-oriented and push the envelope
• A strong conflict
• Fast-paced, snappy dialogue, witty repartee
• Strong female lead
• A hero that you want to spend the weekend in bed with
• Fresh, contemporary voice

Stories Can/Will:

• Include multiple points of view
• Be told in first person
• Be contemporary (but not paranormal please!)
• Urban international settings are good
• Heroes can be bad boys, successful entrepreneurs, geeky scientists—different flavors of men for different fantasies

What We Don’t Want:

• No historicals
• No paranormal

Program Details:

• 25,000–30,000 words
• 2 titles a month
• Digital First
• Launching late spring/early summer 2013

How to Submit:

Please submit only completed, fully polished manuscripts along with a query/cover letter and synopsis. In the subject line of your query, please type the manuscript title and your name.
Queries must include the following and will not be reviewed if any piece is missing:

1. A brief, introductory query letter including word count and a short description of the book, as well as any pertinent information about the author, including both legal name and pen name and any writing credits.
2. The full manuscript saved and attached as an RTF file. The file name should be saved as TITLE_MANUSCRIPT, where you substitute your book's title in place of TITLE.
3. A 2–5 page synopsis of the book detailing character development, plot and conflict/story resolution. Attach as an RTF file with file name TITLE_SYNOPSIS, where you substitute your book's title in place of TITLE.

*Please be sure to put the following information on the first page of all files: manuscript name, author pen name/legal name, email address, phone number, and word count.

Submissions should be sent to Submit_HCosmo@Harlequin.com.

All submissions will receive an auto-response acknowledging receipt of submission. Please allow 8–12 weeks for an editorial response to your submission. If a response has not been received after 12 weeks, please follow up at Submit_HCosmo@Harlequin.com.

In the subject line of your query, please type your manuscript name, your name and the target series. (Example: Book X by Jane Doe, Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin.) In the body of the email, please let us know the date it was submitted. It is also helpful if you email from the same email address you used to send your submission.

Harlequin authors should submit through their editor or Submit_HCosmo@Harlequin.com directly and indicate you are a Harlequin author. Please do tell us who your Harlequin editor is. Harlequin authors can submit a proposal.

Tips:

• Use a professional email account; for example: Jane Doe, not Fluffy Bunny
• It is helpful if your author name and email account name are similar
• Please do not use your spouse’s email account
• Select a readable font (not Courier)
• Make sure your synopsis answers all the questions raised in your plot. If we read your synopsis will we understand why the heroine falls in love with the hero? It also needs to showcase your voice.

All submissions should be original and targeted specifically to Cosmo Red Hot Reads from Harlequin.

Novel - Romance - African American - Open

Harlequin: Kimani Press

#Callsforsubmissions become a Harlequin Romance Writer

Kimani Press is Harlequin’s flagship imprint and only previously published authors who have established a strong fan base will be given serious consideration for this line.

Kimani Press is proud to publish a variety of outstanding mainstream fiction titles that predominately feature #AfricanAmerican characters. Our editorial features a broad range of genres such as: commercial women's fiction, historical fiction and romantic suspense.

http://www.harlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=1405&chapter=0

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Short Stories - Erotica - Anthology

CALL FOR SUBMISSION:

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EROTIC SHORT STORIES

Coming Together: Triumphantly is a collection of erotica that deals with reclaiming the body and sexuality after the trauma of illness or injury. This collection will benefit the National Women's Health Network.

We are seeking stories of triumph, of healing, and of appreciating the body and its abilities after (and in spite of) the changes brought about by illness/injury.

Attach submissions of up to 7,000 words to an email in RTF or DOC format and send to submissions @ the-erotic-cocktail.com with TRIUMPHANT SUBMISSION in the subject line. In the body of the email, include the story title, word count, your pen name, and a brief bio. Also, please indicate whether the submission has been previously published. Poetry will also be considered.

This collection will be edited by Dorla Moorehouse, who pitched the idea to Coming Together as follows:

     In late 2010, my friend and fellow writer Reesa Brown and I decided we wanted to edit an erotica anthology based around reclaiming the body and sexuality after trauma, such as illness or assault. This idea was very important to Reesa, who was a breast cancer survivor. We mapped things out, found some interest from other writers we knew, and put together a call for submissions, but then Reesa's cancer returned. She spent most of 2011 fighting, and most of the time she was too ill to work. We planned to relaunch our efforts as soon as she was well, but unfortunately, that day never happened. After grieving her death in January, I've decided I want to continue along with the project as planned, even though she is no longer here to co-edit with me. While more than a year has passed since our initial plans, my motivation is stronger than ever.

Coming Together plans a Valentine's Day 2013 release for this anthology.

Here's the URL: http://www.eroticanthology.com/triumphantly.htm

Thanks again! Your support helps a lot.

Cheers,

Dorla

Poetry & Prose - City Experience - Magazine 12/14/12

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Poetry & Prose

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StepAway Magazine is holding its 8th call for submissions:

Online submission deadline: December 14, 2012

Our magazine is hungry for literature that evokes the sensory experience of walking in specific neighborhoods, districts or zones within a city. We accept poetry and prose under 1000 words. This is flânerie for the twenty-first century. Please submit your work and a press-ready biography to:submissions@stepawaymagazine.com.

Short Story - 1st Person - Erotica - Penthouse Magazine

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Short Stories - Anthology - Erotica, Erotic Romance

Storm Moon Press

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Anthology Guidelines

• General information
• How to submit
• Open calls

General Information

Unless otherwise specified in the particular call, anthology submissions are subject to the following guidelines:

Submissions must be between 10,000 and 20,000 words. All submissions will be edited, but this is no excuse to send in a first draft. Stories should be as polished as possible before being submitted. Submissions must have either a core romantic plot or a reasonable amount of erotic content. Genre, pairing, and/or other restrictions may apply—read the anthology call closely before submitting!

All works submitted to Storm Moon Press must be unreleased works. We are only interested in acquiring exclusive first English language rights. This means if a work has been self-published, published by a subsidy press, on a website, journal, or other public forum, those rights have already been used and we cannot accept your submission.

Material that includes the following will be summarily rejected:

• Pedophilia (sex involving one or more persons under the age of 18)
• Necrophilia (sex with dead bodies—vampires, zombies, and the like don't count)
• Bestiality (sex with non-sentient animals or shifters in full animal form)
• Scat or golden showers (sex involving urine or feces play)
• Gratuitous violence (including splatterpunk, slasher, and torture-porn)
• Rape intended to arouse (though we will consider forced seduction or dubious consent if it is respectfully handled)
• Snuff (sex during which one or more persons are killed)

Royalties and Contracts

As of June 1, 2012, unless otherwise specified in the particular call, our standard royalty and contract terms are as follows:

Initial contract length will be for exclusive print and electronic rights for three years. One year after the release of the anthology, each author's submission will additionally be made available for purchase separately in electronic formats.

Authors will receive a single payment of $75-$150 for their story based on length (i.e., $0.0075 per word). Royalties on individual e-book releases will be 50% of cover price on direct sales through Storm Moon Press' e-store, and 40% of cover price minus distribution costs for sales through third party vendors. All royalties will be paid quarterly.

Contributors will also be given 2 print copies of the anthology, one PDF copy of the anthology, and one PDF copy of their single release short story.

We also accept heterosexual romances, QUILTBAG literary fiction, and QUILTBAG young adult fiction through our imprints.

Steamy Letter - Hustler Fantasies - Open Call

Call for Submissions

Hustler Fantasies

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Call For Submissions

Hustler Fantasies: a letters digest composed of approximately 30 letters, published 13 times a year.

Writer's Guidelines and Specifications

Manuscript Formats:
• E-mail
• Hard copy (computer printout or typewritten)

LettersLength: 700 - 1,200 words
Payment: $25 (upon printing)

Hot, fast-paced pornographic letters written in a first-person conversational, confessional style. Thirteen categories: group, trio, oral, anal, kink, b&d, lesbian, voyeur, exhibition, older/younger, straight, phone sex and masturbation/sex toys.

To Submit a ManuscriptPlease include your name, address and phone number.

Hard Copy:Include an SASE and mail to:
Hustler Fantasies
LFP, Inc.
8484 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 900
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

E-Mail:Include the manuscript text in the body copy of your e-mail and send to:
hustlerfantasies@lfp.com

For a concrete example of publishable manuscripts, pick up a copy of Hustler Fantasies at your local newsstand/adult-book store. You can also purchase a copy by logging on to HustlerMagazine.com/ShopMagazines or calling 1-800-763-8271, Ext. 7651.

Note: All rights to manuscripts sent to Hustler Fantasies will be treated as unconditionally assigned for publication and copyright purposes and as subject to our edits and editorial comments.

Upon acceptance, you will be sent a purchase agreement detailing payment for the piece as well as the rights we are purchasing. Payment is made upon shipping the magazine to the printers.

If a submission is rejected, it is either returned to you snail mail (if you include an SASE) or, in the case of electronic submissions, you will receive an email.

If you are emailing a manuscript, please copy the text into the body copy of your email, rather than as an attachment. Also, include your address and phone number.

No bestiality, rape, incest, male homosexuality, sex with minors, simultaneous submissions or excessive wordiness, please!