Call for submissions: modern gay fairy tales
By Cecilia Tan. Filed in News & Notes |Tags: call for submissions, erotic fairy tales, fairy tales, gay
Call for Submissions!
CHARMING: Modern Gay Erotic Fairy Tales
Deadline: March 1, 2012 (EXTENDED!)
Once upon a time, in a land not very far away, Circlet Press was looking for erotic, modern-day fairy tales for the gay community. What happens when a young intern falls prey to the Big Bad Wolves of the New York stock exchange, or when an archaeologist stumbles across a sleeping prince in the ruins of Angkor Wat? From poisoned apples to glass slippers, classic fairy tales are full of sexual imagery if you know where to look; we want you to find those erotic threads and weave them into stories where the castle is an apartment building in Prague, and the Evil Queen is The Prince’s ex-boyfriend. Circlet welcomes sex positive stories with explicit representations of sexuality. All stories in this volume should be gay-themed (male/male focused) but the authors may be of any gender or orientation.
MORE DETAILS ON SUBMITTING:
Length: Our preferred length is approximately 3500 to 7500 words, but we will consider the range from 2000 to 10,000 words.
How to Submit: All submissions must be made via email to Rian Darcy, editor, at the following address: rian_darcy@lavabit.com
Submissions sent to other addresses/other editors at Circlet Press will not be considered. Standard manuscript formatting rules apply even though sending as an attachment (MS Word .doc or .rtf preferred). Please note that this means your name, address, and email contact must appear on the manuscript itself and not simply in your email message. (If you’re not sure what standard short story submission format should look like, Google is your friend.)
No simultaneous submissions (that is, don’t also send your story elsewhere at the same time, and don’t send it to multiple Circlet editors, either), and no multiple submissions to the same book. One story per author per anthology, thanks.
All stories must include explicit sexuality and erotic focus. Romantic content is welcome, but in a short story remember to keep the details on the action and its effects on the main character’s internal point of view. We favor a strong, singular narrative voice (no ‘head hopping’). For more details on our editorial preferences, see the general submission guidelines on circlet.com. We highly recommend reading the guidelines, especially the “do not send” list, to increase your chances of sending us something we’ll love. Try to avoid cliches. Fresh and direct language is preferred to overly euphemistic. Sex-positive, please, no rape/nonconsensuality/necrophilia or other purposefully gross topics. We do not publish horror.
Originals only, no reprints. We purchase first rights for inclusion in the ebook anthology for $25, with the additional rights to a print edition later which would also be paid $25 if a print edition happens. Authors retain the rights to the individual stories; Circlet exercises rights to the anthology as a whole.
Tuesday, May 10th 2011 at 4:16 pm |
Hiya! The link to the general submission guidelines is coming up 404 – not sure if that’s a problem with the link or the page to which it points.
Wednesday, May 11th 2011 at 2:25 am |
Whoops, you’re right. It’s supposed to point to here: http://www.circlet.com/?page_id=11 (and for some reason it wasn’t… probably because I put the wrong number page in…!)
Monday, May 16th 2011 at 4:45 pm |
Hi, I’ve got a question before I start picking away at the plot bunny that formed for this anthology. In the DON’TS listed under guidelines it clearly states “don’t send erotic stories that have no science fiction or magical element.”
However, given my personal take on the anthology, as a modern representation of a fairy tale, would it be okay to send a story that fits that requirement, but doesn’t necessarily contain any sort of science fiction or magical elements?
Thanks for you time!
Sunday, May 29th 2011 at 12:35 am |
Hi there! Sorry for the belated reply, but yes, a fairy tale without any sci-fi or magical elements will be fine.
Thursday, June 2nd 2011 at 2:33 am |
Is the deadline for the Modern gay fairy tale correct? I just wonder why it is earlier than the deadline for Oceanic erotica which was published first.
Thursday, June 2nd 2011 at 3:57 am |
It is correct. Each editor sets their own deadline according to their own schedule and how long they want to spend reading. There is no correlation between when the announcement is made and when the deadline is.
Tuesday, June 14th 2011 at 2:00 pm |
Could I make a request for the deadline to be listed early enough in each call for submissions to appear in the excerpt on the page where all the call-tagged posts show up? Since they don’t expire and don’t get taken down and aren’t necessarily chronological, that would save a lot of clicking through to find out which ones are still open.
Tuesday, June 14th 2011 at 6:26 pm |
The tag for “read more” is already always inserted right after the deadline. That’s the best we can do as it really does need to come AFTER the full description of the topic.
Tuesday, June 14th 2011 at 8:57 pm |
I’m talking about how it looks on the tag-archive page here: http://www.circlet.com/?tag=call-for-submissions
That seems to be the easiest way to find all the calls, but you have to look at each one individually to see the deadline.
Maybe in the title?