The Art of Resistance: Creative Writings on Prostitution

Call for Contributions: The Art of Resistance: Creative Writings on Prostitution

Deadline: September 15, 2008

Prostitution is an issue that impacts everyone in that its harm remains invisible due to systemic racism, classism, sexism, and histories of colonialism. As we make our way into the 21st century creative writing will be important for defining the movement against prostitution as well as functioning as a means for survivors to educate others about their experiences of violence.

We are looking for creative writing (prose, prose poems, poetry, creative non-fiction, short stories, micro-fiction, memoir, diary, multi-genre) for a groundbreaking anthology that addresses the harm resulting from prostitution.**

We invite submissions from survivors, family and friends of survivors, advocates, and all others who have experienced or observed the impact of prostitution on individuals, communities, and societies. Works that discuss race, class, sexuality, disability, nationality, colonization, globalization, and ethnicity and their relationships to systems of prostitution are encouraged.

Because this is a supportive place for people in prostitution, the requirement for submissions is that they engage with prostitution in critical ways that do not blame or reinforce stereotypes of prostituted people.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Guidelines for Submission of Creative Writing:
- Poetry: Up to five submissions per person (not all works will be accepted)
- Prose (creative non-fiction, short stories, micro-fiction, memoir, diary): A suggested maximum of 5,500 words (we have some flexibility with the word count)
- Email your submissions as word documents

Include the following in your submission:
- Bio: No longer than 5 sentences
- Full name as you would like it to appear if your work is chosen for publication
- Contact information: mailing address, phone number, and email

Send Submissions to:
Email: editors.artofresistance@hotmail.com
Deadline: September 15, 2008

Email: editors.artofresistance@hotmail.com if you have questions.

The co-editors are Annie Fukushima and Christine Stark. Annie Fukushima is a doctoral student in Ethnics and a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender & Sexuality. She is also an activist that organizes with numerous organizations, and the founder of SAFEHS (Students & Artists Fighting to End Human Slavery). Christine Stark is an award-winning author and visual artist, speaker, and activist of Native American and European heritage. She is a co-editor of Not for Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography.

**We define systems of prostitution to include street prostitution, stripping, bartering sex for food and shelter, adult and child pornography, escort and out-call prostitution, sex tourism, ritual abuse, massage parlors, saunas, phone sex, prostitution tourism, peep shows, mail order bride services, and international and domestic sex trafficking.

Mirrors to Our Souls, an anthology of animal spirituality

Mirrors to Our Souls, an anthology of animal spirituality

Word Count: 1500-12,000 words
Payment: $25 from earned royalties and once the anthology sells enough to go to print (it will be released in ebook first), a copy of the anthology in print. Contributors are able to purchase additional copies in accordance with our regular contract.
Deadline: Essays must be received by July 15, 2008. Final decisions will be made by July 31, 2008.

What we seek: Jupiter Gardens Press seeks essays dealing with all aspects of animal spirituality. From first person encounters to information about totem animals, god and goddess affiliations, or scholarly discussions of how animals play a role in our own personal spirituality, if it deals with animals and spirituality, it is welcome. We especially encourage essays dealing with not only domestic animals such as cats, dogs, and horses, but also wild animals such as bears, wolves, or big cats.

Send submissions to: publisher@jupitergardens.com Please attach your essay in rich text (RTF) format in standard manuscript format (1” margins, Times New Roman or other readable font, your name, address, and contact information in the upper left-hand corner). Please also include a cover letter (in the body of the email) with your essay that indicates your previous publishing history (if any, none is just fine) and any relevant information.

For further information about our other projects or regular lines, please visit our website at http://www.jupitergardenspress.com and read our full submission guidelines and FAQs. Thank you.

Traveling Mamas Anthology

Traveling Mamas Anthology

TravelingMamas.com is in search of true uplifting, funny, inspirational, and touching stories with a travel theme for an upcoming anthology series. Possible themes may include family travel, romantic escapes, girlfriend getaways, and solo trips.

We’re looking for stories that inspire us, force us to laugh out loud or make us reach for the tissue box. Bring us into your story by using the five senses. Every story must have a beginning, middle, and end.

Rights:

• We are requesting one-time rights. Reprints are acceptable as long as you own the rights.
• If your work has been published before we ask that you please send the name of the publication the story appeared and the date it was published with your submission. We will have the right to edit your work.

Submission:

• Word count: 300-1000 words.
• More than one story may be submitted.
• The story can be told in first or third person. You don’t have to be a mom to tell the story.
• Deadline is midnight September 1, 2008.
• In the body of your email please include your name, address, phone number, and preferred email address. At the bottom of your story please include a brief author bio (no more than 100 words) to be included in the back of the book. If your story is chosen you will be able to revise your bio before publication.
• Please send your submissions in the body of an email to anthology@travelingmamas.com (no attachments will be opened).

Compensation:

• $50 (Payment upon publication)
• A Traveling Mamas travel pack that includes one copy of the book your story appears in.

Please be patient. This is a long process. We will let you know as soon we know if your story has been selected. If you don’t hear from us, we may be holding your story for upcoming books.

Thank you for joining our journey. We look forward to reading your stories.

The Traveling Mamas

Stories from the Midwest

International publishing company is looking for inspirational stories and wisdom that relate to the Midwest. We are interested in your non-fiction essays that capture the heritage of the Midwest -- stories that only could have happened here, for example, or stories that reflect an important value of the Midwestern lifestyle.

Entries should be between 225 and 375 words long and should end with a pithy saying that sums up the inspirational message. For example, an essay might end with the following: “Life is easier when you plow around the stumps.” If your story is selected, you will receive a one-time payment of $50 for anthology rights upon publication.

Please submit your writings by e-mail to write4us@sps.com by April 15th, 2008. Please type the title for which you are submitting in the subject line and include the essay in the body of the e-mail (we do not accept attachments). Be sure to include your name and mailing address. There is no limit to the number of essays you can submit!

"Subtle Edens - The Elastic Book of Slipstream"

This book will be a mixture of fiction and non-fiction. To be edited by Allen Ashley. To be published as an original paperback by Elastic Press in Autumn 2008.

General Information:

All works must be original to the author(s), not under consideration anywhere else and not previously published. Any quotations from other people's work must be either public domain, approved by the quoted author or fall under the "body of a review" copyright allowance. As a general rule: Write your own material, don't rely on someone else's!

Fiction:

Allen Ashley has made the following provocative statements:

"Slipstream is essentially a 1990s and noughties extension and subtle reconfiguration of New Wave science fiction."

"How do I define science fiction? Somewhere between 1967 and 1974."

Slipstream uses the tropes and ideas of science fiction, fantasy and horror but is not bound by their rules and will often make those elements only a minor feature of the story rather than its raison d'être. Likewise, a plot and set-up may appear conventionally literary but fall outside the staid boundaries of the mainstream. Slipstream may start off with a science fictional or broadly realistic appearance but then take a sideways step into its own unique microcosm or socio-psychological state. Slipstream writers may sometimes experiment with form, presentation and the usurpation of traditional techniques but these are not ends in themselves. As with all great literature, Slipstream is concerned with people, perceptions and the human experience. Slipstream contains and proudly maintains a strain of solipsism and encourages the individual viewpoint and the unique vision. We appreciate the sentiments behind the recent coining of the phrase "The New Weird" but reject this notion as limiting and somewhat off-target.

In a sound bite, Slipstream is somewhere between the literary aspirations of the mainstream and the pulp excitement of genre fiction.

Slipstream is a living genre. J. G. Ballard called science fiction the true literature of the twentieth century. Here in the noughties, we believe Slipstream is a vital genre and is the only true literary response to the challenges of the new millennium.

As you can see, Allen is already halfway through his anthology introduction. But then again, maybe Slipstream is the genre that ultimately defies easy categorisation. Throw off the constraints of branding, marketing and labelling! Make Slipstream what you believe it to be.

How to Submit Stories:

If all the above hasn't put you off - and it ought to have done, folks! - then we'd really like to read your work. Stories should be written in English, be original, unpublished, not under consideration elsewhere and no longer than 5000 words in length. Standard presentation rules apply. Please send "Disposable" paper copy plus C5 stamped addressed envelope. We can reply by email if you prefer. Overseas contributors: we will only reply by email. The editor prefers to relax on a sofa and enjoy reading a hard copy of your opus - he was brought up on books, you know. For email submissions, please query first to check what mood he's in.

Send your manuscripts to: Allen Ashley, Editor - "Subtle Edens", 110 Marlborough Road, Bounds Green, London N22 8NN, England.

Please allow 8 weeks response time.

Please email Allen if you have any queries about this anthology, no matter how trivial or, indeed, testing!

For email queries to Allen: editorsubtleedens@hotmail.co.uk

For general Elastic Press business such as purchasing Elastic Press books, email Andrew Hook at elasticpress@elasticpress.com or visit www.elasticpress.com.

Living With the Animals Anthology

Guidelines for submitting a story or poem written by an adult

1. You may only submit stories and poems written by you for which you own the copyright. If your work is accepted for publication on the web site or e-zine, you give non-exclusive electronic publishing rights to animalINK.
2. Stories should not exceed 1000 words in length.
3. We will select stories and poems for publication at our sole discretion.
4. Include your story or poem in the body of an e-mail with "animalINK Anthology" in the subject line. Please do not send it as an attachment. Include your name, address, phone number and e-mail. (Name and city will be published. Other contact information will not be published unless you specifically request it.) Indicate whether you want your real name or a pen name as author. Include two or three sentences about yourself.
5. If you would like a link to your web site, include the URL.
6. Stories will be edited for spelling and grammar before publication. More in depth editing may be provided in consultation with the author.

Earth Blessings: Prayers, Poems, and Prose Honoring the Earth.

JUNE COTNER, editor of the bestselling Graces, Bedside Prayers, and 22 other anthologies, seeks short, universal submissions (spiritual poems and interfaith prayers) for Deadline: April 30. Terms: 1 copy of book plus $25 for one-time rights. Reprints OK. For guidelines, send SASE to June Cotner, P.O. Box 2765, Poulsbo, WA 98370 or visit www.junecotner.com.