Call: Femme Secrets
Call: The F-Bomb
Contest: Flash Fiction Contest, The Boiler Journal
Contest: Briarpatch’s Creative Writing Contest
Call for Submissions: Femme Secrets
What makes femme/high femme life easier for you? A new zine called “Femme Secrets” is looking for your beauty tips, DIY, products you prefer, hair treatments, makeup solutions, etc.
(You can also talk about other things such as: using nylons to remove deodorant marks on clothing, using concealer stick as a base for red lipstick, using nail polish to stop runs on stockings, etc.)
Femme is a broad term, and this zine is also looking to explore variations on “femme lifestyle” such as what makes being a femme sex worker easier, what makes being a femme burlesque dancer easier, what makes being a femme in the service industry easier, etc!
Submissions can be in many forms- simple text, photos, zine pages (half-size: 8 inches tall, 5.5 inches wide).
Please submit to: [email protected]. Deadline for submissions is October 1st, 2012.
Call for Submissions: The F-Bomb
The F-Bomb is looking for content for their next issue, due out in January.
The next issue is going to be un-themed so we can warm up a little from the last one. The editors are also looking for column suggestions – music, how-to’s, etc.
Editor sez: “Write about something scandalous, something amazing, something GOOD. I want us to come out with a bang, so bring your best stuff! I feel like since this is independent publishing we should be able to write whatever we want.
Guidelines: Submissions can be up to 2,00o words for written submissions and three pages for art/comics/photography. Deadline is November 15th. Send all submissions to [email protected].
Contest: Flash Fiction Contest, The Boiler Journal
The Boiler Journal invites you to put yourself and the audience under pressure and submit to their first annual Flash Fiction Challenge. This year’s genre will be Fiction. Write a good piece in 500 words or less. and you’ll be able to pat yourself on the back, knowing you did something worthwhile and get paid for your sweet effort. The Boiler has published flash fiction from
Jillian Grant Lavoie, T Kira Madden, Marina Rubin, Caru Cadoc, Justine Haus and others.
1st place will receive $1000 prize. 2nd place will win $500. Finalist will be considered for publication in future issues of The Boiler. Entry fee is $10. Deadline is February 15, 2012.
Contest: Writing In The Margins – The Briarpatch Creative Writing Contest
Briarpatch is now accepting submissions of original, unpublished writing in the categories of short fiction and creative non-fiction for our 2nd annual creative writing contest. With award-winning writers Zoe Whittall and Carmen Aguirre as our judges and $750 in cash prizes to give away, this opportunity is not to be missed.
Briarpatch is seeking fresh, creative writing that bring to life issues of political, social and environmental justice. We want writing from the edges – from new writers who have something important to say, or from longtime writers who can show us a new way of seeing things. We want bold and courageous writing that pushes the boundaries between fact and fiction, between journalism and prose, and that deconstructs tough issues in inventive, original ways.
Submissions should not exceed 2500 words. Your $25 entry fee gets you a full year’s subscription to Briarpatch (regularly $28.95), which makes it hard to lose. This fee helps to cover the costs of organizing, promoting and administrating the contest, as well as the cash prizes. Deadline is December 1, 2012. Email submissions to [email protected] with the subject “Writing Contest.” Please consult all contest guidelines here.