Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 08:00:00 -0500 From: the limbs of a dismembered poet Subject: [WRITERS] WOW: Boners & Blunders Anthology (March 31) [SEXUAL CONTENT!] (since we are in the middle of an erotica contest, this call for submissions to an anthology seems particularly appropriate. If you prefer to write about straight sex, just ignore the "gay" and "gay male" references...) Boners & Blunders: an international collection of humourous gay sex stories -- c/o Immediate Press, Suite #198, 599B Yonge Street, Toronto ON Canada M4Y 1Z4. Editors: Robert Thompson, James Johnstone. "Sex can be funny. Come on. If you have never experienced it, you have heard stories about it, or, at the very least, imagined it: your first/worst time; the blind date that was so bad you wished you were really blind; unexpected and awkward role reversals; that time your mother walked in on you and your date; intercourse punctuated by noxious gas leaks. If you have, and/or can write about them, we want your stories." "We want funny stories about gay male sex in all its stages and manifestations, from foolish fantasies and ditzy desires, to cruising comedies -- from fumbled flirts and foiled first dates, to slapstick sex with ludicrous lovemaking -- stories that are hysterical, amusing, crazy, bizarre, ironic, embarrassing, honest, disarming, sensual, and even hot -- stories that elicit anything from snorts and smirks, to giggles, groans, guffaws, and yes, even boners. If graphic descriptions of sex propels the humour and story, so much the better, but keep in mind: We are not necessarily looking for traditional porn or erotica." "A keen, twisted, or black sense of humour, a good eye for detail and creating tension and irony are invaluable. Send us humourous, well-written fiction peopled by three-dimensional characters, stories that tackle the issues of gay men contemplating, negotiating, instigating, engaging in, terminating, avoiding, fleeing, or even swearing off sex. Any stage, from eye contact to negotiation to transportation to disrobing to getting right down to it to the cigarette afterwards. You are limited only by your imagination. We would like to include writing from the perspectives of as many diverse types of homo-sex as possible, including s&m, b&d, leather, fantasy, telephone, modem, masturbation, 1-on-1, groups. Subs from all races, classes, education, and ethnicity are welcome." 1000-4000 words; pays onetime fee. "Include a 2-3 sentence bio with your sub. Include your full address, postal code, and phone number (fax and email address if you have them) on a covering letter and/or on the top of the first page of each story." No email subs; email is for correspondence only. [Email: James: jcj@canada.com; Robert: impress@globalserve.net] Deadline: March 31 [From The Gila Queen's Guide to Markets, #98, Copyright 1998 by Kathryn Ptacek. For subscription, send check or money order in US dollars to PO Box 97, Newton, NJ, 07860-0097. 12 issues: US $34; Canada $38; Overseas $50. Sample Issue: $6. Email: GilaQueen@aol.com GilaQueen@worldnet.att.net WWW: http://members.xoom.com/GilaQueen tell the gila queen I sent you!] "I'd call it love if love didn't take so many years but lust too is a jewel." Adrienne Rich [Take a look at Monica's Erotica Contest and write to "Merideth Johnston" before Valentine's Day is over.] tink