Calls for Submission

• Magnolia is accepting submissions Magnolia: A Journal of Women's Literature is currently accepting submissions for it's second volume. As a series dedicated to socially engaged literature, this collection caters to works often ignored by mainstream publishers, thereby representing a milestone in women's publishing. 2011 Guest Editor, Karen Connelly. What to submit:Socially engaged works of fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry that interact with and challenge social injustices of our time.
  Length: 5,000 word maximum for fiction and creative non-fiction; poetry up to 5 pages.
  Fees: We do not charge reading fees.
  Compensation and copyright: Each successful submission will receive 2 paperback copies of the anthology as payment. The Institute of Arts & Social Engagement (IASE) requests Non-exclusive Anthology and Electronic rights. IASE retains the right to continue selling back issues of the journal in print and electronic format.
  How to submit: Send your manuscript as an attachment (.doc or .rtf only, please do not submit .DOCX files) to magnoliajournal@theiase.org. Submissions must be typed, double spaced, using standard Arial or Times 12pt. font. Include your last name and title of the work in the email subject line (EX. Smith – Title of the work).
  Response time: All submissions will receive a written confirmation upon receipt, with a final decision in 1-3 months. While we will accept simultaneous submissions, we ask that you make us aware at the time of submission and communicate any changes regarding your manuscript as a matter of urgency.
  Deadline for submissions is December 31, 2011.
  Queries to: magnoliajournal@theiase.org (, Dec 31 deadline)

• Anthology of South Asian Literary Erotica Sex. You think about it, dream about it, watch it, do it, wish you were doing it, wish you weren't, but you'd rather not write it, because it's not respectable.

  Because you're concerned it won't be taken seriously. Because even when you do try to write about it, you find yourself holding back, out of modesty, or shame, or fear. Because you worry about how your parents or even your friends will react when they read it. Because you think you have nothing to say.

  We believe you have something to say, and we want to hear it.

  This call for submissions is for the second anthology of South Asian literary erotica to be published by India's Tranquebar press. Tranquebar's first erotica anthology, Electric Feather, was a best seller and helped erotica gain recognition in the subcontinent as an important and influential literary genre. With this second anthology, we hope to continue the success of the first one while including a greater diversity of voices and sexual experience.

  What we're looking for: Stories that are thoughtfully written, visceral and honest, involving South Asian characters, settings, and/or themes. Stories can be titillating, dark, shocking, humorous, experimental, subversive; they can involve sex with others, sex with yourself, imagined sex, sexual fetishes -- it's entirely up to you. We're also interested in translations of erotica written in regional languages.

  • Writers should be from South Asia or the South Asian diaspora
  • Accepting fiction and narrative non-fiction
  • 2,500 - 7,000 words
  • Contributors will receive a one-time payment
  • Please attach your submission as a Word document and include a brief bio in the body of the email

  Email submissions to erotica.southasia@gmail.com by January 15, 2012. (, )