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From The Editor
Katy Terrega
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Hey, everybody, we're back! Or at least we're on our way :)

As many of you know, the newsletter and Sex-Writer.com have been on a bit of a hiatus (yes, I know, that's putting it mildly) due to health issues and problems with ordering (namely that both Paypal and my payment processor dropped me in the same week for "adult" content.)

All is now well, however, and even though this will be an abbreviated issue, you can expect regular issues in your inbox soon, chock full of articles, market listings, contests, market news and more. In addition, we'll soon have a forum board up; many of you have asked for a way to network and communicate with other writers and soon we'll have one. Even more exciting, Sex-Writer.com is being revamped and will soon be back up and running. As before, it will feature hundreds of markets, articles, etc., all geared toward the professional sex writer!

In the meantime, for all of you who have asked, you can now order "It's a Dirty Job...Writing Porn For Fun and Profit," plus we've also got this awesome bumper sticker just for erotica writers! You can see more details about the "Erotica Writers Do It...Anonymously! © sticker below, as well of a full size pic of it here. It's tough, it's durable and it's totally unique! You can order both it and the book here.

For this issue, we're featuring several great markets. For future issues, send me news of your successes for "Goings On," questions for "Q and A," plus any other market news or info you'd like to share.

So, until next time, enjoy the newsletter and, as usual, keep in touch!

Katy

P.S. We can thank fellow subscriber, John Petelle of ESellerate.net, for the resurrection of the newsletter (and soon Sex-Writer.com.) John worked tirelessly to help me come up with a way to sell newsletter-related products. So if you have something you want to sell online, give John a call at 402-323-6600 or shoot him an email at john@esellerate.net. His service is an awesome alternative to a merchant account...

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Best Lesbian Erotica 2007

I am now accepting submissions for Best Lesbian Erotica 2007.

Guidelines for Submission

* Submit short stories, novel excerpts, other prose
* Poetry will be considered, but poetry submissions are not encouraged
* Unpublished material will be considered
* Previously published material will also be considered, provided it was or will be published between 9/1/2005 & 12/31/2006
* Include a cover page with: Author's Name, Title of Submission(s), Address, Phone/Fax, and Email Address
* All submissions must be typed & double-spaced; number the pages
* Each submission should be a maximum of 5,000 words
* You may submit a maximum of 3 different pieces of work
* Submit 2 hard copies of each submission
* No email submissions will be accepted, but you can email queries to tristan@puckerup.com
* All submissions must include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) or an email address for response. No manuscripts will be returned
* I accept submissions throughout the year, and the final deadline for me to receive your submission each year is April 1. If you submit, you should expect to hear from me (be accepted or rejected) by the end of September. The anthology is published each year in November by Cleis Press.

* VERY IMPORTANT: I cannot accept any submission that is being simultaneously submitted to another annual erotica anthology (for
example, The Ultimate Lesbian Erotica, Best Women's Erotica, etc.)

Send all submissions to:

TRISTAN TAORMINO
P.O. BOX 4108
GRAND CENTRAL STATION
NEW YORK, NY
10163

DEADLINE: APRIL 1, 2006
(I accept submissions all year, so send 'em early!)

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Palmprint Erotic CP Short Story Competition 2005

PALMPRINT is pleased to announce its third annual short story competition to encourage and showcase tomorrow's CP writers. The contest rules are:

1. Send a short story or fantasy which you've written and which features adult corporal punishment. The theme for the 2005 contest is 'motives', which can be interpreted as you like. The competition will be judged by Sarah Veitch. The winner and two runners up will be selected from all eligible entries based solely on merit. First prize is GBP 100, 2nd is GBP 50 and 3rd is GBP 25.

2. The story must be between 2000 and 4000 words, your own original work, previously unpublished and must not have appeared on the internet. Your work must not be offered to other publications (print or internet) until after the competition.

3. There is no restriction on entrant's country of dwelling but entrants must be aged 18+

4. Submissions may be word processed or typed. Keep a copy as we can't return any entries. Only one entry per person is allowed. The winning entries will appear in a future issue of Submission spankzine and may be edited. By entering the competition you agree to this.

5. At the top of the first sheet you must state 'Palmprint Erotic CP Short Story Competition 2005', the title of your story, its word count (to nearest 100 is fine) and your name and postal address. All pages should be numbered and stapled together in the top left hand corner.

6. Entries must be posted to Palmprint Publications, PO Box 392, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 3ZS, England. Ensure that sufficient postage is applied - we will not pay for postage due. Email submissions will not be accepted and will be deleted unread.

7. If you want acknowledgement that your entry has been successfully received then enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope that we can simply post back to you. Alternatively, include an email address if you wish an email acknowledgement.

8. The closing date is 31st August 2005 and competition winners will be informed by 30th September 2005. So if you haven't heard from us by then you are free to send your work elsewhere. The winners will be contacted to determine the author name to be printed in Submission, together with brief biographic information if desired. The winners will also be announced on Palmprint's website at www.palmprint.co.uk

9. There is no entry fee for the competition. All prize monies will be paid by Palmprint via Pounds Sterling cheque drawn on a UK bank.

10. Stories or fantasies that contain incest, rape, racism, torture, characters under the age of 18 or any similar transgression will be disqualified.

11. For our sanity, no correspondence by letter, telephone or email will be entertained either during or after the competition.

12. At the discretion of Palmprint but with approval from the individual authors, some or all competition entries will be considered for future inclusion in an anthology of adult punishment erotic short stories, subject to sufficient quality entries being submitted to the competition to form an anthology.

13. The anonymity of all entrants will be respected. Contact details supplied as part of competition entries will not be disclosed to any third party and will not be used by Palmprint for its own marketing purposes.

14. These competition rules may be distributed or published without the permission of Palmprint Publications.