Call for Submissions: Erato II
Send us your most seductive flash fiction and prose poetry*!
We’re seeking super short erotica in any subgenre, featuring characters of any and every orientation and gender, so long as they’re 18+ and express their consent to all erotic activities. Whether they find pleasure through BDSM, fetish, or vanilla encounters; in long-term romances or one-night stands; with one person, a roomful of people, or just themselves, it’s all good.
Vivid writing, clever and original plots, and stylistic or structural experimentation are particularly welcome. We want stories that are sex positive, body positive, and inclusive. Usually at least half the stories in our anthologies feature characters who are LGBTQIA+, including the ace spectrum.
Writers of color, trans and nonbinary writers, disabled writers, working-class writers, and writers of other marginalized and underrepresented identities are warmly encouraged to submit. We’re thrilled to work with writers from around the world at any stage of their careers, including those who have never been published before.
*Please note, prose poetry, not verse poetry. We share some inspiring verse poetry on our blog, but don’t publish it—yet.
We’ll pay $25 for the first 500 words and 2 cents per word thereafter, up to $45 for 1,500 words.
We’re willing to look at slightly longer stories (e.g., if you’re at 1,575 words and can’t find more to trim) but payment is capped at $45.
Stories and prose poetry shorter than 500 words will receive $25.
All contributors will also receive an ebook copy of the anthology and a discount on paperback copies.
For a taste of our tastes, check out our first flash anthology, Erato – but we love to be surprised by new concepts, and we actively want to expand the range of identities and perspectives we publish with each book.
More details below the cut:
theartofmadeline
snowghoul
blakekathryn
prguitarman
pixelskylines
vaporwave
