Submissions are now open for the sixth volume of the Sex & Sorcery anthology.

• Sex & Sorcery 6
• Deadline: Initial reading period closes 7 May 2022.
• Payment: 0.01$ a word up to a maximum of $100.
• Length: 4,000-12,000 words

We want erotic epic fantasy stories. Simple, right? Erotic means sex must be integral to the story. Epic fantasy means set in another world. No paranormal romance or anything set on Earth please. We love elves and orcs but we are particularly interested in unusual and original settings. Full submissions details are on our website and we recommend familiarising yourself with previous volumes before submitting.

Please note that any changes to this anthology call for submissions made prior to the deadline will be updated on Rachel Kramer Bussel’s website.

Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel
To be published by Cleis Press in January or February 2023
Deadline: May 1, 2022 (earlier submissions welcome and will stand the best chance of acceptance)
Payment: $100 within 90 days of publication and 1 copy of the book

Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel is looking for original, unpublished 2,000-4,000 word prose erotica short stories of all sexual orientations on the theme of couples. This call for submissions is open to all writers anywhere in the world, with priority given to writers new to the erotica genre and those whose work has not previously been published in any of Bussel’s anthologies.

Tell me stories about couples fulfilling long-held sexual fantasies and about tender domestic moments, about discovering new aspects of their partner, about threesomes, sex toys, fetishes, dirty talk, trying new positions, rekindling old flames, flirting and more. Tell me about newer couples still in the first flush of new relationship energy and how this enlivens each of them and their relationship, regarding their sexuality and otherwise The more unique your plotline, storytelling and characters, the better your chances of acceptance will be. I’m open to stories about any type of couple or coupling, especially those told in an attention-grabbing way with plotlines stand out and will be memorable for readers. Contemporary as well as historical and science fiction/futuristic/paranormal stories will be considered.

For this anthology I’m NOT interested in stories about couples who pretend to be strangers as part of their role-playing; stories with this plotline will be rejected.

Stories must have both a narrative arc as well as eroticism. Stories accepted for the book will include as varied a selection as possible, with couples who’ve been together for days or weeks (though these very short term couples will comprise only a handful of the book’s contents) to those who’ve been together for many decades and everything in between. The most important advice I can give you is to submit a totally dazzling, unique story unlike anything else in my inbox. This book will include a vast range of settings, pairings and approaches to relationships, as well as characters who are diverse in terms of sexuality, gender, race, age (characters must be 18 or over throughout the entirety of the story), personality type, religion, fetishes, fantasies, being monogamous and non-monogamous, life and sexual experiences and in other ways to provide the reader the most interesting and wide-ranging read.

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Please note that any changes to this anthology call for submissions made prior to the deadline will be updated on Rachel Kramer Bussel’s website.

Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel
To be published by Cleis Press in Summer 2023
Deadline: May 1, 2022 (earlier submissions welcome and will stand the best chance of acceptance)
Payment: $100 within 90 days of publication and 1 copy of the book

Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel is looking for original, unpublished 2,000-4,000 word prose erotica short stories of all sexual orientations on the theme of sexy strangers. This call for submissions is open to all writers anywhere in the world, with priority given to writers new to the erotica genre and those whose work has not previously been published in any of Bussel’s anthologies.

Stories must have both a narrative arc as well as eroticism. Stories should explore the inherent dramatic tension of encountering a stranger or strangers. The more unique your plotline, characters and setting, the better your chances of acceptance. This book will include a vast range of settings and pairings as well as characters who are diverse in terms of sexuality, gender, race, age (characters must be 18 or over throughout the entirety of the story), personality type, religion, fetishes, being monogamous and non-monogamous, life experiences and in other ways to provide the reader the most interesting and wide-ranging read. The strangers can meet in any circumstances, and the story can be told from any point of view. Open to contemporary, historical and sci fi/paranormal stories.

Stories with a twist that the “strangers” are not actually strangers will not be accepted for publication.

Make sure what you submit is much more than a sex scene; it should be a complete short story with a beginning, middle and end and a plot. Readers should get a sense of who your characters are, what motivates them, what turns them on and why, and still fulfill erotica’s mission of being writing intended to arouse.

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Edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel
To be published by Cleis Press in December 2023
Deadline: June 1, 2022

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You will stand the best chance of acceptance if you read the full call below and follow the guidelines.

This anthology is ONLY open to authors who themselves are women, gender nonconforming, genderqueer and/or nonbinary who have not been published or scheduled to be published in the first eight Best Women’s Erotica of the Year volumes edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel. Stories MUST be from the point of view of a character who is a woman, gender nonconforming, genderqueer and/or nonbinary. Stories must be exclusive to this anthology for one year from the December 2023 publication date (see exact terms below).

The theme for Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 9 is “temptation.” I’m open to stories that explore temptation either as a main plot point or touch on it in some way. My preference is that story titles not include the word “temptation” or variations on it but can allude to it. Beyond that, stories should be as creative and varied in plot, characterization, setting and storytelling as possible. I gravitate toward stories that are unique, attention-getting and memorable and will be choosing stories that each approach the theme of temptation differently.

I’m seeking original, unpublished stories and will consider stories between 2,000-4,000 words, with a strong preference for stories in the 2,000-3,000 word range due to space considerations. Make sure what you submit is much more than a sex scene; it should be a complete short story with a beginning, middle and end and a plot. Readers should get a sense of who your characters are, what motivates them, what turns them on and why.

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