Limited Calls for Submissions
Naughty or Nice
Dreamspinner Press 2010 Advent Calendar
Edited by Lynn West
Santa’s got a list, and he’s checking it twice. Will you tell if your lover’s been naughty or nice? In these stories, the winter holidays will shine brightly whether with sweetest love, cackling laughter, or blistering passion. Readers will get a story a day in the month of December, all with holiday flair.
Stories from any winter holidays are welcome: Advent, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, Yule, and so on.
Word Count: 5,000 to 18,000 words (manuscripts shorter or longer will be considered but will have to be extraordinary).
Submission Deadline: Sept. 15, 2010
Publication Date: Dec. 1, 2010
Follow the general submission guidelines for short stories. Please include “Advent Calendar” in the subject line of your e-mail.
Continuous Calls for Submissions
Timeless Dreams
Romantic M/M Historical Fiction with Happy Endings
Dreamspinner Press presents Timeless Dreams: stories of M/M romance in historical settings. While reaction to same-sex relationships throughout time and across cultures has not always been positive, these stories celebrate M/M love in a manner that may address, minimize, or ignore historical stigma. You can visit the rough and tumble Old West, travel the ancient kingdoms of desert sheikhs, see the black and red lacquer of the Far East, or dance in dramatic Regency England. No matter where or when, in the romantic worlds of Timeless Dreams, our heroes always live happily ever after.
Manuscripts of any story length may be submitted. Follow the general submission guidelines. Please include “Timeless Dreams” in the subject line of your e-mail.
Bittersweet Dreams
Romantic M/M Fiction with Nontraditional Endings
Dreamspinner Press presents Bittersweet Dreams: stories of M/M romance with nontraditional endings. It's an unfortunate truth: love doesn't always conquer all. Regardless of its strength, sometimes fate intervenes, tragedy strikes, or forces conspire against it. These stories of romance do not offer a traditional happy ending, but the strong and enduring love will still touch your heart and maybe move you to tears.
Manuscripts of any story length may be submitted. Follow the general submission guidelines. Please include “Bittersweet Dreams” in the subject line of your e-mail.
