Wild Passions
Editor: S.L. Armstrong
Other worlds, other planes of existence, other places where humans are not the only type of creature to walk and talk. Human-like animals populate the new anthology from Storm Moon Press!
We are looking for male/male romance stories involving at least one partner that is an anthropomorphic animal; that is, a humanoid, bi-pedal creature with human intelligence and some animal features. For example, tail, ears, claws, changes to eyes and/or teeth, even fur, feathers, or scales, are all acceptable. We do not want, however, shapeshifters, mythical creatures that part human-part animal, or full animal forms. Acceptable genres for this anthology would be contemporary (urban) fantasy, high fantasy, or science fiction. The stories do not need to be explicit in nature, but romance is required.
Length of submissions should be between 10,000 and 15,000 words.
Only short stories that still have their First English language rights still attached will be considered, and we do ask for exclusive electronic and print rights for two (2) years, at which time, all rights revert. We do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Payment is $0.013 per word (based on final, edited word count) paid upon publication, plus a PDF copy of the e-book, and two contributor copies of the print book.
We are accepting submissions from August 1st, 2010 until November 30th, 2010. Acceptance notifications and contracts will be issued during the month of December. All content to be featured in Wild Passions will be edited. Planned release for both the e-book and print book is June 17th, 2011.
Material that includes the following will be summarily rejected:
- Pedophilia (ie, sex between those under the age of 18)
- Necrophilia (vampires, zombies, and the like don't count)
- Bestiality (that is, sex with non-sentient animals)
- Scat or golden showers
- Gratuitous violence
- Rape (that includes forced seduction, capture, and dubious consent within the context of the present storyline)
- Snuff
Submission Requirements:
- Submission deadline is November 30th, 2010
- Please send submissions to submissions @ stormmoonpress.com (remove the spaces when surrounding the @ sign when emailing us)
- Email subject should read: WILD PASSIONS: TITLE AUTHOR
- Include a 300 word bio of the author as a cover page
- The top left of the cover page should include the following: submission title, author's name, address, phone number, and e-mail
- Submissions must be sent as a RTF attachment, the file named WILD_PASSIONS_TITLE_AUTHORNAME
- Double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1" margins, do not indent your paragraphs
- Unpublished submissions only
- Please be certain to edit your own work; any submissions with glaring, common errors will be rejected
- All accepted submissions will be edited prior to publication
Daughters of Artemis
Editor: S.L. Armstrong
Werewolf lore has been long dominated by the strong alpha male, but what of the strong alpha females? The Storm Moon Press anthology Daughters of Artemis explores this long neglected aspect of the werewolf mythos.
In this anthology, we're looking for female/female erotic romance stories with at least one partner being a strong werewolf in a position of authority. This may be a pack leader, a council member, one of the tribe elders, or any other similar position. We would prefer urban fantasy or urban horror in a contemporary or historical setting. Please, no sex scenes in which the characters are in full animal form. Full human or partial shift is all right, but nothing more bestial than that. The stories do not need to be explicit in nature, but romance is required.
Length of submissions should be between 10,000 and 15,000 words.
Only short stories that still have their First English language rights still attached will be considered, and we do ask for exclusive electronic and print rights for two years, at which time, all rights revert. We do not accept simultaneous submissions.
Payment is $0.013 per word (based on final, edited word count) paid upon publication, plus a PDF copy of the e-book, and two contributor copies of the print book.
We are accepting submissions from August 1st, 2010 until November 30th, 2010. Acceptance notifications and contracts will be issued during the month of January 2011. All content to be featured in Daughters of Artemis will be edited. Planned release for both the e-book and print book is July 18th, 2011.
Material that includes the following will be summarily rejected:
- Pedophilia (ie, sex between those under the age of 18)
- Necrophilia (vampires, zombies, and the like don't count)
- Bestiality (that is, sex with non-sentient animals)
- Scat or golden showers
- Gratuitous violence
- Rape (that includes forced seduction, capture, and dubious consent within the context of the present storyline)
- Snuff
Submission Requirements:
- Submission deadline is November 30th, 2010
- Please send submissions to submissions @ stormmoonpress.com (remove the spaces when surrounding the @ sign when emailing us)
- Email subject should read: DAUGHTERS OF ARTEMIS: TITLE AUTHOR
- Include a 300 word bio of the author as a cover page
- The top left of the cover page should include the following: submission title, author's name, address, phone number, and e-mail
- Submissions must be sent as a RTF attachment, the file named DAUGHTERS_OF_ARTEMIS_TITLE_AUTHORNAME
- Double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1" margins, do not indent your paragraphs
- Unpublished submissions only
- Please be certain to edit your own work; any submissions with glaring, common errors will be rejected
- All accepted submissions will be edited prior to publication
Storm Moon Press is a small press specializing in erotic romance focusing on GLBT and alternative lifestyles. We publish various genres, including fantasy, paranormal, horror, urban fantasy, and science fiction, and all submission must have a core romantic plot. Broader external plots are welcome, but the heart of the story must be the romance, the relationship. It must also be a fully realized romance, though happy endings are not required. A solid story with a mixed-feelings ending is something we will look at, as well as the happily-ever-after or happily-for-now. Alternative lifestyles include BDSM, ménage à trois, polyamory, and all flavors and variations thereof. We do not accept mainstream heterosexual romance at this time, and if you submit a bisexual romance, the bisexuality must be clearly shown within the course of the story.
We are currently accepting submissions for 2011 and 2012.
All works submitted to Storm Moon Press must be unreleased works. We are only interested in acquiring first English language rights. This means if a work has been self-published, published by a subsidy press, on a website, journal, or other public forum, those rights have already been used and we cannot accept your submission.
We accept submissions for novella (30,000 words to 45,000 words) and novel length manuscripts (65,000 words to 100,000 words).
Novella submissions will only be available in e-book formats. Should an author submit and have accepted multiple novellas with a common theme, we will offer a print contract for a single author anthology.
Novel submissions will be available in e-book and print formats.
Material that includes the following will be summarily rejected:
- Pedophilia (ie, sex between those under the age of 18)
- Necrophilia (vampires, zombies, and the like don't count)
- Bestiality (that is, sex with non-sentient animals or shifters in shifted form)
- Scat or golden showers
- Gratuitous violence
- Rape intended to arouse (though we will consider forced seduction or dubious consent if it is respectfully handled)
- Snuff (defined as killing someone during a sex act for gratification)
Royalties and Contracts
Royalties on e-books will be 50% of cover price on direct sales through Storm Moon Press' e-store, and 40% of cover price minus distribution costs for sales through third party vendors, paid quarterly. Royalties on print books will be 25% of cover price on direct sales through Storm Moon Press' e-store, and 20% of cover price minus distribution costs for sales through third party vendors, paid quarterly.
Royalties from third party vendors will not be paid until Storm Moon Press receives the receipts from those vendors.
Storm Moon Press will decide the cover price for both print volumes and e-books. Authors also receive a PDF copy of their book as well as five (5) print copies where available. Storm Moon Press will also register the copyright; this will not be a cost authors incur. Copyright remains with the author.
Our contracts are for three (3) years on electronic rights, and four (4) years for print rights. When the contract is set to expire, the author has the option of renewing the contract. Should the contract not be renewed, all rights revert. Contracts are negotiable, and they are available for review upon acceptance.
Submissions
Submissions must be sent electronically, through email. Please do not send hard copies of manuscripts to our place of business as we will not return them, nor will they be reviewed. The only thing we do via the traditional mail system is our contracts. Send all queries to submissions @ stormmoonpress.com.
Within the body of your email should be your query letter. We ask that it be relatively short (no more than 300 words). This should include information about you, the author, as well as the work you are submitting, genre, and word count of your manuscript. We accept submissions for the following genres:
Contemporary
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Paranormal
Horror
Urban Fantasy
Historical
Mystery/Suspense
Speculative Fiction
We do not accept young adult or mainstream romance at this time.
When sending your query letter, please include as two separate attachments to the one query email the full synopsis of your manuscript (which should include the beginning, middle, and ending of your story) and the first 30% of the manuscript. Your synopsis must be no fewer than 500 words, and there is no upper limit. Storm Moon Press only considers manuscripts that are complete. Please do not send an incomplete manuscript.
Storm Press will only consider your query if the work is compelte, however we initially only want to see the first 30%. We will review your query, your synopsis, and your partial submission, and if it looks to be the right fit for Storm Moon Press, we will ask for the full manuscript then.
When submitting your files, please ensure they are named as follows: TITLE_AUTHORNAME and SYNOPSIS_TITLE_AUTHORNAME. We are sticklers for organization and this will ensure your files do not become lost in the shuffle.
Submission Requirements:
- Send submissions to submissions @ stormmoonpress.com (remove the spaces when surrounding the @ sign when emailing us)
- Email subject should read: SUBMISSION TITLE AUTHOR NAME
- Cover page of your synopsis should include the following: working title, word count, genre, series name (if applicable), author's legal name, author's pen name (if applicable), address, phone number, and e-mail
- Submissions must be sent as a RTF attachment, the file names TITLE_AUTHORNAME and SYNOPSIS_TITLE_AUTHORNAME
- Author name and book title on the first page of the manuscript
- Double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1" margins, do not indent your paragraphs
- Page break before all new chapters
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Again, please only contact us about completed manuscripts that have been polished to the very best of your ability. We will respond to your query within 24 hours of receipt simply to confirm we have received it. Allow two (2) weeks for us to contact you about either sending a full manuscript submission or our passing on your query.
Should we ask for a full manuscript to review, allow eight (8) to twelve (12) weeks for a personal reply.
If you have any questions, feel free to email us at editor @ stormmoonpress.com or look over our FAQ Section.