Gay City Anthologies produces vibrant, multi-disciplinary collections comprised of fiction, comics, poetry, photography and art. Works are crafted to support and raise awareness of the Gay City Health Project mission: to reduce HIV infection in King County through promoting communication, community and self-esteem. Gay City Health Project is a multicultural gay men’s health organization and the premier provider of HIV and STD testing services in King County . Contributors do not need to be (and often aren’t) either gay or male.
While the majority of the work comes from contributors either in or closely connected to King County , they are bolstered by additional pieces from across the US and abroad. Our past contributors have included a very high percentage of emerging artists but these have been partnered with “tent-pole” contributors such as:
* Ursula K. Le Guin (The Earthsea Trilogy, The Lathe of Heaven)
* Tom Spanbauer (The City of Shy Hunters, The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon)
* Michael Thomas Ford (It’s Not Mean if it’s True, Changing Tides)
* Eric Orner (The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green)
* Marc Acito (How I Paid for College, Attack of the Theater People)
Lurid covers, sensational titles, scandalous storylines: the books of gay pulp were denounced and sometimes even banned but they also informed and delighted readers.
Gay City Anthologies is currently seeking fiction, poetry, art, comics and photography that revisits, renews, reacts, reshapes and reinterprets the gay pulp genre of the '50s and '60s. Don't just imitate the genre; raise the bar as far as you can and make it relevant to modern issues. Happy endings are not always required but the work must reclaim positive representations of gay people and culture. Despite pulp's sometimes pornographic roots, we are not looking for erotica at this time unless it has something unique and very literary to say.
Deadline is April 1st, 2010
Each anthology supports the Gay City Health Project mission of reducing HIV infection by building community, communication and self-esteem among gay men. As always, you DO NOT have to be either male or gay to contribute.
To learn more about the age of gay pulps, review the following websites and books:
Wikipedia- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_%28male%29_pulp_fiction
Gay on the Range- www.gayontherange.com/
Pulp Friction-by Michael Bronski- http://books.google.com/books?id=uRZeoPrCpnYC
Queer Pulp by Susan Stryker- books.google.com/books?id=wJfVKmVVR6YC
To submit, send a cover letter and:
Two (2) hard copies of all work (no electronic submissions).
Your name and contact information should not appear on the work itself, only on your coversheet, along with the title of your work. The title should appear on each page of the work.
You may submit up to 3,500 (max) words of fiction, up to four poems, up to six pieces of digital art (including photographs), or up to eight pages of comic art (formatted for a 6x9 book).
All submissions should be in black and white. Plain laser prints of art are fine for consideration.
Include an SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) for reply.
Please do not call to request the status of your submission.
GAY CITY: VOLUME THREE
511 East Pike Street
Seattle, WA 98122
To learn more about Gay City, please visit, www.GayCity.Org.
We pay at $15/page up to a maximum payment of $75. Contributors receive a complimentary copy. One piece from each discipline will also receive the "Editor's Choice Award" of an additional $50.
Gay City Volume 3: Re-Pulped
Now in its third volume, Gay City Anthologies turns for inspiration to the "pulp" era of the 20th century. The early gay pulp novels were chewy, campy and often controversial, yet they signaled generations of gay and bi men that others like themselves existed; men who were dreaming of skimpy swimming suits, motorcycle jackets, cowboy hats and a world better than that they'd inherited. In Re-Pulped!, we include selections from nearly forgotten queer pioneers as well as works from today's most exciting new voices in fiction, photography, comic art and poetry. From romantic and wry to adventurous and edgy, this collection bursts through the boundaries of genre to redefine not only what gay was, but what it might yet be.
Gay City: Volume 2
In 1969, Stonewall launched a revolution in gay culture and its role in the modern world. Forty years later, Gay City: Volume Two celebrates this ongoing transformation with 69 pieces of queer-themed short stories, comics, poetry, photography and art. Contributors include multi-award winning author, Ursula K. Le Guin (The Lathe of Heaven, The Earthsea Trilogy); novelist, syndicated columnist and NPR commentator, Marc Acito (How I Paid for College); and acclaimed comic artist, Eric Orner (The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green) as well as many other established and emerging talents.
