Seattle     Talk     Esteem

get involved | What's Happening at Gay City | Gay City Anthologies

 

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.

Call for Submissions- Gay City: Vol.3- RePulped

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

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 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.

 

Purchase your copy of Gay City: Volume 2 Here!

Gay City:Volume One

Some would say that everything about “coming out” has been written; that everything about AIDS, gay relationships, religious conflict, exclusion and grief has already been “done.” This slim anthology refutes that. Gay City: Volume One is a collection of fiction, poetry, comic art and photography published under the auspices of Seattle's Gay City Health Project.

The work addresses Gay City's mission of preventing HIV transmission by building community, fostering communication, and nurturing self-esteem. Included here are author Tom Spanbauer’s “Mr. Energy”, written during the dark dawn of AIDS, alongside “Ethan Green” creator, Eric Orner’s visual chronicle of “25 Years, 25 Fears.” Inside you’ll find an excerpt from syndicated columnist Michael Thomas Ford’s novel “Full Circle”, eight pieces from the award winning poet Peter Pereira, and groundbreaking works from artist Donna Barr, plus many others.

Purchase your copy of Gay City: Volume 1 Here!