BBW Erotica “Chick Lit” Anthology Contest

Draumr Publishing is announcing the first contest for published or unpublished authors interested in participating in an anthology. We are looking to bring new writers into our family, and an anthology is a particularly good way for authors to get to know us as a publisher, as well as a great way for readers to discover new authors.

• Stories must feature a plus-size heroine (BBW, full-figured, etc) and she must get her man (in many ways, if possible) without losing weight. Heroine’s weight can be an issue, but should not be the focus of the story.
• Stories must be contemporary in setting
• Stories must be between 20-30,000 words (you may use your word processor’s word count feature for this)
• Stories should be “happily ever after” but don’t need to end conclusively (as in they don’t need to get married or solve all their problems)
• Heat level is 5 smooches (based on Draumr’s Sensuality Levels: Five smooches means sex happens fairly often in the story and/or includes much detail and coarse descriptive language – coarse language not required)
• No pornography nor any work featuring sex with minors and/or animals
• Must have a romantic element – this anthology is bordering on the side of “Chick Lit”
• The “theme” of this anthology is the four seasons, so feel free to send in multiple submissions for the different seasons
• Winners may be offered our standard anthology contract*, which is a five year contract for both print and ebook formats, royalties paid twice a year, no advance
• Book will be released Spring 2009
• For those stories not chosen, we will offer editor’s/evaluator’s comments to encourage authors to grow their work

When in doubt, ask! Contact Rida with any and all questions. Additionally, you may visit our forums (http://www.draumrpublishing.com/forums/) to speak with current authors and/or to leave questions for staff. We will be hosting a chat to field your questions about the contest in July 2008 (exact date TBD), starting at 8:30pm EST in the forum’s chat room. You must register on the forums in order to enter our chat rooms.

Dates, deadlines, announcements:

• Contest opens to entries September 10th and runs through September 30th, 2008
• Finalists will be announced in November 2008
• Contest winners will be announced in December 2008**

How to send submissions:

• Please send a cover letter along with your submission that includes: a summary of the story, the season it encompasses, the full word count, your name and contact information. Cover letter may be in the body of your email or in a separate document (follow document directions below)
• Send in only the first 30 pages of your story in a separate, attached document, in one of the following formats: MS Word (.doc), Word Perfect (.wpd), Rich Text Format (.rtf). Do NOT send your stories in Text (.txt) or PDF (.pdf) formats. Finalists will be contacted directly with further instructions
• Email your submissions to: submissions@draumrpublishing.com with the subject “BBW Antho Contest”

Draumr Publishing continues to be open to submissions of all genres in adult fiction, including but not limited to: science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, adventure, suspense/thriller, bbw and non-bbw romances (including the sub-genres of: contemporary, historical, paranormal, mystery, adventure, suspense/thriller, horror, sci-fi, anthology, chick lit, romantica, erotica, lesbian romances, etc. We will not accept pornography nor any work featuring sex with minors and/or animals.), and gay/lesbian stories. You can find all our submission guidelines at http://www.draumrpublishing.com/submissions.php.

*Contracts will be offered only if enough appropriate winners are found to fill a whole anthology, as judged by the publisher. Should there not be enough usable entries/winners, an announcement will be made, and the contest will be closed without a book being released. Every effort will be made to release an anthology, but we cannot guarantee this result because of the possibility of insufficient appropriate entries.

**There is no obligation for anyone entering this contest. Winners may be offered our standard contract*, but they are under no obligation to accept it.