I. Fiction.
We are looking for literary fiction with erotic content: we are NOT an erotica "genre" magazine. Aside from being erotic, subject matter must occur within the realm of actual human experience and obey the laws of biology and physics (i.e., no SciFi, fantasy, monsters, et al). This is not to say we aren't receptive to horror and mystery stories -- simply that they must remain within the boundaries of the believable. In addition to short stories, we are very receptive to novel excerpts. Preferred length is between 1,200 and 8,000 words.

Sliptongue believes that erotica has an illustrious literary history (As in: Sappho, Aristophanes, Plautus, Catullus, Ovid, Petronious, Martial, Boccaccio, Chaucer, Marguerite de Navarre, Lady Murasaki, The Arabian Nights, Aphra Behn, de Sade, Laclos, Baudelaire, Verlaine, Miller, to name a few.) and is neither a recent invention, a passing fad, nor merely a genre and your work should reflect this awareness. We dislike trendiness and artsy posturing and seek to support authors who likewise avoid such silliness.

For more information concerning the tastes of the editor, click HERE.

email fiction submissions to editors "at" sliptongue.com (use the @ symbol). Paste one piece into the body of an email and place ONLY the word "SUBMISSION" in the subject line. Any file attachments will be deleted unread. Cover letters are optional. Previously published works and simultaneous submissions OK. Please allow at least one month for a response. See "General Information Regarding all Submissions" below.

II. Poetry
Traditional forms only: narrative, lyric, ballads, epigrams, sonnets. Rhyme schemes, even metered/syllabled lines, and rhythmic consistency are a must. Subject matter: sex, love, courtship, passion, desire, betrayal, strife. Bonus points for humor.

Please read before submitting poetry:

"Traditional" means NO free verse whatsoever. Sliptongue accepts formal poetry only, absolutely no exceptions, so please do not send anything besides. Free adaptations of established forms (sonnets, for instance) do not qualify. We will not bother to read poetry that is not strictly traditional in form. We began accepting poetry ONLY to accomodate those who understand and love what formal poetry is, and to provide an outlet for them.

email poetry submissions to editors "at" sliptongue.com (use the @ symbol). Please paste up to five poems into the body of an email and place ONLY the word "SUBMISSION" in the subject line. Any file attachments will be deleted unread. Cover letters are optional. Previously published works and simultaneous submissions OK. Please allow at least one month for a response. See "General Information Regarding all Submissions" below.

III. Illustrations.
Take a look at the illustrations in Sliptongue, get an idea of our preferences, and then send in something that hasn't been computer generated: pen and ink, pencil, pastel, paintings. No photography. We only want illustrations that have been created without the assistance of technological wonders.

email illustrations submissions to illustrations "at" sliptongue.com (use the @ symbol). Send one illustration, less than 400X400 pixels square, in an attached file of less than 80K and place ONLY the word "SUBMISSION" in the subject line. Cover letters are optional. Previously published works and simultaneous submissions OK. Please allow at least one month for a response. See "General Information Regarding all Submissions" below.

General Information
Regarding all Submissions

Compensation: Sliptongue pays no money for accepted submissions at this time. Sliptongue gladly displays the banners of, and provides links and professional contact information for, all authors and artists of accepted work.

Rights and archiving: Sliptongue asks for no rights whatsoever, save the right to publish an author's or illustrator's work. In other words, the original author or artist retains all rights to his/her work. After appearing on the Sliptongue home page for awhile, work will be archived on the Sliptongue Web site, where it may remain unless the creator of the work requests that it be removed.

If your work is accepted, we will ask you to agree to the following items:

1) I grant permission to Sliptongue to publish my work on the Sliptongue Web site.

2) I understand that I retain all rights to my work.

3) I understand that Sliptongue serially copyrights each issue of Sliptongue, including my work, but will not become party to private copyright disputes.

4) I acknowledge that I am the sole creator of the work submitted and that I am over eighteen (18) years of age.

5) I understand that Sliptongue retains the right to remove my work from the Sliptongue Web site for any reason at any time.

In addition, we will ask you to provide us with your legal name.

Thanks very much,

The Editors