Paying Erotica Markets

So I told you that I got the 2007 Writer's Market even though I hadn't ordered it. I was going to send it back, but I figured that if I can make enough money to pay for it by blogging, then it will pay for itself.

I'm not a big Erotica fan - in any form. To me, there's a very fine line between "erotica" and outright pornography, and I figure if I want to see, read about, or otherwise experience sex vicariously (as a voyeur, as it were), then I'll go for the latter. I don't smoke Ultra-Light cigarettes and I don't drink decaffeinated coffee. But to each his own, I always say, and a whole lot of folks have asked me about Erotica markets.

So, here you go:

• Cellar Door Publishing, LLC
  3439 NE Sandy Blvd., Suite 309
  Portland, OR 97232-1959
  Pub: Jade Dodge
  www.cellardoorpublishing.com
  info@cellardoorpublishing.com
  Interested in illustrated books and graphic novels. Cellar Door Publishing accepts a wide variety of genres. E-mail for ms guidelines.
• Best SF/F Erotica Contest
  Circlet Press
  1770 Massachusetts Ave., #278
  Cambridge, MA 02140
  www.circlet.com
  editorial@circlet.com
  April 15 - Aug 31, annually $5.00 entrance fee
  5-15k word submissions. Science-fiction or Fantasy stories with an erotic twist. Hardcopy mss, e-mail mss accepted only if outside US. All entrants receive $5.00 off coupon for anything in Circlet catalog.
  1st - $500
  2nd - $250
  All others pub. in anthology for regular payment ($50-100, depending on length)
• Arcturus Publishing
  26/27 Bickels Yard, 151-153 Bermondsey St.
  London, SE1 3HA England
  www.arcturuspublishing.com
  info@arcturuspublishing.com
  Book catalog and ms guidelines free. Pubs. 30-40 titles/yr., 40% from first-time authors, 90% unagented. Pays 5-10% royalty on wholesale price. Pub. 6 mos. after acceptance; simultaneous submissions allowed; response within 2 mos.

And there you have it: 1 for the US, 1 for our friends across the pond, and 1 contest for everybody.