Thank you for considering sending us your work. Due to overwhelming response we are temporarily suspending our call for submission until further notice. This will give us time to give careful consideration to the many stories we have been so fortunate to receive.
Submission guidelineS
We are an on-line publisher of sensual short stories that are available to our audience as mp3 audiofiles to purchase and download. The stories are recorded by professional voice artist. We accept original stories in two formats:
-'Short Stories' between 3000 and 5000 words (when recorded run from 20 to 30 ) that have not been published, have not been submitted for concurrent publications or entered in any current writing competitions, and
-'Quickie' stories between 1500 and 2000 words (when recorded run from 9 to 12 minutes)
'A Woman's Goodnight, Bedtime Stories for Women' welcomes stories from both established and new writers. Our purpose is to offer women a website and stories which stimulate the brain and the body and are sensually pleasing in all respects.
We take editing seriously, and if your work is accepted, we will take the time to work with you to polish your story to the highest standards.
We request five year, one-time electronic rights.
We offer a per word payment of at time of contract with the potential for residuals (sales commission) depending on the popularity of the story and author. We have no submission deadlines, as we always need a regular supply of stories.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
We receive hundreds of stories for consideration. Please follow our guidelines exactly to assure you get careful attention. We generally reply within one month. If you have not heard back from us within that time, please contact us.
1. Send one story per e-mail, in plain format in the text of an e-mail to stories@awomansgoodnight.com
2. Subject line: NEW SUB & story title
3. We do not accept attachments.
AUTHOR REQUIREMENTS:
You may publish under a pen name, but for publication we'll need your real name, which is kept strictly confidential. You must submit your current bio, including recent publication credits.
If you are not sure about whether or not you are legitimately published, or whether or not your writing falls within our categories listed, or if you have a category you'd like us to consider, please contact stories@awomansgoodnight.com with your query.
DESIRED SUBJECT MATTER - EROTIC SHORT FICTION:
Our target market is women between the age 25 and 65. We aim to entertain their sensual and sexual fantasies. The braijn is a woman's most important sexual organ; we aim to stimulate it. Our subject matter is heterosexual sex and girl-girl sex. Potential themes are listed below but we are open to writer suggestions:
1. Cross cultural encounters and exotic travel
2. Everyday occurances: ie: Housework
3. Chance encounters
4. Simply sensual
5. Kinky sex
6. Sci-Fi fantasy
7. Historical fiction
8. Steamy romance
9. Coming of age
We are looking for stories with a range of entertainment from purely sensual to explicit sex with good visual descriptions. The most important thing to us is to get great, interesting stories that feed the reader's imagination, with characters and fantasies to which our audience can relate.
We want stories with intriguing characters, compelling narrative arches, clear visual description, honest emotions and sensual writing style. The story should ooze pleasure not just tell us about it.
We are interested in serial stories; therefore, will accept first editions with suggestions for more.
Happy writing and remember you are writing for a sexy voice telling our audience an erotic goodnight story.
UNACCEPTABLE SUBJECT MATTER:
We will not accept:
-true confessions
-stories with illegal acts, ie: underage sex, rape, non-consenting acts, bestiality, etc.
-stories that are primarily racist, homophobic, misogynistic
VOICE ARTISTS:
If you are interested in expressing yourself erotically and in the position to provide high quality recordings, whether experienced or not, please email a one minute voice sample to info@awomansgoodnight.com. In the subject line write: NEW VOICE ARTIST & your name.
We have strict technical requirements and these are available on request at the above email address.
WHAT DO WOMEN WANT?
In our monthly newsletter we explore what women want? If you are looking for writing ideas, these may help.
January 2009 What do women want? Sensuality.
By definition sensuality is an acute awareness of, arousal by and desire for the pleasures the senses perceive. It is the appetites and passions of the body. Attention to that which is felt, smelled, touched, heard, tasted and seen are important to how one experiences life.
Others see sensuality as the connection between people of a playful, nurturing, loving, seductive and/or sexual nature. Sensuality does not necessarily pertain to sexuality although it is often seen as having the potential to induce pleasurable and/or erotic sensations.
Apparently, "studies have shown that people who are exceptionally sensual live for the moment and are not hung up on the future or the past. What is presently going on is enough to captures the sensual individual's full attention. This is an excellent recipe for happiness. Sensual people enjoy experience itself, basking in actual acts rather than rushing through them to get at some possible or imaginary end. In sum, sensual persons take advantage of what life has to offer, living everyday as if it were their last." (http://swtos.blogspot.com/2008/01/what-is-sensuality-can-you-handle-it.html)
Others will suggest that sensuality, although by definition 'of the senses' actually has a spiritual component since imagination can be seen as a source of inspiring awe and the ability to experience sensual enjoyment.
What is your sensual pleasure? What relaxes you or puts you in the mood? Is it a hot bath, rich chocolate mouse, your lovers scent, the cooing strings of the violin or a tender foot massage generously given?
Tell us what thrills you and even what doesn't. We'll listen to what you have to say and use your suggestions in creating a new collection of Simply Sensual short stories for your listening pleasure.
December 2008 What do women want ? Everything!
Especially in terms of love, security, intimacy and sex. She wants control; but control does not leave room for her partner. So, what she ultimately wants is a partner to whom she can give over control with the complete confidence he/she will please her and entertain her sexually in all the ways she likes and doesn't even know she likes. He/she will give her everything she wants without her having to ask for it. Now that's a great sexual fantasy! But how does she know what she wants in the bedroom? The experts suggest that a healthy and varied fantasy life can help her with knowing and getting what she wants.
...sexual fantasy and why we need it...
The topic is hot right now! What is sexual fantasy?
According to health.discovery.com "sexual fantasy refers to the mental image of a person, object, or situation, often but certainly not always involving a sexual component. Human sexuality is a dimension of social life that is often rich with many different sorts of fantasies. Sexual fantasies often entail mental scenarios involving persons other than one's regular partner and include sexual activities considered culturally inappropriate or unacceptable." That's the dry version!
A BBC Home page article of Nov. 13, 2008 by psychologist Paul Hall explores the benefits of a rich fantasy life.
"Sex generally starts in the brain. So an active imagination can mean you're ready for sex before anything physical has happened. Therefore, desire is heightened and arousal is much quicker.
Some people find an active fantasy life can add novelty to a long-standing sexual relationship. This can be particularly helpful if your partner is not as sexually adventurous as you are.
But conversely, if you find it embarrassing to experiment in bed, fantasy offers an opportunity to give your imagination free rein and to play out roles. It can be used as a practice arena where you can build confidence before embarking on something new.
In psychosexual therapy, fantasy is often used to block out negative thoughts. If you find during sexual encounters your mind wanders to unhelpful images or thoughts, fantasy can help you to refocus on your sexual pleasure" Read the full article on our home page.
Recently Divine Caroline published an article by Brie Cadman titled: Why We Fantasize: The Science of Sex in which she explores our attitudes about sexual fantasies and notes that they "are something we rarely discuss, even among good friends. Our deepest sexual thoughts are often considered too weird, perverse, or just plain wrong to be shared amongst polite company; fantasizing might indicate there is something wrong with our relationships, or worse, ourselves. But research indicates that having sexual fantasies is an absolutely normal, if not necessary, part of being a sexual being. It's not having them that is aberrant.
Large research studies indicate that almost everyone fantasizes and almost none of us talk about it. While researching his book, Who's Been Sleeping in Your Head: The Secret World of Sexual Fantasies, Brett Kahr, a psychologist based in the UK, anonymously surveyed 18,000 people in Britain and America. He asked them questions about the frequency and content of their fantasies and found that nine out of ten people have sexual fantasies. What's more, he believes the remaining tenth person has them too, but is too embarrassed to admit it."
We believe a woman's sensual and sexual health should include a rich fantasy life. We believe that fantasy life should delight, enlighten and entertain. A Woman's Goodnight offers the opportunity to both enhance your fantasy life and reclaim your sexual imagination while entertaining you.
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