SUBMISSIONS from gay men (preferred) to interest gay male readers.
Essays, memoir pieces, short stories, poetry, photography, reviews of: books, movies on DVD (feature-length or capsule).
Word count range: 450 - 3,000 words (strong fiction can go somewhat longer). All pieces are written in New Yorker style: no footnotes; vivid, concise, clear, urbane, entertaining. Your piece must be original and you must be the author, but you can use a pen-name if you wish.
E-mail a brief article proposal to ganymedenyc[at]gmail.com. If your piece is already written, paste the first 500 words into the body of the e-mail itself; no attachments at this point.
For poets: paste your three best poems into the body of your e-mail followed by brief bio and your website link; attach your cutest photo of yourself. Poets published in Ganymede also appear later in our annual anthology, Ganymede Poets (click here).
Contributors are not paid (nobody is), but we do effectively promote you, your work/services, and your website(s). No free print copies; even the editor must buy his own, though we can send a free PDF of the entire issue if your email can handle very large attachments (10mb). You retain full copyright on your piece and can re-publish it elsewhere afterward, though we appreciate a credit line.
If you're a writer and would like to contribute, here's what we are looking for now:
> Short stories about gay male life with gay male protagonists.
Skip over coming out dramas and move directly to slices of gay male life actually lived: not whether the protagonist is gay, but HOW he is gay, in a rich stew of gay male friends, vividly drawn. Stories we publish are automatically included in our annual anthology, Ganymede Stories.
> Translations of foreign gay male fiction into English. Short stories or sample chapters from novels. Be sure to get (and document) any necessary permissions before translating the work. You retain full copyright and can shop your translation wherever you wish after it debuts in Ganymede; just give us a credit line upon re-publication. Perfect for a young translator who wants to build a portfolio of published work, especially in a market as brisk as gay male fiction.
> Capsule reviews of movies that can be rented on DVD for home viewing
> Essays about books and authors you have discovered...or whatever you think will interest our readers: pitch us!
If you're a gay male photographer...
We're kind of past model pin-up images, having published the three best practitioners in the business already, so now we are looking for:
> conceptual images using the male form (and not the female): browse the sample pages of photo portfolios posted on our main website
> EVERYDAY GAY: a series of photo essays depicting real-life gay male couples (young and cute, of course) living together over time. Should show strong personalities in varied, well-composed candid shots that tell an interesting story.
The photographer retains full copyright; his websites and books are effectively promoted; and concepts like these always make nice exhibits or blurb books after they appear in Ganymede.
To be considered, submit just your website and/or flickr page links so we can browse at leisure, and not individual images as attachments.
If you're an aspiring videographer...
Four times a year, Ganymede would like to post a 5-10 min. video clip on YouTube walking readers through each issue. With voice-over, we would pan, zoom, and fade in and out of key actual pages, and 2-3 contributors would appear on-screen reading snippets of their texts. Very simple, if you have a digital camera with sound and the editing software to put it together from our shooting script. You would get a full-screen credit, seen by the world, for relatively little effort.
Contact: ganymedenyc[at]gmail.com
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