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DESCRIPTION:https://www.fridae.asia/hk/agenda/6107\n\nAN INVITATION TO WRIT
 ERS\nto submit to\n\nThe Queer Ink Anthology:\nContemporary LGBT Stories o
 f India\n\nQueer Ink\, India’s first online bookstore (www.Queer-Ink.com
 ) for everything queer\, seeks YOUR stories for an exciting new anthology 
 of diverse\, contemporary LGBT/queer stories.\n\nBuilding on the work of o
 ther groundbreaking historical anthologies\, we are seeking dynamic storie
 s of people living in India today who identify as lesbian\, gay\, bisexual
 \, transgender\, hijra\, kothi\, queer\, genderqueer\, or other gender-non
 -conforming identities.\n\nStories may be fiction or nonfiction.  Writers 
 may be of any gender identity as long as the story features a primary char
 acter who is queer.  Rural or urban\, gritty or sunny\, Mills & Boon or *M
 idnight’s Children* — all writing styles and experiences are invited. 
  Diaspora writings are also welcome as long as there is a strong connectio
 n to India in the main character’s\nlife. Excerpts from longer works (no
 vels\, memoirs) are welcome but must be able to stand alone.\n\nWe will be
  seeking a mix of established and emerging writers. A panel of editors/cur
 ators led by Minal Hajratwala (award-winning author of *Leaving India: My 
 Family’s Journey From Five Villages to Five Continents*) will select the
  stories.\n\nWe welcome regional language submissions and\, for selected s
 tories\, will work with authors and translators to create English versions
 . The anthology will be in English. All accepted stories will go through a
  professional editing process in which writers will retain ultimate contro
 l of story content.\n\nWriters will be paid 1\,000 rupees per story plus t
 wo copies of the anthology.\n\n\nThe Queer Ink Anthology:\nContemporary LG
 BT Stories of India\nGuidelines for Submission\n\nPlease email *anthology@
 queer-ink.com *no later than March 15\, 2011\, with the following:\n\n· 2
 00-word description (synopsis) of your story.  (This description should be
  in English and state the language of the original story\, if other than E
 nglish.)\n\n· Your name*\n\n· Your pen name\, for publication purposes\,
  if different\n\n· Email address\n\n· Phone number\n\n· City\, state\, 
 and country of current residence\n\n· Brief biographical statement about 
 you (1-2 sentences)\n\n· Our strong editorial preference is for unpublish
 ed works\, but we will consider stories that have been published in a very
  small circulation publication or website\, or a non-English publication. 
 Please disclose any prior publications in your email.\n\n·  (OPTIONAL)  I
 f completed\, you may also attach the full story.\n\nPlease follow these g
 uidelines closely:  Use a standard font\, 12 point\, double-spaced type.  
 Include the word count of your story on the first page. On every page\, pl
 ease include your name (or pen name)\, story title\, and page number.  Sub
 mit your story as a .doc or .rtf file — all other other file types will 
 not be opened.\n\nIf you prefer to submit by mail\, please send to: P.O Bo
 x 7623\, Malad (W)\, Mumbai 400.064.\n\nMailed submissions must be postmar
 ked by March 15\, 2011.\n\nWe will contact you by April 1 if we are intere
 sted in seeing the full story.\n\nCompleted stories will be due by April 3
 0\, 2011.\n\n\n**A NOTE ON ANONYMITY:\nWe welcome submissions by writers w
 ho prefer to use a different name in print.  If your story is selected\, w
 e will need your real name for legal purposes\, including copyright and pa
 yments.  We will keep your name 100% confidential if you prefer.*\n
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SUMMARY:The Queer Ink Anthology: Contemporary LGBT Stories of India
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