CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Kicked Out! Seeking Submissions

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Kicked Out is a new anthology to be published by Homofactus Press, which uniquely seeks to tell the tales of former queer youth and current queer youth who were forced to leave home because of their sexuality and/or gender identity. This anthology will tell our collective stories of survival, weaving together descriptions of abuse, and homelessness with poignant accounts of the ways in which queer community centers offered sanctuary, and the power and importance of creating our own chosen families in the face of losing everything we have ever known. Kicked Out offers advice and wisdom to the queer youth of today from those who have been in their shoes. Additionally, it provides the opportunity for readers to get a glimpse into the world of those queer youth who as a result of circumstance have to leave home, while simultaneously shattering the stereotypes of who queer youth are, and what they have the potential to become.

Kicked Out is a collection of stories of those of us who have survived the experiences of having to leave home as minors as a result of our gender and/or sexual identities; and it tells the tales of our queer survival. These are the stories of overcoming obstacles, not simply surviving but thriving in the face of seemingly insurmountable adversity. Kicked Out will explore the diversity of our experiences across lines race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, and geographic region celebrating our differences, and showcases the ways in which they have contributed to our unique experiences.

Possible topics include, but are not limited, to:

How being forced to leave home as a minor continues to impact your adult life.
What happened to you when you left home and how you survived.
Words of wisdom for today’s homeless queer youth—what you wished someone had told you.
Survival through the creation of “chosen family.”
Challenges of dealing with CPS or other agencies.
Success through adversity- overcoming a troubled past.

Submissions should be between 1,500 and 2,500 words in length and previously unpublished. Submit your piece via e-mail in .doc format to KickedOutAnthology@gmail.com. Multiple submissions per contributor are welcome. Please include a short biography and contact information with your submission. Submissions must be received no later than March 1, 2008; contributors are encouraged to submit early. Rights revert to the authors upon publication. Contributors whose work appears in the anthology will receive TBA free copy(ies) as well as ongoing royalties. Visit us online at www.myspace.com/kickedoutanthology

Sassafras Lowrey is a high femme writer, artist, and activist. Ze was forced to leave home as a teenager after suffering physical violence after coming out as queer. Sassafras found hir way to queer youth organizations and movements, which quite literally saved hir life. As an adult ze has never forgotten the impact those groups had on hir life and has volunteered regularly with the queer youth of today. Sassafras lives with hir partner, two cats and a dog in New York City. Hir first book GSA to Marriage: Stories of a Life Lived Queerly is scheduled for release Summer 2008.

Conference on Christianity and Literature
Student Writing Contest

Details: http://www.pepperdine.edu/sponsored/ccl/awardsandcontests/studentwritingcontest.htm

Submissions are being accepted for the 2008 Student Writing Contest. All regularly enrolled

undergraduate students are invited to submit entries in the categories of poetry, fiction, and
creative nonfiction. Nine winners, first, second, and third places, will be chosen from each
catgory. Winners will receive generous selections of books from Eerdmans and WordFarm publishing
companies, as well as one-year subscriptions to Image journal.

Judges for this year's contest will be:

Fiction: Marsena Konkle. The author of A Dark Oval Stone, Konkle has an MFA in writing from
Vermont College and lives in the Chicago area where she is at work on her second novel.
Poetry: Thom Satterlee. His volume of poems, Burning Wyclif, won the 2006 Walt McDonald Poetry
Prize. Satteree is a published translator who teaches in the English Department at Taylor
University. Non-fiction: Karl Gunther. The author of essays published in Books & Culture, Past & Present, and
elsewhere, Gunther recently completed a Ph.D. in history at Northwestern University and now
teaches at Rice University.
Guidelines for submissions

As in previous years, submissions need not directly address religious experience, but the
work should explore issues of spiritual inquiry. There is no submission fee.

Students may submit up to three typed entries (font size 12-14). Poems should be no more than
two pages long; fiction and non-fiction entries must be double-spaced and may not exceed fifteen
pages. Only the title of the work should appear on each entry. A separate page for each work
should list:

Author's name
E-mail address
Permanent mailing address
Current academic affiliation
Category of each entry
Title(s) of work(s) entered

Send entries to:

"CCL Writing Contest"
c/o Brett Foster
English Department
Wheaton College
501 College Avenue
Wheaton, IL 60187

Entries must be received by Friday, March 7,
2008. Submissions cannot be returned.

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