Fiction editors: Bill Noble and Shanna Germain

Founded in 1998, Clean Sheets is a premier venue for literary erotica on the Web, with over 3,000 readers a day, viewing millions of pages every month.. We publish all new material every Wednesday. An impressive percentage of what we publish is picked up by major print anthologies each year, including Susie Bright's Best American Erotica series, the Best Women's Erotica series, and Mammoth Books' Best Erotica series. Clean Sheets welcomes tales of all sexual persuasions, and we are open to both established and new writers. We have two special-issue months -- July is our Erotic Feast, and February is devoted to the eroticism of travel.

Clean Sheets' independent publishing arm, Samba Mountain Press, publishes the critically-acclaimed From Porn to Poetry print anthology series, along with publishing individual works from Clean Sheets' contributors (including Blue: the Color of Desire, which first ran as a serial in Clean Sheets, and the new Mike Kimera book, Writing Naked).

Clean Sheets is also a proud sponsor of the new annual Rauxa Prize for erotic writing, which carries a $1,000 first-place award.

A. What We Want

For fiction, we want intriguing characters, compelling plots, fresh, intelligent perspectives, and sex that sears your motherboard. The best way to catch our drift? Browse our archives, which are open, without cost or password, to everyone.

We want stories that represent the broadest possible range of lifestyles, cultures, red-hot play, and deep emotion. We accept reprints and simultaneous submissions (be sure to tell us when you submit).

We generally publish fiction from 1500-3500 words. Shorter pieces may be submitted to our Exotica section.

We ask you to attest that your work is original in its entirety. You may publish under a pen name, but for publication we'll need your real name.

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.

B. Payment

There is a payment of $25/story for fiction at this time, and we also provide unlimited links to your work and other publications. Clean Sheets publishes a regular print anthology (From Porn to Poetry), and if your work is selected for inclusion, there is an additional payment, and those rights will be negotiated at that time.

Rights, archiving and links: We ask for one month, one-time electronic rights. We'll also ask you if you'd like your story placed in our archives, where it can remain until you ask us to withdraw it.

C. How to Submit

We receive hundreds of stories each year. Please follow our guidelines exactly to assure you get careful consideration.

We reply within one month. If you have not heard back from us within that time, please contact us.

1. Send one story at a time, in plain ASCII format in the text of an email, to fiction@cleansheets.com.

2. Subject line: FICT SUB: story title

3. Bracket italics or other text with special formatting in asterisks.

4. We do not accept attachments.