**WE SEEK A VARIETY OF WRITING STYLES**

This anthology seeks to show how Black lesbians in the south have created their own identities, identity politics, and culture to represent their same-gender loving and same-sex desires (see topic list below).

We invite established and emerging scholars, intellectuals, activists, and creative writers who are Black, and lesbian, bisexual, trans, or queer, and southern (born, bred and/or immigrant in US South) to write up to 2500 words (essay, fiction, nonfiction prose, drama, or interview) or up to 5 poems relevant to these ideas. While we prefer female writers, Black men are also welcome to submit work relevant to this theme.

Though we are interested in the following broadly construed topics, we will consider others not listed:

Marriage/civil unions/adoption/child rearing/family structures
southern identities and genders within lesbian communities
regional politics and lesbian culture
migration(s) to the south/north
southern lesbian history/ political figures (regional and local)
being southern and queer on university campuses
lesbians in HBCUs
impact/intersections of spirituality/religiosity, gender and queerness
queer(ing) representations of southern culture in film, lit and music
place, space and landscapes in southern lesbian experience or representations
butch/femme aesthetic and beyond the binary
inter-racial relationships
history of slavery and lesbian culture
lesbian clubs, parties, circuits and production companies
social activities
political groups

1. DEADLINES: Please send abstract for essays and interviews by JUNE 30, 2008.
All other writing styles should be submitted by DEC 1st, 2008.
Lmonda@juno.com and marlonRmoore@gmail.com
3. Include your name, mailing address, email address, and a bio that includes your racial and geographical background WITHIN your piece, as submissions will be separated from emails to be read.