Desdmona Sixties Erotic Story Contest

[impressive]

http://www.desdmona.com/contestsubmit.php

It’s the Sixties, and the times, they are a-changing.

It’s the decade that brought us the Beatles, Vietnam, the first walk on the Moon, and LSD. Birth control pill use becomes wide-spread, enabling millions of women to participate more actively outside the home. It is the Summer of Love and Woodstock; war protests, the Civil Rights movement and the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy, Malcom X, Martin Luther King, and Che Guevara.

The wind of change is blowing through the world, and we want you write about it.

We want your original, erotic stories about the Sixties. Set it any time between 1960 and 1969, keep the word count under 3500 words, and make it super-sexy, man.

Desdmona’s 2007 Sixties Erotica Contest is an erotic short story contest. Stories must be 3500 words or less. There is no entry fee. Only one story is allowed per author. Stories must be received by Sunday, July 15, 2007. Prizes will be awarded to the judges’ three favorite stories:

First prize: $500

Second prize: $250

Third prize: $125

Honorable mention prizes of $40 will be awarded at the discretion of desdmona.com and the judges.

Winners will be picked by our judges and will be based on quality of writing, erotic appeal, originality, and adherence to contest theme. Please, be imaginative! The winning stories and honorable mentions will be displayed on desdmona.com on Wednesday, August 1, 2007.

Contest Rules:

1. PURPOSE. To encourage authors to write new erotic literature, and to promote the art of erotic literature on the Internet.

2. AWARDS. $500 First prize — $250 Second prize — $125 Third prize. Honorable Mention prizes of $40 may be awarded at the discretion of Desdmona.com and the contest judges. Prize money will be awarded in US funds, in the form of a postal money order or a bank draft drawn on a US bank. Alternative payment methods will be permitted if agreed to by both Desdmona.com and the winning author.

Winning authors agree to have their winning stories published at Desdmona.com indefinitely. Stories that do not win a prize will not be displayed at Desdmona.com.

3. ENTRY FEE. None.

4. ELIGIBILITY. Entrants must be at least 18 years old. Employees of Desdmona.com and their families, and contest judges and their families, are not eligible to enter this contest.

5. SUBMITTAL. Stories must be submitted by email. We can accept Microsoft Word documents (DOC or RTF files) as attachments, and we can accept plain text. Section breaks should be marked with a line of asterisks. Plain text entries should be single-spaced with a blank line between paragraphs. Other formats will not be accepted.

Only one story is permitted per author.

The subject line of the submission should include the words “2007 Sixties Erotica Contest.” The submission email must include a valid reply address. Upon receipt of the story and acceptance by the contest pre-screener, Desdmona.com will email the entrant that the story has been received and accepted.

IMPORTANT! All entries must include the ENTRY TEXT which appears at the end of these rules. Copy this ENTRY TEXT and paste it into the body of the entry email. Entries without this text will not be accepted.

The entrant must be the story’s author. The author must own the copyright of the story. The submission must include the author’s name or pseudonym to be used should the entry become a winner. The submission must include an email address at which desdmona.com can contact the author.

The story must have a title.

The story must be 3500 words long or less.

Our provider does not permit child pornography; please, no underage sex.

The story must not have been published, in whole or in part, prior to the contest deadline. The author agrees not to publish the story, or permit the story to be published, before the winners are announced on Wednesday, August 1, 2007. After the announcement of winners, all entrants, including winners, are free to publish their stories in any venue they desire.

Stories must be received by 11:59 PM EST, Sunday, July 15, 2007. No late entries will be accepted.

6. JUDGING. A pre-screener will check all stories for adherence to contest requirements. The pre-screener will remove the author’s name and format the story as an HTML document before passing the stories to the judges.

The judges will decide the best stories based on each judges’ estimation of the story’s worth, use of the contest theme, and erotic appeal. The decision of the judges is final.

7. NOTIFICATION. The prize money will be awarded by Desdmona.com in accordance to the decision of the judges. Desdmona.com will notify contest winners by email prior to Wednesday, August 1, 2007 in order to verify author information and to make payment arrangements. If a winning author can not be contacted prior to Wednesday, August 1, 2007, the winning story will be published at Desdmona.com, and it will be the author’s responsibility to contact Desdmona.com to make payment arrangements.

After the winning stories have been chosen, but before they are published on the website, winning stories may be edited for style and content. No modifications will be made without the explicit consent of the author.

All contestants will receive an email on Wednesday, August 1, 2007 (or as soon as is practical afterwards) announcing the winning stories. In addition, the winning announcement will appear at http://www.desdmona.com. All winning stories will be published at http://www.desdmona.com.

8. ADDRESS. Email stories with your name, email address, and the following ENTRY TEXT by Sunday, July 15, 2007 to contest@desdmona.com.

ENTRY TEXT. (must be included in contest entry email):

I am the original author of this story. I own this story's copyright. I am legally entitled to enter this contest. I confirm that this story has not been previously published, online or in print. I agree to withhold the story from all
publication prior to the announcement of the contest's winners on Wednesday, August 1, 2007. If this story wins a prize, I agree to allow the story to appear indefinitely on the desdmona.com contest pages.

END ENTRY TEXT

These contest rules may be distributed and re-posted without the permission of desdmona.com.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Thanks, Imp. Some of us have been stuck in the Sixties for decades now.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Guest]

I was but a mere child, but hormones started kicking in the late sixties. There was a photo of a topless girl all muddy at Woodstock that made a young boy SPROING.

 

[angelicminx]

Thanks, Imp! Sounds interesting.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Thanks Imp... I wonder if they'd allow stories with real celebrities in them??

 

[drksideofthemoon]

Under 3500 words? Sheesh, that leaves me out...LOL...

 

[oggbashan]

I remember...

I was around in the 1960s, and unlike many people at that time, I remember them because I stuck to alcohol and avoided any of the drugs.

I spent many happy nights in Soho, Chelsea and Belgravia.

Now all I have to do is change the names to protect the guilty...

Og

 

[rachlou]

Looks interesting, although it's before my time. I guess if you introduce LSD into the story, you could pretty much write about anything.

 

[fcdc]

Haha. Irony, eh, Marsh et al.?

I can write a second one, though.

 

[MarshAlien]

Haha. Irony, eh, Marsh et al.?

I can write a second one, though.

I thought of you as soon as I saw this thread. Instead of too little, too late, you were too early with too much. Next time write smaller and slower.

 

[lucky-E-leven]

No restriction on F/F? Cool. I don't know enough of the 60's to do it without a lot of research, but I bet my Mom remembers enough to help out. Will have to see about this one. Thanks for sharing, Imp.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Thanks for the heads-up, Imp. I remember the sixties quite well, going from being kicked out of the Air force in 1960 to being a Skid-Row wino by 1969. I remember some of the phenomena of the time too. I believe I will give this a whirl.

 

[glynndah]

This could be fun. I remember the 60's....

 

[impressive]

This could be fun. I remember the 60's....

I do, too -- but eroticism wasn't on my mind at the time. Kaptain Kangaroo was.

 

[oggbashan]

This could be fun. I remember the 60's....

Even at the start of 1960 I was legal in UK terms.

I just wasn't in the UK for much of 1960.

I was back in the UK when I became legal in Literotica terms and I had sexual experience from another country behind me and a short-lived aura of exoticism.

Og

 

[slyc_willie]

Hmm . . . born in '71

It'd be hard for me to not rely on a lot of common assumptions and cliches concerning the sixties, but it would be an interesting challenge.

Thanks, Imp

(God DAMN that Av . . . )

 

[cloudy]

I do, too -- but eroticism wasn't on my mind at the time. Kaptain Kangaroo was.

Indeed.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

For those too young to have been there or too stoned to remember, this link is to a pretty good college site on the decade's cultural history.

Cultural History of the Sixties

Rumple Foreskin

 

[Boxlicker101]

For those too young to have been there or too stoned to remember, this link is to a pretty good college site on the decade's cultural history.

Cultural History of the Sixties

Rumple Foreskin

Sexually speaking, it was a pretty important decade. Among other things, topless dancers, silicone, legalization of porn, birth control pills, and many other things. I will probably write a story set in SF, where I lived in 1960, 61 and 62, and thought about a lot after that.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Sexually speaking, it was a pretty important decade. Among other things, topless dancers, silicone, legalization of porn, birth control pills, and many other things. I will probably write a story set in SF, where I lived in 1960, 61 and 62, and thought about a lot after that.

Sounds like winner, Box. IMHO, "The Pill" was the key element.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Hmmm...so is a story set in the last hour of December 31, 1969 still valid?

I'm a 1970 baby myself, but I can remember enough stories from my older relatives as well as recall photographs in the fambly albums to paint a vivid picture...

Only thing is that the community where I grew up might not've been as fashionable or romantic during the turbulent sixties as other more well-known cities...but that's the challenge, no?

 

[Boxlicker101]

Sounds like winner, Box. IMHO, "The Pill" was the key element.

Rumple Foreskin

Of all the things that happened in the sixties regarding sex, The Pill was undoubtedly the most important, but it had nothing really to do with porn or topless or silicone or some other things.

 

[starrkers]

I do, too -- but eroticism wasn't on my mind at the time. Kaptain Kangaroo was.

Ah yes. The era before Sesame Street.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Bump, because I want to keep this thread on Page 1.

I have already started on my entry to this contest. I don't actually expect to win, but I will give it my best shot. I might even write erotica instead of the good old smut I usually churn out.

 

[impressive]

Bel & I will be entering












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