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Hand Maiden Press openly celebrates the sensual magic and pleasure of sex. Our mission is to lovingly disseminate poetry and short fiction that awakens the senses and arouses readers.

Hand Maiden Press will do this by publishing occasional limited editions of hand-stitched chapbooks containing poetry and short fiction by those kindred spirits we discover who share our common interest. Hand Maiden Press is looking primarily for writers with some publication experience.

Too often today, sex is hidden away as if it is dirty or unclean, when nothing could be further from the truth. People need lust, passion, pleasure and love. Hand Maiden Press will not consider works that contain rape, bestiality, under age sex, incest or necrophilia.

Poetry:

free verse, not forms, rhymes or clever shapes;
active verbs, concrete images, original diction and impeccable grammar;
no more than eight poems; and
no simultaneous submissions.

Prose:

fictional characters only;
active verbs, descriptive adjectives, fresh and original prose, and impeccable grammar;
 up to three short stories of no longer than 3,000 words each;
no simultaneous submissions; and
no plays, scripts and partial or complete novels.

Instructions:

Your submission should be within the body of your e-mail. Attachments will not be read.
Include a brief biography outlining your publication credentials.
Include a statement confirming you are of legal age
Include your name, pen name, address, e-mail address and telephone number
No hard copies submissions will be considered.
No more than one submission at a time per writer will be considered.
Send your submissions to handmaiden@storm.ca

Upon receipt of your submission, Hand Maiden Press will send you an acknowledgement within 2 weeks. Hand Maiden Press will not provide justifications for not accepting your work, but will encourage you to submit to other publications always.

If you are accepted, Hand Maiden Press will provide a nominal payment and a small number of copies to accepted authors. Payment will be made upon publication.

Hand Maiden Press reserves the right to produce additional print runs.

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