Lucrezia Magazine is always on the lookout for quality erotica, informative essays, articles, art, and focuses on a variety of themes. To avoid possible disappointment and/or possible frustration, please take time out to read the below guidelines.

Current submission period:

Submissions will be closed between 24 December 2009 and 28 February 2010

***Important Story Guidelines  & Updates***

While we cannot guarantee publication for every submission, we do have a few pointers that may minimize rejection based on the below points:

• We have decided not to accept stories in second person/progressive tense POV. The simple reason being that this view is difficult and seldom successful and rather awkward to read when too much attention is paid to every minute and torturous detail. It’s like reading a story in slow motion.
• As of 2010, we are aiming at publishing more non violent erotic stories that focus on gender equality. This means that we’re not going to be considering stories that revolve around characters with psyches that require violence (in any form) to sate their sexual urges. Nor are we accepting stories that depict women in an inferior sexual position. There are other websites that specialize in that genre.
• Please keep in mind verbs and nouns need to agree in case, number, etc.
• Stories must contain characters that have an identity, such as a name. No character identity, no story.
• POV needs to be consistent. Please proof read your work before submitting it. We will flatly reject stories that contain confusing points of view or stories that jump from one perspective to another. Writers are expected to know the difference between past and present perfect as well as other aspects and know when to apply various aspects within their stories.
• Spell check should be used for spelling, such as assisting with US spelling and not for sentence structure. Microsoft Word doesn’t accurately check grammar for fiction.
• All submissions in second person/progressive present tense will be rejected without detailed explanation.
• Please don’t submit stories that read like personal sexual fantasies or like a Penthouse ‘hot’ letter.
• We don’t do experimental erotic fiction. To us, experimental refers to stories that aren’t really stories and are often summed up one huge paragraph, that often contain nameless characters who masturbate more than relate to other people.
• Fact checking is important. Please double check your facts such as historical, scientific and even geographical information before you submit your story. We may like the story but request mandatory changes.

Overdone Storylines:

We do appreciate the difficulty of a fresh approach. Erotica tends to focus on…the erotic, but we do receive stories that aren’t original, that may read like a scene from a pornographic film.

What we don’t want:

• A quickie/faux flash story that is really just a sex fantasy that is often a poor imitation of the anonymous letters in Nancy Friday’s books, Penthouse hot letters or forum.
• The usual next door neighbor sex story that is never realistic that usually features two women who, after living next door to each other for years suddenly decide to explore each other’s G spots. This falls into the above-mentioned fantasy/hot letter category and has been done to death.
• Warring couple stories. He hates her, she hates him, but they have great make up sex. That may be nice for a personal sex fantasy but it doesn’t often translate to a good short story.
• An ego driven tale that sounds like a long psychotherapy session. Short stories can seldom fit a character’s early life, parental history and neurosis…and sex.
• Simple, formulaic erotic stories, two thirds of which unfold in flashback mode.

Fiction

We seek scenery, characterization and dialogue; characters within a story interact with other characters, and stories are required to reflect this. We think erotica: sass, pathos, action, motivation, humor, passion, joie de vivre, and sensuality. There are many more key words we can think of, but these are the essential ingredients we consider foremost. There is no limit to the ambience. In general, stories that engage a reader on a realistic level and have a life on their own. We are not looking for blog entries, or men magazine styled ‘hot letters.’

Confessions/Personal Essay

This section may be thought of as creative non-fiction. Each item is to contain a point or make some statement. Lucrezia isn’t shy, and does not err on the side of political correctness, but please keep in mind that we’re not aroused by libelous content. We won’t tolerate celebrity gossip or innuendo.

Photoessay

This section is for the writer/photographer. You don’t have to be a professional photographer for this section but all the images have to be either of you, taken by you and relate to your inner experience.

Articles/Reviews

A reviewer is required to have intimate knowledge of their topic (displaying their research skills), and consider audience first. Is the topic informative, useful or enlightening? We aren’t looking for ‘lite’ reviews. Due to the abundance of bloggers reviewing adult toys i.e. the Pleasurists site, we aren’t looking for sex toy reviewers or if we choose to publish sex toy reviews, they will be unpaid reviews.

Taboo
We don’t have many taboos here and the taboo section is for legal reasons:

1. In most instances, we don’t accept previously published work. Please email us first.

2. We’ve reverted back to accepting simultaneous submissions.

3. We will not publish work that is steered by sexual violence (mental or physical). ABSOLUTELY NO incest, snuff, violence, bestiality, necrophilia, rape, pedophilia, underage sex, rape fantasy or any stories describing adults engaging in non-consensual sex. ‘Reluctant sex’ still falls under non-consent, and all stories containing reluctant sex scenes will be rejected outright. We’re not a fan of ’she said no, but meant yes,’ literature. Nor are we into blood or scat. Keep that content for your personal blogs.

4. We’re not looking for BDSM or stories that revolve around a central theme of violence (that usually revolves around character traits rather than story plot).

Submission: word limits, formatting, etc
Please read about word content/counts at the end of this page. No, we’re not going to accept submissions below the minimum. We don’t care how prolific your career is.

Work can be submitted as plain text, pasted on the email or as a Word Document (RTF). Our preferred font size is 11 or 12, and the preferred fonts are Times New Roman and Courier. DO NOT submit in doc.x format as it doesn’t come through. If you want to paste your story on to your email, please paste from a program other than Word, as it doesn’t format well.
If you prefer plain text, please ensure you highlight the beginning and end of sections requiring italics or bold text with appropriate markers: < i > or < b >
Submissions should include the author’s full name, pen name (if desired), contact email address, copyright ownership declaration, word count and a brief synopsis.

***A lengthy biography isn’t necessary, as it is not about who you are or where you’ve been published but the submitted article/piece. If we choose to accept the work, a contract/agreement will be sent to the author/artist. We do tend to respond to the author/sender details on the email, so don’t be offended if we get your name wrong (if you include it at the bottom of a detailed biography). We do tend to read the story submission first and the biography later, not the other way around.

Art/Photography

Artists/Photographers are to submit work in JPEG/GIF format with optimal PPI or DPI (minimum 72 pixels per inch). Each image should not exceed 1MB. If the art is photographic, the photographer is required to verify the age of the models. All models within photographic images are required to be over 18 years of age. If you require more information, please consult our art/photography editor. The work selected is up to the artist/photographer. You can submit a small portfolio of the images. Please don’t send us extensive biographies and links to your pages and presume that we have time to go through all your work. We review submissions each day, and don’t have time to inspect endless albums and/or galleries to select something. As far as we are concerned you are the artist and it is up to you to showcase the work you wish to showcase. The only exception to above is during periods where we approach artists/photographers ourselves.
Things to include in your submission: What your work represents (in the sexual/erotic sense) and why the subject interests you, so we can formulate a profile and article, and work with you, to display your work to its fullest advantage. Don’t send an email detailing your publication history, with links or examples. We need actual submissions that reflect a body of work: concepts, ideas, views, etc.
Please submit to the appropriate contacts:
Fiction:fictionsubs@lucreziamagazine.com
Essay/Opinion/Review: editor@lucreziamagazine.com
Art/Photography: artsubs@lucreziamagazine.com
If you do have a general question about content you wish to submit, please contact us at queries@lucreziamagazine.com

Payment

All quoted amounts are in US currency and will be paid within 60 days of publication.

Submission Follow Up Address:

Due to the weird wonderful world that is email, some correspondence can get caught up in our spam filters. If you haven’t heard back from us, please email us at our Gmail email address (without spaces): lucreziamagazine @ gmail.com

Text submissions will be paid via Paypal. For information about paypal, visit www.paypal.com to read about the simplicity of creating a Paypal account and linking it to your personal bank account. Lucrezia Mag payments will be sent to your Paypal account via your email address.

Word Counts

As of 1 May 2009 the long fiction requirements have changed. The minimum is now 2000 words. This minimum applies to all submissions received after 1 May 2008 (minimum 2000 words, maximum 6000 words): $20.00

Flash Fiction/Quickie (500-1000): $10.00
Essay/Opinion/Confessional/Article/blog excerpt (800-1500 words): $10.00

Sex toy reviews:Due to the over abundance of sex toy reviews on blogs and other web sites, there is no payment rate for sex toy reviews.

Photoessay (200-1000 words): $15.00

**Photography: Currently we are unable to pay for photography. But we are happy to showcase work and provide as much biographical/promotional material as we’re permitted.