BOYSLUT zine Open Call for Submissions

I wanna read about your raunchy, kinky, and meaningful sexual adventures. I wanna see your growth (both literally and metaphorically)!

Mar 27, 2024

My Dearest Boysluts,

I would love to start fading myself out of the BOYSLUT zine and have at least half of the new essays and short stories come from you. This means I need you all to submit (pun intended). I know from #SluttySundays that you are all up to some naughty and kinky shit; I wanna hear it!

I AM NOW ACCEPTING BOTH NON-FICTION AND FICTION. GUIDELINES BELOW!

One thing before delving into submission guidelines. Please take your submissions seriously. Please don’t send me pieces with typos all over the place. Don’t send me a piece that reads like a diary entry. Don’t write, “I hope there’s something in here. I’ll let you figure it out!”

I know BOYSLUT isn’t the New York Times, but I want you to submit pieces to me as if it were. I take this zine (and my work) seriously, and you should, too!

Still, I don’t want this to discourage any submissions. Your piece doesn’t have to be perfect, and I am happy to edit your work and love to help mold new writers. But there is a balance when it comes to submitting, and I trust you to do your best to find it.

Submission Payment:

As of 2025, I’m offering $100 for accepted submissions. I pay the moment I accept your finalized piece via Paypal or Venmo. (Let’s go ahead and call it Net-7), so you get your money within a week at the latest. As a freelance writer, I know how infuriating it is not to get paid timely (or at all). I won’t do you dirty like that.

Nonfiction Submission Requirements:

I will only accept pieces on spec (i.e., you need to send me the finalized piece, not a pitch). This is because it’s not about what you did; it’s about how you write about what you did. Even the most traditional or vanilla sexual experience can be written in a gripping manner. On the other hand, a wild sexual night of debauchery can be written in a shockingly boring way.
Please submit in a Google Doc.
This should not be a summary of all your sexy past encounters. Focus on ONE sexual encounter, going into detail.
Please make sure to “show” not “tell.” This is the main reason I reject pieces. Not sure what I mean? Check this out!

I’m accepting pitches from all sexualities and genders. Despite the name, I view boyslut as being a genderless term. Sexual diversity has been missing from this zine. While I have a number of wild sexual adventures, I do the things that I do. I have threesomes. I love me a daisy chain. I’m an orgy aficionado. But there are things I don’t do and never could do, no matter how hard I try. That’s where you come in.

Your essays can be anonymous. That’s fine by me.
Please do not write about anyone without their consent. Change names when necessary. You may have noticed, but the only times I use someone’s real name is after I’ve asked them, and they want me to use their real name to promote their social media/OnlyFans. If you use someone’s real name, I will need an email/text/written confirmation that they consented.

It should be more than about great sex. I have a TON of great sex I don’t write about because there isn’t a story there. I want you to have grown from your sexual experience. I want you to have learned something about yourself. If not that, I want your sexual experience to reveal something about culture or society at large.
The only exception is if you did something fucking insane. If you got sounded by a stranger, I want to hear about it. No lessons needed. Got double-fisted in The Rambles? That’s just really damn hot, and I’m here for it. But otherwise, let’s look for some deeper meaning.

Length: I don’t really care. If you can do it in 600 words, more power to you. But I’d guess most essays will be between 1,400 and 2,000 words. Please, nothing over 2,200 words. I have a life.

Tone: BOYSLUT is not only extremely graphic while still managing to be tasteful, but it’s also fun and playful. I like things to end on a positive, fun, and uplifting note.
Please make sure everyone in this story is at least 18 years old.

Please send submissions to boyslutsubmissions@gmail.com. UPDATE: I can no longer respond to all submissions. I’m simply getting way too many! If you don’t hear back within a week, that means I have passed on your essay.

Reminder: If I reject your piece, that doesn’t mean you’re not a great writer. It doesn’t mean your story wasn’t hot. What it probably means is that I didn’t connect with it the way I hoped (or I may have a story in the pipeline that’s too similar). You can also always submit something else.

Fiction Submissions

The same rules apply for submitting on spec, showing and not telling, and the ability to be anonymous.
Please submit in a Google Doc.
I’m pretty much open to anything, but I want it to be creative. I want it to be different. I don’t want it to read like a non-fiction piece. Nonetheless, every character in the story needs to be above 18. Content with animals, beasts, or fantastical creatures is a gray area. I plan to have an entire nautical series about the marines and pirates. There will definitely be a scene involving a giant squid. I’m okay with that, but if you wrote a piece about fucking a horse, I’d reject it on the premise.
Non-consensual content is again ambiguous. Many of us have non-consensual fantasies, and I want to explore them. There is a way to write about it that is hot and arousing and a way that feels cruel. I will only be accepting the former.
Length is again in the 1,400-2,200 range, though if a piece is fabulous and 3,500 words, I’ll still publish it. It just can’t be a piece where I have to do heavy editing because that would literally take me forever.
Again, please send submissions to boyslutsubmissions@gmail.com.

Other Fun Updates

Paperbacks for Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto are available now for preorder! Look at the cover. SHE IS PINK AND SO CUTE AND I WANNA DIE! (The official pub date is May 7, 2024.)
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