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Janeland Women Write More about Leaving Men for Women

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Six years have passed since the publication of Lambda Literary Award finalist Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write about Leaving Men for Women, a groundbreaking exploration of sexual fluidity through intimate, firsthand stories. This anthology remains a crucial resource for women who find themselves deliciously (and distressingly) floundering in the knowledge that although they have always identified as straight, they are now madly in love with another woman. It’s time to update, extend, broaden, and strengthen the conversation. The last six years has also been a revolutionary time for all LGBT people, and this book will be expansive enough to contain a full spectrum, including Trans perspectives, that could have only manifested over half a decade of turbulent and triumphant social change. Janeland will include continuations of many of the original writers’ stories, but we also seek new voices and unique variations on the now-familiar Jane story, including submissions from women who found the first book to be a catalyst, resource, and a way to connect with other women going through the same transformation. This new cadre of women will write from a place of community and support, while also acknowledging repercussions, bad and good: custody battles, exes both furious and supportive, estrangement from and reconnection with family and friends, as well as mind-blowing sexual and emotional awakenings and the life-changing transcendence that comes from living one’s truth.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print PublicationOne-time publication.

Nonfiction Closed

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Females, Transgender people, All sexual identities, Specific group.

Lengths:
Essay Essay2,000 - 4,000 words.
Narrative Nonfiction Narrative Nonfiction2,000 - 4,000 words.
Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Personal.

Topics:

Memoir (See guidelines), Sexuality/Gender (LGBTQ issues, See guidelines), Other (See guidelines).

Payment:

Unknown payment Unknown payment.
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Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Unknown.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.


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Dates

Last Updated: 15 Sep 2016
Date Added: 13 Jul 2016

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