Desdmona's Hard-Boiled Sex Contest MATURE CONTENT

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About

The gun. The innocent victim who isn’t really all that innocent. The tough, callous detective. The femme fatale with the dirty little secret. You’ve read the stories and secretly loved them. Hard-boiled stories are everywhere: pulp magazines, noir movies, true crime books, and detective novels are just a few sources. Whether it’s Edgar Allen Poe, Raymond Chandler, Dennis Lehane, or Frank Miller, they’ve been popular for as long as fiction has been published. Now we want to see hard-boiled sex stories. We’ll grant you broad leeway on the theme – dead bodies aren’t a requirement, nor are alcoholic private dicks. But we want tough, and we want edgy, and we want the story to be as hot as Hades.

No Fees! This contest does not charge mandatory fees.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Contest Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: One-time contest

Fiction Closed

Audience:

Adults.

Genres:

Erotica
Mystery/Crime

Lengths:

Short Story: 1,000 - 3,500 words.

Styles:

Unknown

Topics:

None found.

Winner's Prize:

Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Pay ranges from Semi-pro payment (1-4.9 US cents per word) to Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word).
Note: We list broad pay categories rather than prize specifics. Check with the publisher for details.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Multiple entries are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026