Clean Sheets MATURE CONTENT

This project is on indefinite hiatus. Check their site to find out whether this is a submission and/or publication hiatus. (April 2016)

About

Founded in 1998, Clean Sheets is a magazine devoted to encouraging and publishing quality erotic fiction, poetry, and art, providing honest information and thoughtful commentary on sexuality, and fostering an ongoing discussion of sexuality in the lives of individuals and in a global society.

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 52 x per year

Collapse section Fiction On Hiatus

For fiction, we want intriguing characters, compelling plots, fresh, intelligent perspectives, and sex that sears your motherboard. We want stories that represent the broadest possible range of lifestyles, cultures, red-hot play, and deep emotion.

Audience:

Adults, All sexual identities.

Genres:

Erotica Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Contemporary

Lengths:

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

Styles:

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

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Clean Sheets publishes sex-positive, upbeat, and very contemporary articles on all aspects of sexuality.

Audience:

Adults, All sexual identities.

Lengths:

Interview: 1,500 - 2,000 words.
Review: 750 - 1,250 words.
Article: 1,500 - 2,000 words.
Essay: 1,500 - 2,000 words.

Styles:

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

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

Collapse section Poetry On Hiatus

We're looking for sensual, original work which adds something different to our perspective on sex and sexuality. We are looking for poems on a broad range of erotic themes. We are interested in provocative poems about all types of lifestyles and cultural perspectives, all forms of sexual play, and insights on the nature of eroticism. All sex-positive material will be considered; however, the editors reserve the right to reject any work based on content or quality. We would like to see some of the following in all of the work sent to us: Sexuality of the oozing kind; clear, clean, sharp images maybe (or maybe not) cloaked in filigree; explicit language used in different ways; inventive use of line breaks, and fresh, fresh metaphors. Allusion, innuendo, crescendo and diminuendo, and always in blue.

Audience:

Adults, All sexual identities.

Genres:

Erotica Open to all/most Subgenres, including: Contemporary

Lengths:

Poem: Up to 100 lines; Up to 5 pieces.

Poetry Forms:

Open to all/most Forms.

Styles:

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

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are allowed.
Media: Text.

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Last Updated: 22 May 2026