masculinity – Queer Sci Fi

CALL: Gilla Press wants speculative fiction that explores masculinities

April 4, 2018 by Dale Cameron Lowry

Galli Books, whose tagline is “Socially Conscious Speculative Fiction,” is open to fiction, poetry, and nonfiction submissions for its first anthology, Speculative Masculinities, which seeks to interrogate Western models of masculinity and explore models of non-toxic masculinity. They are particularly looking for submission from marginalized identities and backgrounds.

Read the full post on Dale Cameron Lowry’s blog for writers.

For Writers: Class & Masculinity

October 19, 2016 by scott

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer NAME: Right now there seems to be a blanket application of “Alpha” and other associated Greek-soup characters toward men in writing. However, in historic and, for me, black fiction, class has a distinct impression on how masculinity is defined, expressed and navigated. Is it important to you to convey the range of masculinity outside of the expected packaging for the genre you’re writing in, or is the packaging more important. Clothing, is one area where this sticks out a lot. Join the chat