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FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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Dyke Moms, Donor Dads, and Reconceiving the Queer Family:
An Anthology
This anthology, to be published in 2009 by Toronto's Insomniac Press, will primarily explore, through personal essays and first-person accounts, the phenomenon of queer moms who choose male friends or acquaintances, rather than an anonymous sperm donor, to help conceive their children. The anthology may also include essays about queer family configurations conceived through other known-donor relationships, such as queer dads who use known surrogates and queer donors of all types who participate in the lives of the children they helped conceive.
In addition to examining what it means to be or use a known donor, this anthology seeks to explore how families are being reconceived to include new roles, new rules, and more than just two parents. With no clear models to follow, this new version of the queer family is creating its own. ThatŐs where this anthology comes in. We are seeking stories that are funny, touching, heartbreaking, provocative, thoughtful — and very, very relevant to the new queer (and queer-positive) family.
This anthology, to be published in Spring 2009 by Toronto's Insomniac Press, will explore, through personal essays and first-person accounts, the phenomenon of lesbian moms (single and coupled) who choose male friends or acquaintances, rather than an anonymous sperm donor, to father their children.
We are looking for creative non-fiction and first-person accounts by
- lesbian, bisexual, transgender and two-spirited mothers who have chosen known sperm donors in order to conceive;
- those who have become sperm donors to them;
- their partners, their children, and other invested parties.
Submit!
Submissions might explore (but should not be limited to) the following issues and themes:
- When baby-making doesn't take or takes too long; dealing with infertility, miscarriage, or even routine insemination is difficult enough for the average couple, so what happens when the donor also becomes emotionally involved?
- Can his parents come to visit? How do we navigate the many relationships implicated (and perhaps unexpected!) in these newly extended families?
- The other mother: What happens to the experience of non-biological mothers when a known donor is also part of the picture?
- What does Ňdonor dadÓ mean anyway? ... How is the relationship between being a known donor and being a parent? When and how does biology count? Or does it?
- Queer divorce: What happens to the donor if the moms split up? What happens when the relationship between moms and donor deteriorates?
To submit, send an electronic copy in Word or Rich Text Format to the email address below. Submissions should not exceed 15 pages or 7,500 words. Please left-justify your submission and use a serif font (e.g., Times New Roman) in 12-point size. Please include your name, address, telephone number, email address, and a brief bio (100 words).
Final Deadline for submissions: January 31, 2009
Payment: Contributors will receive a small honorarium and two copies of the book.
Contact us
Chloë Brushwood Rose & Susan Goldberg, Editors
Reconceiving Anthology
reconceivinganthology@gmail.com
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