Blowfish publishes short erotic fiction in its weekly email newsletter, the Blowfish Update. We encourage submissions from writers, including first-time authors. Please read these guidelines carefully.

1. Length of work. Our maximum is 1,500 words. This is an absolute maximum. We will reject unread any works that are longer than 1,500 words, by our count.

2. Type of submissions. We accept all kinds of erotic fiction, with any degree of explicitness. Please do not query for "exactly what" kind of work we accept; all we can say is that we accept things that we like.

3. Method of submissions. Please send all submissions to "fiction-editor@blowfish.com". Please send all submissions as *plain text emails*. Do *not* send *any* kind of attachments; those will be rejected unread. Please also make sure that your submission does not contain "curly quotes" or other special characters.

4. A word of warning. Your chances of acceptance are greatly increased if your cover letter and submission conform to the standards of good English. Please proofread your work, and use proper punctuation, capitalization, and form proper paragraphs. Any work which does not will almost certainly be rejected. We can tell the difference between errors deliberately inserted for artistic effect and sloppy writing.

5. Payment. We pay $75 cash or $150 in product credit, upon publication. A social security number (or W-9 substitution form for those who don't have one) and mailing address will be required in order to remit payment.

Please contact fiction-editor@blowfish.com if you have any questions.

-- Best regards,

Blowfish Update Editor