Following the success of Sword & Sorceress 22 (published by Norilana Books, the Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust is now reading submissions for Sword & Sorceress 23. They’re looking for sword and sorcery stories with strong female protagonists about whom the reader will care. They don’t want explicit sex, gratuitous violence, profanity, or poetry.
The reading period will be open from 19 April to 16 May 2008. Stories received before or after that reading period will be deleted unread. They’re looking for stories up to 9,000 words long, and paying five cents per word. For full details and the submission address, see this page.