Call for Submissions: SapphFic Eclectic Volume Seven
Editors: Robyn Nyx and Brey Willows
Publisher: Butterworth Books
Publication Date: November 1, 2026
Theme: Short stories featuring women loving women (all permutations, including trans and non-binary folks)
The clue is in the title. We’re looking for stories across genres, themes, tropes, and norms. Thrill us with your words. Weave fine stories of romance, erotica, and general fiction. Create characters who defy norms or hold defiantly onto labels that help them define who they are.
We want emotional depth and excitement, instant connections and lifelong love. We want tales of women loving women that are powerful, touching, and maybe even whimsical.
We’re particularly interested in stories from writers who haven’t been heard from much (yet!). If you’re an unpublished writer who can’t seem to get that break or a relatively new author trying to find their place in the published world, send us a story, wow us with your words, and introduce yourself to the amazing SapphFic readership. And if you’re an established author who just fancies throwing in a short story, we’d love to see that too!
Deadline for Submissions: June 30, 2026(early submission encouraged)
Guidelines for Submissions (PLEASE follow the below):
- Unpublished short stories only
- Word count: 2,000 – 4,000 words
- Electronic submissions only to: sapphfic.eclectic@butterworthbooks.co.uk
- e-mail header: SapphFic Eclectic_ Author Name or Pseudonym _Story title
- MS Word document attachment (story)
- E-mail body: story title, author legal name, pseudonym if any, address, phone number, e-mail address, word count, 50 word bio
- Story Format:
- Times New Roman; 12 pt
- Double-spaced; standard paragraphing; no HTML
- General Info:
- Submission receipt within 7 days
- Submission decisions by June 30, 2026.
- Payment: none. This book is free to readers so we can get your stories into lots of TBR piles!
SapphFic Eclectic Volume Six
From a soul-bound motorbike with a destiny of its own to a mysterious blind date that’s anything but ordinary, SapphFic Eclectic Six delivers a fresh collection of stories with heart, mystery, and imagination. Encounter a devil with charm, the eerie pull of a witch tree’s power, and characters navigating love, identity, and grief.
This sixth volume in the SapphFic Eclectic series brings together an exciting blend of voices—emerging talents, first-time writers, and seasoned authors alike—each contributing a unique perspective to this vibrant celebration of sapphic fiction.
SapphFic Eclectic Volume Five
Talk to ghosts. Have a hot fling in an art museum. Read an author’s love letter to her characters, and get a character’s ranty email to her author. In this annual anthology of SapphFic Eclectic stories, you’ll get a taste of aspiring, new, and old-hat authors who have written stories specifically for this collection. Get a taste of the rainbow as you read a sweet romance, an end of life good-bye, a sci-fi adventure, and a bit of baseball fun.
SapphFic Eclectic aims to introduce you to authors you’re going to want to follow and genres you may not have delved into before.
SapphFic Eclectic Volume Four
Stories are part of who we are. And they’re as individual as the shells on a beach or the flakes of snow that fall through night skies. That’s what you’ll find in this book. Stories from new authors who are just dipping their toes into the land of fiction, and stories from authors who live half their lives already in the land of Word. The emotional range in this anthology varies from light-hearted fun, to horror, to the grief of feeling so lost you don’t know where to turn. Fantasy, reality, romance…you’ll find a little of everything in these pages, and maybe you’ll find authors you can’t wait to follow, as well as authors who speak to the deeper parts of you.
Everyone has a story to tell; we hope you recognise your own story somewhere in these pages, and that you reach out to connect with the authors as well. After all, isn’t connection what makes for a great story?
LesFic Eclectic Volume Three
Tuck yourself in and cuddle up with this collection of eclectic stories from twenty four established, emerging, and new authors including Julie Cohen and M Ullrich, Helena Harte and Kitty McIntosh, and Tabetha Dale and Ally McGuire. Immerse yourself in a world of young mermaids and youthful angels; fresh new love and new bodies; a therapist who falls for a prisoner and the ex-head teacher who finds love with a student of old.
It’s time to experience bright new voices as well as settling down with old favourites. The third volume of this annual anthology is unapologetic in its expansive genre offerings as it skips from romance to fantasy, and erotica to historical romance, and shows that it really does have a little something for all tastes.
LesFic Eclectic Volume Two
Open up the covers, and settle down with this stunning collection of eclectic stories from twenty established, emerging, and new authors including Emma Nichols, Margaux Fox, and Lily Morris. Let these talented wordsmiths take you on a journey of discovery from mature love to domesticated werewolves, new love to avenging goddesses, and second chance love to an apocalyptic world.
Open up the covers, and settle down with this stunning collection of eclectic stories from twenty established, emerging, and new authors including Emma Nichols, Margaux Fox, and Lily Morris. Let these talented wordsmiths take you on a journey of discovery from mature love to domesticated werewolves, new love to avenging goddesses, and second chance love to an apocalyptic world.
LesFic Eclectic Volume One
LesFic Eclectic is a genre-hopping anthology packed full of established, emerging, and new authors including Brey Willows, Kitty McIntosh, and Valden Bush.
From romance to fantasy, erotica to general fiction, and polyamory to a platonic threesome, this anthology is perfect for all tastes. Join brand new writers at the beginning their journey, and enjoy the words of already loved and established authors.
With something for all tastes, this anthology is a must-have book for your LesFic collection.
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