Harlequin “Spice” looking for short stories

Spice, Harlequin’s imprint for erotic romance, is looking for shorter stories to be sold online as Spice Briefs. Unfortunately, right now the link to the guidelines on the Harlequin website is broken, but here’s the scoop: Stories should be 5,000 – 15,000 words. They will be sold as eBooks only (at least for now). They’re looking for “bold, pushing-the-envelope, sexually explicit editorial … These are highly erotic short stories; although brief, these stories should still strive to establish context for the erotic content through an interesting and engaging premise (a great hook), a well constructed plot and believable characters. Quality editorial is paramount.” The editors are looking for all types of stories: contemporary, ethnic, literary, mystery/suspense, historical and paranormal stories told in first or third person point-of-view (female only) or, if it works for the story, multiple points of view. Submit the complete story to Editor Susan Pezzack Swinwood at spicebriefs@harlequin.ca

[Information gathered from Cindi Myers enewsletter]

2 Responses to “Harlequin “Spice” looking for short stories”

1. F. Wade McReynolds on July 9th, 2007 2:26 pm

   I am extraordinarily interested in writing shorter stories to be sold online as spice briefs. Can you please advise me as to the proper procedure in getting started, and how it works? What do I need to do, etc…
   Thanks so much for your time and supportive assistance.
   Be Well,
   F. Wade
   Macfrankster@excite.com

2. Laura Figer on July 16th, 2007 3:05 pm

   Here’s the link to the announcement. Best of luck!

   http://www.eharlequin.com/articlepage.html?articleId=1264&chapter=0

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