Celebrating 40 years of The Joy of Sex 1972 edition
The competition is now closed and the 20 finalists can be viewed HERE
We invite poems of up to 40 lines, images (artistic recreations of the front cover) and flash fiction of up to 1000 words. The subject is 'The Joy of Sex'. It can be based on the book or on the wonderful subject of the great joy of sex!
Deadline for entries will be 30th May 2012.
We invite poems of up to 40 lines, images (artistic recreations of the front cover) and flash fiction of up to 1000 words. The subject is 'The Joy of Sex'. It can be based on the book or on the wonderful subject of the great joy of sex!
Deadline for entries will be 30th May 2012.
There is no limit to the amount of entries you would like to make (this is joy).
There are no other rules but all complaints will not be dealt with.
First Prize: The Joy of Sex (Alex Comfort) 1972 plus £100
Second Prize: How to Be a Good Lover plus £50
Third Prize: The Illustrated Karma Sutra plus £25
All poems plus 20 shortlists to be included in a new anthology: The Joy of Sex 2012
The Joy of Sex 1972
Hairy self-conscious muses
made us boil
to an egg white harden,
under the bed
mother of touch
remembers pearly white gifts
swinging
weird tickle snatches,
relief in minutes,
gulps guilty, in knickers
and vests we gasp
at pubic hair reality.
Later sneak back
(father out, mother in)
for more joy of the bearded
fantastic hairy crotches.
Mabel Watson
