Dune Call for Submissions

Here at Girl Dad Press, we’ve tackled boy gender and girl gender and now it’s time for WORM GENDER! That’s right, we’re doing Dune :)

We are looking for work that celebrates, critiques, questions, explores, and/or expands the Dune universe (including all books, films, games, etc). We are open to personal essays, critical analyses, comics, poems, fanfic, visual art, games, lists, quizzes, and anything else that could be printed in a weird little book.

We are, as always, primarily interested in submissions from trans people, but queers of all kinds are welcome to submit their work for consideration.

Submission guidelines

Submit completed work via this submission form by January 10, 2027.

Our maximum submission length is 1,200 words (for written pieces) or four pages (for art/comics). There is no minimum length. Printing will be 5.5” x 8.5” in b/w.

Multiple submissions are permitted per person. (Conversely, multiple people may co-author one submission.) Previously published works may be submitted only if you have written permission from the existing publisher.

For this anthology, we are only accepting complete drafts — no pitches! If you have any questions while developing your submissions, please use our contact form.

What we’re looking for

As always, we suggest applying a narrow lens to your subject. Find a single topic — a character, a scene, a theme, a world-building element, a worm — and dig into its messy center. Get weird; be imaginative; have fun! Whether you love Dune or hate it, your perspective should be clear, creative, thoughtful, and engaging.

While this is a trans and queer anthology, your submission does not need to include LGBTQ themes (although ofc it can!). To get a better sense of our vibe, we suggest flipping through 2 Trans 2 Furious or Sex Change and the City.

AI policy

Are you kidding? Do not use AI for this, obviously. This is the book that invented Butlerian Jihad! And beyond that, like, what, you’re going to ask an LLM to write desert twincest for you?!? What’s the point?? If you use a robot I will kill you.

Compensation

Not all submissions will be accepted. All accepted submissions will be paid $100 prior to publication. Contributors will also receive a complimentary physical & digital copy of the book, with the option of purchasing additional physical copies at a wholesale rate.