#Call for applications

[duckprintspress]

Monsterotica: Now Recruiting Author Applicants!

Exciting news, everyone! Duck Prints Press is now accepting applications from authors interested in contributing to our next erotica anthology. Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling will feature 15 stories, each up to 7,500 words, focused on how monsters court and bed their bedmates! We want your beasts, your creatures, your cryptids, your part-humans; we want them to have genitalia unusual and exotic; and we want to see how they pursue a liaison, in the streets and in the sheets.

Who are we? We’re Duck Prints Press, the indie micro press founded by fancreators for fancreators! We focus on working with fanauthors and fanartists to publish their original work – the more LGBTQIA+ the better! To join one of our projects as an author, you must be 18 or over and have posted at least 3 separate works (minimum 10,000 words) of fanfiction on a publicly accessible site such as Archive of Our Own. If that describes you, and you saw “monsterf*cker” and your eyes lit up, you should consider applying! Learn more!

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FAQ

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…and more!

Applications close January 20th, 2025.

This may be the only time we open author applications in 2025, so if you’re interested, seize this moment. Our schedule for the second half of the year isn’t finalized yet, so we may open them again in the fall or early winter, but no promises. We expect to recruit artists next sometime in the spring.

Authors new to Duck Prints Press can apply using this form!

Written with us before and want to do so again? Use this form instead!

Questions? Drop us an ask on Tumblr or e-mail us at info@duckprintspress.com.

Not interested in applying but love what we do? Support us on Patreon! Our backers chose this anthology theme.

[sophiebaybey]

Not to preach to the choir but I wonder if people generally realize that AI models like ChatGPT aren't, like, sifting through documented information when you ask it particular questions. If you ask it a question, it's not sifting through relevant documentation to find your answer, it is using an intensely inefficient method of guesswork that has just gone through so many repeated cycles that it usually, sometimes, can say the right thing when prompted. It is effectively a program that simulates monkeys on a typewriter at a mass scale until it finds sets of words that the user says "yes, that's right" to enough times. I feel like if it was explained in this less flattering way to investors it wouldn't be nearly as funded as it is lmao. It is objectively an extremely impressive technology given what it has managed to accomplish with such a roundabout and brain-dead method of getting there, but it's also a roundabout, brain-dead method of getting there. It is inefficient, pure and simple.

[naijabullet]

Global Innovation Fund for Organizations | How to Apply

Here’s an opportunity to apply for the Global Innovation Fund (GIF) which is designed to help organizations like yours grow. This Global Innovation Fund programme is a social impact-first investment vehicle that collaborates with mission-aligned development agencies, philanthropy, and other funders to identify and fund evidence-based innovations that have the potential to improve the lives of…

[rambutanjpeg]

nothing a little soap can’t fix

[mavigator]

i talked about it a little bit already but i have things to say about it. for context, i was born with amniotic band syndrome. the amniotic band wrapped around my left wrist in utero and stunted the growth of my hand. i was born with about half a palm, four nubs for fingers, and a twisted half of a thumb. i can open and close my thumb and pinkie joint like a claw.

yesterday at work i had a shift in the room with 5-10 year old kids. i had my left hand hidden in my sleeve (a bad habit of mine). a kid asked if he could see my hand, and even though internally i was debating running into traffic, i said “sure you can” and showed him my hands. he stared for a moment, looking disturbed, and then said “i don’t want to look at that anymore”. that hurt to hear, but i understand that kids are new to the world and he probably didn’t mean it out of malice. i put my hand away again, told him that it was okay, and that i was just born that way.

he then went on to talk about how he knows a kid with a similar hand to mine and called it “ugly”. i told him that wasn’t a very kind thing to say and that he wouldn’t feel good if someone said that to him, and he replied that no one would say that to him—because he has “normal hands”, and he’s glad he does because otherwise he’d be “ugly”. i tried to talk with him for a bit about how everybody is born differently, but he just started talking about a girl he knows with a “messed up face” and pulled on his face to make it look droopy. i went on some more about how it wasn’t very kind to talk about people that way, but the conversation moved on to something else.

i’ve told my supervisors about it and they’re going to have a talk with his mom. what i wanted to say is this: i’m genuinely not upset with the kid. kids are young and naturally curious, and he clearly simply hasn’t been taught about disabled people and kind ways to speak to/about others. which is why i am upset with his parent(s). i know he’s encountered visibly deformed/disabled people before (he said so himself!), yet his parent(s) clearly haven’t had any kind of discussion with him about proper language and behavior. i knew from birth that some people were just different than others, but my parents still made a point to assert to be kind to and accepting of others. i wonder if adults in his life are the type of people to hush him and usher him away when he points out someone in a wheelchair. that kind of thing doesn’t teach politeness. it tells children that disabled people are an Other than can’t be acknowledged or spoken about; which, to a child, means disability must be something bad.

i’m lucky enough that this was a relatively mild incident, and that i’m a grownup with thicker skin. i’m worried about the other kids he mentioned to me. has he been talking to them this way? when i was a kid, i had other kids scream, cry, and run away at the sight of my hand. or follow me around pointing at me and laughing at me. or tell me i couldn’t do something because i was ugly or incapable or whatever. one time a girl at an arcade climbed to the top of the skeeball machine, pointed at me, and screamed at me to put my hand away and wouldn’t stop crying until she couldn’t see me anymore. another time, a kid saw my hand, screamed at the top of her lungs, and ran into my friend’s arms, crying hysterically about how i was scaring her. that second incident made me cry so hard i threw up when i got home. i can kind of laugh it off now, but having people react to me that way as a child is something i’m still getting over. why do you think i have a habit of keeping my hand in my sleeve? it just irritates me to see children that have clearly not been taught basic manners and kindness—their parents Clearly missed something pretty important .

[nidbaesenpai]

got some loop dialogue that didnt flow well with what we were doing the current loop so i made this to kinda smooth it out

[himewonu]

SIGN ME UP! ; kwon soonyoung

summary after posting boyfriend applications as a joke，you somehow choose the only man who didn’t apply。 starring bsf! soonyoung x f! reader genre fluff，comedy，best friends to lovers，i stole this from an old wip of mine contains studying…☠️ word count 0.4k

from rhin，dedicated to @juyeoz ! alya pls don’t cry i made sure this releases today for u😕🙏

you were kidding. everyone knew you weren’t serious when you posted boyfriend applications on your socials. it started all because your friend suggested boyfriend applications after you were complaining about all your friends having significant others and you were the only one who was still single.

what was serious, though, was the number of messages random boys sent you about the applications. you never bothered to answer because you thought they were all joking at first. however, they kept asking your friends if it was real, convincing you that not everyone knows you’re joking.

“you do know that my applications are fake, right?” you’re confirming with soonyoung, one of your friends, in the library in the middle of a group study session with your other friends.

“okay, wait, so if it’s fake, why did you post it anyway?” he queries, puzzled as to why you did it—to which even you aren’t too sure why.

“it was a joke! everyone knew that—well, not everyone. so many of your friends kept spamming my phone about it, you say as you show him the unread replies from his friends.

he looks at you with a disgusted expression. “(name), you do realize that if men who can’t get a girlfriend see that a single, pretty girl like you jokingly posts boyfriend applications, they’re going to seriously apply.”

“are you guys talking about (name)’s boyfriend applications?” jun asks as he sits next to soonyoung, who nods in response.

a few of your other friends chime in on the conversation. “hey, i heard so many guys were trying to apply,” mingyu brings up. “did you pick any of them?”

you stay silent, pretending to think of an answer, but in reality, you’re looking around your surroundings. all your friends that are studying with you happen to be the friends that have romantic partners. the only ones left are you and soonyoung.

you look at soonyoung, then look down at his hand. grabbing onto it and holding it up, you announced, “soonyoung! he applied,” you lied. your friends began to tease the both of you, calling you two a perfect pair.

“didn’t know i was your boyfriend now?” he whispers, teasing you as well.

“gosh, just play along with it,” you huff, lightly pushing him.

he shrugs. “okay, but instead of playing along with it. what if i actually become your boyfriend? i’ll sign up for that boyfriend application of yours.” he switches from his silly tone to a low voice. “so please, pick me.”

svt masterlist .ᐟ

[3liza]

ok. describe in detail a list of the personal style decisions that are "sacrificial to men" and therefore Bad Feminism, and then a separate list of "ethical" personal style decisions that are empowering. then justify every item on the first list by defining how the subjective environmental effects (ie, not getting fired for a bullshit reason when it's really because you had pit hair and it made your shitty boss, a man, uncomfortable, so you just shaved your armpits instead of getting fired and becoming homeless) are not defensible choices because the math doesnt work out. show your work

for extra credit do this same assignment again but the hypothetical subject is a sex worker with two children

[quinloki]

Hey.

Hey, let me talk at you for a minute.

Just a minute.

✨Stop sending creators hate.✨ fuck, stop sending people hate at all, honestly.

Stop it.

I don't give a single fucking rat's ass why you think you have a right to send it, you don't.

Stop it.

Use that energy you got rolling around in all that bullshit and work on some self-improvement. A little introspection. Some bullet-journaling, scrapbooking, learn how to cook a new meal, study a language.

Practice cock-sucking on a dildo.

Do something useful with that time and energy.

Look, some people are gonna write shit you don't like. They're gonna draw shit you don't like. They're gonna have takes, and head canons, and entire personal havens built up around shit YOU DO NOT LIKE.

Block them, and move on.

You're not doing anything by being a bitch ass punk, going into their space just to yell at them about how much of a bitch ass punk you are. Especially if you're doing it anonymously.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE MAKING MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS TO KEEP HARASSING THEM AFTER THEY BLOCK YOU.

It's dolls, baby, we're playing with dolls. They're not real.

I know it can get intense as fuck, and I know you can get really attached, and I know your own little haven can become SUPER IMPORTANT to you. I know - I get it.

Learn to block people and move on.

I don't care what they're doing, what they're saying, what they're enjoying, or why it bothers you. I don't care.

It

Does

Not

Matter.

Block them and move on.

[orcinus-veterinarius]

I remain baffled and disturbed by the sheer number of people who genuinely believe a zoo animal can survive, let alone thrive, in the wild. Animals that are bred for reintroduction programs are handled completely differently than general collection animals, and even with all that preparation, many will not make it. To think a random animal in a zoo can be set loose and do just fine is more ignorant than I can comprehend.

"Freedom" is a human concept. And projecting your very human desire for freedom onto animals is one of the most gross froms of anthropomorphism.

[hinamie]

not at all how i expected to spend my saturday but the shelter called and i fell in love instantly 🖤

[swimonzine]

Swim On 10: Blue Planet Applications are OPEN!

APPLY HERE! Swim On is a yearly charity zine dedicated to shark preservation. All proceeds the zine makes go directly to finfree.org and this will be the final zine! After ten volumes I decided this was a good number to stop on so I want to it to go out with a BANG! The zine will go up on https://topazcomics.com/swimon for $1+ (pay what you can) All Swim On zines can be found at https://topazcomics.com/swimon/downloads All artists at any skill level are welcome to apply! Everyone who applies will receive an email, so be sure to whitelist swimon@topazcomics.com Any information in this application can be found at topazcomics.com/swimon Submission Guidelines

Your piece must be 6”x9” (1800x2700px) at 300dpi JPG or PNG in RGB

There is no theme the zine, just sharks!

A shark must be the focus of the piece (humans & other animals are allowed to be present)

You must submit a full completed piece, no rough sketches, or blank white backgrounds will be accepted

Comics, traditional and digital artwork are all accepted

You are welcome to submit more than one piece

Only new pieces will be accepted, please do not submit a piece that you have made previously

Lesser known species are encouraged!

For species examples check out this site

No anthropomorphic, half-human, or prehistoric sharks

Absolutely no AI art will be permitted

No nsfw content (including gore, death, blood – this is a G-rated zine)

Applying You will need to provide 1 url to showcase your work. This can be a tumblr, twitter, instagram, google drive, etc. Please:

Make sure your work is easily accessible and easy to find on your website of choice

Showcase that you can finish a full illustration or comic page

You can change your credit name or url after the rough pdf is sent out

You will receive a copy of the application after you apply, if you did not receive it please email swimon@topazcomics.com

This zine’s communication is through email only, there will not be a discord

Schedule May 10 – Call for artists opens May 24 – Call for artists closes May 31 – Artists Announced July 12 – Submissions are DUE July 26 – Rough PDF is sent to artists/adjustments made August 2 – Zine goes live September 2 – Artists can post their full pieces publicly September 30 – All proceeds donated to finfree.org If you have any questions about the zine check out the FAQ, shoot me an ask, reply to this post or you can contact me at: swimon@topazcomics.com

[gemgdynamight0]

Katsuki talking to his younger self❤️

[naijabullet]

SMEDAN Sterling Bank Loan Application Guide for Business Owners (Get up to N2.5M For Your Business)

The Sterling Bank of Nigeria and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) have partnered to launch a N5 billion loan program that is designed to empower small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across Nigeria. The SMEDAN Sterling Bank Loan is an offer of single-digit interest rates and flexible repayment terms, making it an attractive option for SMEs looking to…

[kokii-omii]

As someone who also has way to many twst ocs, how do you make time to draw all of them?

i draw really fast and also have a LOT of free time cuz my classes are ending, and sometimes i work on two art pieces at the same time meaning it gets done quicker

[sweetheart-madison]

All I need is a man in a mask to pin me up against a wall, is that too much to ask for?😵‍💫✋