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All good things must come to an end

All good things must come to an end

Dear Reader Since its first issue in June 2009, Filament’s readership, distribution and advertising has grown steadily. More people are reading Filament than ever before and according to our recent readership survey, you think it’s getting more awesome. It may seem strange against this backdrop, that I am announcing that Issue 9, the next issue [...]

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Fiction contest winners and Issue 9 available for pre-order

Fiction contest winners and Issue 9 available for pre-order

We recently held a fiction contest around our Issue 9 theme of music, sponsored by women’s erotica website For the girls, and judged by its creator, Ms Naughty. We received a large number of entries from established and novice writers around the world. After a difficult deliberation, Ms Naughty selected: Overall winner Extended vocal techniques [...]

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Naked male poets calendar 2012

Naked male poets calendar 2012

The naked muse is a 2012 calendar featuring women’s poetry – including award-winning English poet Wendy Cope – alongside naked male muses photographed by women. Vik of Wild Women Press talks about the story behind the naked poets. The calendar was born as an idea, one cold January night while watching over my three-year-old son [...]

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Get your ‘Men of the stacks’ 2012 calendar

Get your 'Men of the stacks' 2012 calendar

Male librarians from around the US have come together to pose for a calendar that aims to challenge stereotypes and raise funds for charity. Project co-ordinator Megan Perez talks about The men of the stacks calendar 2012. It all started a few years ago when two of my colleagues and I learnt of another library-themed [...]

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Give us feedback and win a book

Give us feedback and win a book

Thanks to everyone who answered – your answers have been very useful. This survey is now closed. As part of our mission to make Filament better every time, we’re asking our readers thoughts on our latest issue – Issue 8 – The WET issue. If you bought it, subscribed, borrowed a copy or just had [...]

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Enter our erotic fiction contest – theme ‘music’ – £100 first prize

Enter our erotic fiction contest - theme 'music' - £100 first prize

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN LATE 2011. Photography by Hannah Thomas (electric guitar and accordion), Migle Backovaite (Clarinet), Lisolette Gilcrest (Piano) and Dianora Niccolini (Cello). Filament is delighted to announce a new erotic fiction competition, sponsored by the delicious website For The Girls and judged by their esteemed editor and [...]

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Erotic fiction contest winners

Erotic fiction contest winners

Earlier this year we ran our first ever erotic fiction contest, sponsored by LoveHoney and judged by editor, writer and blogger Violet Blue. We received over 100 entries from new and established writers all over the world. The standard was exceptionally high, so not only was there a massive amount of reading to be done, [...]

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