The Bedroom Issue
Snowflake magazine is looking for submissions of art, poetry, essays, flash fiction, photography, interviews and articles from self-identifying queer creators. We are happy to consider pieces that transcend or do not fit these mediums. Being queer already often sits outside the norm, so we encourage your pieces to do the same - really think outside the box!
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The submission itself should either be made by or involve an artist who identifies as LGBTQ+ (or both!).
For the safety of our editors, submissions without detailed trigger warnings will be rejected outright.
For this issue, the Bedroom Issue, Snowflake encourages you to think inside and outside the four walls of your sleeping space, and to consider those that sleep in places with no walls at all. What comes to mind when you think of your bedroom? Is it sleep? Sex? Safety? Do you recall a fond childhood crashing tiny cars around rugs painted with roads, or do you recall walls painted, postered or punched? Do you think of locking the door or cheerfully inviting people in? Is your bedroom private because it's full of junk and dirty clothes, or because your wall of sex toys is hard to hide?
We implore you to consider your bedroom, the bedrooms of friends, family, even strangers and the form, function and fondness each of these people may have for this intensely personal space. We’ve listed below some ideas and prompts that may help you get started on your work:
- What is one thing, apart from the obvious of a bed, that you MUST have in your bedroom?
- Which real life or fictional person do you think would have a really interesting/amazing bedroom? Is this canon/fact or speculation?
- We often hear or read about “bedroom eyes” but what does that actually look like? What would kitchen or living room eyes look like?
- Did you have your own bedroom as a child? What was it like? Do you look back at it fondly now?
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- What does your dream bedroom look like? Who is joining you there?
- Sex and intimacy are usually considered bedroom activities but where else can or have you enjoyed them?
- What secrets does your bedroom hold? Is it where you keep your sex toys, your loveletters? Is it where you giggle at your phone flirting or gossiping with a stranger or a loved one?
- Have you ever done anything in your bedroom that would confuse the average person?
- Do you lock your bedroom door? Would you like to? Why?
- Is sleep a positive or negative experience for you? Does the room you're in affect that?
- How close do you have to be with someone before you invite them into your bedroom
- Do you share your bedroom with someone, like your partner, a sibling, or your child? What benefits and frustrations does this cause?
- How has your relationship with your bedroom changed as you’ve grown older, from a kid where your bedroom was the toy room/hangout room to an adult where your bedroom is typically a very private space?
- Is there another room in the house or space you live in that is comparable in culture, meaning and connection as your bedroom?
- Have you ever experienced being bedbound for many days in a row, for a week, a year or more? How did your bedroom change to accommodate this new normal?