“Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.” — Maggie Smith
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Our Mission
Bedazzled Ink is dedicated to general and literary fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books that celebrate the unique and under-represented voices of women and books about women that appeal to all readers.
Our History
The spark for Bedazzled Ink came in 2004 when we decided the only way to find books we like to read is to publish them ourselves. Our name came from a horse named Infinity Bedazzled.
To lure potential authors our way and to grow a readership, we decided to use a different sort a beastie—the Chimera. And because we hate to think inside boxes and tend to kick boxes and anything resembling boxes out of our way, we decided to use the Greek spelling for the beastie—Khimaira. With that, Khimairal Ink Magazine was born in 2005 and was guaranteed to be both memorable and completely unpronounceable. The last issue of Khimairal Ink came out in July 2011.
In 2015, Infinitely Bedazzled gave birth to Gus-Gus, leading to our GusGus Press, devoted to poetry, short stories, and novellas.
To lure potential authors our way and to grow a readership, we decided to use a different sort a beastie—the Chimera. And because we hate to think inside boxes and tend to kick boxes and anything resembling boxes out of our way, we decided to use the Greek spelling for the beastie—Khimaira. With that, Khimairal Ink Magazine was born in 2005 and was guaranteed to be both memorable and completely unpronounceable. The last issue of Khimairal Ink came out in July 2011.
In 2015, Infinitely Bedazzled gave birth to Gus-Gus, leading to our GusGus Press, devoted to poetry, short stories, and novellas.
Submissions
Special Call for Submissions:
We’re looking for Sapphic young adult science fiction/fantasy novels that are positive, quirky, clever, funny, light, breezy . . . you get the idea. No stories driven exclusively by angst or melodrama or excessive navel-gazing or endless strife or paint-by-number plots. We love stories that make us laugh, or at least smile a lot, and stories that stray from the garden path of expectation in amusing ways. In other words, stories that are fun and original and entertaining and if they have an out-of-the-blue surprise or two, or clever twists, even better.
The protagonist must be a lesbian and the story must be character-driven, well-written, and well-plotted. The story must be fantasy or science fiction first and any romance secondary to the plot and appropriate to the age group. We’re not interested in erotica, strong sexual situations, or extreme violence.
We're interested in novellas — 20,000 to 50,000 words and full-length novels — 50,000 words and up. Preferred length for full-length novels is 60,000 to 90,000 words.
Fill out the Query form below. Please include:
Thank you. We look forward to your submissions.
We are closed to all other queries or submissions at the moment. Please check back in January 2024.
We’re looking for Sapphic young adult science fiction/fantasy novels that are positive, quirky, clever, funny, light, breezy . . . you get the idea. No stories driven exclusively by angst or melodrama or excessive navel-gazing or endless strife or paint-by-number plots. We love stories that make us laugh, or at least smile a lot, and stories that stray from the garden path of expectation in amusing ways. In other words, stories that are fun and original and entertaining and if they have an out-of-the-blue surprise or two, or clever twists, even better.
The protagonist must be a lesbian and the story must be character-driven, well-written, and well-plotted. The story must be fantasy or science fiction first and any romance secondary to the plot and appropriate to the age group. We’re not interested in erotica, strong sexual situations, or extreme violence.
We're interested in novellas — 20,000 to 50,000 words and full-length novels — 50,000 words and up. Preferred length for full-length novels is 60,000 to 90,000 words.
Fill out the Query form below. Please include:
- A very brief synopsis of the book. A synopsis is not a back cover teaser. It's a summary of the plot of the book from the perspective of the main character(s), including how it ends.
- A little something about about yourself.
Thank you. We look forward to your submissions.
We are closed to all other queries or submissions at the moment. Please check back in January 2024.
Our Staff
Claudia Wilde, owner and publisher, has over forty years’ experience as an educator. A lifelong bibliophile, she has a special interest in classic science fiction and fantasy, and children’s and young adult books. She idolizes Nancy Drew and enjoys sleuthing for earlier editions of the series to add to her collection.
C.A. Casey, managing editor, started life as a musician and then got her Masters of Library Science from Indiana University so she could make a living. She spent a quarter century working in academic libraries around the country, worked at Blackwell Book Services North America, and had a stint at a small publishing company before joining Bedazzled Ink in 2004. As a writer she has articles in library journals and in Strange Horizons, and stories in Aoife’s Kiss, The Lorelei Signal, Coyote Wild, Sorcerous Signal, The Fifth Di . . . and Beyond Centauri, plus two middle grade reader novels. She is also the author of a number of novels under a pseudonym..
Liz Gibson, acquisitions editor and author liason, Also started life as a musician, but an injury prevented her from pursuing that, and so she spent a number of years at university before she figured out what she wanted to do when she grew up. She eventually ended up being a space systems engineer after pursuing physics and astrophysics. After she grew tired of being the only female engineer in the room, and constantly having to remind the others that she was not there to make coffee, bring donuts, and take minutes. So she left the industry, went back to graduate school, and became a director of educational technology at a large California university. Today, she is retired, and happily working with Claudia and Casey, bringing a technology background, a love of books with strong female characters, and a need to feel organized (note we didn't say "be" organized . . . ).
Sui Conrad, typesetter, is a multidisciplinary artist working mainly in fine and graphic arts as well as a documentary photographer. Being a lover of books she gets to use her old school graphic design training in laying out manuscripts with modern technology. It sure beats counting characters and lines to figure out the types size and spacing. Besides this she is also a printmaker (intaglio) and documentary photographer and her work can be currently found at www.zhibit.org/wolfyrepress.
C.A. Casey, managing editor, started life as a musician and then got her Masters of Library Science from Indiana University so she could make a living. She spent a quarter century working in academic libraries around the country, worked at Blackwell Book Services North America, and had a stint at a small publishing company before joining Bedazzled Ink in 2004. As a writer she has articles in library journals and in Strange Horizons, and stories in Aoife’s Kiss, The Lorelei Signal, Coyote Wild, Sorcerous Signal, The Fifth Di . . . and Beyond Centauri, plus two middle grade reader novels. She is also the author of a number of novels under a pseudonym..
Liz Gibson, acquisitions editor and author liason, Also started life as a musician, but an injury prevented her from pursuing that, and so she spent a number of years at university before she figured out what she wanted to do when she grew up. She eventually ended up being a space systems engineer after pursuing physics and astrophysics. After she grew tired of being the only female engineer in the room, and constantly having to remind the others that she was not there to make coffee, bring donuts, and take minutes. So she left the industry, went back to graduate school, and became a director of educational technology at a large California university. Today, she is retired, and happily working with Claudia and Casey, bringing a technology background, a love of books with strong female characters, and a need to feel organized (note we didn't say "be" organized . . . ).
Sui Conrad, typesetter, is a multidisciplinary artist working mainly in fine and graphic arts as well as a documentary photographer. Being a lover of books she gets to use her old school graphic design training in laying out manuscripts with modern technology. It sure beats counting characters and lines to figure out the types size and spacing. Besides this she is also a printmaker (intaglio) and documentary photographer and her work can be currently found at www.zhibit.org/wolfyrepress.