April Challenge: No Dirty Words

Vladimir Nabokov wrote Lolita without a single dirty word.

So let’s see how sensuous, erotic, romantic, titillating, enticing, and exciting you can be without using nouns, adjectives, verbs or adverbs wouldn’t be acceptable on television in the 1950's. Don’t use cliche substitutes (dripping honey pot, throbbing love muscle, etc). Short stories, poetry, essays, memoirs, and serialized pieces are welcome.

The definition of dirty word and cliche is entirely at the discretion of the editors. We will limit the number of stories and the frequency of publication. April First will be a special story if you can write it.

How to submit to Un Gagged:

DO NOT HIT PUBLISH. That’s the hard part. But trust me on this.
Send an email to [email protected] and we’ll add you as a writer to Un Gagged. If you’ve written for us before, you are already a writer.
Write your story, poem, etc. in whatever program or notebook you prefer.

Spell check it, please.
Create a new story in Medium. Copy your story there.
Do not click on Publish.
Click on the three dots next to publish.
Click on “Add to Publication”
Click on Un Gagged.
That’s it. Your changes are saved automatically.
We’ll be in touch to let you know if it’s accepted, and tell you of any suggested edits. We will not change your story, we will only suggest edits. The suggestions are yours to accept or reject.