Welcome to Smutathon 2017!

We are a group of erotica authors, sex bloggers, sex educators and friends who have decided to raise some money for organisations we believe in.

Smutathon is a 12-hour, intensive sex writing challenge where we get together (some of us in person, some virtually) for 12 hours (date TBC) and WRITE LIKE MAD THINGS and get sponsored for doing so and achieving our targets. We may share some of our writing on our blogs as we go, and we may even publish an e-book anthology at the end.

We're splitting the money equally between two amazing organisations:

1) Backlash
Backlash campaigns for sexual freedom for consenting adults and provides legal support for sexual minorities who are unfairly targeted by outdated and nonsensical "obscenity" laws. Among other things, they have been responsible for getting the ridiculous 'tiger porn case' (look it up) struck down, and for campaigning to get amendments added to the Digital Economy Bill to make it less harmful to consenting adults engaging in safe and victimless fringe sexual practices.

2) Rape Crisis England & Wales
Stats suggest that 1 in 4 women and around 1 in 10 men will experience rape, assault or other form of sexual violence in their life. Rape Crisis is a feminist organisation that exists to promote the needs and rights of women and girls who have experienced sexual violence, to improve services to them and to work towards the elimination of sexual violence. Rape Crisis Centres are women-led and offer a range of support, advocacy, counselling and information, and also have separate services for male survivors.

Please support us in helping these two brilliant causes. Sexual freedom for consenting adults and freedom from sexual violence are human rights.