Right on, Amy! Is it short-story or novel-length?

What exactly is the dividing line between porn and erotica?

In my experience, erotica can be an easy sell; I've excerpted scenes from my novels and sold them as stories. The money wasn't great -- for an anthology, I've gotten $100 for a short story, $50 for a reprint. A magazine would pay more, I imagine.

I'd suggest finding a magazine that prints something similar to the piece you have written, then query the editor. Also, some small presses print erotica collections; you can find these in a bookstore or possibly online (though an online search in this area can turn rather ugly), then go to their website to see if they are doing any calls for submission.

Once you sell your first piece, you'll be able to get on editor's lists and find out what they are looking for, so subsequent pieces should be easier to market. Good luck!

Clean Sheets pays $25 per story and sponsors a $1,000 prize. Guidelines are at
www.cleansheets.com/submit/f...sub.shtml

Fishnet pays 4 cents/word, at
www.fishnetmag.com/subs.html

I haven't tried these out yet, but years ago I had some pieces in the now-defunct erotica journal Yellow Silk ("all persuasions, no brutality").

Then there's Cecilia Tan's Circlet Press at
www.circlet.com/

which not only publishes erotica but also offers an erotic writers market guide.

Have fun!