After the success of the Speak Up! seminar, made possible by the funds raised last year from the 2009 NYC Sex Blogger Calendar, we’re all extremely excited to be repeating this project. This year some things remain the same but some things are changing.

As you can see if you click the 2010 Models page, nine of us have returned – Audacia, Desiree, Diva, Elizabeth Wood, Jamye Waxman, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Sinclair Sexsmith, Tess Danesi (me) and Twanna A. Hines – and we are extremely happy to welcome five new faces – Calico, Lucy Vonne, Melissa Gira Grant, Natt Nightly, and Nikol Hasler.

Last year, in keeping with our burlesque theme, we were thrilled to have the wonderful photographer, Stacie Joy work so diligently with us, in the face of illness, crazy time constraints and other random, unexpected difficulties, and yet turn out an incredibly beautiful calendar. This year our theme is even more exciting to me, and I hope to you, – expressions of sexual freedom – and to that end, we will be working with twelve different photographers to represent how vast and diverse is the concept of sexual freedom. We want our models and photographers to feel as unfettered in creating art as they are in their sexuality.

The photographers that we’ve confirmed thus far are:

Barbara Nitke

Brian Moss

Ellen Stagg

Kurt Hernon

JM Darling

Lochai

Paulie and Pauline

Please click on the Photographer page for more details about these awesome artists, explore their sites, and help support the artists who are so generously donating their time and efforts to help make the world a more sex-positive place where diversity is celebrated and tolerance rules.

Without the help of all of you in our CommUNITY last year, linking to us, blogging and buying both days and calendars, this would not have been possible and we sincerely hope that once again our CommUNITY will show their support for us & SWA.   Like last year we will again be selling days, starting in June, for you to personalize and to allow all of you to be part of this wonderful project right along with us.

Many of you have asked if we’re planning another calendar release party this year; the answer is yes! Stay tuned to this blog because in the next few weeks we’ll announce the date so you can book your flights for what will be a memorable time in New York City.