The Erotic Review
The Erotic Review was selected by the Erotic Awards as Media Sponsor because it is the world's leading literary erotic magazine.
The magazine became famous through Rowan Pelling who was recruited in 1996 to help to turn the newsletter of the Erotic Print Society into a magazine. This grew into The Erotic Review, gaining a circulation of 12,000, and boasting contributors of the calibre of Barry Humphries and Simon Raven. D B C Pierre, the Booker Prize-winning author, provided "a fantastically pornographic story about a man in hospital".
In The Telegraph, Rowan described those days as "a steady stream of guests lounging on sofas in an office beside the Academy Club in Soho. The lifeblood of the magazine was having that intimacy with contributors. All its freelance and permanent staff were female apart from the solitary male figure of Miles English, the art director. "He was much more timid and delicate than we were."
Felix Dennis bought The Erotic Review in 2003, then sold it on to Alton Russell International directed by Deric Botham, the editor of Penthouse UK.
In 2007, Jamie Maclean, founder of the Erotic Print Society rescued the Erotic Review back, and has transformed it into being, once again, the world's leading literary erotic magazine, He is also making it into a magazine of our time. with the help of independent orgiast dandy Edward Timon and the gorgeous Venezuelan dancer Chiqui Love.
Love Shack
The Erotic Awards have chosen Love Shack as our sponsor due to Love Shack's status as the most sophisticated erotic department store to hit the Internet.
Love Shack offers a collection of beautiful clothing, sexy costumes, luxurious gifts, frivolity and toys - an online collection of the erotic.
Products are sourced from all over the world, and include sexy outfits for the larger lass, saucy swimwear, petticoats, hats, gloves, jewellery and fuck-me stilettos.
Love Shack operates a fair pricing policy, working on modest margins to give customers value for money (no gimmick discounts off artificially
inflated prices). Customers are positively encouraged to provide feedback for publication, so every single customer matters.
They deserve the current success they are experiencing.
www.loveshackuk.com
Becoming a Sponsor
Your opportunity to be seen at the cutting edge of erotic culture
Why the Leydig Trust seeks sponsorship
The Erotic Awards is run by a team of volunteers and we work in isolation - separated from mainstream by our idealistic pro-sex and no-censorship policy, and separated from the sex industry by our high standards of artistic and professional integrity
To give credit to the event and the finalists, and do them justice, we need to spend more on the production and publicity which requires money. We now seek more substantial sponsorship to help finance our work. A DVD of last year's show is available on request.
All the money raised at the Ball goes to Outsiders Trust.
What you can gain
- Exposure
- With the logo on our Erotic Awards Brochure, Ball Invitation and both our websites, sponsors will be reaching several hundreds of thousands of sexy people. The Erotic Awards website receives 351,528 hits a year, with 123,264 people exploring the site, which works out at 1,104 hits and 400 cyberguests a day. We are continually vamping up the website, and will soon provide a system whereby our cyberguests can click on an icon and email us their comments, including new nominations. Tickets will shortly go on sale online.
- VIP Treatment
- Sponsors would most certainly have the best tables at SHOWCASE and Finals at the Night of the Senses. Special promotions can be negotiated. You can also have your very own drawing room or bar on the night of the Night of the Senses, You can enjoy yourselves like nowhere else, and bring people who you would like to impress. You will certainly be mingling with the most sexy people on the planet, connected to a world where sexual experimentation exists in a considered, safe and consensual environment.
- Kudos
- You will find your products associated with cutting edge erotic art and photography, and the new trend of sexual confidence, which can only enhance your appeal. You will also gain kudos from the charitable status of the events.
- Association
- The Erotic Awards is continually breaking new ground. We are currently negotiating a new London Erotic Film Festival and other development.
What you can give
- Principle sponsorship will cost £10,000
- Others may prefer to offer smaller donations by sponsoring only one of the Award categories.
- Donations are tax deductible as the Trust is a registered charity.
- Mailing Sponsorship
- Our mailing list is 5,000 people and we invite sponsors to insert their promotional material in the same envelope as our flyers. One flyer is posted out at the end of March, and the other in June.
- Media Coverage
- The Awards are a visual treat, and completely different every year. Your chosen press are invited to come along and enjoy the show. You are also invited to contribute to the Finalists' Press Pack which they use to reach out the media representing their own speciality.
- Drinks and Goodies!
- Drinks, ice cream, sensual toys and condoms are all most welcome as gifts for our guests!
Leydig Trust Sponsorship Policy
After a taste of sponsorship from the porn world, the Leydig Trust took a decision to accept sponsorship only from companies who operate within good practice.
This means the following criteria:-
- Respect for sex and for the customer
- Respect and encouragement for people of sexual minorities
- Having a holistic approach to sex and sexuality, as it is part of everyday life, including nature and art
- Zero tolerance of exploitation, abuse and providing equal opportunities
- Social inclusion - welcoming performers, guests and volunteers who are disabled, from ethnic minorities and LBGT communities
- Promoting body acceptance and discouraging cosmetic surgery
