Places to submit

The Christian Science Monitor accepts personal essay, poems and more . . .

The Christian Science Monitor is an independent international news organization that delivers thoughtful, global coverage. “We want to inspire people to think about what they’ve read long after they’ve left the page. To share what they’ve learned with others. And to do something that makes a difference.” The Home Forum section of The Christian Science Monitor is looking for upbeat, personal essays from 400 to 800 words. “We also welcome short poems. All material must be original and previously unpublished. For seasonal material, be aware that if you submit something that is about a particular month, holiday, event (back to school, graduation), or season, we need to receive it a minimum of six weeks ahead.” Essays: These are first-person, nonfiction explorations of how you responded to a place, a person, a situation, an event, or happenings in everyday life. Tell a story; share a funny true tale. The humor should…

Prompts

An epiphany . . . Prompt #117

* “An epiphany is a sudden realization of a significant event. At that special moment, a life meaning becomes clear to you —an insight into your personality, a discovery of something you value or believe in, an acute sense of where you are in life. Here’s an Epiphany Tale one elder told to her family: I must have been around seven or eight. It was summer, and we were visiting my aunt Clara up at Crystal Lake. I was alone, lying on my back by the banks of the lake, looking up at the sky, and I had my harmonica in my mouth. I was just breathing through it, in and out, not playing a melody, simply breathing. And suddenly, I was overcome with this wonderful feeling of connection to everything in the world. I’d say now it was a spiritual feeling. I listened to the sound my breathing made…

Guest Bloggers

Guest Blogger Jean Grant-Sutton and glorious messy imperfections

Guest Blogger Jean Grant-Sutton writes: This time of year I am reminded so pertinently of the glorious messy imperfection of life. I see it in an amass of leaves on the ground that are so exquisitely beautiful in their array of color, but they make for a lot of clean up and clutter in the yard. Great in the compost to make nutritious soil — glad for that. I take comfort in reality. Life is made up of much glorious messy imperfection. I feel like I’m one of them And I continue to practice acceptance for that. It takes courage to be imperfect. Click here for a great article by Roger Allen on this topic. I hope you enjoy it. Integrative Yoga Therapist, Jean Grant-Sutton loves to share writings that stem from an understanding of life based on the ancient art and science of Yoga. She writes to connect and…

Quotes

Art connects us.

“It’s a very deep experience for so many people to read ‘Wild’ and feel what they feel, because of course they’re not feeling it about my life, but about their own. And that’s what art does. It reminds us that we are more alike than different and that our common humanity connects us really profoundly.” — Cheryl Strayed, author of “Wild.”

Just Write

We write for a variety of reasons . . .

We write for a variety of reasons: ~ To tell a story, or what happened as we remember it ~ To create a fictional story ~ To tell a fiction story, based on truth ~ To journal what happened and our feelings about what happened ~ To write non-fiction: share our knowledge or to tell what happened All of this involves what we learned, what changed us, what impressed us. It doesn’t matter why you are writing. It is important that you write. No matter the motivation for your writing . . . Just Write!