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THE GEEKY PRESS is seeking narrative essays, creative nonfiction, script photo, and poetry submissions for an edited book titled Dear America: Reflections on Race. We want personal stories and reflections from people who come from diverse backgrounds and want to share their American story. Deadline: July 31. Guidelines: www.thegeekypress.com/race.
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN: An Anthology is seeking nonfiction about the challenges and rewards of parenting with a mental illness. We are looking for contributors with varying diagnoses. Likewise, we are looking for essays from any point on the parenting timeline—from the decision to have a child, to helping children navigate adulthood. Please visit parentingmentalillnessbook.wordpress.com.
JACK WALKER PRESS seeks artful personal essays for inclusion in charitable themed anthology series. Theme for the first collection: Transitions. Second is: Exclusion and the other. Our readers deserve experience rather than a lecture. Labyrinthine narratives and show and tell welcome. www.jackwalkerpress.com. Submit by June 15 through GreenSubmissions: https://greensubmissions.com/723/the-xyzs/index.php.
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RATTLE SEEKS SUBMISSIONS by children for our annual Young Poets Anthology—poets must be age 15 or younger. Deadline: June 15. Children, parents, or teachers (with parents’ permission and contact information) may send up to 4 poems using our online submission manager. Website: www.rattle.com/children.
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