We are very interested in writing by children, adolescents,
and adults that speaks about personal experience, especially with a disability
or mental health issue.
Essays and poetry submissions wanted for alternativechoices.com . See
details below: Seeking Reader Views
Submissions by Adults:
click on author's name to get to author's page
Gary Paul Lehman, New York;
Jenna, 2004
Three Dreams, 2004
Closing up the Boat, 2004
Sorrow's Eye, Richard II -- Act Two, scene one, 2004
Margo Perine, New York;
My Life, My Words,
2005
Tinki;
Expecting, 2007
flux: beauty, redefined, 2007
Submissions by Children and Teens
Jordan Schmidt,
Speech at 2006 Walk Far for Naar
I am An American, 2006
Seeking Reader Views
We will consider any topics relevant to mental health,
therapy, treatment, specific diagnoses, etc. We are looking for anecdotal
stories about personal struggles, overcoming obstacles (or not), and related
short essays or poems.
You will have the choice of writing under your own name, an assumed name, or
anonymously. We will need your phone number, not to be published, so that we can
contact you regarding editing or other matters.
We reserve the right to edit pieces that we decide to post on the site. We may
edit for length, grammar and/or content. We will show you the edited piece
before it is printed.
Submissions should be made electronically, if at all possible, as a Microsoft
Word document or a text file or in the body of your email.
Send submissions via email to
cariel@alternativechoices.com.
You will be notified of an acceptance within 3 weeks.
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