Essay/story submissions wanted (grandmothers) (worldwide) | $250 per piece
Added 2025-02-27 02:49:08 +0000 UTCCOMPANY/PUBLICATION: CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL
Deadline: 15 July 2025
The deadline for story submissions is JULY 15, 2025.
We view this book as a wonderful gift for grandmothers of all ages at any time of year, but it will be published in March 2025, in time for the Mother's Day selling season. That is the reason for the short deadline. We may extend the deadline but please do not count on that. Please get your submissions in early so we can get started reading and choosing right away!
What makes this topic so much fun? Well, the moment a grandchild is born, a grandmother is born too. And what an amazing experience it is. Everyone has a great story about the unconditional love between grandmothers and their grandchildren. We are looking for heartwarming, insightful, and humorous stories celebrating grandmothers.
Stories can be written by:
Grandmothers about being a grandmother
Grandchildren about their grandmothers
Adult children about their mothers or stepmothers or mothers-in-law as grandmothersAll of the above equally applies to stepmothers as grandmothers. We are not differentiating.
Poems are only considered if they are "prose poems" that tell a story. Please, no poems that obsessively rhyme and seem like a greeting card. Also, please, no eulogies.
Here are some suggested topics, but we know you can think of many more:
My baby is having a baby!
The joys of becoming a grandmother
Getting your grandmother name
Love across the generations
Continuing family legacies and traditions
Spoiling my grandchildren
The wisdom of grandmothers
What I learned from my grandchildren
What I learned from my grandmother
What I learned from my grown child when he/she became a parent
The rewards of being a grandmother
The challenges of being a grandmother
Fun times
Funny stories
Babysitting
Using technology for being part of grandchildren's/grandmothers' lives such as FaceTime and Zoom, social media, texting
Keeping up with the grandchildren: adventures, sore muscles, exhaustion...
Co-grandparenting with the in-laws, with your husband
Disagreements with the parents over rules, nutrition, religion, etc.- including unwanted advice!
Traveling with grandmothers/grandchildren
Grandmothers as role models
Raising your grandchildren when the parents are unable to
Differences between grandsons and granddaughters
Creating new traditions with the grandchildren/grandmothers
Review the submission guidelines here.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:
Submissions: Via the webform
Website: http://www.chickensoup.com
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