Call For Submission: New Chicken Soup Anthology

Good Morning. 

The following is information passed along to me in an email. It comes from the Chicken Soup for the Soul series company. They are looking for contributors for their upcoming anthology Hope and Healing for Your Breast Cancer Journey.  Do take note of the December deadline to have your story submitted! 

Good Luck!

Mahoganie Jade Browne 🙂

 

Please send us your stories about your own breast cancer experience,
from diagnosis through treatment to rehab and recovery. Your stories
will provide the inspiration and comfort to other breast cancer
survivors and Dr. Julie Silver will provide medical facts, with a focus
on her specialty, which is rehabilitation and recovery.

Here are some possible story topics, just to get your creative juices
flowing:

* Dealing with physical and emotional changes after treatment
* Managing fear, stress, anxiety, and/or grief
* Supporting your children/partner
* Your children/partner supporting you
* What really made a difference in helping you recover
* Physical changes and body image
* Intimacy
* Survivorship and the long-term view
* Healing and reclaiming your life
* Accepting a new normal… or not
* What it means to be a survivor
* Spirituality/nature/universe-how this helped
* Family and/or friend involvement in your path to recovery
* My body is healthy, my emotions not so good
* Diet and exercise
* Physical therapy after surgery or other treatment
* Insurance issues
* Dealing with pain, fatigue and reduced physical strength
* A new lease on life

*We are particularly interested in stories where women sought out
conventional rehabilitation interventions such a physiatry consults
(physicians who specialize in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) and
physical or occupational therapy treatment. *

If your story is chosen, you will be a published author and your bio
will be printed in the book if you so choose. You will also receive a
check for $200 and 10 free copies of your book, worth more than $100.
You will retain the copyright for your story and you will retain the
right to resell it. … The book is scheduled for publication in
September 2012.*Submission deadline is December 15, 2011.* Deadline was
previously posted on our website as March 31, 2012.
*We are now on a faster schedule.*

*SUBMISSIONS GO TO * http://www.chickensoup.com/form.asp?cid=submit_story

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