Published in CRY Magazine

·Aug 9

Call For Submissions — What Makes Your Life Beautiful?

I’m feeling good today. Just moved into my new apartment, book sales for Boys And Girls Screaming going well, life is good. How is your life? I know there’s always struggle, but tell CRY what is making your life beautiful. Same rules as always: You can submit to this or ANY of our past writing prompts. Just scroll through our previous newsletters. They’ll be marked “Call for Submissions.” If you’re already a writer for CRY, go ahead and submit.

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Call For Submissions — What Makes Your Life Beautiful?

I’m feeling good today. Just moved into my new apartment, book sales for Boys And Girls Screaming going well, life is good.

How is your life? I know there’s always struggle, but tell CRY what is making your life beautiful.

Same rules as always:

You can submit to this or ANY of our past writing prompts. Just scroll through our previous newsletters. They’ll be marked “Call for Submissions.”
If you’re already a writer for CRY, go ahead and submit.
Be as creative as you want in your submissions. As long as you stick to the topic, we’ll consider it.
Just because you submit doesn’t mean we’ll post. If you haven’t heard back from us in three days, consider that a pass.

Published in CRY Magazine

·Aug 1

Call For Submissions — When Did Love Overpower Hate

There’s always so many bad things happening in the world that we an point to. I don’t need to list all of them. Your eyes are just as open as mine and you can see, hear, and feel the negativity all around you. But we’re all still existing, right? We’re…

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·Jul 19

Call For Submissions — Summertime Nostalgia

Growing up in Toronto where winters can be furious, we yearn for the summer months. Because of this, I’ve had some epic summers with memories from my childhood that are still with me. …

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·Jul 5

Call For Submissions — Who Are You?

Sometimes the simplest questions are the most deep. When I think of who I am, there are so many ways to answer. I think of myself as a parent, as a writer, as a friend. …

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Jun 28

Shame can last a lifetime

My first book was a novella titled Thoughts Of A Fractured Soul. It was a story that essentially fictionalized my life as a teenage parent and the main character’s struggle to find themself while raising a child. It’s odd because even though that book was clearly about my real life…

Shame

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Published in CRY Magazine

·Jun 20

Call For Submissions — Through The Wire

It’s been nearly 20 years since Kanye West got into the car accident that changed his life and music forever. …

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·Jun 7

Call For Submissions — What First Inspired You To Write?

When I was twenty years old, I reread Beloved by Toni Morrison for the second time. When I put the book down, I knew exactly what I wanted to do with my life: I wanted to make readers feel the way Morrison made me feel. Nothing was more clear. Although…

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·May 31

Call For Submissions — What Was Your First Love?

Or if you’re really feeling brave, who was your first love? I’m not even going to waste too much time with the preamble on this one. We all have love stories and first love stories, in particular. Whether it’s a person or a thing is up to you, but let’s hear it. Tell us about your first love. Same rules as always: You can submit to this or ANY of our past writing prompts. Just scroll through our previous newsletters. They’ll be marked “Call for Submissions.”

Newsletter

1 min read

Call For Submissions — What Was Your First Love?

Or if you’re really feeling brave, who was your first love?

I’m not even going to waste too much time with the preamble on this one. We all have love stories and first love stories, in particular. Whether it’s a person or a thing is up to you, but let’s hear it. Tell us about your first love.

Same rules as always:

You can submit to this or ANY of our past writing prompts. Just scroll through our previous newsletters. They’ll be marked “Call for Submissions.”
If you’re already a writer for CRY, go ahead and submit.
Be as creative as you want in your submissions. As long as you stick to the topic, we’ll consider it.
Just because you submit doesn’t mean we’ll post. If you haven’t heard back from us in three days, consider that a pass.

Published in CRY Magazine

·May 24

Call For Submissions — Trust No One

Trust is such an odd concept. In public life, so much of trusting is out of our control. We trust that the car will stop at the stop sign while we’re crossing the street. We trust that a doctor will give us the proper diagnosis or treatment. …

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·May 18

Call for Submissions — When Was the Last Time You Cried?

Crying is such a unique action. We can cry while feeling sad, angry, scared, joyful, hopeful or frustrated. Not sure if you know this, but that’s the reason this magazine is called CRY. …

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