True Words Anthology

Call for Submissions

All you dues-paying Story Circle members, boot up your computers or pick up your pens! SCN's yearly anthology, True Words from Real Women, needs you! Each spring, we publish an anthology of stories and poetry to showcase the wonderful writing of our members.

There is no theme for the anthology, and we accept prose and poetry and both short and long pieces, though greater consideration is given to shorter pieces. The word limit for prose is 1000 words and for poetry, 40 lines. We will accept up to three pieces per author for consideration. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2010.

All anthology submissions should be made via the web form, here.

Hard-copy Submissions for the True Words Anthology

Please send us your anthology writing via the web form. If and only if you are really unable to submit your story electronically, you may submit your story by mailing us a paper copy. Hardcopy submissions should be sent to: Anthology Submissions,

You will be asked to include:

  • your name
  • street address
  • city, state/province, zip/postal code and country (if you are not in the U.S.)
  • phone
  • email address
  • whether your piece is prose or poetry
  • the word count or number of lines
  • the facilitator's name and the city and state of the writing or reading circle you belong to (if you are in a story circle)
  • a brief bio

We look forward to receiving a wide sampling of stories and poems, representative of our increasingly diverse membership. Let us hear from you!