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Please read the guidelines for
submission prior to sending your story.
Guidelines for Submissions
An I Survived So Can You story is a true story about ordinary people
surviving traumatic events in their lives. It is a story that opens the
heart and reaches deep down into the soul exposing the good, the bad,
and the ugly; using all your senses so the reader understands the
emotions attached to the experience.
I Survived and So Can You stories should be written in the first person,
and have a beginning, middle and an ending. Try to use as much emotion
as you can to describe the story. How you felt such as angry,
frustrated, happy, sad, joyous, guilty, overwhelmed or exhausted.
Describe what you did to survive. If you can, describe how the situation
would have been easier for you to deal with.
The most powerful stories are true stories. Be honest and tell the
truth. Not all stories have happy endings; they do however have lessons
that you’ve learned on a personal level and these lessons should be
shared. Telling your story also helps you heal your own past. We survive
experiences in life because we are strong emotional beings. Sharing
these experiences empowers us and allows us to shed the label of
‘victim’. We are looking for hard core honesty and no fluffing is
required. People deserve to hear the truth about situations and life
experiences. If there isn't a happy ending then don't make one.
The purpose of the I Survived So Can You series is to help people
understand they are not alone in what they are experiencing. Your story
may be more involved than what the reader is experiencing or it may not
be as deep as their experience. Regardless the ‘knowing’ that someone
else has suffered through similar circumstances eases the mind of the
person living through the experience.
Guidelines for the Story
1. Please know that your story should be
written in the first person.
2. Tell your story in a way that will
make the reader cry or laugh. Don’t leave anything out — how did you
feel?
3. The story should start with action; it
should include a problem, issue or situation. It should include dialogue
and the character should express their feelings though the conflict or
situation. It should end in a result, such as a lesson learned, a
positive change or life altering experience.
4. Above all, let it come from your
HEART! Your story is important!
Story Specifications
1. Please know that the only way to
submit your stories or poems to us is via our website:
www.lisasobry.com or email:
lisasobry@hotmail.com
2. Stories and poems must be non-fiction
and should not be longer than 15 pages at 8.5x11 in Microsoft Word,
font-times new roman, font size #12, single spacing. If you find your
story is longer than this, consider co-writing a book with Lisa Sobry or
writing your own book.
3. Please do not submit
A. A sermon, an essay or eulogy.
B. A term paper, thesis, letter or
journal entry.
C. About politics or controversial
issues.
D. A biography or testimonial.
These documents will be deleted and
not considered for publishing.
4. No anonymous, author unknown or "as
told to" submissions, please.
5. We prefer that you submit your stories
only once. Submitting the SAME story more than once to the SAME topic causes
delays, so please resist the urge to submit your story multiple times.
6. Be sure to keep a copy of the stories
and/or poems that you submit to us. Please do not contact us and ask us
to send you a copy of anything you have previously submitted. We are
unable to do that.
7. Please submit only stories or poems
that have not been previously published. The only exception to this is
if your work has only been published in a small local publication with
limited circulation.
If the story or poem you wrote is
published by us, you will receive one free copy of the book your
story or poem appears in.
When you submit your story or poem to us
through our website, you will receive a response to your email with the
following message, "Thank you! Your submitted story or poem has been
received." This is the confirmation that your story or poem has been
delivered and accepted into our submission process. It is the only
acknowledgment you will receive from us. If you do not have Internet
access at home, you can always visit a local library.
It can take one to two years for I
Survived So Can You books to develop. Submission deadlines will be
posted on this webpage only. Please be patient, as this is
an important, yet time-consuming process. If your story is chosen for a
future edition of I Survived So Can You or any other projects, you
will be notified and your permission to print it will be requested.
Authors who submit stories about other people take full responsibility
for obtaining permission from the person they are writing about. Please know that we never publish anything without written permission
from the submitting author.
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