Catalyst Book Press is seeking literary essays telling personal stories of adoption, open adoption, birth parent connections, the adoption triad, and unification with children after closed adoption for an anthology for and about birth parents. Authors of accepted essays will receive $50 for their stories and one copy of the publication.
Submissions can be sent by August 15, 2009 to co-editors Ann and Amanda Angel, 15255 Turnberry Dr., Brookfield, WI 53005. For more information, please email Ann at alangel78@gmail.com.
If you wish your manuscript returned, please include an SASE.
The editors of this anthology will be selecting submissions that reflect the following:
- A literary or creative nonfiction style that allows the reader an empathic experience.
- Stories that reflect a variety of experiences and outcomes within the adoption triad.
- Stories should be typed, double-spaced in 12 point Times Roman or Courier font, using traditional manuscript format.
- While there is no length requirement for individual stories but writers are requested to keep in mind that the anthology will run about 220 pages and will include a minimum of 12 stories.
- At this time, we cannot accept poetry submissions
