Writers’ Submission Guidelines

Please note:

Submissions for the anthology are no longer open. Thank you to all who submitted.

The Resilience of Being is an upcoming anthology looking for creative non-fiction submissions. This publication will collate retellings and stories of people’s experiences with their body image: the damaging, the helpful, and the revolutionary.

Submission deadline has been extended to 14th October 2019 for submissions that want to make it into the print anthology.

Any submissions received after 14th October may still be accepted, but will be hosted on the online platform: resilienceofbeing.co.uk

To consider before you submit:

1. The work this anthology is looking for is non-fiction.We do not accept:

• Stage or television/film scripts
• Short stories.
  However – if your experience contains sensitive, personal content that you would be more comfortable submitting through a work of prose or poetry, do get in touch! We are happy to accept non-fiction prose to accommodate the comfort of the writer as we recognise this can be a difficult topic to discuss.

2. All submissions must be the writer’s own work. We cannot accept fan-works or transformative works based on a source that is not public domain.

3. All submissions must be no longer than 4,000 words and no shorter than 1,000.

Please ensure your submission conforms to the following guidelines:

• Your submission has a title and your name/pseudonym.
• Your submission includes contact details including email and telephone. These will not be shared with anyone else.
• Your submission must be in English.
• Provide either a .doc or a .docx file. No PDFs will be accepted.
• Double-space, 12 pt font, 2 cm margins.
• Professional font (i.e. Times New Roman/Arial/Courier New)
• This publication will conform to the Hundred Years Publishing’s acceptable content guidelines. Contextual profanities and violence are acceptable but please do not submit erotica. More details are available here: hundredyearspublishing.co.uk/Submission.html

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Emma at the email below.

To be included in the print anthology, submit to resilienceofbeing@gmail.com no later than midnight GMT 14th October 2019. Rolling deadline for submissions to be hosted online.