N – Call for Submissions to The Sun’s Readers Write. Theme: “Shaving”

Readers Write is a feature in The Sun where readers share their personal writing on a given topic—a unique fixture of the magazine since the section’s inception in 1978. Send us your true story on an upcoming topic, and if we publish it you’ll receive a complimentary one-year subscription.

Writing style isn’t as important as thoughtfulness and sincerity, and topics are intentionally broad to give room for expression and interpretation.

Maybe your mom taught you how. Maybe your dad. Maybe no one did, and you’ve got the cuts to prove it. Tell us about an experience shaving, or choosing not to: for a job interview, for an intimate affair, or for a time you tried to reinvent yourself. Get your piece to us in the nick of time, and remember we only publish true stories in Readers Write.

To submit by mail, send your typed, double-spaced submission to: