N – HerStry Seeks Submissions With the Theme of Mental Health

HerStry centers the experiences of women identifying persons. We’re looking for work from bigender/polygender persons, cisgender women, intergender persons/intersex persons, non-binary persons/gender non-conforming persons, transgender women/transfeminine persons, two-spirit. In other words,  if you are a cis man, please refrain from submitting.

Mental health and all the struggles that come with it are more and more becoming part of the mainstream; nevertheless, sometimes the personal  stories, the struggles and triumphs that come with taking care of ourselves, don’t make it into the general lexicon. In March, we’re asking for your stories about what it’s really like to take care of your mental health in today’s world.
** HerStry is always happy to share stories anonymously—if your story is selected for publication, simply let your editor know you would not like your name shared **
The Rules:

• All stories must be true and about you.
• Stories must follow the theme in some way, interpretations can be wide.
• Stories must stay between 500–3,000 words.
• Documents should be double spaced, 12Pt font with 1 inch margins.
• Submissions must be in .doc or .docx form—we do not accept PDFs.
• Please do not put your name on your manuscript. We realize in personal essays, the author’s name often comes up, so just use your best discretion.
• Please include a third person bio. Cover letters are fine, but not necessary (we don’t read them, we’re more interested in what you’ve written).
• Please submit only once per theme.
• We do not accept previously published stories.

$3 submission fee goes toward keeping HerStry sustainable. All accepted pieces receive $20 payment.