F – Call for Submissions to HerStry. Theme: “Thanks, I Guess”

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

In the US, November tends to be the month where we talk about thankfulness. But let’s be honest, Thanksgiving is a holiday with colonialist undertones that is getting harder and harder to celebrate, at least in its traditional narrative. So let’s talk about things we should be thankful for, but just aren’t. Or the things people expected us to be thankful for that we simply think, “Um, what?” Give us the rude, the harsh, the enduring, the funny. The things that made you say, “Thanks, I guess.”
** 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.

HerStry centers the experiences of women identifying persons. We’re looking for work from bigender/polygender persons, cisgender women, intergender persons/intersex persons, nonbinary persons/gender non-conforming persons, transgender women/transfeminine persons, two spirit. In other words, if you are a cis man, please refrain from submitting.
$3 submission fee goes toward keeping HerStry sustainable. All accepted pieces receive $20 payment.