We're excited to see your creativity shine and to welcome you to our vibrant community.
Why Submit?
By sharing your stories, poems, and artwork with Soul Spill, you have the chance to:
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Have a teacher read your work as a meditation or prayer at the beginning of their class
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Reach and inspire a community of like-minded teens
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Break the stigma surrounding mental health through your creativity
Submit to our Blog or Journal
Soul Spill offers two avenues for engaging with fellow peers:
1) The quarterly-released journal that releases issues containing literary and visual work, including prayers, meditations, poems, short stories, photography, and art.
2) Our open blog that features content like stories or articles directly related to mental health.
Work published in our quarterly-released journal doesn't necessarily need to mention mental health but can include themes regarding it. Our journal issues are designed to support mental health but not necessarily discuss it, just like a good poem or short story. We will distribute journal issues to institutions and centers where your work can uplift others (ex, for use as a mediation ritual in a youth center or as a beginning of class prayer in a school). No work will be distributed without the author's permission. To write for our journal issues, please use the submission form below.
Our open blog features posts directly about mental health. Articles could include personal experiences, teen-to-teen advice, and summaries of new research. To write on our blog, please send your article to contact@soulspill.org! Any level of contribution is welcome.
Journal Issue Submission Guidelines
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We accept short stories, essays, poems, artwork, and photography
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Please ensure your work is original.
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Submit your work below as a PDF file or Google Doc link. If you're submitting artwork, submit it as a JPG or PNG image.
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Please make sure your writing is under 2000 words.
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If you're submitting artwork, please also ensure to include the title and a short description of your piece. Please also include the medium that has been used. Add all of this in the designated short answer box below.
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Include a brief bio and your age (ages 13 to 19 are welcome).
** Please note that our team will be editing your writing pieces and may make minor changes to your work before publishing. We will be in contact with you regarding edits and your work shortly after you submit.