29 Gifts BOOK: Submit your story; deadline Nov 29, 2008
NOVEMBER 18 UPDATE: We have not received very many submissions yet. I hope a bunch of you are out there working on your stories because the deadline is only 11 days away! I can tell you for sure that if you submit, you have a very good chance of getting published. Even if your story doesn't make it into the first book, we'll hold it on file for consideration for one of our follow-up titles.
Here is the "official" call for submissions for the 29 Gifts book. PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW THE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS!
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ATTENTION WRITERS: Call for PERSONAL ESSAY SUBMISSIONS for 29 Gifts book
Submission Deadline: November 29, 2008
Book Title
29 GIFTS: How to cultivate a daily giving practice that will ignite your energy for life
by Cami Walker and the 29Gifts Community
Book Description
29 Gifts is the story of how 29Gifts.org founder, Cami Walker, healed from a major illness by taking an unusual prescription from a South African medicine woman. The remedy? Give 29 gifts to others in 29 days. Midway through Cami's 29 days of giving, after seeing many miraculous changes in her life, she launched a website encouraging others to take the 29 Gifts Challenge and share their stories about how it impacts their lives. Six months and over 3,000 committed givers later, a publisher said YES to Cami's proposal to write a memoir. The book is scheduled for release Fall 2009. The details of the publishing contract are confidential at this time.
In addition to Cami's inspiring personal story, 29 Gifts will also include a supplemental collection of personal essays from other writers about the power of giving.
SUBMISSION DETAILS:
Authors whose stories are chosen for publication in the 29 Gifts book will receive a one-time payment of $200. Payment will be issued directly from 29Gifts.org, not from the publisher.
Selected contributors also get a brief bio at the end of their story and a link to their 29Gifts.org profile page. On your 29Gifts.org profile page, readers can learn more about you, leave comments for you about your story, and link to your website.
How to Submit: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY and FOLLOW DIRECTIONS!
1. SIGN UP for the 29 Gifts Challenge
2. Give away 29 gifts in 29 days. Your gifts can be ANYTHING given to ANYONE -- smiles, kind thoughts, old sweaters, cans of soup, spare change...
3. Write and submit a story that is between 600 and 2,500 words about how it impacted your life to focus on giving for 29 days. Submissions in the 1,000-word range are ideal.
4. Email your story in the BODY of an email to story@29Gifts.org NO ATTACHMENTS
*Put STORY in the SUBJECT LINE of your email
*Include your FULL CONTACT DETAILS: first and last name (as you want it published in your byline), phone number, mailing address, email address and the link to your 29Gifts.org profile at the TOP of your email and the story below that.
IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE:
You MUST be a member of the 29Gifts.org site (i.e. have a profile on the site) to be considered for the book.
Only stories that relate directly to your experience with the 29-Day Giving Challenge will be considered for the book. It is appropriate to tell about experiences from your past... but make it relevant to your 29-Gifts experience. Try giving a gift during your 29 days that somehow brings things full circle into the present for your story.
Chosen contributors will be required to sign a publication release from 29Gifts.org.
If you haven't signed up for the giving challenge yet, DO IT NOW and start your giving because story submissions for the book are due November 29, 2008!
Please direct any submission-related questions to: story@29Gifts.org
*Absolutely NO phone calls please.
A FEW GUIDELINES TO GIVE YOU THE BEST CHANCE
OF BEING SELECTED FOR THE 29 GIFTS BOOK:
1. Write in present, active tense.
2. Use a lot of sensory detail that helps stimulate all five senses.
3. Use conversational tone, as if you are sitting down and telling the story in person to your best friend.
4. Tell the story of the gift(s) you gave, but also communicate how it impacted you. How did you feel about yourself after offering the gift(s)? Did the gift(s) change your perception about something? Did you receive something unexpected in return? Was there an evident impact on the recipient of the gift(s)?
Here's a link to a story that follows these suggestions well.
A Hit of Iced Tea by Cami Walker
Please direct any submission-related questions to: story@29Gifts.org
*Absolutely NO phone calls please.
Here is the "official" call for submissions for the 29 Gifts book. PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY AND FOLLOW THE SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS!
=====================================================
ATTENTION WRITERS: Call for PERSONAL ESSAY SUBMISSIONS for 29 Gifts book
Submission Deadline: November 29, 2008
Book Title
29 GIFTS: How to cultivate a daily giving practice that will ignite your energy for life
by Cami Walker and the 29Gifts Community
Book Description
29 Gifts is the story of how 29Gifts.org founder, Cami Walker, healed from a major illness by taking an unusual prescription from a South African medicine woman. The remedy? Give 29 gifts to others in 29 days. Midway through Cami's 29 days of giving, after seeing many miraculous changes in her life, she launched a website encouraging others to take the 29 Gifts Challenge and share their stories about how it impacts their lives. Six months and over 3,000 committed givers later, a publisher said YES to Cami's proposal to write a memoir. The book is scheduled for release Fall 2009. The details of the publishing contract are confidential at this time.
In addition to Cami's inspiring personal story, 29 Gifts will also include a supplemental collection of personal essays from other writers about the power of giving.
SUBMISSION DETAILS:
Authors whose stories are chosen for publication in the 29 Gifts book will receive a one-time payment of $200. Payment will be issued directly from 29Gifts.org, not from the publisher.
Selected contributors also get a brief bio at the end of their story and a link to their 29Gifts.org profile page. On your 29Gifts.org profile page, readers can learn more about you, leave comments for you about your story, and link to your website.
How to Submit: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY and FOLLOW DIRECTIONS!
1. SIGN UP for the 29 Gifts Challenge
2. Give away 29 gifts in 29 days. Your gifts can be ANYTHING given to ANYONE -- smiles, kind thoughts, old sweaters, cans of soup, spare change...
3. Write and submit a story that is between 600 and 2,500 words about how it impacted your life to focus on giving for 29 days. Submissions in the 1,000-word range are ideal.
4. Email your story in the BODY of an email to story@29Gifts.org NO ATTACHMENTS
*Put STORY in the SUBJECT LINE of your email
*Include your FULL CONTACT DETAILS: first and last name (as you want it published in your byline), phone number, mailing address, email address and the link to your 29Gifts.org profile at the TOP of your email and the story below that.
IMPORTANT THINGS TO NOTE:
You MUST be a member of the 29Gifts.org site (i.e. have a profile on the site) to be considered for the book.
Only stories that relate directly to your experience with the 29-Day Giving Challenge will be considered for the book. It is appropriate to tell about experiences from your past... but make it relevant to your 29-Gifts experience. Try giving a gift during your 29 days that somehow brings things full circle into the present for your story.
Chosen contributors will be required to sign a publication release from 29Gifts.org.
If you haven't signed up for the giving challenge yet, DO IT NOW and start your giving because story submissions for the book are due November 29, 2008!
Please direct any submission-related questions to: story@29Gifts.org
*Absolutely NO phone calls please.
A FEW GUIDELINES TO GIVE YOU THE BEST CHANCE
OF BEING SELECTED FOR THE 29 GIFTS BOOK:
1. Write in present, active tense.
2. Use a lot of sensory detail that helps stimulate all five senses.
3. Use conversational tone, as if you are sitting down and telling the story in person to your best friend.
4. Tell the story of the gift(s) you gave, but also communicate how it impacted you. How did you feel about yourself after offering the gift(s)? Did the gift(s) change your perception about something? Did you receive something unexpected in return? Was there an evident impact on the recipient of the gift(s)?
Here's a link to a story that follows these suggestions well.
A Hit of Iced Tea by Cami Walker
Please direct any submission-related questions to: story@29Gifts.org
*Absolutely NO phone calls please.
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Stacey S. on -
I have one but just haven't had time to work on it. but i will have it done before the deadline i promise.
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Permalink Reply by Tennant Shaw on -
Just found this site today and I think this is a wonderful idea. I look forward to submiting my story!
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Permalink Reply by Barbara Byrd on -
Okay.....quick question. I just submitted my essay yesterday, and I'm wondering if more than one essay can be submitted by an individual or if it's just "one per customer." I can be reached at my email address, which is: womanofworth06@aol.com. Thanks for taking the time to read my inquiry. Have a great day.
Barb
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Permalink Reply by Cami Walker -- 29Gifts Founder on -
you can submit more than one! Only one per person will be printed though.
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Permalink Reply by Cami Walker -- 29Gifts Founder on
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Whoa. 12 Days. I hope a rush of stories come in by the deadline... or I'm gonna be really stressed!
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Permalink Reply by Lauren Osornio on -
Hi Cami,
I just sent in my story. Good luck with the book. I'm sure it's going to be an amazing experience. Thank you so much for doing this. I've loved every minute of my 29 days (and more!) of giving.
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Permalink Reply by Eileen Bradley Tanfani on -
Still working on my story but will have it to you by the 29th. Thanks.
Eileen
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Permalink Reply by sharon on -
I finished my story last night. I think you will have a few more last minute procrastinators, Cami!
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Permalink Reply by Rudy Simone on -
Just sent mine in...look for "The Icing on the Cake"--hope you like it!
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Permalink Reply by Cami Walker -- 29Gifts Founder on
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Great. Thank you!!
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