Do you have a story to tell?
Every month, we feature a short story, comic or short narrative. Our goal is to provide a platform for emerging storytellers.
YOU retain the rights to YOUR work, while contributing to STCW’s body of optimistic, inclusive fictional stories. The sky is the limit! But do be aware of the following criteria
To get featured, your story must:
Be compelling
Be fictional
Have an optimistic worldview (you can be as real or realist as you’d like, as long as the worldview acknowledges the hope, positivity, and generosity that humanity is capable of demonstrating)
Be creative
Be under 3,000 words or the rough equivalent if multi-media or in a visual format (contact us if you are not sure)
Your story should not:
Be a manifesto, preachy, dogmatic or non-fiction
Be offensive in a way that makes us question if you are pushing hateful narratives
Lack perspective
Your story could:
Be published elsewhere, as long as you have the rights to publish with us
Include images or videos, as long as you have the permissions to use them
Be passed upon for the month you submit and still be published months later on this page
How to submit
Submit using this form
Submissions are open and rolling, so there is no deadline
If you need to withdraw a submission, please do so by contacting us at StoriestoChangetheWorld@gmail.com