Submissions Information for The Wind Phone
UPDATED SEPT 20, 2023
We are pausing writer adds until November 1st. I’ll look through the comments and add those of you who have requested, but after today’s date, please wait until November 1 2023 to request.
Welcome to The Wind Phone!
This is a publication dedicated to those who wish to write about loss. We publish stories and essays of those who are grieving.
A poem is fine too, on occasion.
If you submit inauthentic ‘stories’ that even hint of AI, you will be removed from the pub. Sorry. We’re not here for churned content. You have been warned.
Dear readers — any, some, or all of these stories are about loss
Please consider this your content warning. Loss can be upsetting. This is a writer’s haven to write intimately about issues. Please know that before you read here. I will not ask writers to use content warnings. This is your ‘blanket’ warning.
I recognize that experiences of loss and grief are unique and different to every individual.
My friend Sally died in 2016, and a few months later, my ex died in a tragic accident. How I navigated their losses became intermingled, and 2016 has become a year I’ll always remember.
You could say I’m experienced at grief and loss. My parents are both gone. I’ve written a lot in this platform about them. My family losses — of them, my brother, many aunts and uncles and grandparents — are close to me. I hold my people close. I write their obituaries. I’m that person in the family who cleans graves. I’m the ‘last man standing,’ so to speak. It’s an honor.
For your submissions: recognizing that you may feel the need to write about the same person many, many times, please submit knowing we may accept the first few, then ask you to self-publish. We aren’t a place for every three days. This should be a sacred space for that special essay.
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