creativity/machine

Jen and Nancy at The Write Doctors are putting together an anthology of teen writings which includes old diary entries, passed notes, stories, essays, even yearbook entries. I’m interested in this in vernacular creativity terms, of course.

And they are calling for submissions:

If you?re anything like we were, as a teenager you kept a diary filled with hopes, dreams, bad poetry and, well, self-obsessed ramblings about your life?s profound urgencies. Do these old journals fill you with shame and embarrassment when you read them now? Do you chuckle at your coming-of-age obsessions, your angst, your propensity to melodrama? Have you even dared to look back at those padlocked outpourings of your teen heart? Or, are you impressed with your insight, your newly-found wisdom?

We invite you to capitalize on that glorious shame, humor, and pride by submitting old diary or journal entries for publication in the anthology If You Read This I?ll Kill You: Breaking into Our Teen Diaries.

To read examples or to find out how to finally publish that rant about the unfairness of being the oldest/middle/youngest child or (in my case) not being allowed to watch Countdown, visit the website. And I’m still mad about the Countdown thing.