Does every writer have their Mt. Everest? That one special market they want to crack. I suppose the New Yorker is Mt. Everest for many writers. I don’t think I’m a New Yorker kind of gal. Although I like reading the New Yorker, I don’t think my writing is New Yorker style. My Mt. Everest is The Sun.
When I first read The Sun I was amazed. No ads…just words and photographs. And the words! I dreamed of writing like that(I still dream of writing like that).
I’ve never submitted to The Sun. Well, never to the main section of the magazine. Instead I submit to the small section called “Readers Write”. Each issue runs several pages of writers’ short writings on a theme. So I submit to “Readers Write” hoping that if I someday am chosen I’ll get up enough nerve to submit to the main magazine.
If you want to try to climb my Mt Everest you can submit typed, double spaced pieces with your name, address, phone number and email to:
Readers Write
The Sun
107 North Roberson Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
The Sun has not embraced email. somehow that makes them all the more special to me. Upcoming themes are:
April 1 — Slowing Down
May 1 — Teenagers
June 1 — The Office
July 1 — Medicine
Aug 1 — Making It Last
Sept 1 — Singing