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The Elephant in the Room is Cancer. Tea is the Relief Conversation Provides.
We appreciate your interest in sharing your story with the Elephants and Tea AYA (adolescent and young adult) cancer community!
Please read the guidelines below before submitting using the form at the bottom of this page.
Our Director of Content will reach out to you once your submission has been reviewed. Because of the influx of submissions we receive, this will take a minimum of two weeks.
Most articles submitted will be shared only on our website, as we post four articles a week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Due to the amount of submissions we receive, articles are scheduled up to six months in advance.
Current Digital Submission Theme:
Trusting My Body – Due Friday, May 24
*theme description below
We have four quarterly print magazines that come out in March, June, September, and December. While we would love to include every submission in one of our magazines, we unfortunately are unable to do so.
Current Magazine Submission Theme:
September 2024 Issue: The Ghosts of Cancer – Due Friday, June 21
*theme description below
Digital Call for Submissions:
Trusting My Body
*Submissions Due: Friday, May 24
Has cancer changed the level of trust you have with your body? Do you think you can rebuild trust in your body if any was lost? What would that process look like? Are there parts of your body that are hard to trust now? Are there parts of your body you trust more now?
2024 Magazine Themes:
March Issue – Friendships
*Submissions Closed
June Issue – Dear Cancer
*Submissions Closed
September Issue – The Ghosts of Cancer
*Submissions Due: Friday, June 21
What is something you have lost or experienced through cancer that haunts you? What are some unwanted things that cancer added to your life? What are some things that are missing from your life now? Describe what that loss or addition feels like.
December Issue – Expectations
*Submissions Due: Friday, September 13
What are some expectations you’ve experienced surrounding cancer? Have expectations from others changed since cancer? What about those toward yourself? Do you have different expectations of others after what you have been through
Elephants and Tea is committed to representing the stories and experiences of all members of our herd. The following information is optional and collected only to inform the organization about who our audience is. Your responses to the following questions will not have any impact on your submission.
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