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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 three articles a week: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Due to the amount of submissions we receive, articles are scheduled up to three months in advance.
Current Website Submission Theme:
Scars – Due Friday, August 30
*theme description below
We have four quarterly print magazines that come out in March, June, September, and December. Each magazine issue adheres to a specific theme, and only submissions on those themes will be considered for the magazine. While we would love to include every submission in one of our magazines, we unfortunately are unable to do so. See below for the full list of magazine themes for the year.
Current Magazine Submission Theme:
December 2024 Issue: Expectations – Due Friday, September 13
*theme description below
Website Call for Submissions:
Scars
*Submissions Due: Friday, August 30
How has cancer scarred you? Do you have physical scars, invisible scars, or both? What story do your scars tell? How do you feel about your scars?
2024 Magazine Themes:
March Issue – Friendships
*Submissions Closed
June Issue – Dear Cancer
*Submissions Closed
September Issue – The Ghosts of Cancer
*Submissions Closed
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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