Why Writedown?
Why Should I Bother?
Many people who have had a crisis in their life tend to bottle it up. Writedown is an opportunity to tell the world and for people in a similar situation to realise that they are not alone. Writing is an excellent therapy to release stress.
Who Should Apply?
Anybody who feels that they would benefit from writing about their experience and feelings. You may have cancer, Aids or diabetes. You may have had an unexpected bereavement in the family. You may be a refugee or assylum seeker. Tell the world.
What Should I Do?
Write about your experience and feelings. Ideally this should be no longer than five A4 pages.
Visit our website, complete the form, and download your work.
If you do not have access to a computer, please email or write to us and we can send you an application in the post for you to complete. We will accept stories on CD or DVD discs. hand-written or typed work.
Then What Happens?
We will post your work on our website for six months. Only your name will appear on it, but with your agreement we will forward emails and letters from other people who want to contact you. You will be under no obligation to reply.
Please Note: We reserve the right to edit any work received, and we will not accept any work that may cause offence to others.
Is There A Charge?
Yes, we make a charge of £5 to post your work on our website. This is to cover our costs and prevent time wasters sending us spurious work.
From our website you can pay by debit or credit card through the secure PayPal system. If you prefer, you can send your work by post, please enclose a cheque for £5 made payable to Reword Publishers and enclose the details requested on the application form.
With the permission of the writers we will, from time to time, and for a small charge, publish a compilation of peoples work in book form.
