Readers Write

Readers Write is a feature in The Sun where readers share their personal writing on a given topic — a unique fixture of the  magazine since the section’s inception in 1978. Send us your true story  on an upcoming topic, and if we publish it you’ll receive a  complimentary one-year subscription.

Not sure what to write? See below for some prompts to spark an idea. Writing style isn’t as important as thoughtfulness and sincerity, and topics are intentionally  broad to give room for expression and interpretation.

You can read a sample Readers Write section here.

Upcoming Topics

Practicing

Due November 1

A violin concerto, a foreign language, the perfect free throw—to master a skill, you need to put the time in. Maybe you’re working on something less conventional, like your social graces or sticking to a routine. Do you practice a religion or a meditation regimen?Does practice make perfect, or does it force you to confront your limitations? Take some time for your writing practice and send us your true stories by November 1.

Milk

Due December 1

Some love it; others can’t tolerate it. We pour it on cereal, add it to coffee, and blend it with ice cream to make shakes. It comes out of cows’ udders, nursing mothers’ bosoms, and schoolkids’ noses in the cafeteria. It’s a symbol of all that is nurturing and a source of fat we want to eliminate from our diets. But try as we might to replace it with watered-down oats and almonds and soy, these are all pale substitutes for the real thing. Send us your stories about milk by December 1: the memories and associations, the diets and indulgences, the personal experiences of drinking it, producing it, loving it, or hating it.