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 

Lines

Due March 1

You wait on them in stores and airports. Actors rehearse them, and writers craft them. Pickup artists use them (or at least try to). Partiers might snort them. Rebels might cross them. They’re on maps, drawings, and medical charts. They’re the wrinkles around your eyes, the scars under your clothes, and the quote tattooed on your arm. Don’t miss the deadline: Send us your true stories about lines by March 1.

Superstition

Due April 1

What’s your reaction when you spill some salt on the table? What do you do when an open ladder is in the way of where you’re going? When’s the last time you opened an umbrella indoors? Does the presence of a black cat prompt dread, or do you just want to pet it? For some, even bothering with these considerations is irritating, irrational. For others, they can be matters of great importance—years of bad luck, or worse, might result if they’re not taken seriously. (Does saying, “Bless you” after someone sneezes still count?) Cross your fingers, choose a fortuitous date (maybe not the thirteenth?), and send us your true story on “Superstition” by April 1.