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
 

Stirring the Pot

Due August 1

Do you work in the culinary arts? Spend hours on the weekend perfecting your grandmother’s marinara? Look forward to making a nice dinner, or dread the grind of cooking every night? Maybe you’re a different kind of pot-stirrer: a political debater; a devil’s advocate; the person who brings up family secrets at the Thanksgiving dinner table. There’s more than one way to stir the pot. Send us your interpretation (true stories only, please) by August 1. 

Pockets

Due September 1

Pockets are where we safeguard some of our most important belongings: wallets, phones, the key to the new car, the rings for our best friend’s wedding. Sometimes that approach backfires: Ever been pickpocketed or “lost” something in the coat you only wear once a year? Are your pants always weighed down with kids’ snacks, pet treats, or tools? Did you ever snoop in your parents’ or spouse’s clothes and find something you didn’t expect? Dig deep and send us your true stories about pockets by September 1.