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 

The Courtroom

Due February 1

Maybe you’ve been there to challenge a fifty-dollar jaywalking ticket. Maybe you’ve been there to testify in a first-degree-murder trial. Or perhaps the extent of your interaction with “The Courtroom” is watching Judge Judy when you stayed home from school on a sick day. It can be a stressful, dramatic place for many—one where life-changing decisions are made—but for others it’s as everyday as a visit to the office. Send us your true stories on “The Courtroom” and we’ll judge whether they’re right for Readers Write.   

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.