Sharing the JOY in Cancer...

Call for Submissions

Have you written a JOYFUL story about a family member or your own journey with cancer? Do you have a photo or artwork of a JOYFUL time you or a family member had while living with cancer? Dear Contributor to Finding the JOY in Cancer:

Debbie Center & Brenda Avadian, MA Photo: Linda Tucker

I invite you to submit your work for consideration in Finding the JOY in Cancer: (Subtitle to be determined). Together we will give hope, strength, and courage to those who have cancer and to their families around the world.

The Criteria for your JOYFUL submission are as follows:

Length: Stories should be 250 - 1,000 words (one to four double-spaced "typed" pages).

Format: Submissions may arrive via email. You may attach digital/scanned photos as .jpg files for easy translation over the Internet.

Subjective Criteria: Those battling cancer, and their loved ones, should feel JOY when reading your story. Their hearts should fill with hope and JOY when looking at your photo/artwork.

Descriptive Criteria: Your story must have enough vivid detail so the reader feels s/he is living the experience. Your photo/artwork must capture the essence of JOY .

If your work is accepted we will include up to a 50-word biography in the "Contributors' Biographies" section of the book.

Please send your submissions under the subject heading "FtJiCancer " to DebbieCenter@TheCaregiversVoice.com or mail to Debbie Center at PO Box 270544, Littleton, CO 80127.

Together, we will bring hope to those whose lives are touched by cancer.

Genuinely Yours,

(A thyroid cancer survivor since 1985, Debbie Center accepted Brenda Avadian's invitation to serve as co-editor of Finding the JOY in Cancer. Debbie lives in Littleton, CO., teaching piano and writing for Epinions.com. A former caregiver to her late mom with Alzheimer's, Debbie's stories are featured in the first two volumes of Finding the JOY in Alzheimer's. Brenda Avadian, MA, is an award-winning speaker and author of eight books, including "Where's my shoes?" My Father's Walk through Alzheimer's-hailed by critics as one of the most telling accounts of a caregiver's experiences and the ground-breaking Finding the JOY series. Sales proceeds of these books benefit groups and organizations helping people with Alzheimer's and Cancer and their families.)