Chicken Soup for the Soul Needs Stories

                                                                                       
          

I checked the Chicken Soup for the Soul Possible Book Topics page this morning. They are seeking stories for a whopping ten books. Surely you can come up with a story for one, or maybe more. When you go to their website (www.chickensoup.com), scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on Submit your story. You will find the books they are working on with suggestions as to what topics fit under each one. On the left side of the page, near the top, you will see a menu consisting of Story Guidelines, Submission FAQ, and Submit Your Story. It would be to your advantage to check each page. Don't skim through it. Read it!

Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies give the most detailed guidelines of any publication I have seen. And yet, writers send in stories that obviously do not follow the guidelines. Save yourself time and disappointment by studying those guidelines carefully. Click on the Submission FAQ page for some worthwhile information. 

The following titles and deadlines are listed on the Possible Book Topics page. Do visit the page and read the material under each title to get a clear picture of what kind of stories they would like to see. Take note of the deadline date for submission on each book.

Angels--April 15, 2022

Cats--May 30, 2022

Counting Your Blessings/attitude of gratitude--February 28, 2022

Crazy, eccentric, wacky, lovable, fun families--April 30, 2022

Dogs--May 30, 2022

Messages from Heaven--April,15, 2022

Miracles--April 15, 2022

Preteens--March 30, 2022

Teenagers--March 30, 2022

Thanksgiving, Xmas, Hanukkah, & New Year's--May 1, 2022

One last bit of advice. The sooner you send the story, the better chance you have to be accepted. If you send your story two days prior to the deadline, it's possible that they have already selected the majority of the stories for the book. Yours would need to be exceptional to be selected at that time.