Submission Guidelines

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The heart of the Mindfulness Bell is the creative expression of mindfulness practice offered by practitioners throughout the world. The Mindfulness Bell invites submissions of prose, poetry, photography and artwork for our upcoming issues. Material should include specific examples of how mindfulness practice in daily life is helping to transform suffering, create peace, and improve relationships and well-being. Please share from your personal practice and from your heart.

We welcome your stories, essays, poems, and teachings. Material of 500-1500 words are most frequently printed. Longer articles of 2000-3000 words are also needed. We especially request stories, artwork, and writing from young people.

The beauty of each issue comes from the creative fruits offered by our readers. We can use photos and all kinds of artwork, including illustrations and cartoons. Please send photos as JPG or TIF files, 1 MB or larger.

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Submission Due Dates:
July 1, 2013 – for Autumn 2013 issue
November 1, 2013 – for Winter/Spring 2014 issue

Upcoming themes:

Beginning Anew – Share your personal experience of transformation through the practice of Beginning Anew, as described here: http://deerparkmonastery.org/mindfulness-practice/beginning-anew .

Healing Trauma with Mindfulness – How has the practice of mindfulness in the Plum Village tradition supported you to heal from trauma? What have you learned, and how have you transformed, through your personal experience of healing trauma in your own life? Submissions from veterans and survivors of war are particularly welcome.

We welcome feature articles (1,500 to 2,500 words), essays, and stories, as well as poetry. Submissions from children and teens are especially encouraged.

Art and Photo Submissions:
We appreciate photos, artwork, and cartoons from your local Sangha, family, and community. Please send digital images as TIFF or JPEG files, 1 MB or larger. We can return originals sent by mail.

How to send:

• Preferred method is to email files to editor@mindfulnessbell.org. Artwork should be sent as JPG or TIF files, 1 MB or larger.
• You can also send original art, photos, or a cd of digital images to:
  
  The Mindfulness Bell
  c/o Natascha Bruckner
  PO Box 1201
  Capitola, CA 95010-1201
  USA