THE
PERPETUAL CHILD
An Adult
Adoptee Anthology
ABOUT:
"Adoptees are
viewed as perpetual children, with views easily dismissed as 'angry,'
'ungrateful,' or 'bitter,' especially if our views are politicized, raced, or
consider the woman who gave birth to us."Jane Joeng Trenka (2005)
In
the novel An-Ya and Her Diary, by Diane
René Christian, the main character, An-Ya, is frozen in literary time. An-Ya
will forever remain a pre-teen adoptee. But what happens to real adoptees when
they grow up? How are adoptees affected and impacted by the stereotype of the
“perpetual child”?
CALL FOR ENTRIES: The AN-YA Project is
accepting submissions of all literary genres related to the theme of the
adoptee as “The Perpetual Child”. Contributors
must be adult adoptees.
SUMBISSION PROCESS: Submission Deadline extended . Please include a brief bio and contact information with
submission. Submit via email to co-editor Diane René Christian @ dianechristian @live.com (remove space)
Writers of
accepted submissions will be notified by September 30, 2013. $100 provided for
each accepted piece to be published world-wide in The Perpetual Child: An Adult Adoptee Anthology. Book will be available via print & ebook.
MORE INFO: This anthology will be
co-edited by Amanda H.L.
Transue-Woolston, BSW & Diane
René Christian and published via the AN-YA Project. Visit the AN-YA Project website anyadiary.com
Edited To Add:
We are seeking powerful, thought provoking and innovative literary work
that explores the adoptee theme of The Perpetual Child. All
genres—fiction & non-fiction.
There is no word count limit. However, we will be very limited in the amount of
short pieces we can accept.
PREVIOUS
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE AN-YA PROJECT: Stephanie
Kripa Cooper-Lewter, Ph.D., L.M.S.W., Lee Herrick, Amanda H.L.
Transue-Woolston, BSW, Jennifer Bao Yu "Precious Jade" Jue-Steuck, Susan
Branco Alvarado, MA Ed, LPC, Matthew Salesses, Phoebe Peachment & Sabrina
Orlins.
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