Fundraising & Call for Submissions

[southabi.livejournal.com]

I'm on day 8 of my 10-Day countdown to the end of my Kickstarter campaign today, and wanted to share a few things.

First of all- thank you to everyone who's donated so far, and to those who have signal boosted the project. The support has been fantastic, and I'm glad to see such overflowing support for those with bipolar disorder.

I'm still looking for funding, but I've also begun looking for submissions.

-Our Stories – 250 words or less personal story on yours or others' struggles with bipolar disorder.
- Essays – This could be essays on the illness, about the stigma, etc.
- Poetry/Prose – Poetry or prose about someone with the disorder, or the disorder itself.
- Artwork – Same as Poetry/Prose, only artwork.

If you or anyone you know have anything they'd like to submit, please email to southabi [at] gmail.com

Submissions can be posted anonymously, first name only, full name, or screenname with a link to your website on request.

Lastly, feel free to check out my post on Six Degrees of Separation, concerning the affects of mental illness.

Comments

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

It looks like you're making good progress with this project.

Re: Yay!

[southabi.livejournal.com]

It's been wonderful- everyone's been very generous, and I have a couple companies also looking to donate to the cause. This is becoming bigger than I expected, but I'm glad there's been such an outpouring of support for the cause!

Re: Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com]

That's really good to hear, especially about the companies. I've posted this over on my LJ too.

[kithlyara.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you posted an update on this! I wanted to donate the first time you posted about it but didn't have the money to at the time. Now I do :)

Severe bipolar and OCD runs in my husband's family. I have so many loved ones that live with this and there are so many stigmas associated with it, there was simply no way that I couldn't help get this off the ground. Being a writer, I'm sure I'll be contributing a story or an essay, also.

Thank you so much for doing this! You're an angel!

[southabi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm very excited to continue working on this project, especially now that we've reached our minimum funding. It warms my heart that not only have we met our funding goal, but that I've been able to meet and speak to so many people that are affected by it and want to make a difference.

I'd love to have any writing or essays from you, just let me know whenever you have something ready. =)