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Have you been the recipient or giver of a small act of kindness? Tell us about it for a book we’re writing. You can be credited or anonymous. Just tell us your story and help us pay your One Kind Act forward. No monetary compensation, but there is that great feeling you get knowing you helped make the world a better place! Be a part of something big. Be featured in The One Kind Act Book! All of the details are below.
One Kind Act Calls for Submissions
One Kind Act is now accepting submissions for its first anthology. One Kind Act is a social movement aimed at making lives happier and more fulfilling while making the world a better place … One Kind Act at a time.
Life is all about interacting. We forget that as we speed past other people in shiny boxes on the highway, or buy our morning coffee from a stranger in a window, or pump gas next to five other people never lifting our heads to see who they are.
But when we choose to notice the people around us and we act with kindness, we cause a chain reaction. A smile in the grocery store. An open door for a mother struggling with a baby carriage. A double batch of soup so there is extra for a neighbor. When we give and receive these gifts, we realize it really is the small things that matter.
We at One Kind Act have heard a lot of your stories and now we want to anthologize them to inspire and motivate others. We are looking for stories of both givers and recipients of Kind Acts. They may be with strangers, family members, or friends in private or professional settings. Don’t think your story isn’t what we’re looking for. If a Kind Act popped into your head, send it to us. And tell your friends. The more diverse, the merrier.
Guidelines
- Nonfiction stories and essays can be between 200 – 2000 words in length.
- Please submit your stories electronically as an attachment (word or pdf format) or in the body of your email to stories@onekindact.com. Subject line: “Anthology.”
- You may submit anonymously. However, if you would like to be credited, please include you name, city, state, country, age, profession, or any other pertinent details you would like us to include. Limit is a 65-70 word bio. Inclusions of web address will be considered.
Other Details
- You retain all rights to your work. We just need one-time and electronic reprint rights.
- Will reserve the right to edit your story for consistency, grammar, and spelling.
- You may submit as many stories as you like for consideration. Please send individual submissions separately.
- Deadline for submissions is midnight February 12, 2010. You will be informed by the end of February if your story will be included in the anthology.
- Publication is anticipated mid 2010.
Stay up-to-date about the anthology’s progress at: www.onekindact.com
The Bottom Line
Publishing this anthology is a labor of love for One Kind Act. Hence, we can not pay for contributions. However we will actively promote the anthology and your writing.
Thank you for considering a submission.
About the Editors
Matthew Costello is an e-commerce guru and CEO of Web Marketing Advisors, a strategic marketing and business development firm. Matt is also the founder of One Kind Act, a social movement designed to change the world by motivating others to leap in and really live, just One Kind Act at a time. He is dedicated to helping people focus on kindness and energize their lives.
Julie Luongo is the author of The Hard Way (Forge, 2008), her debut novel, which was met with unanimous critical praise. She holds a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from Temple University and a Bachelor’s from Penn State in Advertising. She is a former writing instructor, editor, and playwright. She always thanks cashiers; waves people through in traffic, and sometimes even smiles at strangers. In addition Julie played a large role in the creation of One Kind Act.Com and continues to do so.
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“When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.”
~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
“Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.”
~ Author Unknown
“The best portion of a good man’s life - his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
~William Wordsworth
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless."
~ Mother Teresa
