PUB: call for essays: women living with diabetes

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PUB: call for essays: women living with diabetes

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A collection of personal essays and Practical Advice by and for Women

Living with Diabetes.

 

Co-editors Amy Mercer and Violeta Garcia-Mendoza are seeking personal

essay submissions from women writers for their upcoming collection.

 

Essays should fall between 1,500 and 3,000 words and explore an aspect

of living with diabetes.

 

The collection will cover any and all aspects of living with diabetes:

from diagnosis to aging gracefully. Other possible essay topics may

include:

 

Growing up with diabetes

 

Dating with diabetes

 

Diabetes at college

 

Diabetes & eating disorders

 

Finding the Perfect Doctor

 

Wedding planning/marriage with diabetes

 

Diabetes in the workplace

 

Traveling with diabetes

 

Starting a Family (either through pregnancy and/or adoption) with

diabetes

 

Talking to kids about diabetes

 

Dealing with complications/ Staying healthy with diabetes

 

Our goal is to provide diabetic women- type 1 and type 2- with a place

of community while they navigate the various stages of their lives, and

their diabetes.

 

We welcome you to submit one or more essays. For more information, or

to submit, please write mercermendoza@ gmail.com

<http://us.f509.mail./ym/Compose?To=mercermendoza%40gmail.com>