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Dear Fear

Letters of recovery to the foods we no longer fear

Dear Fear Collective   /   Deadline: 10/15/26

Dear Fear is a collection of inspiring messages from people in eating disorder recovery. We welcome emerging writers and artists, and we particularly encourage submissions from communities that have historically faced resistance to representation, including LGBT+, BIPOC, and disabled communities.

We also recognize the relative lack of literature by men about eating disorders and recovery. We hope Dear Fear can help correct that imbalance by making space for their voices.

We welcome submissions from writers and artists at all stages of their careers.

**Please copy/paste this link into your browser to submit your visual work**

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_25ejteUfEc1OZ2AwE0_-haAGPZbdaN0Art8ykCjlDk/edit

Fees

$3 (We will waive this upon request)

Requirements

*A cover letter
Your cover letter should include:

The title(s) of the work you are submitting

What type of work you are submitting (prose, poetry, visual art, or hybrid work)

A short author or artist bio written in the third person

**Please copy/paste this link into your browser to submit your visual work** https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_25ejteUfEc1OZ2AwE0_-haAGPZbdaN0Art8ykCjlDk/edit

JPG/JPEG files must meet the following specifications:

1,200 pixels on the longest side

sRGB color space

JPG/JPEG format only

File naming: FirstName_LastName_1.jpg, FirstName_LastName_2.jpg, etc.

Awards

Payment
Thanks to the supporters of Dear Fear, we will offer a modest honorarium for accepted work.

Considerations

We will make accommodations for submissions from justice-involved or unhoused writers and artists, as well as people submitting on their behalf.

If you need an accommodation or have questions about submitting, please use the contact form on this website or email the editors at editors@dearfearcollection.com.

Evaluation Criteria

We welcome:

Visual Art and Hybrid Work: Up to five images.

Creative Writing — Prose: One essay, story, or other work of prose under 2,000 words.

Creative Writing — Poetry: One to three poems, with a maximum of 45 lines per poem.

Series and unified works: If you are submitting a series, triptych, poetry cycle, or other unified grouping, please tell us in your cover letter.

We are unable to accept hybrid works involving video, music, or other streaming content at this time.

We cannot accept material generated by artificial intelligence.

Contact Information

Roula Seikaly

W: https://www.dearfearcollection.com/
E: editors@dearfearcollection.com