What: We have experienced a tragic number of suicides of teens who were being bullied, particularly young men who were bullied for being gay. This anthology was created in response to this series of events. We have received such a positive response from our first volume, that we are planning on a second volume with hopes of combining the two into a book. This anthology is open for submissions from anyone who was bullied whether it was because of their sexual orientation, race, religion, appearance, socio-economic status, or perhaps the reason wasn’t clear. We are looking for submissions on topics such as:
For those who were targeted by bullies:
• your experiences being bullied with the aim of letting others know they are not alone
• your experiences coping with bullies and how they may have impacted your academic performance or other ways bullies negatively impacted your life
• how you responded to the bully, especially if there was a confrontation
• if you’ve run into this former bully as an adult, what happened?
• how your life has improved since that time with the aim of letting others know that it does indeed get better
• letter to your bully
For People Who Were Once Bullies Themselves:
• what was going on in your life that led you to engage in aggressive bullying behaviors
• apologies to those whom you bullied
When: The deadline for submission is February 1, 2013
Where: Please send your submissions to Melaina Comics. Electronic submissions are preferred, which can be emailed to MelainaComics [at] gmail [dot] com. If you need to mail the documents for any reason (I can scan them if you do not have a scanner), please email for snail mail instructions.
Specs: Accepting comics anywhere from 1 to 10 pages in length. Black & white or grayscale. Artwork should be saved as a TIF document at 300 to 600 dpi.
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