Share Your Story

by VorJack

Chris Stedman over at the Nonprophet Status blog is inviting secularists (atheists, freethinkers, agnostics, etc.) to share their story.

The stories of secular (Secular Humanist, Atheist, Agnostic, et al.) people are scattered because we as a people are scattered. We are not unified by a denomination or tradition. Because there is little cohesion among us, our voice is often not loud enough to be heard in the modern religious marketplace. The secular stories that do get broadcast are most often volatile – secular people taking swipes at religious people – and reflect a divisive “us versus them” mentality. What gets told less often are the stories of people, secular and religious alike, living alongside one another peacefully and secular people expressing their own values within a diverse society. We want to hear more of these stories. We want to hear your story.

You can submit your true story of 800 words or less in one of three categories youth, interfaith and moral imagination. Submissions will be read by a panel of judges, and a winner and two runners up will be selected from each category. In addition to a prize, the winning essays will run in the Washington Post, Killing the Buddha, or the Jettison Quarterly.

Deadline for entry is May 1st. [Make that May 15th - VJ] See this page for details.