Have you got something stammering-related you'd like to share with the STAMMA community? Either as a person who stammers or a stammering ally?
Send us your articles, poems, art, music, ideas, whatever, and we'll showcase them in our Your Voice section or Creative Corner.
Poems, music, art, etc
If you've created something stammering-related, email it to editor@stamma.org with a written piece about the story behind it.
Write an article
Reading about experiences similar to yours can help people feel less alone. It can be a powerful way to inspire, encourage and raise awareness of stammering.
For some of our Your Voice contributors, writing about stammering has helped them too. Some have told us how exploring their feelings has caused a bit of a shift towards feeling more comfortable with how they speak. Others have felt better after having a good old rant about something.
So, tell us how things are going for you. Or vent about an experience or something that's annoying you. Whether you stammer, you're a parent, family member, or if you know someone else stammers, we want to hear from you.
Tell us about:
- growing up with a stammer
- how stammering is impacting you and your life
- stammering at work, or your job hunting experiences
- dating and relationships
- school, college or university
- your experiences as a parent of a child who stammers
- your experiences as a family member, friend, partner or colleague of someone who stammers
- things you've found helpful
- any other stammering-related topics or opinions.
Read what others have written.
Don't worry if you don't think you're good at writing or punctuation. And don't worry about spelling - our web editor will sort that out.
How to submit your article
- Download and read our guide 'Writing for Your Voice' below. It has some handy pointers on the tone and language we're looking for.
- Email your work, 800 words max, in a word/docx file, to editor@stamma.org Please also send a good quality picture of yourself. Ideally in landscape mode.
Alternative ways to submit your piece
By post
We welcome handwritten or typed pieces too - please post your article to: Editor, STAMMA, PO BOX 140, 43 Bedford Street, London, WC2E 9HA.
By phone
If typing or writing is difficult for you, our editor would be happy to chat over the phone and dictate your article. Call us on 020 8983 1003 and ask for Steven.
We did this for John's article 'How psychological therapies help with my stammer'.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask. Email editor@stamma.org
Note
We'll acknowledge receipt of your article within a few working days. Because of the high number of submissions, articles may take a while to be published. If you have any questions or would like more information, email editor@stamma.org
We look forward to hearing your story!
Top images: Max (read his article 'My YouTube video') and Chantal (read her article 'It's essential that we continue to form community').
