Everyday Inspirations Submissions

Call for Submissions
Everyone has had experiences that may have seemed mundane but, in reality, were life changing for them.
We want to share those stories.
Covenant Communications is looking for essay submissions for a new series: Everyday Inspirations.
Each book in the series will be a collection of Christian-based stories focused on a different topic, as follows:

Everyday Miracles:
Anything from a phone call at just the right moment to a life-or-death decision can be a miracle. What miracles have you experienced in your life? They could be large or small; they may have seemed insignificant at the time but were miracles to you. No matter what your most meaningful miracle was, we want to hear about it.
Deadline for submission: April 3, 2023

Everyday Answers:
-How has God answered your prayers? Is there a specific answer to prayer that has significantly changed your life? Answers to prayer come in all shapes and sizes, and we want to hear your story and how God has helped you.
Deadline for submission: July 3, 2023

Everyday Inspiration:
When have you experienced something born of inspiration? A time a thought came to your mind to reach out to a friend or to put the pieces of your invention together in a way you haven’t tried before or to walk outside just in time to help a complete stranger. Inspiration can strike at any moment. When has it struck you, and what was the result?
Deadline for submission: October 2, 2023

Submit to:
submissionsdesk@covenant-lds.com

Subject:
Everyday (insert book topic) Essay Submission

Submission Requirements:

• Please submit only one essay per book topic (submission to all book topics is not required; you can submit to one book or multiple).

• Include a short (no longer than 150 words) bio.

• Author must own the rights to the story or have permission to use the story in a commercial sense (the story must be about you, or you must have written permission from the person whose story it is to use the story).

• We ask that each submission be

Between 2,000 and 3,000 words

Set in Times New Roman 12 pt. font

Submitted as a Word document

If your submission is accepted, you will receive a contract from Covenant Communications for this specific essay and book and a small honorarium. Your submission does not ensure that your essay will be published. The contract and honorarium are dependent upon your essay’s acceptance for publication.
Upon publication acceptance, you will be notified and kept up-to-date on the production of the book. Please note that some of these books could be published years from now and could possibly not be published at all, so there is no guarantee of a specific timeline. Our current focus is Everyday Angels.