Submit a story!

The Story Collider is always looking for new stories. If you have a personal story about science that you'd like to tell at one of our live events, or in our upcoming magazine, let us know.

Live stories:

Stories at the live events should be true, personal stories, about 8-10 minutes long. They can range from absurd, hilarious moments, to touching and life-altering. We take a broad interpretation of "science," including medicine, technology, math, and social sciences as well as the traditional science subjects.

Each storyteller will work with the producers to develop and rehearse the story. No prior stage experience or formal science background is necessary.

Examples can be found on our podcast page. Also take a look at our past and upcoming themes to help generate ideas. We're currently building shows on the themes of:

• New York City: Science & Love, Math, Outdoors.
• Boston, February & April 2012: TBA

If you have a story on one of those themes, send it to us soon! If you have one on another theme, please still send it. We pick themes mainly by looking at submissions we already have.

Written stories:

Stories for the magazine should also be true, personal stories. We're looking for feature pieces of a few thousand words, comics or other visual narratives, and short pieces of any length. They can be first or third person. For third person pieces, we're much more interested in compelling stories from unexpected places than stories of major figures in science history.

We're currently building issues around the themes of: brains, death, and wildlife, but will accept pitches on any science theme for possible future issues.

How to submit:

Please send a one to two paragraph description of the story; it doesn't need to be a finished piece. Include a brief bio, so we can get a sense of your background.

E-mail pitches to stories@storycollider.org.