Dear Fear: Letters of recovery to the foods we no longer fear

Dear Fear is a collection of inspiring messages from people in eating disorder recovery. We welcome emerging writers and artists, and we particularly encourage submissions from communities that have historically faced resistance to representation, including LGBT+, BIPOC, and disabled communities.

We also recognize the relative lack of literature by men about eating disorders and recovery. We hope Dear Fear can help correct that imbalance by making space for their voices.

We welcome submissions from writers and artists at all stages of their careers.

What We're Looking For:

Visual Art and Hybrid Work: Up to five images.

Creative Writing — Prose: One essay, story, or other work of prose under 2,000 words.

Creative Writing — Poetry: One to three poems, with a maximum of 45 lines per poem.


Series and unified works: If you are submitting a series, triptych, poetry cycle, or other unified grouping, please tell us in your cover letter.

We are unable to accept hybrid works involving video, music, or other streaming content at this time.

We cannot accept material generated by artificial intelligence.