Open for SUBMISSIONS

STORIES I
COULDN’T
TELL MUM

An International Anthology of true life stories of abuse and molestation

ORIGIN OF THE PROJECT

In June 2021, I (Peter Benjamin Peter) published an article on social media with the caption ‘MAIDS FEEL HORNY TOO’. The article was aimed at exposing some of the things children pass through in the hands of mature maids when their parents are out. Under that post, I received over a hundred comments especially from male adults relating how their first sex experience was either through a maid or close relation. Surprisingly, almost all of them affirmed that they kept their stories buried inside of them and never disclosed to their parent/guardian; some never even knew they were victims of abuse. Those buried stories are what I want to resurrect with this project.

My aim is to tell those stories to help children who may be facing similar situations and also parents who like your parent/guardian may not know what their young ones are facing. Proceeds from the sales of this book will be channeled to mass production/free distribution of this book to schools in low income countries and organizing of sensitization programs for children, parents and guardians on modern issues of Child abuse, and molestation.

PROJECT TIMELINE:

Submission & Compilation: September 1 – October 31, 2022
Editing/Proofreading: November 1 – 30, 2022
Publishing: December 2022 – January 1, 2023.
Release: January 2, 2023

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

1)Every Contributor is permitted to submit up to 2 stories. However, only one will be considered for publication.

2)The Story you submit must be a true-life experience.

3)We allow you to choose whether to have your story published with your name or as an anonymous story.

4)Your Story must not exceed 1,000 words.
5)Every Story must be either in Doc or PDF format.

6)The Story must be about your personal experience. If you are to write about the experience of another person which you feel is a story worthy of being heard by the world, then the submission must be accompanied by a written/signed letter of consent from the owner of the story. There is a column provided for this on the submission page.

7)Every story must be titled by the writer.

8)If you choose to have your story appear anonymous, please indicate with the words ‘’(Anonymous Story)’’ written as it appears here in the bracket, just below the title of the story.

9)Names, dates, and locations of every character in the story you submit will be changed by the Editor as we intend to protect the privacy of every character in your story. However, if you have done this already, please let us know at the top of your story (just below the title)

10)At the end of your story, we would appreciate it if you could in not more than 250 words, share with us how this experience affected your life later during adulthood. This should appear below the story. (Optional)

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 31, 2022

Peter Benjamin Peter – Founder, Inkfall Arts Academy

Editor, STORIES I COULDN’T TELL MUM Project