Call for Submissions

The Edna Gladney Center for Adoption is one of the most-widely recognized names in the adoption triad. In the past 100 years, the Gladney Center has enabled more than 36,000 adoptions and has assisted more than 25,000 birthmothers, many of which lived on-campus. From residency life to the decision to place a baby for adoption, for every birthmother, there is a unique story. "Gladney Girls" is the working title for an upcoming anthology that will contain honest, heartfelt, sometimes heartbreaking stories from former Gladney residents. If you are a birthmother who resided at the Gladney Home and would like to share your story, please email your story to the address below. Stories must be original, true, and titled. Include your name, mailing address, phone number, and email address on each story.

Guidelines: Length: Up to 2,000 words. First-person or third-person narrative. Stories must be original, true, and titled. Email submissions accepted. Paste story into body of email - no attachments. Include your full name, mailing address, phone number, and email address on each story. If you do not want your full name released to the public, request first name only in the email.. Submissions will not be returned, so please do not send originals. Deadline for entries: December 1, 2003

Teresa Bushek Contributor, and Editor Birthmother (June 24, 1985) and former Gladney Girl

gladneygirl85@yahoo.com