Guidelines – Redemption Stories

Guidelines

Guidelines

Share an exciting, heartwarming, or amusing personal anecdote or one from someone you know.

  • Share a story structured around this loose format: who you were before you met Christ, the moment you knew you needed Christ in your life, and how your life has been transformed since. The story can either be from you or from someone close to you.
  • Write your story in the first person point of view.
  • Be vivid. As the old writers’ saying goes, show, don’t tell.
  • Flesh your story out: give it an introduction and a conclusion. (When actually in the book, the stories will start in the action. However, I want the people submitting to write MORE than they need to, not less. You can always cut words; you can’t add them.)
  • Make it genuine. Oftentimes, people find journaling and memoir writing to be a transformative and therapeutic experience. If you’re concerned about privacy, you may use a pen name if you wish to remain anonymous.
  • These are short stories, but the word count is unimportant. What’s important is that you tell your story–get it all out, sparing no detail.
  • Ensure that your story is entirely true, avoiding any fictional or overly figurative elements.

Get Rewarded

Should your story be featured in our publication, you will receive compensation of $200 gift card after the book’s release. Additionally, you’ll be given two complimentary copies of the book in which your story or poem is included. As part of our published writers’ community we’ll be offering advance notice on new releases and chances to win “Redemption” merchandise in contests.

Upon selection for publication in one of our Redemption books, we’ll request your agreement to our standard permission release. This agreement seeks non-exclusive rights to publish your story, meaning you retain ownership, but grant us the rights to publish it and potentially use it in any future Testimony books or products.

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