Chicken Soup for the Soul

There can't be many people who haven't heard of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books which feature contributions from ordinary, everyday people.

They are inviting people to send in their personal stories which can be submitted by e mail but they do say it can take up to four years before your work is published.

You can get the submission guidelines here:

http://www.chickensoup.com/cs.asp?cid=guidelines

They want stories and poems which need to be 300-1200 words.

If your work is selected for publication they will pay you $200 and you'll get 10 copies of the book.

To submit your story you need this link:

http://www.chickensoup.com/form.asp?cid=submit_story