Submit Your Story
100 Alice Stories – Stories of hope and
survival
We strongly believe that the telling will aid the healing for the survivors as well as provide hope for those currently living with domestic and family violence. Thank you for your courage in telling your story.
CARING FOR YOU – please read this carefully
Whether or not it’s the first time you tell your story it is important to know that sharing your story may bring up feelings for you. They could be positive feelings, or they may be unwanted or unhelpful feelings or you might feel nothing/numb. You might feel: proud, brave, strong, sad, worried, guilty, ashamed, angry, fearful, depressed, frustrated, betrayed and anxious. You might feel some, all or none of these things. Your wellbeing is the most important thing and whilst telling your story may be an important and empowering thing to do, you also need to take care of yourself during this process.
Before for you share your story you could consider:
• Checking in with someone you trust.
• If you see a counsellor/therapist you might want to let them know what you are planning to do.
• Take time to consider how you might take care of yourself, and make a self-care plan if things are difficult.
• Have someone read your story before you send it.
• You might want to write it and then hold on to it for a few days to make sure you feel comfortable with sending it.
• Consider your personal safety as a result of the publishing of your story. NB. Our editors and the project team are tasked to remove identifying information from submitted stories to assist.
We strongly believe that the telling will aid the healing for the survivors as well as provide hope for those currently living with domestic and family violence. Thank you for your courage in telling your story.
CARING FOR YOU – please read this carefully
Whether or not it’s the first time you tell your story it is important to know that sharing your story may bring up feelings for you. They could be positive feelings, or they may be unwanted or unhelpful feelings or you might feel nothing/numb. You might feel: proud, brave, strong, sad, worried, guilty, ashamed, angry, fearful, depressed, frustrated, betrayed and anxious. You might feel some, all or none of these things. Your wellbeing is the most important thing and whilst telling your story may be an important and empowering thing to do, you also need to take care of yourself during this process.
Before for you share your story you could consider:
• Checking in with someone you trust.
• If you see a counsellor/therapist you might want to let them know what you are planning to do.
• Take time to consider how you might take care of yourself, and make a self-care plan if things are difficult.
• Have someone read your story before you send it.
• You might want to write it and then hold on to it for a few days to make sure you feel comfortable with sending it.
• Consider your personal safety as a result of the publishing of your story. NB. Our editors and the project team are tasked to remove identifying information from submitted stories to assist.
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Further things to consider before sharing your story:
If during the process or after writing your story you notice that you are; • having anxiety, • intrusive thoughts, • worrying more • having nightmares • feeling overwhelmed • feeling numb • struggling with daily tasks • feeling depressed • feeling isolated Refer to your self-care plan, you may want to see your GP and get a mental health care plan and a referral to a counsellor or a psychologist. You could call 1800RESPECT and speak to a phone counsellor about your feelings. You could contact your state victims of crime service and talk to a counsellor. |
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TERMS
AND CONDITIONS
Please note that although we have the best intentions in raising the awareness of domestic violence in our society, for legal reasons we need to make sure you understand the following: a. your participation in this project is completely voluntary; b. any copyright ownership in your story is assigned to the 100 Alice Stories project (and any entity that represents the project) and you have no rights to claim any royalty or compensation for the publication of your story in any media whatsoever; c. you understand that 100 Alice Stories project (and any entity that represents the project) has no liability for any loss, claim, damage or any other matter as a result of the publication of your story; d. every effort will be made to disguise your identity (for your own protection) and your story will be given an ‘Alice’ number for this reason (e.g. your real name will not be used); e. your story may be edited (to disguise your identity, improve readability and fit within the maximum word count), but our editors will not be provided with information that would allow them to contact you. f. The 100 Alice Stories project is not able to provide counselling or other assistance, but we encourage you to make use of the existing support organisations such as 1800Respect. |
IMPORTANT NOTE: Submitting your story to 100 Alice Stories website will be taken as signifying your agreement to the Terms and Conditions shown above. Thanks. The 100 Alice Stories Team.
100 Alice Stories Submission detail:
- Pressing the SUBMIT button at the bottom of this page will create an email sheet in which you could write your story. When you press SEND it will automatically submit the page and your story (if written in the spaces provided) to the 100 Alice Stories project.
- NB. Should an email form not be created upon pressing SUBMIT, please send your story to: [email protected] or go to the Contact page
- We are looking for a maximum word count of 2100 words. It can be shorter if you prefer.
- your experiences while living with domestic and family violence
- what triggered your decision to leave
- what did you do / try / attempt before you left
- any challenges you faced in the moving on
- how are you now and what has aided in your healing
- any strategies or ideas for victims