Submit Creative Work

We are delighted that you are interested in submitting work to the Anthology. Please have a look at the Call for Creative Work for details, and feel free to contact Sara Wasson with any questions at s.wasson@lancaster.ac.uk

Submission Form
 *I confirm that I have read and understand the Participant Information sheet for the above study. I understand that I can email the project organiser Sara Wasson to ask questions prior to submission.I have had the opportunity to consider the information, ask questions and have had these answered satisfactorily.*I understand that my participation is voluntary.I am not obliged to submit any material. Since the website is public, once it is uploaded we will not be able to remove it from caches, so we will hold submissions back for 30 days before uploading them to the website to allow authors to withdraw the work within that time if the author chooses.I understand that can email s.wasson@lancaster.ac.uk to express my desire to withdraw the work any time up to 30 days after submission, in which event we will not post the submission to the site.*I understand that I can choose to be anonymous, to use my own name, or to use a pseudonym (eg a pen name, or a twitter or tumblr social media handle).My real name and email address will be recorded by the project organisers securely on an encrypted, offline spreadsheet, in case I wish to contact the project in future to withdraw my work as outlined in item 2, above.I understand that my chosen ‘display name’ will be the one used in any any reports, articles or presentations, and my other personal details will not appear in any reports, articles or presentation without my consent.Email*Real name*Real name (not for public display; used only to ensure you can withdraw the work within 30 days if you require)Display name*Please type in the name you wish to have displayed alongside the work. You can write ‘anonymous’, write your real name, or writea pseudonym, eg a social media handle/flickr/tumblr username, or anything you wish.*I understand that my creative writing submission will be publically available on the website to all readers, licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0, which specifies that others cannot use this work for commercial purposes, and that anybody quoting or reproducing your writing must give appropriate credit [hyperlink to Creative Commons explanation of that], provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.*I understand that my contribution may also be quoted in future reports, academic articles, publications or media presentations by the researcher/s, but my personal information will not be included and I will not be identifiable unless I explicitly specify in my submission that I wish to be named or to use a pseudonym.*I understand that my name and email will be protected on encrypted devices and kept secure.*I agree to submit my writing to this website.Format*Please choose which format you are submitting:Option 1: short-form writing, from 5 to 150 words (in any form, e.g. prose or poetry; autobiography, fiction, or a blend). If you wish to preserve text formatting or particular layout,consider option 3.Option 2: words alongside asingle image (either photograph or artwork)Option 3: a single image, which can be (1) a comic ‘panel’ or short sequence, to fit on a single screen; OR (2) a screenshot of an image alongside prose/poetry; OR (3) a screenshot of poetry (to preserve formatting, e.g. in the case of concrete poetry). if you choose this option, please also enter text in the Image Description box below.Title of your submission (due to the way the entries will be laid out, we need a title field. If no title is given I will use the first line.)*Your submission*Please input text between 5-150 words (a maximum of 150 words –

thank you!):Attach an image (*Optional) If applicable, please attach your single image in jpg or gif format. By attaching it you confirm that the imageis either copyright-free or I hold the copyright, and am happy to licence it under Creative Commons BY-NC 4.0, as described above.Image description (compulsory if an image is uploaded) To help readers with visual impairments, please give a short description of any image uploaded (e.g. ‘This image shows a red house against a blue sky…’ ). If the image also features text, pleasure also reproduce the text here, so that, for example, automated screen reader programs can read it aloud.Tags What tags would you suggest for this material?Please consider using some of these as a starting point. (These key words have been drawn from a wide range of patient testimonies)isolationinvisibilityidentitybodylossdistresshopestrangenesscredibilitygrieftimewaitingmedicalgratitudeconnectionwitnessfearsocialeconomicclassgendersexualityhardshipAdditional tags Further information link Optional: Would you like to give a link where interested readers could read more of the work, e.g. a blog, a link to an Amazon page (if published), etc?Text Country*To help us track the geographical breadth of the project, can you identify the country in which you are writing? This will not be displayed on the website.Optional: Twitter handle On our project twitter feed @translatingpain, I will showcase entries from the anthology.If you have twitter and would like me to include your twitter @username in such tweets, then please write it here. Please bear in mind that this may breach your anonymity, if you requested a pseudonym or anonymity above, and do not list your twitter handle unless you wish the handle included in such tweets. Would you like email alerts/invitations to further activities in the network? Yes please, I would like to be added to an email list for occasional email (no more than 6 times a year) about the activities of the Translating Chronic Pain Research Network and its further activities beyond the life of the grant. This may include events, podcasts, and invitations for creative or academic work.One can unsubscribe at any time by replying unsubscribe or emailing Sara Wasson at s.wasson@lancaster.ac.uk.Data will be kept confidential and not shared with any third parties.No thank youOptional: was writing in this short form useful/interesting/helpful? If you would like to comment on the experience of writing in this short form, we would be glad to hear your experience. Please also indicate whether or not you would be happy for your comments to be included anonymously in outputs (eg publications) from the project. VerificationLogged in as strongs. Verification not required.Please enter any two digits *Example: 12This box is for spam protection – please leave it blank: