Neurodivergent Narratives - Writing Prompt #47

Celebrate what it means to write, belong, and thrive in a community that gets you.

Less than two weeks until the submission deadline for our first annual literary anthology, which is October 15, 2025. To submit your work to the anthology, you must be a paying member of the Autistic Culture Substack. You can enter as many times as you want, and winners get a cash prize, a publication contract, and an author copy of the paperback edition of the book. Membership gives you full access to all writing prompts, the submission form, a free digital copy of the anthology, and a discounted print edition (just pay for printing and shipping), but it also gives you access to my book on processing the identity shock of a later-in-life autism diagnosis, Am I Actually Autistic?, live Q&A calls with me, and the Neurodivergent Narratives Therapeutic Writing Course including the following classes:

🔹 1. “Am I Actually Autistic?”: Process Your Diagnosis with Words

Turn your late diagnosis into a story you own—not one that owns you through the 10 pillars of Autistic Culture.

Includes: identity mapping, timeline writing, narrative reframing, and sensory autobiography prompts.

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🔹 2. Unmasking Through Writing

Learn to identify and release masking habits through weekly writing exercises focused on social scripts, suppression, and performance.

Includes: scripts we wrote to survive, and stories we write to live.

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🔹 3. Burnout Recovery Journaling for Autistic Adults

A self-paced writing class to track, process, and prevent autistic burnout.

Includes: executive function-friendly formats, sensory logs, and emotional baselining.

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🔹 4. Sensory Storytelling: Exploring Your Senses with Language

Discover your sensory profile through writing, and reframe it as a source of self-understanding and power.

Includes: guided prompts, poetic forms, and ritual language.

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🔹 5. Special Interests, Sacred Obsessions

Use your special interest as a mirror: what it reveals about your values, patterns, and healing path.

Includes: long-form writing, zine-making, and publishing pathways.

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🔹 6. Neurodivergent Mothers Write Back

Whether you are a mother or just had one, in this class, we will use writing to process the pain of your autism identification journey and/or your child’s.

Includes: intergenerational narratives, letters to your past self, and reframing maternal scripts.

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🔹 7. Autistic Grief, Autistic Joy

Write through the loss of an imagined past and the emergence of a reclaimed self.

Includes: ritual writing, grief mapping, and creative joy tracking.

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🔹 8. Voice Reclamation Lab

Find your narrative voice by decoding how others silenced it.

Includes: academic detox, journal-to-essay pipeline, and author identity building.

With the Neurodivergent Narratives Anthology deadline coming up soon, it’s a perfect time to join and it will unlock our second to last prompt which is below for our paid supporters.