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.
