Stories from the Corner
Stories from the Corner
Interviews On the Corner
Interviews On the Corner
Neighborhood Profiles
by bioGraph
Boystown
“It’s the gayest neighborhood in the city! It’s the most unique, most diverse―everyone’s here, one big city; just very inclusive neighborhood,” Aaron smiles. His black t-shirt with SIR printed across the front sharply contrasts the painted ra
Jackson Park
It started as a marshy, wind-swept no man’s land―not a place you would imagine as the site for the World’s Columbian Exhibition or, over a century later, a presidential library. It took a lot of time and vision from one man, Frederick Law Olm
Pilgrim Baptist Church
Seven miles away from Stone Baptist Church, another church sits flanked by 33rd Street and Indiana. Its walls are burned out, the roof entirely gone, and its interior gutted. It once was a majestic synagogue—Kehilath Anshe Ma’ariv, designed b
Who’s Telling Stories?
Businesses
Share why your company is a neighborhood cornerstone to tell customers a story they won’t forget.
Artists
Every corner is a stage for storied lives. If street corners could talk, which stories would they tell?
Students
Go beyond the classroom to school us on the streets. Sometimes you can learn more on the corner than you can in any book.
Professionals
Your commute can be the most glorious part of the daily grind. Be the author of your story before your 9am.
Seniors
A life lived is a life full of stories. Many stories begin with an address. Share your street corner memories.
Who’s Telling Stories?
Artists
Every corner is a stage for storied lives. If street corners could talk, which stories would they tell?
Businesses
Share why your company is a neighborhood cornerstone to tell customers a story they won’t forget.
Students
Go beyond the classroom to school us on the streets. Sometimes you can learn more on the corner than you can in any book.
Professionals
Your commute can be the most glorious part of the day grind. Be the author of your story before your 9am.
Seniors
A life lived is a life full of stories. Many stories begin with an address. Share your street corner memories.
Submissions
bioGraph invites submissions of original stories, photographs, and illustrations for On the Corner, a collection of perspectives on Chicago intersections. We seek writing that enlightens, entertains, and inspires; that captures environments and interactions; that demonstrates social, spiritual, historical, psychological, and/or emotional nuance and depth. We gravitate toward writing that is terse, subtle, empathetic, urgent, alluring, witty, playful, and profound without taking itself too seriously.
Guidelines
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200-500 word vignettes
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Opportunity for ongoing collaboration with bioGraph for top submission
- No previously published material will be accepted
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bioGraph reserves the right to publish and reproduce any submissions; writers and artists will be acknowledged as authors
Topics
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Intersections & Intersectionality
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Crossings & Crossroads
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Crises & Turning Points
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Boundaries & Borders
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Transit(ions)
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Accidents & Auspicious Encounters
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Commutes & Commutation
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Division & Cutting Asunder
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Names & Naming
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Local(ity) & Global(ism)
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Strangers & Shared Identities
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Property & Gentrification
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Color Lines & Police Lines
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Neighborhood & Community
Terms & Agreements
By clicking on the ‘Submit’ button, you are agreeing to the following terms:
- The story you are submitting is an original work and belongs to you, the Author. It is not a violation or infringement of any existing copyright or license and has not been previously published elsewhere.
- Author hereby grants bioGraph LLC the right to publish his/her work online and/or in a printed anthology.
- bioGraph LLC has the right to make any revision to the work in the interest of uniformity and style, but will solicit the Author’s approval for substantive changes.
- Author understands that bioGraph LLC may withdraw offer of publication at any time.
Submissions
bioGraph invites submissions of original stories, photographs, and illustrations for On the Corner, a collection of perspectives on Chicago intersections. We seek writing that enlightens, entertains, and inspires; that captures environments and interactions; that demonstrates social, spiritual, historical, psychological, and/or emotional nuance and depth. We gravitate toward writing that is terse, subtle, empathetic, urgent, alluring, witty, playful, and profound without taking itself too seriously.
Guidelines
-
200-500 word vignettes
-
Opportunity for ongoing collaboration with bioGraph for top submission
-
No previously published material will be accepted
-
bioGraph reserves the right to publish and reproduce any submissions; writers and artists will be acknowledged as authors
Topics
-
Intersections & Intersectionality
-
Crossings & Crossroads
-
Crises & Turning Points
-
Boundaries & Borders
-
Transit(ions)
-
Accidents & Auspicious Encounters
-
Commutes & Commutation
-
Division & Cutting Asunder
-
Names & Naming
-
Local(ity) & Global(ism)
-
Strangers & Shared Identities
-
Property & Gentrification
-
Color Lines & Police Lines
-
Neighborhood & Community
Terms & Agreements
By clicking on the ‘Submit’ button, you are agreeing to the following terms:
- The story you are submitting is an original work and belongs to you, the Author. It is not a violation or infringement of any existing copyright or license and has not been previously published elsewhere.
- Author hereby grants bioGraph LLC the right to publish his/her work online and/or in a printed anthology.
- bioGraph LLC has the right to make any revision to the work in the interest of uniformity and style, but will solicit the Author’s approval for substantive changes.
- Author understands that bioGraph LLC may withdraw offer of publication at any time.