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Open Secrets is a magazine and community for essays on subjects we're taught to keep "secret.” Edited by @raquelita. [email protected]

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For Gun Appreciation Day, we put our own spin on things with this essay, “The Gun That Exploded My Marriage,” by Rebecca Agiewixh, which we encourage all spouses of gun owners to check out. Read it at opensecretsmagazine.com/p/ma…
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Open Secrets Magazine is open to flash personal essays of 500-999 words for our Hobbies & Object-ives (personal possessions) categories. Rolling deadline. Pays $25. See our writing guidelines section at opensecretsmagazine.com/p/li…
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What happens when you make all the right career moves, become a homeowner, then lose your job and can’t find another one? Tajah McQueen looks at “The High Cost of Being Poor” in the second personal essay in our food insecurity series at Open Secrets: opensecretsmagazine.com/p/fo…
Photo of Tajah McQueen sitting smiling in t shirt The High Cost of Being Poor How financial, work, and relationship trauma created a perfect storm Open Secrets Magazine

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For National Family Caregivers Month, Oliviah Rix-Taylor wrote an essay titled “I Really Wanted My Grandmother to Die.” She shares the emotional toll Alzheimer’s took on her family. We think this essay will be relatable to dementia caregivers. opensecretsmagazine.com/p/al…
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Thank you to Sunayna Pal for such a heartfelt look at how her father’s devotion to yoga got in the way of their relationship for a long time, and how she eventually embraced the practice. Read it at opensecretsmagazine.com/p/ho…
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What happens when you make all the right career moves, become a homeowner, and then lose your job and can’t find another one despite using all your skills and effort? Tajah McQueen looks at “The High Cost of Being Poor” in our food insecurity essay series: opensecretsmagazine.com/p/fo…
Photo of Tajah McQueen sitting smiling in t shirt The High Cost of Being Poor How financial, work, and relationship trauma created a perfect storm Open Secrets Magazine

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Memoir fans! Queer folks! People who love honest storytelling! Join us at 8:30 pm ET TONIGHT, November 17, for a Substack Live Q&A with Edgar Gomez, author of @CrownPublishing memoir in essays Alligator Tears, interviewed by our EIC @raquelita. opensecretsmagazine.com/p/me…
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What would you do if President Trump waved to you and you were an ardent opponent of his administration’s policies? Find out how writing can be a form of resistance Ann Mallen’s essay at opensecretsmagazine.com/p/su… in our new Milestones section.
Photo of the Intracoastal at Southern Boulevard in West Palm Beach, Florida My Surprise Encounter with President Trump Near Mar-a-Lago How several bike rides in the vicinity of his home earned me a wave opensecretsmagazine.com

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How do you eat when you have MCAS, diabetes, are on a low histamine diet, your safest foods are fresh fruits and vegetables, and you use SMAP benefits and food pantries? Find out from Lara McKusky in our food insecurity essay series: opensecretsmagazine.com/p/th…
Photo of cut up broccoli and apples The Exhausting Mathematics of Hunger While Receiving SNAP How ill health and being poor impact my eating opensecretsmagazine.com

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PLEASE SHARE: Personal essays on current food insecurity, including loss of SNAP benefits, wanted. Pays $200/essay. Authors retain all rights. Rolling deadline until all 5 essays are commissioned. See our writing guidelines for details: opensecretsmagazine.com/p/fo… #snapbenefits
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Ahead of #WorldVeganDay, @Miz_Mora explores why she took “vegan” off her bio for a while, why it’s back, and how her approach to talking to non-vegetarians has changed. Read it at opensecretsmagazine.com/p/wh…
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Below watch @sonalikolhatkar’s advice she gives to friends facing breast cancer. Our full Q&A is on being a breast cancer previvor, getting a preventive double mastectomy, the BRCA gene mutation, body image, mental health, grief, support groups & more: opensecretsmagazine.com/p/in…
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We are open to personal essay submissions from subscribers through November 30 in select categories! Yes, we pay. Get all the details in our writing guidelines: opensecretsmagazine.com/p/li…
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What’s it like to be a liberal Tesla owner in Brooklyn who bought the EV for environmental reasons in 2020 and opposes Elon Musk’s political positions? Read Sammi LaBue’s essay in our Climate section: opensecretsmagazine.com/p/br…
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