categories

• Small 1.0: Of a size that is less than normal or usual
  
• Small 1.1: Not great in amount, number, strength, or power
  
• Small 1.2 Not fully grown or developed; young
  
• Small 1.3 (of a voice) lacking strength and confidence
  
• Microscopic: so small as to be visible only with a microscope
• Cozy: warm, comfortable and safe, especially because of being small or confined
• Insignificant: Too small or unimportant to be worth consideration
• Piece: A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole

submission guidelines

Genre: We Were So Small is open to thoughts and musings, poetry and prose. Whatever form your small takes, we want to include it in the project.

Length: In the spirit of small, the project warmly welcomes contributions 2,000 words or fewer.

Content:  Please scroll down and read the Content Guidelines Statement before submitting to We Were So Small.

Contributors: This is a public project, open to all. All submissions that meet the content guidelines will be included.

Content Guideline Statement
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 Insignificance can be beautiful—it can also be painful. Childhood can be full of struggle—things we had to live when We Were So Small. While negotiating these moments is a core goal of the project, above all our goal is to celebrate humanity. As a public writing project, we all share responsibility for creating and maintaining a positive and caring environment.
 
Hateful and inappropriate content will not be included in the project. This includes any contributions that could be interpreted as hate speech. The project is run by volunteers, and we do not have the resources—or inclination—to negotiate material representing ideas and goals of hate and violence.
 
Reflecting on and owning your own experience of small, coming to terms with your life in the world, is encouraged. Interpretations of “small” as a negative or goal of harm, and contributions that seek to inflict that harm on others,
are not welcome here.