The Stanford Storytelling Project

The Stanford Storytelling Project invites the Stanford community to submit stories for its weekly radio/podcast series. Any Stanford student, fellow, staff, faculty member, visiting scholar, graduate, or former fellow can submit work.

For a sample of the kinds of stories we are interested in, please have a listen to past shows and check out a list of the Themes We Are Working On.

We are interested in all genres of storytelling, from fiction and memoir to documentary and journalism, and we accept audio, video, manuscripts, and even just pitches for a story you'd like to tell out loud. In general, stories we use in our shows describe some sort of transformation—of a person, a place, an idea. They also usually develop a particular, surprising insight of some kind, one that has some universal appeal. We are working on several themes for our series and are especially interested in stories that address them. Check them out on our Themes page. Your piece does not, however, need to fit into one of these themes.

There is no standard for the length of a story, but most of the pieces we work with range from 5 to 30 minutes. This is true for both audio and video. If you are submitting a piece that is on paper—something that we would convert into audio—this means about 2-15 pages of double-spaced text.

Please mail or deliver two hard copies of your story to our mailbox. Please indicate at the top of the first page your name, address, email, and the genre of your story (fiction, memoir, essay, epic ballad, etc.).

The Stanford Storytelling Project
Room 223, Margaret Jacks Hall (Building 460)
450 Serra Mall Dr.
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305 -2085

If you have a clip or a compressed version of your piece that is less than 20MB, send it along to us via email. You can also email us a URL that links to your piece. In your email please indicate in the subject line the medium (audio or video) and genre of your piece (instrumental music, audio essay, documentary, summer blockbuster). The email address is:

storytelling@stanford.edu

If you'd rather get us a CD or DVD, just mail or deliver it to our mailbox (above). Please be sure to label your disc with your name, contact information, and the medium and genre of your piece.

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