AJN, THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING, seeks personal essays (850-word limit) describing experiences related to health and health care for its monthly Reflections department. Authors do not have to be health care professionals.
We prefer clear writing with strong details and vivid characterization; $150 honorarium paid upon publication.
For author guidelines and examples of articles published in this column, please go to www.editorialmanager.com/ajn/default.aspx and click on “Reflections” under “Author Guidelines,” or query the Reflections coordinator Madeleine Mysko:
The Reflections
essay (850-word limit), which appears each month inside the back cover of AJN, is a forum for previously
unpublished personal stories exploring any aspect of nursing, health, or health
care. While many are accounts of memorable nursing experiences, we also welcome
the patient perspective, as well as that of other health care professionals.
Good writing is the main requirement. Authors should be willing to work with an
editor to revise the essay as needed for clarity, structure, and focus. Avoid
generalizations and clichés in favor of specific details and real immersion in
a place, an event, a moment, a character. Anecdotes meant to illustrate cozy
lessons usually aren’t what we’re looking for; we prefer the messiness and
ambivalence of real life, the nuance and uncertainty of many of our hardest
decisions, the ways we change our minds about things. Reflections offers you a chance to share your story.
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