We will be selecting work based on potency of the writers' stories, especially as they pertain to the father-daughter dynamics that have been carried into adult relationships.

Length: 2,500 words or less.  

Was your father your knight in shining armor or the invisible man? Did you marry your father? -- Or perhaps you search for him again and again in your relationships. How does daddy’s little girl blossom into a woman?

About 7Adinkras' Daddy's Girl Project

Trailer produced by: Nadirah Sabir
Editing: Karen Hanson & Nadirah Sabir
Executive Producer:  Akanke Rasheed
 

7Adinkras Creative Media welcomes your narratives, poems and prose for our anthology and documentary Daddy’s Girl. Tell us how your relationship with your father, not necessarily biological, has impacted your life -- particularly your past and current romantic relationships or your relationship with men in general.

True, original, unpublished work considered from beginning and experienced women writers from the Southeast.  Selected writers receive the opportunity to expose their work and stories to the public in the companion radio and/or video documentary.

Submit your story to us by email with the entire essay pasted into the e-mail. Attached documents will not be opened. Include your name, phone number, e-mail, and short bio.

Nadirah Sabir is an award-winning, multi-media journalist with more than 10 years experience as a writer, editor, producer and columnist in print and online media including stints at Black Enterprise, Money and Azizah magazines, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and ajc.com. Currently she is a freelance contributing editor and is working on an anthology on cross-cultural relationships and an autobiographical book of essays. She joined 7Adinkras in September 2005.

Sandra M. Yee, DCM joined 7Adinkras in September 2004 to return to her first love of writing. She dedicates her work on Daddy’s Girl to her father, whose death from cancer and chemotherapy in her mid-twenties led her into holistic healing.  As a Doctor of Complementary Medicine, she is particularly interested in the emotional impact Daddy’s Girl will have on writers, readers and media audiences.  She is currently at work on a collection of essays merging the healer, teacher and artist within her.