Call for submissions — love or money? As a creative, how do you balance them both

It feels inevitable that the struggle for creatives is always love or money, passion or paper. We go into our respective art, fair or unfair, with the understanding that earning a living is not likely. I can’t think of too many industries that have the same expectation.

For this submission request, we want you to talk about it. How do you balance your passion for your art with the real-life need to earn a living? Do you accept the fact that you may not earn much money? Or do you rebel and push your hardest to make a career out of your creative endeavour? Maybe you have a story where you literally had to make a decision and prioritize one over the other or sacrificed your creativity for a cheque. Either way, we want to hear about it.

Same submission rules apply:

If you’re already a writer for CRY, you know how this goes. Go ahead and submit.If you want to be a writer for CRY and submit to this request, let us know and we’ll add you to the team.Deadline for this prompt is next Friday, May 29Not all submissions will be posted. If you haven’t heard back from us in three days, assume that we’ve passed on your story.

We’re looking forward to reading your submissions. If you have more questions, don’t hesitate to reach out.

CRY

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