Write for URevolution: Share Your Story & Spark Change
At URevolution, we tell the stories that others ignore. We amplify marginalized voices—the voices of those who live with disability, chronic illness, neurodivergence, and other identities often pushed to the sidelines. But our mission goes beyond health. We’re here for all stories that challenge stereotypes and push for actual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) across race, gender, sexuality, disability, neurodiversity, and chronic illness.
What We Publish
We want raw, real, and radically honest stories about how life actually works when you exist outside the mainstream. We’re looking for:
✅ First-person narratives on disability, chronic illness, race, gender, or any marginalized identity
✅ Sharp social commentary on representation, accessibility, and intersectionality
✅ Personal essays & op-eds that explore life’s awkward, complex, and often untold moments
✅ Bold, witty, and unconventional takes that challenge mainstream narratives
✅ Stories that make people think, laugh, cry—or all three at once
If you’ve ever had to explain your disability on a first date, navigate an ableist workplace, or just wanted to scream at the world about why disability still isn’t included in diversity, we want to hear from you.
What We’re Not Looking For
🚫 Medical or clinical advice (we’re about lived experiences, not prescriptions)
🚫 Dry, academic essays or impersonal think pieces
🚫 Inspiration porn—stories that center disability as something to “overcome”
Why Write for URevolution?
🖤 Your voice matters. We amplify stories that deserve to be heard.
🔥 Your story can spark change. Help us challenge outdated narratives and push for real representation.
💳 Your work is valued. While we’re a social enterprise, all published contributors receive a $25 URevolution Diversity Gift Card as an honorarium.
Who We Are
URevolution was founded on the belief that disability and chronic illness belong in mainstream conversations—not as afterthoughts, but as essential perspectives. It started when co-founder Brendan McDonald was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and faced a series of awkward, often painful social interactions. Instead of suffering in silence, he teamed up with Corinne Gray to create a platform that celebrates radical honesty, humor, and a bit of biting wit.
We believe that inclusion means ALL of us. We believe that if you can be anything, Be Inclusive. Whether you’re disabled, neurodivergent, chronically ill, or an ally who wants to push for change, this space is for you.
📝 Ready to share your story? Submit your work today and join the revolution.
This is UR revolution. Get uncomfortable.
Support us by shopping for DEI Clothing and Diversity and Inclusion Promotional Items at URevolution
Example Articles
If you are looking for some ideas of what we are looking for, check these articles out:
What Is Emotional Alchemy? Turning Pain Into Power
What Does An Emotional Wound Look Like?
Suffering as a Test of Faith: An Allegory of Despair and Hope
Steampunk wheelchairs: embracing whimsicality and empowering disability
Healing Through Trauma: A Personal Trauma Essay on Generational Pain
Why Friends Abandon You When You’re Sick (And How to Cope)
How to Be Inclusive: Everyday Actions That Make a Difference
Dealing with Unsupportive Friends and Family during Cancer
Quotes About Inclusion: Words That Spark Change and Belonging
Uncomfortable Revolution™ is looking for totally awkward personal stories and anecdotes about chronic illness and disability. You may submit blogposts, photo essays, cartoons, animations, illustrations, videos, and audio.
Pitch us ideas for raw, authentic stories about life with disability or any health condition: from cancer, HIV/AIDS, and heart disease; mental illness, addiction or eating disorders; to MS and other mobility-affecting illnesses.
Our tone is humorous, authentic, and a bit quirky. We are never preachy.
We define "chronic illness" as any physical or psychological health condition that is long-term and affects your everyday life. We define "disability" as a mismatched interaction between features of a person’s body and features of the society in which they live.
If you had the flu that one time, this isn't for you.
What we're NOT looking for:
- Poetry
- Medical/Clinical/Pharmaceutical/Nutritional advice.
- Undercover promo for your business or service
- Subject matter that does not fit the express theme of awkward conversations/moments that arise from chronic illness or disability
- Subject matter that (whether intentionally or not) discriminates against an entire category of people (ethnicity, gender, political persuasion, religion, sexual identity etc.)
- Pieces that require significant editing or re-writes
- Anything that's not written in English. This is really our failure because we are monoglots. :(
What we want you to submit:
- Authentic, true, raw stories of uncomfortable conversations or moments that have come up because of chronic illness or disability: whether you are the one diagnosed, or someone you know is
- Stories could be about: conversations you did have; conversations you never got the chance to have; a gifting experience gone wrong; dating and sex: what's it really like?; what's it like at work, or life in general? Tell us the things you never get to talk about, but are dying to
- Creative fiction works about chronic illness and/or disability
- Stories that make us laugh, shout, scream, die slowly inside, cry, or want to hit somebody. Make us feel what you feel
- Well-written/produced content that is ready-to-publish (i.e. typo-free) that you are the author of, or have permission to submit
- Written pieces in the range of 500-2,500 words
- Include a bio of no more than 100 words written in the third person, plus links to your social media profiles (Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn) and a portrait photo.
- We are currently unable to pay for submissions for personal stories.
- We commit ourselves to promotion of your work, even if published elsewhere, on our website and social media platforms.
- Note: if you are using a pseudonym please enter the pseudonym in the name field, and clearly state in the "about author" section that your name is a pseudonym.
So, get it off your chest! Send us your story idea by filling out the form below.