Slice of Life Story Challenge

Share Your Story Today!

Stacey Shubitz
Countdown Clock: Only three days left until the 17th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge begins.
The SOLSC begins on Friday, 3/1!

For Returning Slicers: As you know, this challenge is in its 17th year. Despite launching it here and in my classroom in March 2008, I still worry about how I will make space for this kind of daily writing + intensive commenting. Every. Single. Year. I’ve shared this with several of you who’ve contacted me with your concerns as you gear up for another month of writing. A couple of things to remember:

  1. We’re in this together. While many of us slice on Tuesdays year-round and have a daily writing habit (in service of teaching or books we’re writing), it feels different than participating in a daily challenge. Scheduling a dedicated Slicing time (which could be divided into time to write and time to comment) might be useful. You can find more tips for creating a consistent writing habit here.
  2. Remember to be inspired. The wonderful part of being a member of this writing community is that inspiration is all around us. Yes, the co-author team may highlight one particular Slicer’s writing in the daily calls for slice of life stories, but there are MANY sources of inspiration if you need to get un-stuck!

Register: If you haven’t already done so, please take a few minutes to fill out the sign-up form if you plan to write with us for the 17th Annual Slice of Life Story Challenge, which begins this Friday.

Help Us Grow the Challenge: Share my overview post and our podcast with friends or colleagues joining the individual challenge this March. For Classroom SOLSC info in April, direct them to Leah’s post.

For Now: Please share your slice-of-life story below.

Published by Stacey Shubitz

I am a literacy consultant who focuses on writing workshop. I've been working with K-6 teachers and students since 2009. Prior to that, I was a fourth and fifth-grade teacher in New York City and Rhode Island. I'm the author of Craft Moves (Stenhouse Publishers, 2016) and the co-author of Jump Into Writing (Zaner-Bloser, 2021), Welcome to Writing Workshop (Stenhouse Publishers, 2019), and Day By Day (Stenhouse, 2010). I live in Central Pennsylvania with my husband and children. In my free time, I enjoy swimming, doing Pilates, cooking, baking, making ice cream, and reading novels.

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