Yes, we will. Digitally and in print, as many places as we can.

Due to the amount of interest from the community, we have extended the submissions window through early July.

You have options! You can text your story or leave a voice message at (612) 208-9824). If you'd prefer to be interviewed by one of our historians, reach out at the same number and we'll set up a time that works for you.

You can’t pre-order quite yet, but we’ll let you know as soon as you can in our newsletter (which you can sign up for at the top of this page!)

We are donating all profits from this anthology to the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund, which provides rapid, community-informed funding to organizations on the frontlines of response, care, and protection.

If you’re looking for more ways to help Minnesota, we highly recommend standwithminnesota.com! It’s a directory of funds and projects that lets you pick the causes that matter most to you.

We’re prioritizing stories from people IN Minnesota at any time during Operation Metro Surge. You don’t have to live in or be from this state.

Your submission has to be at least 100 words long, and you can’t include any info that could put people at risk. Since Operation Metro Surge is ongoing, we are taking safety very seriously.

You also have to accept an author agreement. It says things like: you own all of your work, you understand the profits are going to charity, and you can opt out any time before publication. You can read the terms in more detail at storyforge.com/author-agreement

It’s never 100% safe, but we have a few measures to protect you. First, you must anonymize details before you submit your work. Second, you have the option to use a pen name instead of your real name. Third, we will be reviewing all stories for compromising details before they’re ever shared. We can and will edit your work to keep others safe.

Lastly, we’re trying to avoid big corporations wherever possible in this project. We are not using Google Drive or Forms, which could put your information at risk. And we will be working with small Minnesota presses (not Amazon) to print and distribute the anthology.

Yes, you can. You don’t have to speak English to be Minnesotan. We’re working on finding translators to support review of stories in other languages.

The best way to stay updated is to join our weekly newsletter (sign-up is at the top of this webpage). We will be sharing real stories from Operation Metro Surge every week, and keeping you in the loop about the anthology release.

If you’re story’s not chosen for the anthology or newsletter, it will still be read! We’re looking into ways to preserve your work in a big collection of primary sources.

You can read the stories in our weekly newsletter (which you can join at the top of this site). All newsletters are also published as blogs at storyforge.com/blog. Eventually, stories will be collected into an anthology, with profits going to emergency relief for immigrants.

The newsletter is the best way to read testimonials regularly and get news on the publication of the anthology.

You can contact us at minnesota@storyforge.com!