The Century invites reader submissions

July 22, 2019

The Century invites readers to submit first-person narratives (under 1,000 words) on the following topics:

Feet (Deadline: September 1, 2019)

Plate (Deadline: November 1, 2019)

Selected essays will be published in the print or web magazine. Authors of the selected essays will receive $100 and a free one-year subscription to the magazine.

Send essays to contest@christiancentury.org.

This project honors the life and legacy of writer and theologian Frederick Buechner with the aim of nurturing the art of spiritual writing and reflection.

Early Christianity, fragment by fragment

A new published volume of ancient papyri contains sayings, attributed to Jesus, that were previously unknown—including a dialogue with a disciple named Mary.

by Elizabeth Schrader Polczer