Calling all writers that believe in the power of story to connect, illuminate and move readers.

Tom Hallman Jr., who won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing, is a senior editor at Colliers magazine. He is in charge of Dispatches Across America, a gathering place for stories that rise from the ground beneath our feet that reveal the texture of American life. Here, essays and stories arrive like brushstrokes on our vast cultural canvas, each one drawn from somewhere across the heartland. A small town at dusk, a metropolitan city after dark, a fleeting moment, a hidden subculture, a quiet crossroads.

Together, they form a living portrait of America as it is felt in real time — tender, restless, ordinary, extraordinary. It is the voice of the people, shared with the nation.

If you are interested in contributing, contact Tom at thallmanjr@gmail.com

All of Tom’s books, Stories from the Banks, Dispatches from 1320, Sam: the Boy Behind the Mask and A Strangers Gift are all available for puchase at Francie & Finch Bookshop.