This Week in the Letterbox - Issue 003
Your weekly digest to epistolary stories, diary entries, and creative letters.
Editor’s Note
I didn’t expect the letters to hit this hard.
But they did.
They always do.
This week, they cracked something open —
called out what’s been buried,
what’s been ignored,
what still lingers.
A letter about being invisible.
A diary about falling too fast.
A message to every creative who’s holding on by a thread.
It’s not always clean or pretty. But it’s honest.
And that’s what this place is for.
Thanks for reading. Thanks for being here.
This is what we’re building together.
With love,
Dakkota
💌 New Letters This Week
Clinically Invisible But Far Too Insane to Be Out in the World by
I’m an afterthought to the people who are supposed to care; In a few weeks, I’ll be a forgotten file, replaced by more important ones.
A letter to Jubal- The morning show by
Our evening calls are pulling us into something, something that feels like magic. I’m calculating my steps, letting my guard down little by little.
Epistle to The Griots Who Speak in Ink by
To every creative out there; never give up, never give in, your mind is your greatest weapon so never stop dreaming; that big break is coming, just much later than you would have liked but it's still coming all the same.
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✍️ Community Corner
📮 This Week’s Writing Prompt: Write a diary entry that begins with: “I thought I was over it, but then…”
Leave your diary entry in the comments section for a chance to be featured in next week’s digest.
📅 This Month’s Theme: Beginnings & Endings
Between every ending and beginning lies a breath, a fragile space where stories unfold, where doors close softly and others open wide.
This June, we’re gathering letters and diary entries and serialized fictional stories that live in that in-between space:
moments of farewell,
sparks of new paths,
and gentle shifts that change everything.
💬 Submissions Now Open
We’re looking for diary entries, epistolary stories, and creative letters.
Submit your work → Submission Form
Thinking of submitting but unsure where to start?
Submissions are free and open to everyone for a limited time during our launch phase.
Read our Submission Guidelines
Why we’re doing this:
The Letterbox Collective isn’t just about publishing writing.
It’s about reclaiming expression in its most vulnerable form — writing as witness, writing as offering. Your stories matter.
💬 Join the Letterbox Circle
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Members receive:
• Personalized editorial feedback
• Access to monthly Letter Lounge chats
• Full access to serialized letters, diaries, and bonus content
• The opportunity to be featured in the Weekly Digest
🌟 Contributor Spotlight
We're saving this space for you.
Soon, this section will highlight writers from the collective—
Letters that moved us.
Diary entries that stayed with us.
Stories that made us feel less alone.
✍️ Your Voice
Quick Poll: What Kind of Letter Would You Love to Read (or Write) Next?
✨ Inspiration Corner
“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.”
— Flannery O’Connor
See you next week with more letters and more reasons to keep writing.
Dakkota
Founder, The Letterbox Collective
The character in my diary who made me win the diary category epistolary works, is the same one who bailed on me a few minutes after the win.
You are such a brilliant poet . I am glad I came across your page !