A Call to:

Protesters continue to gather in NYC to decry an expanding set of economic injustices, but we can’t all set up camp outside the site of our personal grievances. From the vending machine that won’t relinquish your candy to international policy, we want to understand how you feel about things no matter where you are or what the issue is. Tell us: WHERE AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO OCCUPY? What is out of control in your world, or neighborhood, or apartment? What would you do if you could take charge? How would things be different? Have you ever occupied something?

Looking for inspiration? Declare your own occupation with a submission that begins “I would occupy ____ because…” or add your occupation site to our OCCUPY MAP!

We’re accepting:

-video (1 minute or less)
-photography (1 images with short caption)
-text (300 words or less)
Our goal is to get at least one submission from each state and as many submissions from around the world. Send in your submission to writepentales@gmail.com with the following in the subject line: “Occupy ____, your name and location”. We’re accepting works until October 31st midnight. We will present submissions in numerical order on our site as they come in. Each featured piece will be introduced by PenTales editors and the most original works compiled into a larger collection.

View PenTales “OCCUPY _________” in a larger map