Oftentimes, chaos makes for a beautiful story.

All the most powerful emotions come from chaos, fear, anger, love – especially love. – Kirsten Miller.

The theme Beauty and Chaos will feature thoughts by everyday people like you and me about how life can be beautiful (or ugly). This aims to inspire people that no matter how chaotic life can be, there is always something good to look forward to at the end of the tunnel. That behind every chaos lies beauty.

This May, we present short stories, essays, poems, or blogs that depict grand aesthetics, organized chaos, seemingly impossible challenges, hardships, success and failures, and anything in between at uglywriters.com/submissions.