In the midst of anxiety, I got some wonderful news. For the past three years, I’ve entered Hippocampus Magazine’s Remember November creative non-fiction contest. During the early evening of November 1, I found out this year’s submission, 1001 Nights, had won. In my letter to the editor, I described the piece as a love song to women….
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Remembering Josh in “Unwrapped”
Years ago, in a 9th grade English class, a boy named Josh stood up for a class presentation. For years I’ve remembered Josh and that day, but it’s only been within the past twelve months that I’ve thought of writing about it. I toyed with doing a blog piece about Josh, but in the end, I knew…
Another Brick in the Wall
In August I sent off a creative non-fiction entry to Hippocampus Magazine in response to their Remember November contest. Though it didn’t make the final five, I was thrilled to find out that Another Brick in the Wall, had made it to the semi-final round of 11 and bonus…Hippocampus wanted to publish the piece in its January…