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Personal Essay Winners and Finalists 2022
And The Winners Are…

And The Winners Are…

Three judges on what makes a personal essay stand out
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Kelly Eden | Essayist | Writing Coach
Apologies and Flowers

Apologies and Flowers

It will never happen again
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Jacqui Smith
The Flurry of Fists Near Ivybridge

The Flurry of Fists Near Ivybridge

And the curious actions of weasel-boy.
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Benny Carts
What Makes a Good Daughter

What Makes a Good Daughter

A lesson in squeezing blood from a stone
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D. A. Langley
Finding My Humanity in Humiliation

Finding My Humanity in Humiliation

How 36 hours in the slammer changed my life
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Kevin Ervin Kelley, AIA
Just Dessert

Just Dessert

A linguist learns a lesson
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Phyllis Unterschuetz
As an Older Mom, This Question Haunts Me

As an Older Mom, This Question Haunts Me

The bittersweet reality of having a child at 45
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June Kirri
You Never Know Who Is Lurking in the Darkness

You Never Know Who Is Lurking in the Darkness

The night I (probably) saved a stranger’s life
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Sandi Parsons
I Am Not a Car and Other Ways I Explain My Name

I Am Not a Car and Other Ways I Explain My Name

Sometimes a name can be a legacy
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Mercedes O'Leary
Red. Seven. Bananas.

Red. Seven. Bananas.

An Alzheimer’s Story
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Kathleen Perkal
How Are You? I Breathe

How Are You? I Breathe

I used to meet him in front of the elevator. A few words and a kind smile. It was Mr. Long.
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The Learning Strategist
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