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We exclusively publish memoirs: The creative stories unpacked from the nostalgic hope chests of our lives.
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What’s the Difference Between a Memoir and a Personal Essay?
What’s the Difference Between a Memoir and a Personal Essay?
Confused? Get in line!
KiKi Walter
Mar 24
2024 Submission Guidelines
2024 Submission Guidelines
Updated Information for New and Existing Writers
KiKi Walter
Jan 3
The Memoirist News: Updates, New Writers, and a Pub Crawl
The Memoirist News: Updates, New Writers, and a Pub Crawl
Oh, My!
KiKi Walter
Mar 1
March Memoir Prompt: The March
March Memoir Prompt: The March
Using our imaginations to respond to a word
KiKi Walter
Mar 2
The Memoirist New Writer Submissions Window—Now Open!
The Memoirist New Writer Submissions Window—Now Open!
New writers accepted through the end of March
KiKi Walter
Jan 30
Method to Memoir with Cindy Heath
From Memory to Essay: Enhancing the Impact of Personal Writing
From Memory to Essay: Enhancing the Impact of Personal Writing
Techniques to move your story from boring to compelling.
Cindy Heath
Mar 25
Six (or Seven) Podcasts to Motivate and Inspire Writers
Six (or Seven) Podcasts to Motivate and Inspire Writers
More choices for authors of memoirs, fiction, or essays.
Cindy Heath
Nov 17, 2023
Why in the World Do You Want to Talk About Yourself?
Why in the World Do You Want to Talk About Yourself?
And why would a reader care?
Cindy Heath
Oct 20, 2023
Do You Know There Are Three People Writing Your Memoir?
Do You Know There Are Three People Writing Your Memoir?
Become friends with these voices in your head.
Cindy Heath
Oct 9, 2023
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My Love/Hate Relationship With My Breasts
My Love/Hate Relationship With My Breasts
And how I learned to accept them
Michelle B.Lind
Mar 28
The Night I Let Go of My Mother’s Hand
The Night I Let Go of My Mother’s Hand
Letting go of a dying parent happens a thousand times — this was the first
LIN
Mar 28
The Love List Purge: Why Your Dealbreakers Might Be Dealmakers
The Love List Purge: Why Your Dealbreakers Might Be Dealmakers
One man’s story of finding the love of his life by completely ignoring the type of man she was looking for
Rodney Lacroix
Mar 28
Adoption, Abuse, Acceptance: Finally Saying What I Find So Difficult To Speak.
Adoption, Abuse, Acceptance: Finally Saying What I Find So Difficul...
Coming to terms with life at mid-passage.
Mindy Stern
Mar 28
Finding Comfort From a Coffin
Finding Comfort From a Coffin
March 1, 2011
Angie Mangino
Mar 28
Men, Their Balls, and Cancer
Men, Their Balls, and Cancer
Speaking up and opening the conversation for men
Mark Stobbart
Mar 28
Tom Dooley
Tom Dooley
And my dive into song history
Ulf Wolf
Mar 27
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