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KiKi Walter
The Memoirist: 2025 Submission Guidelines

The Memoirist: 2025 Submission Guidelines

Updated Information for New and Existing Writers
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KiKi Walter
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!
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KiKi Walter
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Exploring the Past to Write Memoirs that Resonate

Exploring the Past to Write Memoirs that Resonate

Techniques to uncover deeper truths and create powerful stories from your memories
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Cindy Heath
Uncovering Universal Insights in Memoir Writing

Uncovering Universal Insights in Memoir Writing

Techniques to help you find meaning in your writing.
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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.
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Cindy Heath
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Snow Cones, Cholas, and Other Ways to Die in Middle School

Snow Cones, Cholas, and Other Ways to Die in Middle School

Being thirteen was just Dodgeball with digestive problems
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Suzanna Quintana
Standing at the Crossroads

Standing at the Crossroads

“When you see a fork in the road, take it!”
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William Mersey
Chauffeurs, Wallets, and What Used to Be Mom & Dad

Chauffeurs, Wallets, and What Used to Be Mom & Dad

a quiet mourning for the version of my parents I felt close to once.
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maple syrup fox
Lying Next to the Daughter I Almost Left

Lying Next to the Daughter I Almost Left

This, right here, is why I stayed alive
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Lizzy Dieng
Always The New Kid

Always The New Kid

FRIENDS? Mmmm, not so much.
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Dave Meir
Catholic School Confessions

Catholic School Confessions

How A Nun Changed The Way I See The World.
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CK Brestman
🎸 Turn It Up!

🎸 Turn It Up!

Because silence is overrated — and this life was meant to be played at full volume.
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Eric Glover
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