Alan Sincic
The Greyhound
By Alan Sincic / First Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Nonfiction / We all of us like to believe, now and again, when the body blooms...
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Peggy L. Shrum
- May 25
From the Blind, Peruvian Amazon
By Peggy L. Shrum / Third Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Nonfiction / A tree just fell. It must have been really close by; I startled...
Cindy Dean Jones
- May 25
When You Used to Love Me
By Cindy Dean Jones / Second Place, 2023 Plentitudes Prize in Nonfiction / And on a day when I most desperately needed hope, when the...
Judy Peres
- Dec 26, 2022
The Bridge
By Judy Peres / Nonfiction / The passenger terminal at the Allenby Bridge in 1995 looked like any other Israeli government office. Seats...
Finley Williams
- Dec 26, 2022
Conversations We Haven't Had
By Finley Williams / Nonfiction / I. Granny never talked about her late husband, my maternal grandfather. I know him mostly through a...
Barbara Hughes
- Oct 8, 2022
Echoes from a Bluff
By Barbara Hughes / Nonfiction / Staring at the tiny log cabin in front of me reminds me of a box sent from a loved one, something...
Jeanne Althouse
- Oct 8, 2022
Miles to Go
By Jeanne Althouse / Nonfiction / Once I read a book. It was Christmas Eve and Billie could not sleep. I found him sobbing in the hallway...
Caio Major
- Jun 26, 2022
10 Things to Know About Living Through Psychosis
By Caio Major / Nonfiction / 1. What It’s Like About a month ago (or maybe six weeks ago, I’m not sure, time has been acting funny...
Dominic Belmonte
- Jun 26, 2022
Four Odd Years
By Dominic Belmonte / Nonfiction / 1. 1967: “Daddy?” I am thirteen years old, playing Pinners with my best friend Jose Martinez....
Grant Jarrett
- May 12, 2022
Heroes of Our Own Lives
By Grant Jarrett / Nonfiction / Her mouth hangs open, her face is pale and pleated, her lips dry and crusty, like stale pastry. She is...
Ashley Pattison-Scott
- May 12, 2022
The Heavy Cost of Fat
By Ashley Pattison-Scott / Nonfiction / In The Mother of Junk shop in Williamsburg, I stand very still. Yellow insulation hangs from a...
Susan Knox
- May 12, 2022
The Farmhouse
By Susan Knox / Nonfiction / I was a forlorn five-year-old in 1946 when we left the bungalow where I’d lived all my life. I loved that...
Mara Adamitz Scrupe
- May 12, 2022
Square Level True
By Mara Adamitz Scrupe / Nonfiction / Arriving for my shift, I climb the stairs directly up to the low-ceilinged third floor. Once...
Ber Arena
- Feb 1, 2022
...and Laughter Will Replace Song
by Ber Anena / Nonfiction / My mother’s son is on his knees. In front of him sits a large millstone—its center slightly curved to keep...
Juva
- Feb 1, 2022
This Voice is Not My Own
by Juva / Nonfiction / My mother bristled in the doctor’s office as I questioned my pediatrician, but she didn’t say a word. Dr. Combs...
Katy Van Sant
- Feb 1, 2022
Blood in the Grove
by Katy Van Sant / Nonfiction / Have you or any member of your family been the victim of a crime? That was the first question. Five...
Aiko Fukuchi
- Feb 1, 2022
It Is So Lovely
by Aiko Fukuchi / Nonfiction / For months, every time I’ve started my shift at this martini bar, my heartbeat devolved from steady and...
Jack Cooper
- Oct 1, 2021
Sweet & Pure, Warm & Tender, Young & Beautiful
by Jack Cooper / Nonfiction / The chronological sorting of memories is an interesting challenge. My time then is distant and blurry,...
Annette Higgs
- Oct 1, 2021
Love Letters
by Annette Higgs / Nonfiction / When you arrive she’s sitting in the grey armchair, chin on chest, sound asleep. The door is half-open;...
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