Personal Essay Competition: Expert Advice from Guest Judge Andy Trincia
A deeply vulnerable, introspective, and intimate form of writing, the personal essay invites you to...
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Writing Advice from Our Poetry & Spoken Word Competition Winners
"Like a bonsai tree, an idea can be seen growing and growing, but we never see its final stage,"...
What Can Reading Science Fiction Tell Us About AI?
My Baba loves movies. Name any—particularly the ones starring Tom Cruise—and he’ll have...
Antiheroes vs. Antivillains: Understanding Morally Gray Characters in Fiction
When asked to come up with character roles for a story, the first things that come to mind are...
Teaching the Topic of Justice for America's 250th Anniversary
Guest blog by: Travis Towne, Educator, and Sarah Lane, Sphere Education Initiatives
This year...
Guide to Write the World’s Monthly Writing Competitions for Teenagers
So, you call yourself a writer. Your desk is riddled with pages of poems, half-remembered,...
What Is Memoir — And How Does it Differ From Autobiography and Personal Essay?
You have a story to tell. Maybe it's about the summer everything changed, a relationship that...
Memoir Competition: Expert Advice from Guest Judge Tasha Faruqui
"I honestly never thought of myself as a writer. I’ve always thought of myself as a storyteller—and...
11 Memoir Examples to Inspire You
A memoir is no simple recounting of one’s life. A form of storytelling grounded in lived experience...