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• 2022 Stories

  October

  TravelStory
  Patricia Togonon
  The Big Blue

  TravelStory
  Joanne Wilson
  Living the Dream

  TravelStory
  Thom Shilling
  Killer at Kosy Kove

  AnimalStory
  Sammy Nderitu
  Floating Island Blues

  TravelStory
  Stephen Annandale
  Brownsea Open Air Theatre

  TravelStory
  Marcia McGreevy Lewis
  The Brink of War

  September

  Winners Circle
  Maureen Moynihan
  The Cookie Lady

  Biographical
  Ezra Azra
  Thank You, Mr. Rogers

  TravelStory
  Pamella Laird
  Shower Power

  TravelStory
  Rose Jakubaszek
  Road Trippin'

  August

  Biographical
  Elyse Ribbons
  Becoming Helen

  Biographical
  Kelly Choy
  The Devil Wears Prada

  Biographical
  Zahira P. Latif
  A Woman's Self-Care in the Diaspora

  Biographical
  Hetty Willeumier
  Gardening

  Biographical
  Awosanmi Omotayo Tosin
  The Monstrous Play

  Biographical
  Ruth Thompson
  The Man in the Box

  Biographical
  Samia Nur Chowdbury
  The Space Between Us

  Biographical
  Halimah Ajibade
  I Think I Learned Patience

  Biographical
  Tony Hill
  Hemiparesis and Me

  Biographical
  Lane Igoudin
  The iPad Wars

  Biographical
  Lana Kristan
  My Father, the Dentist, and I

  Biographical
  Princewill Udom
  A Kind Act

  Biographical
  Saima Najib Chaudry
  Those He Left Behind

  Winston Donald
  Communist Cuba - Myth of an Egalitarian Society

  TravelStory
  Tiana Yasmin Nowzari
  An Iberian Misadventure

  AnimalStory
  Ezra Azra
  Family Differences

  Biographical
  Memoona Amjid
  The One Who Won't Get Out Of The Bed

  Mimi M. Salili
  The Possibility of Liberation from History

  Biographical
  Chaitanyamoi Chetia
  My Grandfather's Love For The Village And His Parents

  Devin Meireles
  The Exceptional Immigrant

  Biographical
  Rishika Srivastava
  The Summer I Strived

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Gunfighter Tales

  Biographical
  Amber Baker
  Sushi With Debbie

  Biographical
  Breanne Szabados
  The Beauty of Changing Our Minds

  Ezra Azra
  10 Bible Plays for School Children

  Biographical
  Ellen Berman
  The Outcast

  Biographical
  Gomathi Sridevi
  A Girl from the Countryside

  Biographical
  Melody Pender
  Relationships

  Carlo Rey Lacsamana
  Migration and Identity

  Ezra Azra
  82 Poems on a Single Theme

  Biographical
  Kip Rosser
  Knowing Up From Down

  Biographical
  Lisa Rivers
  Surviving Adolescence

  Biographical
  Zary Fekete
  Moving Neighborhoods

  Biographical
  Lori Stryker
  Each Minute Counts

  Biographical
  Cindy Marcus
  White Gloves

  Biographical
  Joseph O'Brien
  The Bravest Man on the Pier

  Biographical
  Robyn Michaels
  Unusual Visitors

  Biographical
  Erika McNeil
  Reunion

  Biographical
  Erika McNeil
  Pilgrimage

  Biographical
  Catherine Grow
  Taking On Big Terry

  Biographical
  Ezra Azra
  How Snake and Cat Were Rescued From Each Other, and We From Both

  Biographical
  Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo
  My Inspiration In Life

  Biographical
  Lily Finch
  Parenting...

  Biographical
  Joanne E. Galliher
  With Every Breath

  Winners Circle
  Carl Winderl
  Breakfast at Tiffany's Re-Visited

  Biographical
  Branka Vulic
  One Double Biography from the Heart

  Biographical
  Lily Finch
  Relationships and The Tenacity of Thieves

  Biographical
  Sandra Ljubljanovic
  Grga

  Biographical
  J. S. Kierland
  Strangers

  TravelStory
  Ekaterina Golovina
  The Leap

  July

  Biographical
  Michael Eaton
  Home Away From Home

  Biographical
  Nonhlanhla Annah Thusi
  Perseverance Pays A Great Deal

  Biographical
  Tatenda Alex Chirambira
  I Am An Aquarian

  Biographical
  Uzoamaka Onwubiko
  All Cried Out

  TravelStory
  Susan Salot Gaumer
  Iona

  William Wayne Weems
  Sue's Writing Desk

  Diya Kothari
  Yoga and Indian Cultural Identity

  Biographical
  Karen Lethlean
  Been Lost Here Before

  P. S. Gifford
  Tarred

  Biographical
  Sara Ali Mahran
  A Boderline Personality Disorder Journey

  June

  James L. Cowles
  I Double Dog Dare You

  Subhiksha Parthiban
  What Will They Say?

  Nimisha Kantharia
  The Stone Blanket

  Nancy McAtavey
  The Prayer Shawl

  Noel Moitra
  Self-Preservation

  Daniel Fuller
  Anecdotal Memories

  Desiree Kendrick
  Nobody Told Me

  TravelStory
  Caroline Fynn
  Two Days in Trinco

  Biographical
  Stephanie Levy
  A Change of Heart

  D. Greene
  China Club 1992

  Marc Revere
  Ringing of the Bell

  Margaret Darby
  A Moral Dilemma

  Biographical
  Yessenia Gutierrez
  How I Cope

  Biographical
  Alan Grant
  Wearing The Quartered Cap

  Biographical
  Cyndie Zikmund
  Transplanted

  Biographical
  Henry Lancing Woodward
  The Final Miracle

  Henry Lancing Woodward
  After School Hanging

  Mahi M. Al-Khatib
  The Game of Fate

  Roger Barbee
  June to June

  Biographical
  Henry Lancing Woodward
  Six Months as a Paramedic

  Steven C. Levi
  Occupational Humor

  Biographical
  Teal M. Gaylord
  Lessons from a Shoeshine Boy

  TravelStory
  Annelise Wallie
  A Soul Wrapped in Cardboard

  Biographical
  Alex Frew
  Violence

  Freda Wooten
  Our Paper Cabin

  Christin Kaiser
  Green Ginger

  Biographical
  Abtihal K.A. Saed
  Shades of Darkness

  Margie Marek
  The Bite Path

  May

  Biographical
  James Lamont
  Montgomery Memories

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  At the Polish/Ukrainian Border

  Ikyereve Denen
  The Life Changer

  TravelStory
  Ikyereve Denen
  Biography of Orya Korinio

  Alaa Othman
  Two Short Stories

  Amy L. Haba
  My Truthful Choice

  Lesley Mukwacha
  In Bed With The Jungle Queen

  Lesley Mukwacha
  Where The Maned Brothers Rest

  Biographical
  Lesley Mukwacha
  Me Against the Lions

  Alicia J. M. Colson
  Perceptions Unfortunately Matter

  Christin Kaiser
  The Morning Is Mine

  TravelStory
  Ikyereve Denen
  My Terrifying Encounter with a Mamba Snake and Some Herds of Cattle

  Elliot Wilner
  Alice and the Tea Party

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  In Like A Lion...Out Like Two Lions

  Wassila Aouadi
  Teenage Life

  Biographical
  Marcia McGreevy Lewis
  I Don't Know How She Does It

  Ikyereve Denen
  Endangered Folks, Chimps, and Funa on the Brinks

  Meenakshi Bhatt
  The Foxes with Doggy-ears

  Biographical
  Alexi Dinerstein
  Wawa's Divine Sign

  Biographical
  Habib Zreik
  The Friendly Neighborhood Doctor

  Biographical
  Fredrick Hudgin
  Ha

  Biographical
  Robert Flournoy
  Welcome Home

  Biographical
  Robert Flournoy
  Dirt Roads and Calloused Hands

  TravelStory
  Edward Bogdan
  Gringos Estupidos

  Darien Greene
  Moving Day

  TravelStory
  Leslee W. Kahler
  How I learned the Joys of Traveling...

  Biographical
  Katharine Valentino
  Get Your Comeuppance Here

  Winners Circle
  Carl Winderl
  An Ode to Przemsyl

  Biographical
  Pamella Laird
  Getting to Know the Canon

  April

  AnimalStory
  Ohanya K'Otengo
  A Tragedy and a Blessing

  AnimalStory
  Paul Onuh
  Scray Tale of a Lone Black Kid

  AnimalStory
  Subhiksha Parthiban
  They Were Never Mine

  AnimalStory
  Muthulakshmi Muthukrishnan
  Devils of Speechless Creatures

  AnimalStory
  Eleanor Dorst
  Encounters of the Wild Kind

  AnimalStory
  Gavin Greenfield
  Surrounded by Swirling Swallows

  AnimalStory
  Ikyereve Denen
  My Terrifying Encounter With a Black Cat at Night

  AnimalStory
  Janice Rider
  "Fairy" Beetles

  AnimalStory
  Lauren Stoker
  Fierce Love

  AnimalStory
  Irene Joseph
  The Sadistic Mega-Beast

  AnimalStory
  Marc Revere
  Casting Shadows

  AnimalStory
  Barry Purcell
  Animal Control Took Care Of It

  AnimalStory
  Wanda Nelson
  Our Hideaway

  AnimalStory
  Penelope Maclachlan
  The OnÇa

  AnimalStory
  Samantha Pinazza
  A Spectacular Fight

  AnimalStory
  Caroline Fynn
  In Kite Nation

  Abdallahi Hamby
  10 Critical Pieces of Advice

  Biographical
  Sara Todd-Stone
  Just a Sip

  Biographical
  Jeanne Marie Donnelly
  My Real-Life Story

  Gene J. Parola
  Robert Louis Stevenson and the Pearl Harbor That Didn't Happen

  AnimalStory
  Valerie Forde-Galvin
  Charlie's Good Year

  AnimalStory
  Salam Syagha
  The Olive Oil Thief

  AnimalStory
  Amritha Sobrun-Maharaj
  Snowy

  AnimalStory
  Jennie Mae Ong
  Swimming With The World's Biggest Sharks Before They Become Extinct

  AnimalStory
  E. P. Lande
  Jeanne's Valley

  Biographical
  Kelly Maida
  The Black Sheep of the Family Walks Away

  AnimalStory
  Lew Goddard
  The Deer Survived

  Biographical
  Roger Barbee
  I Was Here

  AnimalStory
  Ellie S. Thomas
  Where Does The Hare Go

  March

  AnimalStory
  Valerie Winans
  Where The Wild Things Are In Alaska

  AnimalStory
  Desiree Kendrick
  Who Ruffled the Emu?

  AnimalStory
  Kathryn Payne-Olson
  When Giving Kindness Pays You Back

  AnimalStory
  Lew Goddard
  I Walked with the Wind

  AnimalStory
  Deon Matzen
  A Sleepover with Friends

  AnimalStory
  Anna G. Joujan
  And The Lions Laze

  TravelStory
  Pamella Laird
  The Pot of Gold

  AnimalStory
  Kelly Maida
  Animal Encounters of a Different Kind

  Charles T. Faulkner
  Horse Encounters of the Worst Kind

  AnimalStory
  Alex Byrd Jones
  Beaver and Willow

  Winners Circle
  Don Shook
  Attitudes

  Ugochi Eke
  Synonyms 101

  Bobbi Ali
  Choosing
  

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Ed and Wilma

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Thanks for My Rodeo

  Biographical
  Janis LeForge
  Mom Shops Moscow

  Winners Circle
  Don Shook
  In The Neighborhood

  Winners Circle
  Linda A. Dougherty
  Grandmom Kate

  Biographical
  Margie Hofman
  The Dutch Aunty

  Winners Circle
  Douglas Holub
  Man vs. The Man

  Winners Circle
  Douglas Holub
  Electric Car

  February

  Winners Circle
  Giles Ryan
  Reliquary

  Winners Circle
  Maureen Moynihan
  The Playboy

  Winners Circle
  Giles Ryan
  The Boldest Birds

  Winners Circle
  Giles Ryan
  Ferry Ghat

  Winners Circle
  Giles Ryan
  Staying

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Fostering Felines

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Family Matters

  Winners Circle
  Carl Winderl
  To Be, or Not to Be. a Father. . .

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Fazed By Frogs

  Biographical
  Fred Cheney
  Something Personal

  Winners Circle
  Thomas Turman
  Golden Silence, Silver Tongue

  Winners Circle
  Thomas Turman
  My Day With Big Moma

  Winners Circle
  Thomas Turman
  Willie Alexander

  January

  Biographical
  Pamella Laird
  Viner Con Migo, Senoritas

  Biographical
  James L. Cowles
  My Old Friend, Mike

  Biographical
  Yanjin Song
  Picasso. . .

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  Field of Dreams

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  The Eskimo Igloo Cake

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  Intangible Ingredients

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  The Poor Little Matchstick Girl

  Kelly Maida
  The True Meaning of the Holidays
  

  TravelStory
  Chaitanyamoi Chetia
  My Journey To Kolkata
  

  2021 Stories

  December

  James Osborne
  Life Before The Internet
  

  Deon Matzen
  Holiday Magic
  

  James L. Cowles
  Danley and Coy, Young Adventurers
  

  November

  Biographical
  Joyce Benedict
  Blackberry Brandy

  Nouran Sherif
  Kind Penguin
  

  Christin Kaiser
  What Lies Beneath
  

  K. C. Chan Wing Haw
  The Abandoned
  

  TravelStory
  Justina Ogodo
  Lost in Switzerland
  

  AnimalStory
  Joyce Benedict
  The Seagull
  

  Biographical
  Karla Bowen Herman
  Half-Starved As A Child, She Fed Everyone

  Biographical
  Joyce Benedict
  A Mother Always 'In The Mood'

  Biographical
  Arad Niksefar
  War and Woman

  Winners Circle
  Shivaji K. Moitra
  Behind The Masks

  October

  TravelStory
  Frank Stern
  You Can't Always Tell A Priest By His Collar
  

  TravelStory
  Okoye Gosife Janefrances
  My Most Memorable Visits
  

  TravelStory
  Stanley Bloom
  Covid Castaway
  

  TravelStory
  Tiffany Smith
  Cross Country Jaunt
  

  TravelStory
  Gloria Lauris
  The Philippines is a Rice Place to Live
  

  TravelStory
  Sally Quon
  Camping and Covid-19
  

  TravelStory
  Michelle Lin
  My First Glimpse into the Real Mexico
  

  TravelStory
  Janda Raker
  Campground Gods on Padre Island
  

  TravelStory
  Hilary Bryn Thomas
  Travel Solo, Not Alone
  

  AnimalStory
  Suzanne Anderson
  Bison, Bear, and Elk - Oh My!
  

  TravelStory
  Robert Sperry
  Deep in the Canyon
  

  TravelStory
  Aditi Neelakantan
  The Old Normal
  

  TravelStory
  Arch Ramesh
  Somewhere In Between
  

  TravelStory
  Tya Ulfah
  Who Says The Best Trip Is An Unplanned Trip?
  

  TravelStory
  Diane McLeish
  A Park Reborn - Gonarezhou National Park
  

  TravelStory
  Avani Sudhakar
  Come Away, Step Across the Tide
  

  TravelStory
  Edie Jones
  A View From Above
  

  TravelStory
  Edie Jones
  Sharing
  

  TravelStory
  Brian Wettlaufer
  Lost and Found in Los Mochis
  

  TravelStory
  Stephanie Maldonado
  Foreign Anxiety
  

  TravelStory
  Mari Zipes Wallace
  Indelible India
  

  TravelStory
  Laurie Hall
  The Pedestrian Baritone
  

  TravelStory
  Eva Bell
  Journey into Kurdistan
  

  TravelStory
  John C. Hollinger
  Sleepless Near Seattle
  

  TravelStory
  John Smistad
  Culture Shocked (West Coast Bias)
  

  AnimalStory
  Cathleen Giannetta
  Lioness in the Maasai Mara
  

  TravelStory
  Milan Rijal
  The Feeling of Nationality...
  

  TravelStory
  Kamuka
  Folly Beach
  

  TravelStory
  John C. Hollinger
  Bite, Chew, Swallow, Repeat
  

  TravelStory
  Deon Matzen
  Driving Down Highway 101
  

  TravelStory
  Deon Matzen
  What No One Told Me
  

  TravelStory
  Deon Matzen
  Camping in Torrential Rains
  

  TravelStory
  Nischal Samrat
  A Trip Through Culture

  TravelStory
  Kate Morin
  To Taste the Moments of Coffee. . .

  TravelStory
  Nikki Everts
  Portal, North Dakota

  TravelStory
  Marcia McGreevy Lewis
  It's A Small Town

  Biographical
  Justina Ogodo
  A Long Summer Vacation to Remember

  Biographical
  Kelly Maida
  Coping With PTSD

  Somaya El-Absawy
  Revolution Or Co-Existence?

  TravelStory
  Elena Bubeeva
  In Armenia You Would Never Starve

  Biographical
  Kirthana B. Raj
  To My Beloveds

  TravelStory
  Natisha Parsons
  My Aunt Went To Victoria Falls

  Joyce Benedict
  It's Never Enough

  TravelStory
  Samuel Edward
  The Route To My Root

  TravelStory
  Siti Nabihah
  The Shine In Us

  TravelStory
  Ilhamul Azam
  A Trip Back To Time

  TravelStory
  Sarah Hozumi
  Skytree

  TravelStory
  Barry Purcell
  What Happens Here

  TravelStory
  Nawshin Anjum
  The Story of a Mountain Girl

  TravelStory
  Frank J. Stewart
  The Kooteny

  TravelStory
  George Pintar
  Trip Through The Western Part of New Mexico

  TravelStory
  Giles Ryan
  El Viejo

  Biographical
  Winston Donald
  A Prince of Thieves

  TravelStory
  Hilary Chukwu
  Guilty or Not Guilty

  TravelStory
  Hilary Chukwu
  Never Again

  TravelStory
  Angelina Saule
  A Cedar Pilgrimage

  TravelStory
  Francis Edwards
  Transatlantic Crossings

  TravelStory
  Alice Burnett
  The Trip That Was...and Wasn't

  TravelStory
  Don Lubov
  1971 - Hiking the U. S. - A Memoir

  TravelStory
  Priyadarshini Chanda
  For Evermore

  TravelStory
  Mansi J. Sood
  Of Indian Food and Bhutanese Buddha

  TravelStory
  Paul Farran
  Molted

  TravelStory
  Žiga Povše
  Searching for Sloths

  TravelStory
  Fiona Kamal
  Scratching the Surface

  Scott Talbot Evans
  Liesl and Me

  September

  TravelStory
  Nancy McAtavey
  The Wake-up Call

  TravelStory
  Renata Pavrey
  Hiking With Fireflies

  TravelStory
  Mort Morford
  Bubbledon County

  AnimalStory
  Zaynab Ben Allouch
  Anaro

  TravelStory
  Richard Fulton
  Blue Highway Brew Tour

  TravelStory
  Jaehee Son
  Roots

  TravelStory
  Cody Short
  D Short's Last Cruise

  TravelStory
  Susan Taylor
  Chicago Revisited

  TravelStory
  TWP Tilden
  I Gave Oxygen To My Wanderlust

  Biographical
  Pamella Laird
  The Other Man

  Biographical
  James L. Cowles
  A Needed Job

  Biographical
  Kelly Maida
  Lingering Memories

  TravelStory
  Erin Boyd
  Captivated by the Local Animal Population

  August

  Biographical
  Adejumoke Oluwole
  A Prophecy Never Fulfilled

  Biographical
  Lane E. Dooling
  A Treasured Bucket of Buttons

  Biographical
  Linda Jones Weber
  Return to Utopia

  Biographical
  Jen Eve Taylor
  The Cancer Chronicles

  Biographical
  Richa Dewangan
  Strange Concoction

  Biographical
  Tilottarna Chowdhury
  Aurora

  Biographical
  Maryann Donovan
  Pandora's Box

  Biographical
  Hannah L. Bercovici
  Beneath the Waning Tide

  TravelStory
  Petro Van Rooyen
  A First Time For Everything

  Biographical
  Michelle D. Smith
  An Angel By My Side

  Biographical
  Michelle H. Davis
  Lerdine

  Biographical
  Nischal Samrat
  A Daydreamer

  Pamella Laird
  Redial for Freedom

  Biographical
  Nancy McAtavey
  The Squeezo

  Jule Ross
  "Jewel Book" of Anna of Bavaria

  Biographical
  Yeshwant Sridhar
  Of Larkin, Death, and The Algebra of Love

  TravelStory
  Pranali Vira
  Unexpected Adventures

  TravelStory
  Joyce Benedict
  The Simple Life

  Biographical
  Eva Bell
  The Courage To Press On

  Biographical
  Marcia McGreevy Lewis
  I'm Not the Nutrition Grandmother"

  Biographical
  Valarie J. Anderson
  "Said the Spider to the Fly"

  Biographical
  Iris Leona Marie Cross
  The Hunchback of Sacred Heart

  Biographical
  Ikechukwu Echebiri
  Cronicles of a Newly Wed

  Biographical
  Ian Tyes
  Marriage Matters

  Biographical
  Jeffrey S. Victor
  Every Drop Is Needed

  Biographical
  Valerie Forde-Galvin
  Always Slow Down at Stop Signs

  Biographical
  Janis LeForge
  Satan Laughed

  Biographical
  Migel Jayasinghe
  How Did I Become A Psychologist

  Biographical
  Dayne Hammond
  The Stages of a Smile

  Biographical
  Sidney Nnamdi Nwangwu II
  A Glimpse of Vice and Virtue

  Biographical
  Chris Doerner
  Living Unedited

  Winners Circle
  Thomas Turman
  The 49ers At Benito Juarez Hospital

  James L. Cowles
  The New Hoover

  Kelly Maida
  Living In Fear

  Biographical
  Nikky Jain
  Eat Potato, Get Fatso!

  Biographical
  Elliot Wilner
  The Price of a Civics Lesson

  Biographical
  Leigh Camp
  Sranded at a CVS - Summer 2020

  Biographical
  Fred Chaney
  Tracers

  Biographical
  Roger Barbee
  Memory and June One

  July

  Biographical
  Priscilla Cargill
  Successful Stacy-Ann Shows Spunk

  Biographical
  Michele Moore
  I Have My Father's Toes

  Winston Donald
  The Haitian - Jamaican Connection

  Biographical
  Ladona LaPorte
  Pieces of Lydia

  Biographical
  Ekoja Solomon
  Serving My Fatherland

  Biographical
  Nooruldeen Oglah
  The Last Light

  Biographical
  Joyce Benedict
  A Most Spectacular Dream

  Biographical
  Melissa Uchegbu
  I Grieve for the Woman I Knew Before

  Biographical
  Corbin Bosiljevac
  The Incident

  Kelly Maida
  Break the Silence

  Biographical
  James Osborne
  A Quiet Kind of Hero

  Biographical
  Dhananjaya Kannali Narayana
  The Assimilated Truth

  Biographical
  Cathy B. Bridges
  My Back Surgery Experience

  Biographical
  Cheryl Ann Farrell
  From Bankruptcy to a Perfect Credit Score

  Biographical
  Devin Meireles
  Vovô Was A Badass

  TWP Tilden
  Frenemy; or The Snare of the Rainbow Glare

  June

  Tom Carroll
  The Bears of Katmai

  Modester Phiri
  Two Essays

  Paul Onuh
  Horrible Episode of the 344 Kankarans

  Paul Onuh
  Travil of the Kagaran Boys

  Joyce Benedict
  Addiction

  Iris Leona Marie Cross
  A Self-Fulfilling Prophesy

  Tracey Hebért-Seck
  Waters that Bind

  Biographical
  Migel Jayasinghe
  Moving Abroad

  Lane E. Dooling
  Not an Ordinary Day in June

  Marc Revere
  Queen Calafia

  Christine Marcotte
  Holding Hands with an Angel

  Joyce Benedict
  A Miracle for a Little Boy

  Biographical
  Janaan.Dy
  The Girl and the Market Pie

  Biographical
  Janaan.Dy
  Sone Secret Society

  AnimalStory
  Joyce Benedict
  Woody

  TravelStory
  Joyce Benedict
  The Franklin Roosevelt Home Comes Alive

  Erika Hunter
  Fifteen-Minute Break

  Biographical
  Purbasha Roy
  Thyroid Stories

  Georgina Lowole
  Tears of the Nature

  Haresh Lalchand Lalwani
  A Thouht For An Elderly

  Kay Smith-Blum
  Targets

  Biographical
  Natascha Graham
  A Transatlantic Lesbian Love Story

  Lydia Waybright
  The Worst Night of My Life

  Biographical
  Fancy Goodman
  Aliens Have Names Too

  Frank Emerson
  The Legend of Molly Tynes and Her Ride

  Frank Emerson
  The Sad, Ironic Fate of Sullivan Ballou

  Biographical
  Ethel Jean
  In Between

  Biographical
  Rachel Cann
  The Journey

  Biographical
  Mike Ekunno
  A Day Without

  Winners Circle
  Maureen Moynihan
  Spilling Your Guts on Paper

  Helen Ruhlin
  Yet Another Statistic

  Tom Carroll
  9-11: An Alaskan Guide's Tale

  Biographical
  Anna Cattar
  If You Give a Gerbil a Haircut

  Laura Piquette
  The Mini Guide to Life's Journey

  Biographical
  Daniel Hicks
  One Of Our Planes. . .

  TravelStory
  Sienna Joshi
  A Summer Twice Visited

  TravelStory
  Lance Mason
  Tango of Death

  Biographical
  Daniel Hicks
  High Tension

  Biographical
  Sienna Joshi
  Where You Can Feel The Earth Breathe

  Biographical
  George Ivanov Vasilev
  What I Have Gone Through In Spain

  TravelStory
  Desiree Kendrick
  Between a Rock and a Hard Place

  Rita McDermott
  A Girl Who Wore Combat Boots

  B. J. Thompson
  Sitting With My Boys

  TravelStory
  Victor Pogostin
  Taking a Train in England - An Adventure

  TravelStory
  Victor Pogostin
  Coffee and Ideological Maxims in Moscow

  Marcia McGreevy Lewis
  Pandemic Treasure Hunt

  Cody Short
  Perceptions Outside Normal Capability

  Winners Circle
  June Calender
  Early Riser/Namaste

  Janet E. Fichter
  Facing What We Cannot Face

  Biographical
  S. Nadja Zajdman
  Open Hearted

  Biographical
  S. Nadja Zajdman
  Lineage

  May

  Jareen Imam
  Company

  Samir Kumar Jha
  Tackling Terrorism Unarmed

  Biographical
  Joy Mayfield
  The Right To Bare Arms

  Joseph Michael Webb
  The Mean Reds

  Biographical
  Nikita Jain
  That Special Game
  

  TravelStory
  David Urubshurow
  The Wellspring

  Alan Herman
  Steal This Book

  Judy Zwirblis
  Butterfly Morning

  Biographical
  Emily Howse
  My First Day Going to Work During A Pandemic
  

  Biographical
  Migel Jayasinghe
  A Checkered Career Across Three Continents
  

  Rebecca Langley
  Guardian Angels

  Biographical
  Laura Elizabeth Horgan
  A Portrait
  

  Talara Nolan
  Dodging A Scam

  Laurel Hendrickson
  Big Foot, Big Deal

  April

  AnimalStory
  Eve Levinson
  Pembera

  AnimalStory
  Dawn Llewellyn-Price
  Crocodile Tears

  AnimalStory
  Shreya Jha
  A Crow Named Charlie

  AnimalStory
  Rachel Friedman
  Encounter with a Young Giraffe

  AnimalStory
  Joli Villella
  Swimming With Serpents

  AnimalStory
  Naputt Thiravorachai
  The Three Snakes

  AnimalStory
  Chloe de Lullington
  Jack in the Box

  AnimalStory
  Michaya Marsh
  The Hippo Story

  AnimalStory
  Janis Boguzs
  A Regular Guest in the Guest House

  AnimalStory
  Ellen Urowitz
  Caught It For My Father

  AnimalStory
  Bettina Gantsweg
  Seven Hundred on the Planet

  AnimalStory
  Lisa Riley
  So Close I Could Hear It Breathing

  Biographical
  Lew Goddard
  My Dad Was A Smoker
  

  Pamella Laird
  The Scent of Tiny Flowers

  Biographical
  Lois Liu
  The Apple of My Eye
  

  AnimalStory
  Majorie Keyantash
  Into The Lion's Den

  Eileen T. Flaherty
  Not Perfect

  AnimalStory
  Christina Robertson
  Sustenance

  AnimalStory
  Ciaran Doran
  Coog

  AnimalStory
  Kay DiVerde
  Our Owl Friend

  James L. Cowles
  Country Living

  AnimalStory
  Abram Gabriel
  The Raptor

  AnimalStory
  Prakash Rawal
  Animal Intelligence

  Diane McLeish
  Courageous and Coping in a Time of Crisis
  

  AnimalStory
  Valerie Anne Burns
  Salt Water, Milk, and a Jaguar Cub

  Biographical
  Winston Donald
  Michael Manley
  

  AnimalStory
  Marcia McGreevy Lewis
  Pie First

  AnimalStory
  Chukwuebuka C. Oguocha
  My Snail Hunting Adventure

  AnimalStory
  Chukwuebuka C. Oguocha
  The Unfortunate Hawk

  AnimalStory
  Jan Callner
  Critters

  Biographical
  Winston Donald
  A Youth Called Brownskin
  

  AnimalStory
  Diane McLeish
  Elusive

  James K. Aumak
  Our Reason To Add An Animal Member To Our Family
  

  AnimalStory
  Desiree Kendrick
  Party Crashers

  AnimalStory
  Rachel Allen
  I Nearly Called My Baby Robin

  AnimalStory
  Christine Law
  Nature's Path

  AnimalStory
  Christine Law
  Reynard Fox

  March

  AnimalStory
  Sam Smith
  Two in the Bush

  AnimalStory
  Alex Byrd Jones
  My Children and Other Animals

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Serendipity

  AnimalStory
  Zahra Dot
  The Same, But Different

  AnimalStory
  E. L. Teddy
  Be Eager But Never Forget The Warning

  AnimalStory
  Nnadi Samuel
  Christmas Yokes

  Kelly Maida
  A Stranger From A Strange Land
  

  Winners Circle
  Valerie Byron
  Remembering My Brother

  AnimalStory
  Susmita Ramani
  A Saltmarsh Sparrow Named Sal

  AnimalStory
  Anna Boyle
  A Tale of Nature's Achievement

  Biographical
  James Quinn
  1968 - A Very Bad Year
  

  Cathy B. Bridges
  Easter Sundays in New Market When I Was a Girl
  

  Biographical
  Cathy B. Bridges
  Covid-19 or Not?
  

  AnimalStory
  Paddy Tanton
  Coviditis Diary

  AnimalStory
  Christine Stevenson
  The Hawk and the Hare

  Ruth Truman
  The Rocking Chair
  

  Biographical
  Prakash Rawal
  Albert Einstein and his Invention
  

  AnimalStory
  Caroline Travis
  No Fishing

  Biographical
  Rich Courage
  Angel Girl
  

  Alan Herman
  Wael's Barber Shop
  

  TravelStory
  Alan Herman
  Her Voice on the Train to Milan
  

  Biographical
  Francine van den Berg
  Nanghala
  

  AnimalStory
  Christine Hand
  The House That Nature Build

  AnimalStory
  Fernando A. Torres
  The Suicidal Pigeons of the I-80

  February

  Winners Circle
  Doug Sherr
  A Conventional Riot

  Biographical
  Desiree Kendrick
  A Child's Prayer with a Side Order of Peas
  

  Biographical
  Stephanie Wilder
  Birthdays Behind Bars
  

  Biographical
  Lew Goddard
  Sunday Morning
  

  Emmet Kelly
  Ode to Gleeville. . .
  

  Winners Circle
  Bonnie Crandall
  Self-fulfilling Prophecy and Maria Ritter

  Winners Circle
  Carl Winderl
  Of the Holy Spirit, and Elvis

  Biographical
  Winston Wight
  Surviving a Brother's Suicide
  

  Biographical
  David Wight
  Closure
  

  Winners Circle
  Linda A. Dougherty
  The Kangaroo and the Pocket

  Winners Circle
  Linda A. Dougherty
  Humor Is The Best Medicine

  Biographical
  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  The Summer Petey Bob Turned Fourteen

  Winners Circle
  Shivaji K. Moitra
  The Weird Dichotomy

  Winners Circle
  Maureen Moynihan
  Babies, Bikes, and Mothers

  Winners Circle
  Don Shook
  Hiatal

  Winners Circle
  Isabel Bucher
  No, Not. . .

  Biographical
  Gordon Crenshaw
  Quail Hunting in Callahan Florida
  

  Winners Circle
  Don Shook
  Susceptible Otherworld

  Eugene Pierson
  Educational Excellence
  

  January

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Everything's Just Ducky At Our Place

  Winners Circle
  Shivaji K. Moitra
  The Underdogs

  Winners Circle
  Charleine Sell
  Facing the Sunset

  Biographical
  Rodney Harrier
  What To Do When Your Spouse Has Depression
  

  Biographical
  Lew Goddard
  Whispering Wind
  

  Biographical
  Fredrick Hudgin
  They Don't Have Christmas in Vietnam
  

  Biographical
  Patricia Sample
  Fear
  

  Biographical
  Eileen Fisher
  The Boyfriend
  

  Biographical
  Emily Hart
  Lofty Ambitions
  

  AnimalStory
  Cathy B. Bridges
  The Deer, and Other Critters in New Market, Alabama

  December

  Biographical
  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  The Poet of Baghdad
  

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  The Lampadedromia

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  Pixie Dust and Quilts

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  A Book of Spells and Magical Enchantments

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  Journey With Mother

  Winners Circle
  Maureen Moynihan
  Teach the Children

  November

  Winners Circle
  Karen Redford Treanor
  . . .and a Happy New Year

  Robert Flournoy
  A Short Story
  

  Biographical
  Hilary Flanery
  The Heaven of Motherhood
  

  October

  Winners Circle
  Karen Redford Treanor
  The Box

  Winners Circle
  Maureen Moynihan
  The Worker

  Kelly Maida
  Superwoman
  

  AnimalStory
  Eleanor Dorst
  Photo of a Lifetime--No Film

  Frances C. Crenshaw
  My Memories of Temple Methodist Church
  

  AnimalStory
  Sharon J. Morris
  First Flight

  Susan Bludworth Newton
  Red Casket
  

  September

  Biographical
  KC Chan Wing Haw
  The Red Rooftop
  

  TravelStory
  Tom McGuire
  Royal Gorge: The First Annual Russell Towle Memorial Backpacking Trip into His Favorite Wilderness - the North Fork American River Paradise
  

  AnimalStory
  Tom McGuire
  Bird Whisperer: Reflections on the Magnificent Otherness of Avian Beings

  AnimalStory
  Karen H. Curran
  On The Fence

  Biographical
  Lew Goddard
  Special Sarah
  

  TravelStory
  Steven Hunley
  Beautiful
  

  2020 Stories

  August

  TravelStory
  Dana Carpenter
  The Beach and the Bedpan
  

  TravelStory
  Naiya Cartwright
  The Ridges of the Mountains
  

  TravelStory
  Linda A. Dougherty
  Don't Say England and Camp in the Same Sentence
  

  TravelStory
  Ashley Weaver
  Learning About Legacy at the Tower of London
  

  TravelStory
  Rachel Friedman
  A Fond Camp Memory
  

  TravelStory
  Jenny Lee McGinn
  Adventure in Mexico
  

  TravelStory
  Stacey Waithera
  Of Half a Front Tooth and Sunrise on the Beach
  

  TravelStory
  Maggie Dickman
  Winning While Losing: Gambling in Thailand
  

  TravelStory
  Maggie Dickman
  Bad Experiences
  

  TravelStory
  Karen Kish
  Sharing the Sinai
  

  TravelStory
  Jeromy Wensley
  Misfortune
  

  TravelStory
  Kiyasu Oka
  The Skyscraper's Wonder
  

  TravelStory
  Jhermayne Ubalde
  Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto
  

  Winners Circle
  Ellie S. Thomas
  Ta Da: Look At Us!

  TravelStory
  Ehiaga Benjamin Imhans
  A Visit To My Village
  

  TravelStory
  Tom Williams
  Great Fun on the Truckee River
  

  TravelStory
  Charles T. Faulkner
  The Toast Atop Cullihan's Cairn
  

  TravelStory
  Aditya Pretap Saha
  Binsar - Land of the Green and Cold Virgin
  

  TravelStory
  Kelly Keegan
  Land of Eagles
  

  TravelStory
  Anna Maria DiDio
  The Puke in Spain Stays Mainly in the Train (Station)
  

  TravelStory
  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  The Brazzaville - Dubai Journey
  

  TravelStory
  Deon Matzen
  The Beijing Journal
  

  TravelStory
  Betty Disney
  Running Inter-fear-ence on the California Russian River
  

  TravelStory
  Helene Munson
  Chiloé Magic
  

  TravelStory
  Kelly Maida
  The Night I Slept in a Hotel Lobby
  

  TravelStory
  Marie Barski
  By Land and Sea
  

  TravelStory
  Teddy K. Makarow
  Vacation Economical Any Time of Year
  

  TravelStory
  Jeanette A. Fratto
  The Rain in Spain Did Not Stay on the Plain
  

  TravelStory
  Steven Hunley
  East Meets West
  

  TravelStory
  Tom Mattson
  Leopards of the Moon
  

  TravelStory
  Cathy B. Bridges
  Our Trip To Mentone, Alabama, High Atop Lookout Mountain
  

  Biographical
  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  Explorer Giovanni di Gualtieri
  

  TravelStory
  Pamela Breves
  Just Sneaked Through
  

  TravelStory
  Tom Mattson
  Alaska
  

  Winners Circle
  James Sclater
  The Right Place at the Wrong Time

  TravelStory
  Francesca Battista
  You Are Sitting On It
  

  Biographical
  Rosalie Robison
  A Walk in the Park
  

  TravelStory
  Sandra Atkins
  Wrong Turn At Rome
  

  Biographical
  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  Dr. Perez
  

  TravelStory
  Lance Mason
  Under Siege
  

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  All Things Are Lawful For Me
  

  TravelStory
  Jack Karolewski
  Walking the Camino
  

  TravelStory
  Jack Karolewski
  Florida Redemption
  

  TravelStory
  Lance Mason
  The Train to Harare
  

  Biographical
  Rani Jayakumar
  Thatha
  

  AnimalStory
  Rani Jayakumar
  Bird Language

  Rani Jayakumar
  The Peace Sign

  TravelStory
  Rani Jayakumar
  Vigilance
  

  TravelStory
  Mike Plummer and Tim Foster
  Tales from a South American Stormdrain
  

  Eberechukwu Obua
  Living in Bondage

  TravelStory
  Gladys Swedak
  Scotland 2017
  

  Biographical
  PK Robbins Walzer
  Get Packing
  

  TravelStory
  Ruscena Wiederholt
  Mezcal and Murallas
  

  TravelStory
  Don Lubov
  Near Death in the Gila National Forest
  

  AnimalStory
  Jenny Lee McGinn
  The Masked Bandit of Tygart Lake

  TravelStory
  Lauren Barrett
  Finding Answers in Traveling
  

  TravelStory
  Daria J. Walsh
  Lady Thrill Seekers Wanted. . .
  

  TravelStory
  Aashana Daru
  A 'Dam Good Time'
  

  Biographical
  Patricia Sukore
  Divergent Generation X

  TravelStory
  Eva Bell
  The Harz Mountains - Witch Country in Germany
  

  July

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  What Joins Us
  

  Biographical
  Eunice Oladeji
  The Road That Leads Out There

  Winners Circle
  Valerie Byron
  Sarah's Story

  Cathy Bridges
  Albie

  Betsy Shepardson
  1967 and the Hairpull Challenge

  Biographical
  Lew Goddard
  The Drayman

  Winners Circle
  Ellie S. Thomas
  August

  TravelStory
  Linda A. Dougherty
  Once Upon A Mountain
  

  Jerry Crenshaw
  Physics Test

  TravelStory
  Ronny Flatau
  The Christian Lebanese
  

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  Forgiveness As A Crucial Element

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  Addiction

  June

  Gordon Crenshaw
  Duck Hunting, A Dream Relived

  Biographical
  Carrie-Jade Williams
  The Men I Met Along The Way

  Biographical
  Teddy Makarow
  Remembering Randall Jarrell

  Biographical
  Linda A. Dougherty
  Don't Drink The Koolaid

  Biographical
  Denise E. Fore
  Unearthed

  Biographical
  Diana Ha
  Monopoly: Against the Deck

  Biographical
  Diana Ha
  I Built My Life On Sugar

  Biographical
  Precious Owuamalam
  A Friend, A Woe

  Biographical
  Terence Talagon
  My Childhood with Jorge Robeje

  Biographical
  Cathy B. Bridges
  She Calls Me Ninny

  Biographical
  Sharon Morris
  A Gal with a Goal

  Biographical
  Rolanda T. Pyle
  Who's That Lady?

  Biographical
  Ceci Hughes
  Wolfsheim's Watch

  Biographical
  Irene Joseph
  Me, Dad and Seven Shoes

  AnimalStory
  Charlene Duline
  Mouse

  Biographical
  Mary Rose Kreger
  Stories of Innocence and Experience

  Biographical
  Iris Leona Marie Cross
  Mummy, Me, Memories

  Biographical
  Charlene Duline
  When Do We Eat?

  Biographical
  Charlene Duline
  A Dangerous Welcome

  Biographical
  Diana Arriaga
  Shape Does Not Define Me

  Biographical
  Suzanne Caithamer
  Bohemian Fruit Dumplings

  Biographical
  Maureen Moynihan
  The John

  Biographical
  Iris Leona Marie Cross
  She Was Only Eighteen, Only Eighteen

  Biographical
  Kim Smyth
  The Crying Couch

  AnimalStory
  Thomas Turman
  Cookie - 1954

  Biographical
  Samuel Nnadi
  How I Wake Up In The Back Seat, Asking God When?

  Biographical
  Hannah Huber
  Chipped Beef on Toast

  Biographical
  KC Chan Haw
  Gone Past She Remains

  Mary Murphy
  Little Story of the Makah Papoose

  Karen H. Currin
  Still Here

  Biographical
  Terry Mulcahy
  Snowballs With Syrup

  Biographical
  Cathy Bridges
  Twenty-five Mother's Days Without Her

  Biographical
  Laura Labno
  Ghost Meeting

  Biographical
  Eva Bell
  Trudy Hunzikar - Mother Courage

  TravelStory
  Martha Patterson
  Waylaid - Postcard From New York City
  

  TravelStory
  Stephanie Whitson
  Best Laid Plans
  

  Biographical
  Maureen Moynihan
  A Side of Bacon

  TravelStory
  Lillith Foxx
  Hiking the Juan de Fuca Trail on Vancouver Island

  Winners Circle
  Don Shook
  Kismet Interrupted

  Winners Circle
  Don Shook
  Three Don't Dance

  May

  TravelStory
  Hal Howland
  Moving Again

  TravelStory
  Hal Howland
  The Worst Flight Ever

  Biographical
  Hal Howland
  Old Vienna

  Biographical
  Hal Howland
  Remembering Frank Adams

  Biographical
  Maureen Moynihan
  The Caller

  James L. Cowles
  The Visit

  Biographical
  Barbara Brockway
  Reflections of a Daddyless Daughter

  TravelStory
  Marnie Devereux
  In Event of Emergency, Grab Your Seat

  Biographical
  Marnie Devereux
  The American Embassy

  Biographical
  Marnie Devereux
  Upside Down Apple Pie

  Biographical
  Eileen W. Fisher
  Stuffed Cabbage and Knishes

  AnimalStory
  Lori Brizius
  The Journey of 27 Roosters

  Patricia Snell
  It Wasn't Funny At The Time

  Biographical
  Robert Flournoy
  A Memory of Fox Hill and Grandview

  Biographical
  Lew Goddard
  What If . . .

  Biographical
  Linda Jonasson
  Women and Children First: Paying for the Crimes of Nazi Germany

  TravelStory
  Bill Ranauro
  The Magic and Majesty of the Middle Ages: Notre-Dame de Paris

  KC Chan Haw
  The Secret of My Memories

  Biographical
  Kelly Maida
  Why Do We Watch Scary Movies?

  Biographical
  Betsy Shepardson
  Mothers Day Cards

  Biographical
  Genevieve Jaser
  My Comfort in Discomfort: The Effects of Embracing Vulnerability

  Mary Murphy
  Six Little Stories

  Biographical
  Mark O. J. Esping
  Max Performs for the Last Time...

  Lori Hilton Brizius
  Destinations

  Judy Colella
  Thoughts During the Pandemic

  Biographical
  Michelle Paul Imagawa
  International Baby Gang

  Biographical
  Angela Wright
  Three Hundred Miles

  Biographical
  Joyberl Abwao
  Extremes of Experience

  AnimalStory
  Frank Lukupwa
  Black Army

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Union Rap

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Past The Use By Date?

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  The Big C and Me - Part Two

  April

  Judy Colella
  Thoughts During the Pandemic

  Sheila Sandapen
  The Gift

  Kathleen Miller
  Heads Up

  Iris Leona Marie Cross
  That Perpetual Plaid Dress

  Ian Rogers
  My Favorite Drinking Place

  TravelStory
  Bethany Buckles
  Frigid Fun In Fairbanks

  Biographical
  Teddy Makarow
  Reflections on a Fallen Hero

  Natasha Rogers
  Revisionary Mythmaking in Amelia Lanier’s “Eve’s Apology in Defense of Women”

  Natasha Rogers
  The Open Wound

  Sheridan West
  Tinders of Kindness

  KC Chan Haw
  She Has Been Crying

  TravelStory
  Josh Black
  Zion National Park - A Day Trip to an Alien World

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  The Story of Mr. Chen

  Sarah Pierson
  The Truth of Drowning

  Frank Lukupwa
  The Test of Love

  Winston Pagador
  Battlefield

  Cathy B. Bridges
  Taking Care of Daddy

  Christin Nice-Webb
  What Feet Remember

  Maureen Moynihan
  The Timing

  Maureen Moynihan
  The Unlucky Leprechaun

  Biographical
  Maureen Moynihan
  The Catcher in the Rye

  Gregg Heid
  The Incomplete Story

  Eva Bell
  The Days That Are No More

  TravelStory
  Jaime Conlan
  Hang Gliding, Wild Horses, and Solitary Confinement in the Outer Banks
  

  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  For The Love Of Baseball

  Winners Circle
  June Calender
  Perfect Winter Day

  James Pykonen
  Disconnected Nervousness

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  Progress Toward Maturity

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  A Donor

  Brianna Solis
  Baby

  Patricia Kirby
  It's Just Bent

  Biographical
  S. Nadja Zajdman
  Intensive Care

  TravelStory
  S. Nadja Zajdman
  The Doll Lady of Wisconsin

  Biographical
  Michaela Brady
  Breeda

  Nancy Graham Holm
  Ama in Ghana

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  The Challenges and How to Overcome Them

  TravelStory
  Barbara Wentzell Jaquith
  I'll Have What She's Having

  Kelly Alblinger
  Lessons From A Saint

  Diya Sabharwal
  Hairetical: A History of Hair in my Sikh Family

  Biographical
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  What's In A Name?

  Biographical
  Joelle Ballonzoli
  Bastille Day

  Biographical
  Nancye F. Rivera
  Just Call Me Milagro

  Dixie Jade
  The One That Got Away: A True Love Story

  Facerlyn Wheeler
  The Helping Field

  Biographical
  Lew Goddard
  Gun in a Straw Stack

  Kathy G. Lynch
  How To Go From Identity Crisis To Identity Creation

  Biographical
  Eric Sykes
  A Musician's Journey

  Biographical
  Serinah Kingsley
  Things Will Always Get Better

  Ila Das
  A Walk A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

  Ila Das
  B+ve

  Biographical
  S. Nadja Zajdman
  Safe Harbour: The Story of Janek Bartczak and his Brave Heart

  Biographical
  Lew Goddard
  This Ol' Town

  James Pykonen
  The 67 Debacle

  Donika Xhumari
  Who Burnt Borova?

  Biographical
  Robert Dustman
  Life in the Rearview Mirror

  Biographical
  Brenda North
  Your Missing Daughter

  Garry Goodfellow
  An Echo Of Things To Come

  Biographical
  Lona Matshingana
  Summertime

  TravelStory
  Alan Kim
  Pohnpei, The Hotspot of Micronesia

  March

  Winners Circle
  Judith Nakken
  Pandemic Diary

  Winners Circle
  Kathryn Lynch
  Stalag 38319--Covid-19 Avoidance Unit

  Kim Smyth
  Tent City Blues

  Biographical
  Pavithra Silva
  Churlish Fate

  Kim Smyth
  Unforgiven

  Bezalel Oholiab
  Corona Virus / Covid-19

  Biographical
  Ellen Fannon
  Only God Has The Power To Heal

  Douglas Comacho
  We Cannot Be Happy

  Tom Davison
  My First Day of Teaching - In a State Prison

  Tom Davison
  Not Again!

  Ranklin Dennis
  My Love Affair With Horse Racing At Caymayas Park

  TravelStory
  Martha Patterson
  Ode to a Grecian Journey

  Biographical
  Shana Bestock
  Storytelling: A Journey

  TravelStory
  Shana Bestock
  Lost and Found

  Biographical
  Andrea Geones
  Lessons in Ice Cream

  Biographical
  Marie Barski
  The Big One

  Biographical
  Anisha Dutta
  Destined Silence

  Biographical
  Nastassja Ocasio
  Disconnect Reconnected

  Yahaya Muhammad Khalil
  Nice Narrow Escape

  Biographical
  Jilly Allison
  Bank's Cat

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Drink-Drank-Drunk...

  Biographical
  Stefania Ventone
  All The Blames

  Biographical
  Katarina Wong
  Between the Lines--Messages from my Family in Cuba

  Biographical
  Deuanna Tolbert
  Our AAU Life

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Love in a Covid Climate

  TravelStory
  Wes Choc
  South America on the Up and Up

  Biographical
  Fredrick Hudgin
  Coming Home

  Biographical
  George Opara
  My First Semester as an Undergraduate

  Biographical
  S. Nadja Zajdman
  Bene Merito: The Story of Ewa Janina Wocjick

  Grace Ryan
  The Triumvirate: The Women Who Changed Education Forever

  Jennifer Moglia Lucil
  Captains of the Mother Ship

  Biographical
  Suzanna Price
  My Brain, Interrupted

  Bello Abdullahi We
  Mad Men Historical Moments

  Biographical
  Jaachinma BOC Chukwneke
  My Life - A Slippery Slope

  TravelStory
  Steven Stilwell
  You Can't Save Everyone

  Biographical
  Nancy Julien Kopp
  The Secret

  Kathryn Payne-Olson
  Homeless

  Biographical
  Robert Richter
  Welcome to Detroit

  Biographical
  Robert Richter
  King of Pimps

  Steven Neill
  Beware the Birds of Prey

  Steven Neill
  Sultana: Funeral Pyre on the Water

  TravelStory
  Kim Smyth
  My First Cruise

  Biographical
  David Berger
  Sort of a Short Guy

  Biographical
  Roger Martin
  Shame

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  The Block

  Bonnie Crandall
  Patches

  February

  Winners Circle
  Doug Sherr
  Barracuda Buddy

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  Biographical
  Sachin Verma
  My Foolishness is the Fear of Death

  Judith Nakken
  Political Correctness...

  AnimalStory
  Jesus Deytiquez
  The Sparrows' Nest

  Emmet Kelly
  How Roger Penmark Got His Muse Back

  Biographical
  Sachin Verma
  Two Brothers

  Biographical
  Eesha Zainab
  The Road to a Safer Future

  Kristen Kay Mohammed
  Take Me To The Ocean

  Biographical
  Tom C. Erb
  In My Life

  Biographical
  Tom C. Erb
  1960 World Series With Papa

  Tom C. Erb
  Secret Agent Boy

  Tom C. Erb
  My Summer at the Southside Speedway

  May

  AnimalStory
  Lisa Rehfuss
  The Ostrich and the Rhino

  TravelStory
  Paula Drake
  On Tour

  Annette F. Goggins
  Am I Racist?

  Anisha Dutta
  Human Trafficking

  TravelStory
  Alice Boerner
  My Big Fat Greek Adventure

  Biographical
  Alicia Abner
  Darkness

  AnimalStory
  Brittany Rohm
  Beyond the Reef

  Avanti Chajed
  Jarling's Custard Cup

  Margie Hofman
  Back from Berlin

  Biographical
  Kathryn Lynch
  Hominy Grits

  Biographical
  Eunice Andoh
  The Bitter-Sweet About War

  AnimalStory
  Frank Mann
  Gator Tails, Trails, and Tales

  Kavitha Yarlagadda
  Impact of Climate Change

  Biographical
  Allison Wilson Lee
  My Life in Cheese

  Biographical
  Nikita Jain
  Dazed Dewdrop

  Gbenga Ezekiel Oladosu
  A New Dawn

  Biographical
  Judith Nakken
  Keene Eyes

  Jean Metuschelah
  How To Express Yourself In Any Situation

  TravelStory
  Chellidurai
  What A Day?

  Biographical
  Chelladurai
  The Ice Breaker

  Iyke Michael Elson
  The Heart Beat

  Aidan McCorkle
  Aspects of The Hero

  Biographical
  J. Betz
  Why?<

  TravelStory
  Gbenga Ezekiel Oladosu
  The Freedom

  April

  Biographical
  Judith D. Galleros
  Ruperta

  Biographical
  Rachel Stierle
  Birdwatching: A Family Activity

  Biographical
  Rachel Stierle
  Knitting Is for the Soul

  Rodney Harrier
  Tending Your Spiritual Garden

  Rodney Harrier
  A Light of Hope

  Rodney Harrier
  Answers to Some of Life's Most Challenging Questions

  TravelStory
  Spenser Shaak
  An Unlikely Friend

  AnimalStory
  Kathryn Lynch
  The Whaling Sound

  Biographical
  Kathryn Lynch
  The Wailing Sound

  Naheem Watson
  Liberty and Justice

  Biographical
  Deanna Salser
  No Love

  AnimalStory
  Kathryn Lynch
  Sentry

  Donald R. Gallehr
  Online, Offhuman

  Griselda Sukmoro
  The Value of Writing

  Akbor Aziz Susom
  Essay on Bangladesh

  TravelStory
  June Calender
  Hamam

  Abid Shahriyar
  Peace

  Biographical
  M. Spencer
  The Story of Us

  Biographical
  John Smistad
  Recovery of the Ring

  Nathnael Haile
  The Importance of the Combahee River Collective

  Biographical
  Martin Bressi
  Roy the Barber

  AnimalStory
  Bonnie Boerema
  Alligator Attack

  AnimalStory
  James L. Cowles
  Mr. Fox

  AnimalStory
  Kavitha Yarlagadda
  How Tapirs and Toucans Are Saving Us From Climate Change

  Biographical
  Linda Elliott-George
  Letting Go and Saying No

  Biographical
  Judy Parker
  The Day I Thought I Would Die (But Didn't)

  AnimalStory
  Anna G. Joujan
  Zambian Critters

  TravelStory
  Robert Flournoy
  Ambush--Gender Modified

  Robert Flournoy
  A Family's Gift

  Biographical
  Jo Somerset
  Lesson From Lorraine and Sue

  AnimalStory
  Anna G. Joujan
  Where Lions Sleep

  Biographical
  Christopher DeCou
  Choir Mom

  Biographical
  Jilly Allison
  Auld Tom

  Biographical
  Jilly Allison
  Aunt Mary

  Biographical
  Trey Branom Dylan
  The Endless Path

  TravelStory
  Jesus Deytiquez
  Spiritual and Nightly Escapades in Our Country's Second Summer Capital

  March

  Biographical
  Melanie Pimentel Toth
  September 29, 2009

  Blue Dunwoody
  Pearl Harbor Attack

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  The Emigration to the USA of One of the Biggest Biplanes in the World

  Biographical
  Kristen Kay Mohammed
  I Want To Be A Scientist

  Biographical
  Amb Berryman
  A No Name Story

  AnimalStory
  Katherine Vallera
  Fiji Resort's Animal Rescue Initiative

  Biographical
  Kate Howard
  The Wrong Shoes

  Katherine Vallera
  Surviving Irma: "We are Caribbean People, We Are Strong"

  Katherine Vallera
  The Emotional Support Debate Is Tougher Than You Think

  Biographical
  Sarah Faith Nwosu
  Prepare To Let Me Go

  Katherine Vallera
  Puerto Rico Isolated in Wake of Hurricane Maria

  Biographical
  Katherine Vallera
  #MeToo in the Travel Industry

  TravelStory
  Brittany Rohm
  Hitchhiking in Middle Earth

  Biographical
  Shelby Dyer
  Nosebleed

  Biographical
  Michaela Nelson
  Autobiography of Michaela Nelson

  Prateek Jain
  I Am Cigarette

  TravelStory
  Patricia Pedross
  When the Old Life Ends a New Life Must Begin

  Biographical
  Aubrey Grace
  A Letter to my Rapist

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Self Doubt

  Biographical
  Shiny Kesavan
  Sarojini - A Window to the World of the Unseen People

  Penelope Laurence
  Serenity Now

  Biographical
  Ofelia Torres
  Happiness

  Biographical
  Akber Ayub
  Woman by the Wayside

  February

  Margie Hofman
  Ghostly Figures

  TravelStory
  Shivaji Moitra
  The Nostalgia of Durga Puja Festival of Chakradharpur

  Terri Rimmer
  Adventures in Pet Sitting

  Biographical
  Robert Flournoy
  Things Are Never As They Seem

  Biographical
  Karen Osborn
  The Train

  Dale Fehringer
  Learning to Appreciate the Sport of Curling

  TravelStory
  Lorenza Seldner
  I Can't Believe I Almost Didn't Go To Oaxaca

  AnimalStory
  Lauren Buss
  Befriending the Lizard Man

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Franco and Billy

  Elias Gebru
  The Persuit of Unity in a Time of Destruction

  Biographical
  Karen Radford Treanor
  The Little Red Schoolhouse

  Biographical
  Diwa Shaw
  Cloaks of Uncertainty

  Allison McClurg
  Rising Above Negative Circumstances

  James Cowles
  Jolie

  Biographical
  Rosi Hollinbeck
  Together Again for the First Time

  Matthew Conte
  16 Lake Avenue, Ocean Park, NJ

  Bob Dunlap
  Cows of a Lesser Hue

  Caroline Jensen
  Ladies of the Skies

  Biographical
  Aditi Srivastava
  Alone at New Year

  Biographical
  Reagan Brownell
  Como Se Llama, Bonita

  Biographical
  Steven C. Levi
  Z. J. Loussac

  January

  Biographical
  Richard Wall
  Sometime In October

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Movie Buff

  Bonnie Boerema
  Antique World

  December

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Angel and Thunder

  Barry Carver
  Loo-See

  TravelStory
  Dale Fehringer
  London through the Eyes of a Cabbie

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  They Will Always Be His Kids

  AnimalStory
  Karen Radford Treanor
  The Wallaby Wars

  Leslie Soule
  Glen's Bakery and Restaurant

  November

  Biographical
  David Winnie
  A Teddy Bear Named Timmy

  Biographical
  Linda Davis Biggs
  Angels Among Us

  Biographical
  Norma Tekell
  Grandmother

  Biographical
  Nicole Van Zyl
  Silence Is Not Always Golden

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Single Mom

  Robert Flournoy
  Country Cafe

  Biographical
  Norma Tekell
  Reflections on Snow

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Tony Bennett
  Part of San Francisco

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Mabel

  Biographical
  Judith Nakken
  Autumn Leaves

  Biographical
  Robin Y. Myers
  Remember to Breathe

  October

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Long Goodby

  Clay Chesney
  Gifts

  Leslie Soule
  Saturday with Frederick Ransom Gray

  Biographical
  Carol Rotta
  The Unforgettable Christmas

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Scottish Terriers

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Garden

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Beauty Shop

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Veda

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Hurricane Irma

  2017 Stories
  

  Note: This year our stories are cataloged by our contest year of September 1 to August 31

  August

  Biographical
  Lane Dooling
  May We Just Have One More Talk...

  Biographical
  William Larsen
  Sanctuary

  Margaret Valenta
  The Despicable iPhone and Me

  Biographical
  Martha Yarborough DiPalma
  One Pound!

  Bonnie Boerema
  Protector

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Ted

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Marilee

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Marilee

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Joseph Strauss
  The Mighty Task is Done

  Robert Flournoy
  Memorial Day Memory

  Robert Flournoy
  Just a Nurse

  Robert Flournoy
  Our Forgotten Veterans

  TravelStory
  Karen Treanor
  The Last (And First) Time I Saw Paris

  TravelStory
  Evan Balkan
  A Beautiful and Haunted Tune

  TravelStory
  Nancy Massand
  Why I'll Never Go Back To Albuquerque

  Biographical
  Kay Harper
  The Black Days

  Biographical
  Joni Bour
  To Be Free

  TravelStory
  Joni Bour
  Part Of Him Was Lost

  TravelStory
  Anna Joujan
  Other Roads

  TravelStory
  Eileen Sateriale
  Can You Have a Good Time in a Country that Speaks a Different Language?

  Biographical
  Phillip Byron Jones
  Shine Service

  July

  Joni Bour
  The Man and the Moon

  Karen Radford Treanor
  Ravin' Mad

  Biographical
  Judith Nakken
  Milly Dearest

  Karen Radford Treanor
  Well Bred Bread

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  The Day We Went On Strike

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Coma

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Honorable Man

  June

  TravelStory
  Leslie Soule
  To Oregon, By Blood

  TravelStory
  June Calender
  Trans-Siberia Railroad

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Jerry Garcia: I Play for My Life

  Steve Alexander
  Raising Kids

  Karen Radford Treanor
  A Lucky Day

  William Wayne Weems
  Burn Baby Burn?

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  The Story of My Life

  David Winnie
  The Shame of the Tugboat Edison

  Biographical
  Leslie Soule
  Grandmother's Roses

  Biographical
  Leslie Soule
  Odd Intruder

  Biographical
  Barry Carver
  Pocket

  Biographical
  Emily Hart
  Taking Out Citizenship In Neverland

  Biographical
  Emily Hart
  Between

  Margie Hofman
  The Liberation of France

  February

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  How I Became A Writer Of True Stories

  January

  John McLaren McBrydes
  Sis Frances' Secret

  Biographical
  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  Halloween 1939 in Clay County Arkansas

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  David vs. Goliath

  December

  Biographical
  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  How 15 Cents Saved Me From a Life of Crime

  Biographical
  Barry Carver
  Dad

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Betty

  November

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Bea

  October

  Biographical
  Martha Yarborough DiPalma
  Money and Popsy in New Orleans

  September

  Biographical
  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  Petey Bob's Train Ride

  Biographical
  Gayle Thawley
  What Lies Ahead

  2016 Stories
  

  August

  Biographical
  Gene Fletcher
  A Turkey Hunt

  Gene Fletcher
  The Judge

  Biographical
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Our Garden Goes To Pot

  Karen Radford Treanor
  Pestered By Parrots

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  The Chachapoya Culture

  Gene Fletcher
  Airport Charlie

  Biographical
  Lisa Rehfuss
  Creep

  Biographical
  Paul Fleetwood
  Christmas 1942 - Petey Bob's Unusual Gift

  Biographical
  Paul Fleetwood
  Petey Bob Starts To School and Falls In Love

  Steven Hunley
  Pico

  Biographical
  Paul Fleetwood
  Petey Bob's Old Car

  William Wayne Weems
  Auto Show Memories

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  Acne

  Andrew Kuyzk
  The Day I Met God and Other Short Essays

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Mom's Diaries

  Biographical
  Karen Treanor
  Five Men and a Little Laser

  TravelStory
  Anna G. Joujan
  My Heart & My Hands

  Biographical
  Patricia M. Snell
  Don't Ask, Don't Tell

  July

  Biographical
  Kay Harper
  Not in Vain

  TravelStory
  Kay Harper
  Providence

  Biographical
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  Teachers

  TravelStory
  Cassondra Windwalker
  Scree Fields

  Biographical
  James Sclater
  Heavy the Head that Wears the Homemade Crown

  TravelStory
  Dale Fehringer and Patty McCrary
  Cuba: Cycling in a Land that Time Forgot

  TravelStory
  June Calender
  Walking in the Dali Lama's Garden

  June Calender
  What's Left?

  Biographical
  Kirby Wright
  The Only Man in the World

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  The Yellow Sea Incident

  June

  Biographical
  Kathy Wolfe
  My Grandmother Millie

  May

  Biographical
  Emmet Kelley
  Uncle Larry

  Joni Bour
  Duct Taped Boots and Cigarette Butts

  April

  Biographical
  Yonatan Bar Rashi
  Lost Rum

  March

  TravelStory
  Brendan O'Brien
  Atop This Rock

  William Wayne Weems
  Peggy's Intervention

  Biographical
  Donna Heinsbroek
  The Queen of Savannah Bridge

  Biographical
  Emily Hart
  Some Bunny Loves Me

  Biographical
  Nicole Van Zyl
  Let Me Call You Sweetheart

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  The Uncanny Tension of Research

  February

  Travel Story
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Never Too Old

  Judith Nakken
  Your Government at Work

  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  Have You Seen My False Teeth?

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  How I Became a Dilettante

  William Wayne Weems
  Orchestra Pit Memories

  January

  Biographical
  Nicole Van Zyl
  The Incredible Story of Uncle Bob

  TravelStory
  Judith Nakken
  Day Trip to Bryant

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Drones for People

  Biographical
  Emily Hart
  Romance Tale

  James Sclater
  Hosing Down Lootie Seton

  Biographical
  Emily Hart
  The Quiet Baby

  December

  Judith Nakken
  The Twenty-Five Dollar Miracle

  June Huwa Whiting
  Succotash Summer

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  My Uncle Edd, Captain, USAAF

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Up, Up Over The Alps

  November

  Biographical
  Onie Grosshans
  ”Gorge Bratt”

  Donal Buchanan
  Confessions of a Computer Junkie

  Travel Story
  Akber Ayub
  Pondicherry – A French Connection

  Travel Story
  Akber Ayub
  Ode to a River

  Biographical
  Andrew Kuzyk
  I Am Unbroken

  Kirby Wright
  Pounders Beach, 1968

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Deer Hunting Tales

  October

  Travel Story
  Charles Hartley
  Norwegian Nightmare

  September

  Nicole Van Zyl
  Tragedy At Linyanti

  Nicole Van Zyl
  A Christmas Wish

  2015 Stories
  

  Note: This year our stories are cataloged by our new contest year of September 1 to August 31

  August

  Travel Story
  Karen Radford Treanor
  The Trip of a Lifetime

  Travel Story
  Lane E. Dooling
  A Treasure by the Sea

  Travel Story
  Birgit Starmanns
  Celebrating Life on the Hawaiian Islands

  Shivaji K. Moitra
  Divine Connections

  Biographical
  Gene Fletcher
  A Hog Claim

  Biographical
  Gene Fletcher
  Cowman

  Biographical
  Gene Fletcher
  Will

  Onie Grosshans
  It's Time To Make Plans

  Travel Story
  Judith Nakken
  Home Again

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Alice Marble: The Queen of Swat

  Travel Story
  June Calender
  Trekking in Nepal

  Karen Radford Treanor
  The Elephant Child Arrives

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Go See Cal

  Dale Fehringer
  Naresh Dreams of Paris

  Angela Marie Reynolds
  Two Essays and a Memorial

  Biographical
  Kay Harper
  It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without Them

  Biographical
  Kay Harper
  The Season of Cats, Embroidery, and Blackberry Jam

  Biographical
  Kay Harper
  The Million Dollar Bride

  James Bassett
  Roger

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  Play the Ball, Don't Let It Play You

  Travel Story
  Kristin K. Fouquet
  Août in Paris, a travelogue

  July

  Biographical
  Pearl Watley Mitchell
  Every Mother Has a Story

  Nancy Massand
  Diversity

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Odds and Ends

  Biographical
  Barbara Turner
  A Flood Survival Story

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Clara Turns 100

  Steve Alexander
  Two Stories

  June

  Biographical
  Gabriella Cisneros
  Phases

  Karen Radford Treanor
  Notes from a Leftie

  May

  Patricia M. Snell
  You Know You've Been A Substitute Teacher Too Long When...

  Dale Fehringer
  Stephen King and the Writer's Toolbox

  April

  Biographical
  Carol Kloskowski
  The New David

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Climbing Little Round Top with Paul

  Karen Radford Treanor
  The Iceman Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

  Biographical
  Patricia Snell
  64 Years, 8 Months, and 15 Days

  March

  Biographical
  Oldie Goldie (pen)
  A Mother's Tears

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Will Rogers Entertained With Words

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  1 of 2 Groups

  Brendan O'Brien
  Clarity

  Travel Story
  Brendan O'Brien
  Seeking a Lion's Historian

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  We've All Had Our Lauras...

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Michael Lacey Says Good-Bye

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  A Half-Empty Mayonnaise Jar

  February

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Good People

  Lisa Rehfuss
  Ghost Trilogy

  Biographical
  Ellie S. Thomas
  Seen From The Road

  Biographical
  Robert Flournoy
  Helen

  Biographical
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Dispatches from the Trenches

  October

  Biographical
  Ellie S. Thomas
  An Ending and a Beginning

  Biographical
  Ellie S. Thomas
  Then, Too...

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Blue-eyed Soul

  2014 Stories
  

  Note: This year our stories are cataloged by our new contest year of September 1 to August 31

  August

  Travel Story
  Birgit Starmanns
  Planes, Trains, Automobiles - And Chaos

  Biographical
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  Ebony and Ivory

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  The Girl on the Cover of Seventeen

  Travel Story
  Onie Grosshans
  Selling Cabo San Lucas

  Travel Story
  Celeste Leon
  Finding Home

  Biographical
  Robert D. Booth
  The Human Ladder

  Biographical
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  Teachers

  Biographical
  Kay Harper
  Danger Man

  Biographical
  L. Rehfuss
  Testify

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Sam and the Bear

  Travel Story
  Frank Mann
  Jungle Cruise From Hell

  Biographical
  Mamta Dalal
  Bawa

  Biographical
  Melissa Cronin
  Code 309.81

  Biographical
  Sara Berelsman
  I'm Still Here

  Biographical
  James Sclater
  You Want Me To Do What?

  Travel Story
  Matt Blackner
  Evacuation

  Jaka Wescott
  My Father the Vulture

  July

  Kristin K. Fouquet
  Rebuilding A Personal Library

  Travel Story
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Well, Major, What Do You Know?

  Travel Story
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Controlling An English Disaster

  Travel Story
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  A Mysterious Disappearance

  Travel Story
  June Calender
  To See The Queen

  Travel Story
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  My Life As A Non-Combatant

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Shadowing Dashiell Hammett

  June

  Nancy Loera
  Grandpa's Time Machine

  Biographical
  Dick Miller
  If I Were 22 Again

  Biographical
  Dick Miller
  Dad's Brief Stage Career

  Travel Story
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  TALLY HO-THE BOXes

  May

  Lane Elizabeth Dooling
  The Fabric of Family

  Travel Story
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Enjoying Asia

  Travel Story
  Evan L. Balkan
  On the Trail of the Tyrant

  Biographical
  Dick Miller
  The Wonderment of Young Children

  April

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  A Very Special Favor

  Geary Smith
  Positives and Negatives

  Dick Miller
  So You Want To Lead A Band

  March

  Sara Berelsman
  We Do Not Choose...

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Elmer's Tune

  Dick Miller
  We Won!

  February

  Dick Miller
  The Accidental Tuba Player

  Dick Miller
  Just Call Me Mr. Kotter

  January

  Biographical
  L. Rehfuss
  The Subway

  Dick Miller
  Flo

  William Wayne Weems
  A Salute From The Black Aces

  Sara Berelsman
  Faith

  Janelle Knippen
  Nine Months

  December

  Dick Miller
  Stage Fright

  October

  Dick Miller
  Stumpy: Dealing With Amputation

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  The Loves of Miss Lil

  September

  Dick Miller
  Millionaire for a Minute

  2013 Stories
  

  Note: This year our stories are cataloged by our new contest year of September 1 to August 31

  August

  Biographical
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  Caffe With Nona

  Biographical
  Janann Giles
  Mother's Diary

  Jake Teeters
  Chattaroy Yellow Jackets

  Biographical
  Shivaji K. Moitra
  The Trick of Fate

  Biographical
  Carol Kloskowski
  Don't Give Me The Sporting Life

  Nancy Massand
  This is a Public Bus

  Travel Story
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  Happy Birthday to Me

  Travel Story
  Eileen Sateriale
  A Bostonian Stumbles into the London Marathon

  July

  Biographical
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  Zia Suzy's Fine Wine

  Travel Story
  Dick Miller
  My First Road Trip

  Dick Miller
  Death with Dignity

  Biographical
  Dick Miller
  Physics is Phun

  Dick Miller
  Miller's Maxims of Project Management

  William Wayne Weems
  The Stone Steps

  June

  Biographical
  L. Rehfuss
  He's Coming For Me

  May

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Dueling Banjos

  April

  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  A Typewriter Needed Cleaning

  Travel Story
  Ellie S. Thomas
  AMTRAKING East to West

  March

  Travel Story
  Patricia M. Snell
  Traveling in Canada and to the Moon

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  My Friend Duane

  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  A New House on Newhouse Avenue

  February

  Joe Williams Loller
  The Story of my Life

  June Huwa Whiting
  Requiem for Tyler Clementi

  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  The Preacher

  January

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Notes on the Nippur Expeditions of the University of Pennsylvania

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  On the Importance of Not Deserting Your Post, or Why I Did Not Become An Actor

  December

  Biographical
  Ellie S. Thomas
  It Was Better Than We Knew

  Travel Story
  Supriya Ambwani
  A Boat in Keoladeo

  Lane Dooling
  Love Cubed

  November

  William Wayne Weems
  A Life of Crime

  William Wayne Weems
  Tribute To Ron

  October

  Ellie S. Thomas
  Lily of the Mohawks

  September

  Brittany Arnold
  Lost and Found

  Anna Kiefer
  Life on Overdrive

  Margie Hofman
  Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  The Night That The Franklin Died

  Richard Bishop
  Haying

  Ellie S. Thomas
  And So I Left Home

  Richard Loller
  June 13, 1979