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Writer’s Digest 94th Annual Competition Memoir/Personal Essay First Place Winner: “The Dead Whale”Moriah Richard

Writer’s Digest 94th Annual Competition Inspirational/Spiritual Essay First-Place Winner: “All the Way to Mystery”Moriah Richard

Writing a Travel Memoir Is a Journey of Research and Relationships, by Diane Hartman

Writing a Travel Memoir Is a Journey of Research and Relationships Diane Hartman

Keeping the Light of Family Memory in Memoir, by Stacy Waldman Bass

Keeping the Light of Family Memory in Memoir Stacy Waldman Bass

Active Voice Vs. Passive Voice: How I Stopped Floating Through Sentences and Took the Helm in My Memoir, by Leslie Johansen Nack

Active Voice vs. Passive Voice: How I Stopped Floating Through Sentences and Took the Helm in My Memoir Leslie Johansen Nack

What's in a Name?: How to Title a Memoir, by Hendirka de Vries

What’s in a Name?: How to Title a Memoir Hendrika de Vries

Artis Henderson: Start Writing Before You Think You’re Ready Robert Lee Brewer

Austin Channing Brown: Read Your Book Out Loud From Beginning to End Robert Lee Brewer

On Obsession as Creative Practice, by Bitter Kalli

On Obsession as Creative Practice Bitter Kalli

Halina St. James: The Story Developed a Life of Its Own Robert Lee Brewer

Saying Enough or Too Much in Memoir Ana Hebra Flaster

Sonita Alizada: Resilience Is Not a Single Act but a Lifelong Process Robert Lee Brewer

Nora Princiotti: Nail Your Elevator Pitch

Nora Princiotti: Nail Your Elevator Pitch Robert Lee Brewer

Bonnie Yochelson: On Exploring New York’s Gilded Age Robert Lee Brewer

Writing With Immediacy in Memoir, by Christine Kalafus

Writing With Immediacy in Memoir Christine Kalafus

In Praise of Writing the Small Story, by Sarah Fawn Montgomery

In Praise of Writing the Small Story: Everyday Essays With Big Impact Sarah Fawn Montgomery