Announcing the First Annual Personal Essay Awards Winners
Congratulations to the winners of the first annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards!
Grand Prize Winner: "Suspended” by J.E. Stamper
2. “The Noble Lessons of Flipping Burgers” by Gwendolyn Rogers
3. “Let Your Sons Come Out” by Marina DelVecchio
4. “Dinner With My Dad” by Jane R. Snyder
5. “The Flower Pot” by Olive Balla
6. “Be Free Where You Are” by Wei Teng Chen
7. “The Secret Lives of Parking Lots” by Robert Granader
8. “Finding Our Way Home, The Japanese Way” by Wei Teng Chen
9. “Out With the New and in With the Old” by Kathy Bradshaw
10. “Nine Thousand Things” by John Sandness
11. "The Talk" by Susan Panzica
12. "The Handkerchief" by Pamela Beere Briggs
13. "The Alchemy of Apple Pie" by Betsy Armstrong
14. "How to Be a 'Winsor Girl'" by Tricia Elam Walker
15. "Music Lessons" by Cleo Huang
16. "Eye Witnesses" by M. Barbara Mulrine
17. "Taking Credit" by Kathy Bradshaw
18. "Ella Bella" by Mary Hibbeln
19. "The Woven Road" by Lisa Volz
20. "The Hawk" by Clint Martin
21. "Curmudgeon" by Trudy Way
22. "A Portrait of Steveston" by Noémie Boucher
23. "Carpe Diem" by Phyllis Redman
24. "To The Other Side" by Lisa Martin
25. "Zen and the Art of Cleaning House" by Mary Hutchings Reed
About Cassandra Lipp
Cassandra Lipp is managing editor of Writer's Digest. She is the author of Queen City Records, which tells the stories behind the indie record shops of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Her work has appeared in Greener Pastures, The Belladonna, Little Old Lady, Points in Case, and Ohio's Best Emerging Poets 2019. Follow her on Twitter @Cassie000000.
