Congratulations to Katie Love, Grand Prize winner of the 4th Annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards. Here’s her winning essay, “Killer Punchline: Comedy-Tragedy in the Dating World.”

Congratulations to the winners of the 4th annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards!

Author Megan Baxter life was split between writing creatively and making a living from physical jobs. Here, she discusses five things writers should consider about the body and identity.

Toni Lepeska, the Writer’s Digest 3rd Annual Personal Essay Awards grand-prize winner, discusses the difference between journalism and essay writing, exploring grief, and raising the bar for yourself.

Congratulations to Toni Lepeska, the grand-prize winner of the Third Annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards. Here’s her winning essay, “Five Nights in Milford.”

Congratulations to the winners of the third annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards!

Congratulations to the winners of the first annual Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards!

Congratulations to J.E. Stamper, grand prize winner of the Writer’s Digest Personal Essay Awards. Here’s his winning essay, “Suspended.”