New Millennium Awards XLIV | 2017
Award Winners & Finalists of the 44th New Millennium Writing Awards!
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Folie Á Deux | Laura Rose
The MUSE has spoken! Laura Rose’s essay, “Folie Á Deux,” is a winner in our first-ever Monthly Muse writing prompt on Childhood/Parenthood. Find the complete list of winners and finalists here and check out this month’s prompts here and share your own musings. Folie Á Deux by Laura Rose It’s a still, sweet July evening. The
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Perfection | Molly Seale
The MUSE has spoken! Molly Seale’s essay, “Perfection,” is a winner in our first-ever Monthly Muse writing prompt on Childhood/Parenthood. Find the complete list of winners and finalists here and check out this month’s prompts here and share your own musings. Perfection by Molly Seale My aunt sits across from me. I have settled in the one
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Apples | Laura Maynard
The MUSE has spoken! Laura Maynard’s short story, “Apples,” is a winner in our first-ever Monthly Muse writing prompt on In Memoriam. Find the complete list of winners and finalists here and check out this month’s prompts here and share your own musings. Apples by Laura Maynard When babies die, people bring lasagne. They bring bread. They
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Taking Our Time | Jonathan Segol
The MUSE has spoken! Jonathan Segol’s essay, “Taking Our Time,” is a winner in our first-ever Monthly Muse writing prompt on In Memoriam. Find the complete list of winners and finalists here and check out this month’s prompts here and share your own musings. Taking Our Time by Jonathan Segol “Attention: it is now 11:30. The park
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Ice Lessons | M.K. Sturdevant
The MUSE has spoken! M.K. Sturdevant’s essay, “Ice Lessons,” is a winner in our first-ever Monthly Muse writing prompt on In Memoriam. Find the complete list of winners and finalists here and check out this month’s prompts here and share your own musings. “Ice Lessons” by M.K. Sturdevant I’m running next to the lake, leaping and punching
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From the Garden | Michele Flynn
The MUSE has spoken! Michele Flynn’s essay, “From the Garden,” is a winner in our first-ever Monthly Muse writing prompt on Parenthood/Childhood. From the Garden by Michele Flynn We live in a small city, and tend a shady backyard the size of two Ford Explorers. Half of the yard is covered in paving stones, and
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Mapping Hana | Cassady Black
Cassady Black of Denver, Colorado has won the 43rd New Millennium Fiction Prize for “Mapping Hana.” She will receive $1,000 and publication both online and in print. “A haunting and enchanting mystery. From the startling first lines to each smoldering revelation, readers will be delightfully lured into this map of a marriage whose true north has vanished
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Shorn | Katie Bickham
Equal parts ode and lament, this poem explores the power of women’s hair, its ubiquitous influence on art and society, and the awe, fear, and possessiveness it too often inspires in others. An evocative and compelling work. –NMW
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Leavitt On Writing
Different people will find that different strategies work for them, so no writing advice can be one-size-fits-all. However, a writer must write, and that means setting time aside to take that action. For some, it’s early in the morning, for others, it’s lunch hour, for still others, it’s a week away on a retreat. Different
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