New Millennium Writing Awards 56 | 2023
First Place Winners, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions of the 56th New Millennium Writing Awards!
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First Place Winners, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions of the 56th New Millennium Writing Awards!
New Millennium Writing Awards 56 | 2023 Read More »
55th NMW Award for Nonfiction.
Michael Hogan of Guadalajara, Mexico for “Kissed by Allen Ginsberg”
Michael Hogan’s “Kissed by Allen Ginsberg” captures the blessed, blissed-out joy of remembering that people contain multitudes, and that once in a while life is so much stranger and more awe-inspiring than we give it credit for.
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First Place Winners, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions of the 55th New Millennium Writing Awards!
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54th NMW Award for Nonfiction. Patrick Wilkens of Halifax, Vermont for “Without a Hitch”
On the perils and pleasures of asking for help and trusting humanity to deliver you safely, when everything might ride on catching that next ride.
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First Place Winners, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions of the 54th New Millennium Writing Awards!
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53rd NMW Award for Nonfiction.
Janine Kovac of Oakland, CA for “Dancing on the Blade”
An essay on the worth of all humans, and of the healing power of taking up space and reminding those who need to hear it most: You are Beloved.
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First Place Winners, Finalists, and Honorable Mentions of the 53rd New Millennium Writing Awards!
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52nd NMW Award for Nonfiction.
Melanie Hoffert of Battle Lake, Minnesota for “Bird Rearing During a Pandemic,”
In times of turmoil, when threats loom both externally and all-too-internally, what good can it possibly do to rescue one tiny beating heart? As Hoffert’s essay so marvelously reminds us, sometimes our own heart gets rescued too.
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51st NMW Award for Nonfiction.
Chris Siteman of Brookline, Massachusetts for “Memory Animal,”
Just in time for Halloween, Siteman’s essay is a taut and creeping tale, with ghosts lurking in every corner.
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50th NMW Award for Nonfiction.
Yannick Thoraval of Victoria, Australia for “Learning to Die and Live: 24 Hours in Evacuation”
A taut and measured journey through disaster. In its brevity, this essay perfectly captures how quickly daily life can morph into surreal nightmare.
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