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November 20, 2018

Blanking | Kristin Kostick

New Millennium Award for Nonfiction
Kristin Kostick of Humble, Texas for “Blanking”

Who among us hasn’t yearned for a clean slate? Some way to shed all the old hurts and regrets and begin again, fresh and unencumbered as a newborn soul. In “Blanking,” Kristin ponders the power and possible advantages of self-deception.

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June 15, 2018

False Memory | Marsh Rose

What if one day you discover you’ve been wrong about your own life story? Marsh Rose reveals the secrets that, for nearly 30 years, her mind tried to protect her from, reminding us of our uncanny ability to rewrite the past. —NMW

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February 20, 2018

Ensō | Natalie Mucker

At the beginning of Luke Ossani’s yoga class, I am not entirely myself. I’ve somehow lost touch with half of me, the peaceful half, the part that keeps me from quitting adulthood, buying a one-way ticket to Morocco, or drinking one to five glasses of wine per night…

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February 13, 2018

The Sum of its Parts | Nina Gaby

The setting: A Men’s Co-Occurring Therapy Group takes place in an 80+ bed rural addiction facility, in a small, snow covered state, in the freshly painted almost-purple, “Wild Wisteria” office of the psychiatric nurse practitioner who at the moment is screaming silently in her head…

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January 13, 2018

Little House | Constance Campana

I haven’t had a home since I was 25. Not really. That’s when my mother died. She had cancer and one day, more than a year before her death, I stood at mid-day looking out the front window…

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January 13, 2018

Tastes | Kirk McDavitt

I’ve never been able to decide on one thing. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking jobs, food, travel, books or movies. There has never been one of any style or genre to which I can fully commit. I want it all. Or, at least…

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January 13, 2018

A Tale of Two Concerts | Jeanne Wilkinson

An adapted excerpt from the as-yet-unpublished memoir:
1969: My Year with a San Francisco Drug Dealer

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December 1, 2017

The One That Got Away | Adrienne Garrison

I woke up out of a dead sleep thinking of her.

If I’m honest, I was dreaming about her…

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November 21, 2017

Dendrites | Anne Gudger

From the expansive first lines to the evocative ending, “Dendrites” invites readers to speed along the author’s gray matter through her most transformative life events. It’s a ride you won’t soon forget. —NMW

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October 18, 2017

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..

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