Strolling with My Grandmother in the Center of a War | Rebecca Evans | 2nd Place Poetry Contest Winner
She warmed chicken soup all day— ready for the hungry, the empty She popped popcorn on movie days for seniors saying, I’m more able than...
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May 21 min read
Incisors | Hannah Yingst | 3rd Place Poetry Contest Winner
And I’m left to wonder if your betrayal was the desperation of a starved dog or a practiced knife slipping between my shoulder blades; is...
Apr 3010 min read
A Cold Embrace | Casandra Hernández Ríos
Jason had been waiting for Allison at Caffé Bene for almost thirty minutes when he saw her walk-in. She had texted earlier to let him...
Apr 272 min read
Perfecting Imperfection | Philip Lisi
The routine starts on Sunday with a tiny flake of skin, barely detectable, separating itself from the sturdier flesh just underneath the...
Apr 2415 min read
Blue Snow | Annabelle Ford
Emmy stands in front of the bathroom mirror of her parent’s house, a white hair pinched between the fingers of her right hand. It is wiry...
Apr 191 min read
The Power of the Placenta | Eloísa Pérez-Lozano
"The placenta is the least understood human organ and arguably one of the more important, not only for the health of a woman and her...
Apr 141 min read
Six Questions to Ask Your Therapist Instead of Responding to Whatever it was She Just Asked You | Hailey Spencer
1. I feel it in the calcified spaces between my ankles and my ribs, underneath the porcelain of my cheeks. Can you tell me what...
Apr 112 min read
A Storytelling | Hannah Love
I look up and see a crow, a shiny and scrawny thing, swaying from the powerline above us. It tips its weight forward as if to nosedive...
Apr 89 min read
Gifted | Elizabeth Wilson
Growing up I craved community. I was social and tried to fit in with my peer groups. At summer camp, I found short-term connections with...
Apr 57 min read
Click | Morgan Stone
My palm screams as I bash my right hand against the steering wheel, over and over. Heavy bass hammers through my car, rattling the empty...
Apr 25 min read
Contest Winner: Persimmon Kind of Love | Audrey Wu
This is the winning selection from the Sad Girl Diaries Winter 2024 Fiction & Nonfiction Contest. trigger warning: self-harm, disordered...
Mar 302 min read
The Gray Drawer | Mary Jo Robinson-Jamison
“You will find every day, that the gable of every house has its own particular look, its own special lighting.” Herman Hesse’s 1905...
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