I Won!

Yes, I'm going to brag about it

Mar 13, 2026

I’m happy to share that my story, Sinking Lessons, is the Grand Prize winner of Narratively’s 2025 Memoir Prize and will be published later this year.

This is a story I’ve been telling for a long time, and it means a great deal to see it finally find a home.

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Meet the Grand Prize Winner of Narratively’s 2025 Memoir Prize!

Since we started running the now-annual Memoir Prize contest in 2022, it’s been such a thrill to read all the essays everyone submits. Getting to immerse ourselves in great writing is absolutely one of the highlights of our jobs. To get to languish in…

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