Essay Saturday

Including, but not limited to, personal essays, memoir and travel dispatches, the more creative you are with the term “essay” the better. We’re really looking for stories that go deeper, that scratch beneath the surface of a tale, finding its wider meanings to give our readers something to think about.

Soundtracks

In the provincial town of Udon Thani, in Northern Thailand, in the middle of a brain-meltingly hot day, my partner and I find a terrace and sit down to have ...

by Bianca-Olivia Nita • 14th May 202217th May 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay Saturday, Literature

Other People’s Epiphanies

Reflecting on life and life’s lessons. ...

by Daniel Olivieri • 23rd April 202227th April 2022

The Weight of Everything

Leaving to find yourself. ...

by Karen Lee Boren • 16th April 20229th April 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

Laughing

When one thing changes everything. ...

by Frances Guerin • 9th April 20229th April 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

A Litany

You see yourself as one of the lucky ones. ...

by Debra Waters • 2nd April 20223rd April 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay Saturday, Literature

Paper, Boy

Third place winner of The Art of Reflection Competition 2022 ...

by Kevin Grauke • 26th March 202228th March 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay Saturday, Literature

An Innocent Moment

I guess dads were breakable after all. ...

by James Patrick Focarile • 26th March 202224th March 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay Saturday, Literature

White Deer

How did he know the deer was a girl? ...

by Carissa Chesanek • 19th March 202218th March 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

Lucky

Photo by Mattias Ripp I was lucky. They only took my handbag. Sure, they had to floor me first, because I dared to clutch my possessions. “Was it at night?” is the ...

by chiara vascotto • 12th March 202217th March 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday

A New Natural

Photo by Paola Rizzi “The more resolutely you plumb the question, ‘Who or what am I?’ – the more unavoidable is the realisation that you are nothing…apart from everything else.” -Alan W. ...

by Kylie Hough • 5th March 20225th March 2022

Editor's Pick, Essay, Essay Saturday, Experimental Writing Issue

An Abecedarian of Loss

abecedarian twenty-six letters, each one a compact unit of communication, a twisted riddle, a maze of red tape from well-lit offices; the only means of containing my sorrow now ...

by Sherry Shahan • 19th February 202219th February 2022