The 2021 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest Longlist

“Saint Vrain”
by Tammy Armstrong

“The Pull of the River”
by Ted Bishop

“The Singing Bone”
by Sadiqa de Meijer

“Soar”
by Chyana Marie Sage

“Happiness is a Warm Gun”
by Alison Dowsett

“Erosion”
by Adrienne Gruber

“I Draw The Eyes In”
by Jasmine Gui

“On Being Minimally Bereaved”
by Amy Kaler

“Source”
by Basma Kavanagh

“Flowering”
by Austen Lee

“They Tied On Their Aprons & Tried To Put Back The Stars”
by Jeanette Lynes

“I Can Feel Him Breathing”
by Tara McGuire

 “Yelling Fire”
by Alex Merrill

“That Other Place”
by Kathy Page

“Parting Gifts”
by Shirley Phillips

“A Place Called Home”
by Nedda Sarshar

“The Cry of the Poor”
by Lori Sebastianutti

“Wave Any Ward”
by Erin Soros

“Sun Flowers”
by Suzanne Stewart

“A Second Washing”
by Heather Thomson

“Hinge Wood”
by Darryl Whetter