The 2024 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest Longlist
After thorough consideration, The New Quarterly is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2024 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest. The long listed writers and their essays are as follows:
The 2024 Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest Longlist
- “Ian, Luke and Rob”
- by Wade Bell
- “Midway to the Tall Grass”
- by Lesli Christianson-Kellow
- “Through a Glass, Darkly”
- by Madeleine Davis
- “Because of the postcards”
- by Dora Dueck
- “Predator, Prey”
- by Hilary Fair
- “Love, Sassiya and Missing My Lane Swim”
- by Ferrukh Faruqui
- “Torpor”
- by Adrienne Gruber
- “Babyface”
- by Kay Heath
- “Bone Shadows”
- by Basma Kavanagh
- “She Ran”
- by Kristine Laco
- “Bloodlines”
- by Nelly Leonidis
- “For the Love of Food”
- by Susan Marchiori
- “The Isabel Letters”
- by Geoff Martin
- “Just Me and My OCD”
- by Jesse McQuay
- “Birdwoman”
- by Sana Mufti
- “Curious”
- by Kathy Page
- “Crisis Call”
- by Laura Sky
- “Speechless”
- by Jennifer Smith
- “Throat Full of Stones”
- by Catherine St. Denis
- “Relax, You’re On Brain Vacation”
- by Martha Stiegman
- “Marie Antoinette Was Not So Strange”
- by Judy Wearing
- “Suffering in the South of France”
- by Cynthia Woodman Kerkham
Thank you to all of the writers who submitted their essays to this year’s contest. Stay tuned for our winner announcement in August!