Wait can we get the nine hour version? 😩🤓

Thank you Sara!

Shaking that I am still in the running 👀😳😩

Thank you Sara! 💜

Thank you Dawn! I wish Girl You Ain’t Missin Nothing didn’t resonate with me 😩😩😩

Thank you Cole!!

Honored to be a part of the long list good luck to all!

Thank you Sumitra! Congrats on 1st place - well deserved. You had me at 2.3 kids.

Thank you Ani! -Tiffany with short brown hair 🖤

Thank you sharing it Christine!

Thank you Dan!!

Thank you for sharing Pat!

It is one hell of a snack.

Writers block? Nothing a little string cheese can't fix.

Ditto! Speaking it into existence for both of us!

This was so captivating all the way through. The last line pierced through. ❤️

💔 We may have more in common than you know.

Whoa. Thank you @jamesmontgomery.bsky.social for reading, sharing and making my day with such kind words. 😊

It's really that simple. It would horrify my mother if I ever treated guests in my home like that. 🤦‍♀️

Wow @danbillyc.bsky.social thank you so much! 💙

Thank you @sarahillswrites.bsky.social !! 🥹🥹

a woman wearing sunglasses and a nike sweatshirt talks on a cell phone ALT: a woman wearing sunglasses and a nike sweatshirt talks on a cell phone

We did it @erinbondo.com !! Your story blew me away. I'm so excited to read more from you ❤️

Thank you @sharontelfer.bsky.social! Overwhelmed with gratitude.

The time Sara set the page on fire and left us all in awe. A well-deserved win! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I am beaming in real-time to hear you say that @sfreligh.bsky.social! Reading your thoughts lit up my world- it's the first time I’ve had my work reviewed so closely, and your breakdown left me both in awe and deeply moved. Thank you for taking the time to recognize my work in such a meaningful way.

So I've been validated by two brilliant Sara's in one day now. ✅ Reminding myself to go be friends with more Sarah's. Thank you @sarahillswrites.bsky.social !!! And ditto, I am a sucker for anaphora and yours was inescapable. Well deserved win!

Thank you @stevenpatchett.bsky.social !

BIG congrats @dawnwriter.bsky.social. Your story nearly broke me 😭

Thank you so much @sfreligh.bsky.social & Jude for awarding "How to Fold a World Map" with Highly Commended! You may find me beaming for the entirety of March. Looking forward to reading the other winning stories and the anthology later this year! You can read my story below. ❤️

Heads up, the latter half of the story got cut off but I believe Jude is working on a fix so it can be read in full.