Personalessay Stories

A raw and introspective journey into the mind of an introvert, this narrative dives into the struggle with overthinking, social isolation, and the battle for self-accept...

This is a personal essay I did for English class.

This personal essay explores the author's lifelong aversion to sports and physical education, tracing their experiences from traumatic PE classes and swimming lessons to...

A personal mini-essay. A little, late night reflection.

This poignant piece chronicles a serendipitous reconnection between old friends, sparked by a vivid dream. This is literary non-fiction. The narrator's search for R, a...

My ongoing personal journey with ADHD

Something short I wrote to figure some stuff out, hoping somebody can relate to it so I don't feel as alone.

A personal essay I wrote while in college (2022)

After a revealing search for his birth mother, Lee declined to pursue the paternal side of the story. Little did he know how the fate of the planet itself was wrapped up...

an essay on loss and the inevitability of change

essentially a practice Journal. It's a strange amalgamation of just essays, short stories, and general schtuff.

"Suicide is, after all, the opposite of the poem." - Anne Sexton

True Story. This is my journey through the battle my father fought with bladder cancer. This is the raw, unedited version of what I actually turned in for a college ass...

Personal essay on the new year, and growing old.

𝘋𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰�...

Generosity is not just feeding the hungry right off the bat! We are living under a generational curse-scarcity. Our minds are conditioned to operate based on a selfish...

Hunting is something many do, but most don't. When a hunter on the lookout for his deer is finally given the opportunity, a change in the air causes a change in events.

A day of mandatory fun, at a water theme park, a young man finds himself struggling with the reality of his childhood. His pride is continuously grasped, until the water...

Every year, in partnership with We Need Diverse Books, Penguin Random House hosts the Creative Writing Awards, looking for diverse, unique voices of high school seniors...