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            <h2>I’m Surprised Many Writers Are Sleeping on This Free Resource</h2>
            <div><h3>You need to open a separate file for it</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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    </div><p id="406d"><a href="undefined">Joe Duncan</a></p><div id="0c45" class="link-block">
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            <h2>If You Want to Succeed in Writing, Stop Writing About Yourself</h2>
            <div><h3>The most successful writers don’t write about themselves</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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    </div><p id="9f37"><a href="undefined">Matthew Prince</a></p><div id="923a" class="link-block">
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            <h2>As a New Writer, Here Is Why You Should Stop Submitting Your Stories to Big Publications</h2>
            <div><h3>Chase value, not views</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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    </div><p id="396b"><a href="undefined">Addey Vaters</a></p><div id="4f45" class="link-block">
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            <h2>Should You Use a Pen Name?</h2>
            <div><h3>The answer is yes, and also no</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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    </div><h2 id="1b5c">Our Stories</h2><p id="1375">Relationships were top of the charts for 2021!</p><p id="7696"><a href="undefined">Alice Goldbloom</a></p><div id="0dc1" class="link-block">
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            <h2>Feasting on Memories of My Mother’s Polish Cooking</h2>
            <div><h3>Rediscovering family dinners</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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    </div><p id="cbb9"><a href="undefined">Tara Blair Ball</a></p><div id="e085" class="link-block">
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            <h2>My Affair That Killed My Already Dying Marriage</h2>
            <div><h3>It was only a matter of time.</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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    </div><p id="1890"><a href="undefined">Jennifer Pitts</a></p><div id="e8e0" class="link-block">
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            <h2>Why Women Need to Stop Complaining About Men</h2>
            <div><h3>It’s time for us to start understanding the male species; they are not us</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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These Were Our Top Stories of 2021

Inspired Writer Publication at the end of another creative year

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A big thank you to all of Inspired Writer’s wonderful readers and storytellers. You are the best!

  • Readers: your comments and support have been much appreciated!
  • Writers: your quality writing tips, creative nonfiction, and inspiring personal essays have been a joy to read and give a home to.

We finish the year at 3,926 followers and 335 writers! Not bad for a little publication with only two editors.

Ash Jurberg and I have really appreciated the friendly, supportive community we’ve met this year. We try our best to be helpful and encouraging to our writers and you’ve been a pleasure to work with!

It was incredibly special getting to know some of you better in our Medium Mentoring courses and our new Writer’s Club.

There are plans for more next year and we’re looking forward to getting to know more of you!

Contests for 2022?

You may have noticed we didn’t run our annual personal essay contest this year. Medium got in before us with their big writer’s challenge and we thought there wasn’t much point in doubling up.

I was also busy judging two off-Medium writing contest this year. I might write an article about that experience soon.

I enjoyed reading the stories many of you submitted to the Medium Writer’s Challenge, and I was surprised and delighted to have one of my own entries chosen for the top 100!

We’ll keep you updated on any contests for 2022. I’d quite like to run one. There’s so much talent here on Medium.

Keep sending in those fantastic stories. (We’re taking a break for submissions from the 6th–13th January)

Here are Our Top Stories of 2021

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Ash Jurberg

Sean Kernan

Boateng Sekyere

Joe Duncan

Matthew Prince

Addey Vaters

Our Stories

Relationships were top of the charts for 2021!

Alice Goldbloom

Tara Blair Ball

Jennifer Pitts

Matthew Prince

Tara Blair Ball

Jill Ebstein

Aimée Gramblin

Julie Gaeta

A big thank you to some of our contributors:

Khadejah, Rob Stein, Michael Burg, MD (AKA Medium Michael Burg), Toya Qualls-Barnette, Megan Holstein, Ryan Fan, Shelby Sullivan, Danielle Loewen, Roo Benjamin, Cassandra Sigmon, Beth Dumey, Scott Stockdale, Shreya Dalela, Bingz Huang, Sandi Parsons, Ria Tagulinao, Greg, Mary Meadows, Mary DeVries, Sabrina Sourjah, Lura Jackson, Amanda Clark-Rudolph

And so many others. There are 335 of you now! Sorry I can’t list you all, but you are valued!

Also welcome to our newest writers:

Sachin Kashyap, Charlee Renee, and Anaya Nosso. Great to have you here!

Looking forward to sharing 2022 with you all.

Lots of love,

Kelly Eden and Ash Jurberg

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