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Writers, Did You Hear? Judging For The MWC is Delayed

Here’s how to fill the waiting time

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Incase you hadn’t heard, the Medium Writing Challenge had more entries than Medium anticipated, so the winner’s announcements will be delayed until October.

There were thousands of entries — 10,200 entries, if I’ve added correctly!

Long waits are painful, I know. But I’ve entered a ton of contests and, from experience, I can tell you the best thing to do is prepare for the next one.

Get learning, reading, and writing and the time will fly by.

To help, I’ve collected together inspiring reading for you (including a date with a penguin), my own entries, and an affordable course.

Upskill for next time

If you want to hone your personal essay skills, I run an online course you can check out.

It’s not hundreds of dollars, like most personal essay courses, because I believe everyone should have a chance to learn how to tell their story well. You’ve got stories only you can tell, and I want to read them!

Read for inspiration

Another important way to improve your essay skills is to read other people’s stories. As a big personal essay fan, I went crazy reading and collecting my favorites for you.

And if you need more:

Here are my three entries

I promised penguins, so here they are. This little 3 minute story — about my husband arranging a penguin for our first date — would have been my space entry, if I hadn’t already entered that category under my pen name.

Read, learn, and enjoy, and if you want one-on-one feedback on your own writing, consider taking my course. I’d love to work with you.

Best of luck!

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