We’re thrilled to announce “The Suicide Hotline Voice Says My Feelings are Normal” by Lisa K. Buchanan is the winner of our Flash Essay Contest judged by Brenda Miller. Thank you to all of the wonderful writers who entered our contest!
On “The Suicide Hotline Voice Says My Feelings are Normal,” Brenda Miller said:
“‘The Suicide Hotline Voice Says My Feelings are Normal’ is a remarkable essay. Shocking, is the word I might use: shocking in the incident it describes, shocking in its vivid imagery, shocking in the way we travel through time in this compressed space. We inhabit this essay with the author, floating with her as we try to fully comprehend what we’ve seen, and wonder how we’ll keep living now.”
RUNNERS UP:
Anneli Matheson, “A Wander Down Dried Seafood Street”
Brent House, “In View”
FINALISTS:
Laurie Uttich, “It’s Friday Afternoon in a Florida Penitentiary”
Jane Satterfield, “Scirroco”
The winner and runners up will be published in Sweet Volume 13 Issue 3.
Thank you, Sweet and Ms. Miller, for this honor. It’s an extra-chocolate day now.
Congrats, Lisa! Can’t wait to read your piece! 🙂