Narratively is Excited to Announce Our Debut Spring Memoir Prize!

Read about our inaugural Memoir Prize!

Original illustrations by Wenjia Tang, Thomas White, Roya Haroun and Daniel Fishel

Thanks to everyone who submitted! Our winners have been announced — check 'em out here!

Hi there! If you’ve got an extraordinary personal story to share, you’ve come to the right place. From April 27, 2022, through June 27, 2022, Narratively is accepting entries for our Spring 2022 Memoir Prize. We’re on the hunt for revealing and emotional first-person nonfiction narratives from unique and overlooked points of view — the best of which we’ll reward with four-figure cash prizes, publication and heavy promotion, and a lot more. We’ve assembled an absolute dream team of guest judges from the pinnacles of books, podcasts, TV and film to help us select one Grand Prize Winner and two Finalists. (More on that below.)

Who is Narratively?

We’re a storytelling platform and production company that supports indie journalists and storytellers and celebrates humanity through true, authentic and diverse character-driven…