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Compelling true stories. Published every Sunday morning. www.sneakerwavemag.org
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In this week's issue of sneaker wave magazine, we present a true story of cycling and writing and friendship by Robert David Clark. And we hope you go for a bike ride today. And spend time working on your novel. And enjoy quality time with your friends.
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here's to summer (1994)
by Robert David Clark
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25 days ago
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This week in sneaker wave magazine, we present a break from the hot summer! This true story by Noƫlle GM Gibbs is a mix of everything going wrong and somehow everything going right on a ski run in Whistler.
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7th heaven express
by Noƫlle GM Gibbs
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about 1 month ago
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In this weekās issue of sneaker wave magazine, St. Louis writer Beth Deutsch tells a heartbreaking and astonishingly hopeful true story about her son. Read this! And share it with friends and family.
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king of the creek
by Beth Deutsch
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about 1 month ago
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In this week's issue of sneaker wave magazine, William Bartlett tells his true story of selling Amway while trying to break into the professional ballet scene in New York City. This story gives us plenty of hope to make art and to believe in our dreams!
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conrad and the circles
by William Bartlett
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about 2 months ago
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This week in sneaker wave magazine, a startlingly beautiful piece about loss and grief by Jennifer Phillips.
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jealous of my friend's dad's funeral
by Jennifer Phillips
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about 2 months ago
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This week in sneaker wave magazine, we present a story of hope, family history - and a stump! - by Nicole Schiro Magee.
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a monument to the magical
By Nicole Schiro Magee
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2 months ago
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We're back after a couple weeks of vacation! This NEW issue of sneaker wave magazine features a horrifying and amazingly beautiful true story by Allison C. Macy-Steines. We guarantee that you won't forget this one.
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all that grows, grows back
by Allison C. Macy-Steines
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2 months ago
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A call for submissions!
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our 2025 summer submissions window is open july 15 through august 31
by The Editors
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2 months ago
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If you support sneaker wave magazine's mission to become America's leading online home for nonfiction storytelling, please consider donating to help us continue our work. We have a 501(c)(3) designation, which means your donations will be tax deductible.
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3 months ago
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This week in sneaker wave magazine, Andrea A. Firth tells a remarkable true story about a twin no one in her family wants to discuss.
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limbo
by Andrea A. Firth
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3 months ago
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A very special Father's Day true story by Ellen Wilson.
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the app after life
by Ellen Wilson
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3 months ago
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This week in sneaker wave magazine, we present Jeremy Mauser's thoughtful, honest true story about the complexities about coming out and in the process coming to a profound self-understanding.
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roy g biv
by Jeremy Mauser
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4 months ago
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sneaker wave magazine kicks off Pride Month with an absolutely cracking story by Robin Pickering. Her writing is inventive and surprising at every turn, with a true story that is heartfelt from beginning to end. What a voice!
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the fuckitall
by Robin Pickering
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4 months ago
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This week's sneaker wave magazine features a thoughtful story by Connie Petersen wherein the stone is so, so much more than just stone.
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dislodging a navel stone
by Connie Petersen
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4 months ago
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In this weekās sneaker wave magazine, we present Gavin Millerās brilliant, disturbing, and emotional true story about a temp job taking care of a falcon. You will not forget this one. We guarantee it.
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i, the falconer
by Gavin Miller
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4 months ago
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This week's issue of sneaker wave magazine features a big-hearted story by Ben Jackson about tough times in the ICU and therapy dogs that help make these tough times a little better.
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by Ben Jackson
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5 months ago
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This week's issue of sneaker wave magazine features an incredibly and creepy intense true story by Anna DeMartino.
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the housemate
by anna dimartino
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5 months ago
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There are two days left to submit your true story to sneaker wave magazine during our April Submissions Window. Stories must be between 2000 and 4000 words long. Submittable link in comments. (Developmental options available)
5 months ago
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In this week's sneaker wave magazine, we present Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff's lyrical true story about life with her father in Italy when she was fourteen.
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che cazzo fai
by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff
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5 months ago
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sneaker wave magazine presents a very special 4/20 issue: a funny, sad, and brilliant true story by novelist and poet Jason Allen. Enjoy!
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the babysitters were stoned
by Jason Allen
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5 months ago
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In this weekās issue of sneaker wave magazine, a funny, fish-out-of-water baseball story by Lauren Daley. This one will make you smile š
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the strikeout
by Lauren Daley
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6 months ago
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Brand-new! A true story by Nicole Dahmen
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wake-up call
by Nicole Dahmen
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6 months ago
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the sneaker team is ready to make it happen at AWP! Find us at Booth T860 :) In the Los Angeles Convention Center :)
6 months ago
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Luke Thompson's sneaker wave story appears in this week's Memoir Monday!
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A Fresh Batch of Moving Personal Essays...
Plus: THREE upcoming events where I'll talk with Elissa Altman about her new memoir/craft book, "Permission," plus a call for submissions for our collaboration with Literary Liberation.
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6 months ago
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if you've got it, flaunt it
by The Editors
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6 months ago
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This week's sneaker wave magazine features Portland writer Luke Thompson's funny true story about being a non-Catholic kid attending a Catholic school.
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endless khakis
by Luke Thompson
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6 months ago
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SNEAKERWAVEMAG.ORG "True stories, every Sunday." Subscribe as a Founding Member and get a sneaker wave magazine T-shirt FOR FREE!!!! (Extant Founding Members have a T-shirt on the way.) Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large.
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How gratifying to see Jeanne Yu's story "Anything Worth Doing" featured in this week's Memoir Monday!
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A Fresh Batch of Absorbing Personal Narratives...
Plus: Classes from Narratively Academy and Diane Jacob, a call for submissions, and two conferences...
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7 months ago
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In this week's sneaker wave magazine, Jennifer Hurst tells her harrowing true story about being held captive on an Ohio night. What an intense piece of writing!
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goodbye, mom
by Jennifer Hurst
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7 months ago
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This weekās sneaker wave magazine features a great true story by Seattle writer Jeanne Yu about when the āFork in the Roadā email hits the inbox.
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anything worth doing
by Jeanne Yu
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7 months ago
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This week's issue of sneaker wave magazine features Zia Dione's beautiful, searching true story about the aftermath of a great fire and the differences between visiting and belonging. Don't miss this one.
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seeing the forest for the weeds
by Zia Dione
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7 months ago
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Our Submissions Guidelines now available.
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Submissions
sneaker wave magazineās mission is to be a leading online home for compelling nonfiction storytelling.
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7 months ago
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This week in sneaker wave magazine, a funny and heartbreaking true story by master storyteller Gina Calderone about a ranch property with - well, let's just say it had a lot of potential.
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closer to fine
by Gina Calderone
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7 months ago
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In this week's issue of sneaker wave magazine, we present Rick Krizman's gritty, intense, and ultimately hopeful true story about driving a cab in wintertime Boston.
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for the best in town
by Rick Krizman
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8 months ago
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Jennifer Saunders
8 months ago
El*n M*sk will police his own conflicts of interest. Ooookay....
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The Onion
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Think Tank Called āThe Himmler Instituteā Assures Nation This All Legal
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Think Tank Called āThe Himmler Instituteā Assures Nation This All Legal
WASHINGTONāIn an effort to assuage any fears over the constitutionality of the Trump administrationās flurry of executive actions, a D.C.-area think tank called The Himmler Institute reportedly assure...
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This week in sneaker wave magazine we present Kase Johnstun's incredibly troubling true story of his experience with fraternity hazing in the mid-1990s.
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ring of fire
by kase johnstun
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8 months ago
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How awesome to see Shannon Kopp's true story "Not Nothing" featured in this week's Memoir Monday roundup!
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Some Great New Personal Essays to Read this Week...
Plus: Narratively Academy's prompts, a retreat with Amy Shearn and Diana Friedman, our partnership with Literary Liberation, Writing Co-Lab's 100 Days of Resistance emails, Open Secrets Live!...
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8 months ago
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This week in sneaker wave magazine: a haunting, bone-chilling true story by Therese Beale.
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dear stranger
by Therese Beale
https://www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/dear-stranger
8 months ago
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Today's sneaker wave magazine features a heart-wrenching story of grinding through life during a time of profound grief, by Shannon Kopp.
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not nothing
by Shannon Kopp
https://www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/not-nothing
8 months ago
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This week's sneaker wave magazine features a frightening and somehow amusing tale of driving home on a misty night by Milwaukee writer Kymberlee Rosen.
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over the river
by Kymberlee Rosen
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9 months ago
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Meet the Team that makes sneaker wave possible! :)
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introducing the sneaker wave team
by The Editors
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9 months ago
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Our year in review! Well, it's a partial year because we launched the magazine in September :) If you haven't become a paid subscriber yet, or if you would like to gift a paid subscription to friends or family, now is a great time to do it! Thanks!
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wrapping up 2024
by The Editors
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9 months ago
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Today's issue of sneaker wave magazine features a lyrical piece by Susan Hata about community and family toward the end of 2024. We hope this brings peace to you during this holiday week.
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souls on deck, alight
by Susan Hata
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9 months ago
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This week's issue of sneaker wave magazine features a thoughtful, engaging story about the holiday season by Seattle writer Tamara Bailey.
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l'dor v'dor
by Tamara Bailey
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9 months ago
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Submissions
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Submissions
SUBMISSIONS WILL OPEN ON SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2025.
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10 months ago
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bleeding
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A Memoir Land Memoir Monday Selection
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bleeding
by Jane Myer
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10 months ago
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not one living thing
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not one living thing
by Maureen Sullivan
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10 months ago
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sidewalk crack is free
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A Memoir Land Memoir Monday Selection
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sidewalk crack is free
by Shadow Silvers
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10 months ago
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