J.R. Johnson

This was a fun article to stumble upon:

Tiny Memoir Contest Winners

We challenged teenagers to write a story about a meaningful moment in their lives in just 100 words. These are the subjects of some of the 14,232 “tiny memoir” submissions we received.

Teens do (nonfiction) drabbles. The New York Times called them miniature memoirs, but regardless, they are wonderful!

This reminds me of a book that my father gave to us all one Christmas, a lovely collection of poetry by children: Ten-Second Rainshowers: Poems by Young People.

The perspectives were touching and timeless, full of meaning, depth, joy and humor, much like these stories.

The Times chose 17 winners, but the detail I particularly like is that there were over 14,000 entries.

So much vision, so much thought. So much life!

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