Wendy Mages: Storyteller
Wendy, a Pushcart Prize nominee and award-winning poet and author, is a storyteller, scholar, and educator who earned a doctorate in Human Development and Psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a master’s in Theatre at Northwestern. She researches the effect of the arts on learning and development, leads storytelling workshops, and performs at storytelling events in the US and abroad.
Photo curtesy of Sarah Larson Photography
Recent Awards
WestWord Micro Fiction Prize 2024 - Shortlisted
After the Storm was shortlisted!
WestWord's Hermit Crab Prize 2024 - 2nd Place
How to Become a Catastrophist in 6 Easy Steps earned 2nd Place!
Awards: 2024 Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize
North American Review
Song of the Gargoyles was selected as a semifinalist!
Most Recent Poetry Publications
Published in Witcraft
Most Recent Story Publications
This 50-word story was just published in 50-Word Stories!
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This drabble (100-word story) was just published in The Wave, Kelp's online journal
At the Stroke of Midnight on the Set of Swan Lake
This 50-word story was just published by Bright Flash Literary Review!
This story was just published in Grief Dialogues. Please check it out....
This "drabble" (100-word story) was just published in Quibble online and in Quibble Quarterly in hardcopy!
How to Become a Catastrophist in 6 Easy Steps
This "hermit crab" piece won 2nd place in the WestWord Hermit Crab contest
This micro fiction piece was shortlisted for the 2024 WestWord Micro Fiction Prize
Pitch (Not) Perfect: My Quixotic Journey in the World of Music
This story (an 11-minute read) documents my quest to sing on key and the brilliant and kind mentors who guided my journey.
This story was selected for inclusion in the May 20, 2024 issue of Memoir Monday
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