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

Named a "Story of the Week"

- Faculty Assembly selected by 50-Word Stories as a "Story of the Week"!

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

A Triptych of Acrostic Email Messages to an Aspiring Poet on the Submission of a Single Poem Entitled “Invaluable”

Published in Witcraft

Most Recent Story Publications

Faculty Assembly

This 50-word story was published in 50-Word Stories!
- If you like this story, please give it a 👍"like" (just under the text of the story and my bio)
- This story was selected by 50-Word Stories as a "Story of the Week" https://fiftywordstories.com/2025/11/09/story-of-the-week-november-9

Waves

This flash nonfiction story, was just published in The Wave, Kelp's online journal!

Scents and Sensibility

This 50-word story was just published in Bright Flash Literary Review!

Rain Boots

This story was just published in Four Tulips!

My Mother's Hands

This story was just published by Grief Dialogues!
This story was selected for inclusion in the April 28, 2025 issue of Memoir Monday!

City Girls

This flash-nonfiction story was published by The Manifest Station
This story was selected for inclusion in the February 17, 2025 issue of Memoir Monday

The Once-Nubile Starlet

This 50-word story was published in 50-Word Stories!
- If you like this story, please give it a 👍"like" (just under the story and my bio)

Wise Words

This drabble (100-word story) was published in The Wave, Kelp's online journal

Embracing Strangers

This story was published in Grief Dialogues. Please check it out....

Our Morning Ritual

This "drabble" (100-word story) was 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

After the Storm

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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