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!
2023 Prime Number Magazine Flash Fiction Contest
So Sings the Washing Machine was awarded 3rd Prize!
The Question Remains was warded Honorable Mention!
On the Premises Mini-Contest #57
A Dozen Potatoes received Honorable Mention!
2023 Poetry Society of Virginia
The Tortoise awarded 2nd place in the Handy Andy Prize for limericks
Meeting on Zoom (again) awarded Honorable Mention in the Dr. Lucile E. Thompson Memorial Contest for poems celebrating technology
Most Recent Poetry Publications
Published in Young Ravens Literary Review
Published in San Antonio Review
Most Recent Story Publications
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
This sad, but true, story was published by Caustic Frolic....
This 50-word story was published in Bright Flash Literary Review!
This 50-word fantasy was published in 50-Word Stories!
You can read the text or listen to the audio recording....
This story was selected for inclusion in the September 25, 2023 issue of Memoir Monday!
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