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SEE STATEMENT ATTACHED NARRATIVE IS A READER SUPPORTED NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE LITERARY ARTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE AND TO CREATING AN INCLUSIVE, GLOBAL LITERARY COMMUNITY. WE PUBLISH WORK OF THE HIGHEST LITERARY CALIBER, OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING WRITERS, HOST CONTESTS IN SEARCH OF A NEW GENERATION OF TALENT, PROVIDE READING AND WRITING RESOURCES AND MENTORSHIP TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS IN UNDERSERVED SCHOOLS AROUND THE GLOBE, AND EVERY DAY, ALL YEAR WE OFFER OUR EXPANSIVE LIBRARY OF THOUSANDS OF STORIES, POEMS, ESSAYS, CARTOONS, AND MORE TO READERS EVERYWHERE FOR FREE.

IN FY2023, NARRATIVE MAGAZINE HAD 330,000 DEDICATED SUBSCRIBERS WITH SPECIAL AND WEEKLY PUBLICATION OF BOTH WELL-KNOWN AND EMERGING WRITERS. ALL CONTENT, INCLUDING OUR DIGITAL ARCHIVE OF THOUSANDS OF STORIES, POEMS, ESSAYS AND ART, REMAINED FREE OF CHARGE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL READERS WITH AN EMAIL AND PASSWORD SIGN-IN. NARRATIVE PUBLISHED WEEKLY STORY AND POEM OF THE WEEK, HELD FIVE CONTESTS (WINTER, SPRING, AND FALL FICTION CONTESTS, THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST, AND THE NINTH ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL CONTEST), AND PUBLISHED HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS IN 2023.

CONTINUED FROM PART III, 4ANOTABLY, THE NARRATIVE PRIZE, AWARDED ANNUALLY FOR EXCELLENT WORK PUBLISHED BY A NEW OR EMERGING WRITER IN NARRATIVE WAS PRESENTED TO NEHA CHAUDHARY-KAMDAR, WHO RECEIVED THE $5,000 PRIZE. NARRATIVE FOR SCHOOLS IS ANOTHER WAY WE REACH YOUNG PEOPLE. ONE ASPECT OF THAT PROGRAM IS OUR FREE ANNUAL HIGH SCHOOL WRITING CONTEST, WHICH REACHES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. ENTRIES IN 2023 CAME FROM SEOUL TO KRAKOW TO CHICAGO TO PALESTINE, FROM CHARTER, PUBLIC AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE GLOBE. THE 2023 YEAR'S PROMPT, "MY NOTE TO THE WORLD," ELICITED CREATIVE, IMAGINATIVE, OFTEN VULNERABLE LETTERS AND POEMS FROM STUDENTS DESCRIBING WHAT THEIR WORLD IS LIKE-AND, MORE IMPORTANT, HOW TO CHANGE IT. WINNERS AND FINALISTS CAME FROM THE UNITED STATES; TAPEI, TAIWAN; LAHORE, PAKISTAN; BRITISH COLOMBIA; AND LONDON.

CONTINUED FROM PART III, 4BIN 2023 WE PUBLISHED THREE DIGITAL ISSUES (WINTER, SPRING, FALL) AVAILABLE ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND ON KINDLE. AUTHORS AND POETS WE PUBLISHED INCLUDE ANDRE DUBUS III, TOM LAKIN, RON HANSEN, JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPS, SPENCER WISE, PIA Z. EHRHARDT, JIM SHEPARD, MARIA HUMMEL, LEE SMITH, BRUCE BOND, DEAN RADER, NAOMI SHIHAB NYE, DEESOUL CARSON, HEINZ INSU FENKL, SHARON OLDS, AARON ZHANG, AND MAL PROFETA. FICTION CONTEST WINNERS INCLUDED JANET BURROWAY, TIFFANY ISAACS, ANDREW STEINER, KATERINA IVANOV PRADO, AND NATASHA AYAZ; OUR FIFTEENTH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST WINNERS WERE HEATHER TRESELER, LAURA FOLEY, AND AVIA TADMOR. SOME OF THE MANY AUTHORS AND POETS PUBLISHED IN THE STORY OF THE WEEK AND POEM OF THE WEEK FEATURES WERE TERESE SVOBODA, DANIEL POPE, BARRY GIFFORD, LAEL MOHIB, JEANINE TSENG, JACKIE THOMAS-KENNEDY, MELANIE VIETS, MARGARET RENKL, JULIA LEVINE, STELLA WONG, CHEN CHEN, TED KOOSER, TARA BRAY, TYLER ALLEN PERRY, MATT W. MILLER, AND CINDY JUYOUNG OK. FOR MORE INFO WWW.NARRATIVEMAGAZINE.COM.