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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 FY2021, NARRATIVE MAGAZINE HAD 285,000 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, AND PUBLISHED HUNDREDS OF ARTISTS IN 2021.

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 TWO WRITERS: MORGAN TALTY AND TRYPHENA YEBOAH. THE TWO WRITERS EACH RECEIVED THE $4000 PRIZE. "NARRATIVE IN THE SCHOOLS" IS ANOTHER WAY WE REACH YOUNG PEOPLE. ONE ASPECT OF THAT PROGRAM IS OUR ANNUAL "TELL ME A STORY HIGH SCHOOL WRITING CONTEST" THAT REACHES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS ACROSS THE GLOBE. ENTRIES IN 2021 CAME FROM SEOUL TO KRACKOW TO CHICAGO, FROM CHARTER, PUBLIC AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS ACROSS THE GLOBE. THE 2021 YEAR'S PROMPT "BLIND SPOTS" ELICITED POWERFUL AND KEENLY OBSERVED REFLECTIONS FROM STUDENTS ABOUT DIFFICULT MOMENTS THAT LED TO AN EXPANDED PERSPECTIVE ON LIFE.

CONTINUED FROM PART III, 4BIN 2021 WE PUBLISHED THREE DIGITAL ISSUES (WINTER, SPRING, FALL) AVAILABLE ON ALL DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND ON KINDLE. AUTHORS AND POETS WE PUBLISHED INCLUDE HA JIN, DANIEL MASON, ANN BEATTIE, BILL BARICH, SARAH RUHL, LI-YOUNG LEE, YASMINE AMELI, LISA OLSTEIN, GREGORY ORR, AND JIJJIN XU; NARRATIVE30BELOW WINNERS INCLUDED SARAH BALAKRISHNAN AND MARISSA DAVIS; OTHER FICTION CONTEST WINNERS INCLUDED ABIGAIL THOMAS, SANDRA SIDI, DEBRA NYSTROM, MADELENA GROSSMAN, AND CHARLES WHEELAN; OUR THIRTEENTH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST WINNERS WERE MADELEINE CRAVENS, HAOLUN XU, AND LEILA CHATTI. 30 BELOW FINALISTS KAITLIN AIRY, DAVID ASTROFSKY, LOISA FENICHELL, JULIA MCDANIEL, CARAGH MEDLICOTT, DANIEL POPE, TATIANA SCHLOTE-BONNE, AND JEMIMAH WEI WERE PUBLISHED IN THE STORY AND POEM OF THE WEEK SERIES. FOR MORE INFO WWW.NARRATIVEMAGAZINE.COM.