Winner of the 2022 Memoir Magazine Prize for Books coming-of-age category for NASTY GIRL (now titled A MINOR, UNACCOMPANIED) https://memoirmag.com/nonfiction/2022-memoir-prize-for-books-winners/
“Moving Day” (excerpt from A Minor, Unaccompanied–a memoir) https://www.grandedameliterary.com/post/moving-day
“Spilled Beans” (excerpt from A Minor, Unaccompanied–a memoir) https://www.quibblelit.com/spilled-beans-by-polly-hansen [Trigger warning: sexually explicit material. Today I would spare the reader some passages, but it’s been published.]
“Take Me, Mommy” (excerpt from A Minor, Unaccompanied–a memoir) https://45thparallellitmag.com/polly-hansen
“Learning Not to Interfere as an Act of Love” personal essay https://pollyhansen.com/learning-not-to-interfere-as-an-act-of-love (first published in Vol. XI, Metonym Literary Journal, Spring 2023 issue)
“Frances Awakes” fiction forthcoming in Fall 2023 print issue of The Heartland Review.
“Milk” fiction published in Meaningful Conflicts: The Art of Friction, The Off-Campus Writers Workshop anthology, available from Amazon.
“Ornaments” fiction forthcoming in December 2023 online issue of Fjords Review and in the print edition of Fjords (early 2024).
“Cosmic Farm” (excerpt from A Minor, Unaccompanied–a memoir) forthcoming in January 2024 print issue of Midwest Review.
Awards:
Nasty Girl–A Memoir, Memoir Magazine’s 2022 Memoir Prize for Books winner of the Coming-of-Age category