The full cover for the essay.

Last week I received a totally flattering phone call from two editors, Joan Chapman and Claudia Sternbach, at the literary journal, Memoir (and), to whom I sent an illustrated essay called The Backyard of the House at 48 Northview Drive. They selected my piece as the winner for the prize in graphic memoir!

The purpose of the journal is to “encourage the perception that the landscape of memoir writing is changing in form and expression” and to pass this shifting space on to readers. I like this view, and the openness of the mission – a kind of recognition of the experimental approaches to the genre/s that exist/are emerging.

The issue is forthcoming and I’ll post again when I receive an actual copy. A large thanks to the lovely folks at Memoir (and). And hooray!