Writing Prompt Winner: Heather Saint

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January 2025: Heather Saint

“promises of possibility”

How many times have I told myself I will do it today or soon?  How many times have I not done so?  This is why, in my family that I made, we do not promise lightly. We always keep our promises so we are very careful when we make them.  We taught the children when we promise we keep.  I have made only a few promises in my life.  One was to be with my spouse “until death do us part”.  Another one was to always be there when my children needed or wanted me.  I have never lightly promised to do something that in my heart I knew I wouldn’t or couldn’t do.  Remember the “promise cross my heart”?  Nope to me.  Maybe I am shallow, maybe I am deeper than you think.  But when I tell you, I Promise, you can count on me unless I’m dead.

Heather Saint is a world traveled native Montanan, settling into retirement in NW Montana.

Sunday's Scrips: A Monthly Newsletter

Sunday’s Scrips: January 2025

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Happy New Year!

Whatcha Up To?:

  • I was invited to read for the The 2025 Proximity Personal Essay / Literary Journalism Prize (More Below).
  • NUNUM Done in a Hundred Anthology 2024 is now out and my piece Rooted is in it! (More Below).
  • Even though I’ve completed my #100RejectionsChallenge, I continue to submit and am at 239 rejections and 17 acceptances. I currently have 39 pieces out on submission.

Proximity Prize

What an honor to get asked to be a reader for a prize! True (pun intended) it’s as a first-stage judge and not as a deciding vote, but still 🎉 I had the pleasure of reading 26 entries and giving my score on a scale of one to five. There were multiple other readers at this first-stage, and it will be interesting to see whether any of the ones I read make it to the finals or even win the contest entirely.

NUNUM Done in a Hundred Anthology, 2024

NUNUM is an online literary magazine out of Canada that publishes quarterly and is kind of the “cool kid” place to publish. My piece Rooted was accepted to their anthology which means I’m published in another physical book! Huzzah! Sadly, this book does not have an ISBN so I can’t add it to my Goodreads or Amazon author accounts (boo) but it’s still very exciting to be “in print” again. You can read it for free online here.

Milkweed & Little Free Library

Milkweed Press and Montana Poet Laureate (and all around phenomenal human being), Chris La Tray, have teamed up to create Indigenous Little Free Libraries in indigenous communities. All of this brings me great joy and you can read more about it here. Milkweed Press (a dream press really) is responsible for publishing such incredible works as:

  • Becoming Little Shell by Chris La Tray
  • The Lost Journals of Sacajewea by Debra Magpie Earling
  • The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson (the Flashlights & Firelights Online Book Club pick for discussion on March 19)
  • and many, many more

January Timed Writing Prompt Available Now!

Want a chance to have your work featured on my website, social media, and Patreon accounts? Become a supporter and you’ll have access to my monthly timed writing prompt. Send me your unedited, timed writing response for your chance to be featured! Find the January prompt here.

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