We are looking for original, unpublished 1,000-2,500-word personal essays that explore transformative, powerful human experiences, especially those that are often kept secret or hidden. We are open to the tales of daily life as well as the extraordinary, as long as we feel we’ve gotten to know you as a person. We love humor when it’s wielded well. Essays should show how the author has changed, grown, and/or learned something new about themselves over the course of the essay.