Narratively Academy
Narratively Academy, Liza Donnelly, Brendan Spiegel, Jesse Sposato, Melissa Petro, Janna Marlies Maron, Caroline Rothstein, JAVIER SINAY, Kristi D. Osorio, Marisa CharpentierA community for writers to hone your craft and develop all the tools to pursue your writing and publishing dreams.
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The 2026 Narratively Memoir Prize Is Open!
And this year, you don’t have to write alone. Meet our guest judge, Alexander Chee, and learn all about our new Personal Essay Sprint.
For four years, the Narratively Memoir Prize has brought us unforgettable true stories, from Lisa Willia...
How I Discovered Crónica
Later this month at Narratively Academy, Javier Sinay is teaching a new session of his popular class, The Art of Crónica: How to Write Immersive, Voice-Driven Nonfiction. In case you’re wondering “wait, what’s Crónica?” We invited Javier t...
Starts This Week: Nonfiction Book Development Boot Camp
There’s a big difference between having an idea for a book and knowing how to turn that idea into a marketable manuscript. Maybe you’ve been sitting on a memoir idea for years, unsure where to begin. Maybe you’ve already started writing, bu...
New Class: How to Start a Story
A great opening does more than grab attention. It establishes what’s at stake, hints at the deeper meaning of your story, and makes readers desperate to know what happens next. Sometimes, finding the right place to begin can change the way...
The Best Writing Advice We’ve Ever Received
We asked friends of the site what words of wisdom they keep coming back to again and again—this is what they shared.
Lately, we’ve been finding ourselves thinking about — and doling out advice from — this list left and right. Every time so...
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Narratively Academy is a creative community for writers to hone your craft and develop all the tools you need to pursue your writing and publishing dreams—through intimate classes, live videos, how-to guides, community chats, and much more.
Liza is a writer, cartoonist, writer, director at The New Yorker, NY Times. Documentary: Women Laughing (2025, Womenlaughingfilm.com). Author of 18 books. Observing culture and politics, seeking what’s funny but also what’s important.
Cofounder and Head of Editorial, Narratively
Executive editor at Narratively. Also writes essays around the internet about feminist things, friendship, parenting, and more.
Freelance writer, full-time mom, former sex worker. Survivor. Author of SHAME ON YOU: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification
On a mission to help as many woman as possible finally write (and finish!) that book manuscript. Publisher of lit mag Under the Gum Tree. Seeking representation for memoir. Craft book in progress.
Writer, poet, performer, educator, & documentary filmmaker.
Crónica fan // Nuevo libro: 'El secreto de los sobrevivientes'
Author of The Sound of Burning: A Mother, a Daughter, a Murder (University of Georgia Press, October 2026). Check out my interview series The Chat Room!
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