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Contest Winner: The Work | C. Low
This is the winning selection from the 2024 Spring Fiction & Nonfiction Contest. For more information about our upcoming contests, please...
Jun 30, 20249 min read


The after life | Becca Leonard
In most of my memories, he’s two-dimensional. Pressed flat. Like a character, or hologram, or specter. A smudge of mood and anger. As...
May 27, 202414 min read


Gifted | Elizabeth Wilson
Growing up I craved community. I was social and tried to fit in with my peer groups. At summer camp, I found short-term connections with...
Apr 8, 20249 min read


Contest Winner: Persimmon Kind of Love | Audrey Wu
This is the winning selection from the Sad Girl Diaries Winter 2024 Fiction & Nonfiction Contest. trigger warning: self-harm, disordered...
Apr 2, 20245 min read


What I Lost and Found in Poland | Melinda Mandelbaum Stein
“Folks, this is the captain speaking. We are beginning our descent into the Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport. Please return tray tables...
Mar 21, 202413 min read


How It Feels | Jordan Holman
I remember the exact moment she asked me like it was yesterday: the white button down shirt and red lipstick and the velvety texture of...
Mar 15, 202412 min read


Sad Girl Music and Me | Sophie Hoss
Those who know me best are aware of my undying devotion to idols of feminine musical melancholy: Mitski, Lana del Rey, Lorde, Florence +...
Jan 6, 20242 min read


Being Seen, Ten Scenes | Deborah Heimann
1. My father and I are at Best Thai eating pad thai. “She said her name was Sarah.” In between bites, my father is telling me a story...
Dec 6, 20234 min read


Girl House | Julianna Kasper
When I brave the cold of the tile and go downstairs, the room is empty. I see a pink hairbrush, its bristles loose and wrapped with curly...
Nov 28, 20235 min read


Love—Good Cooking—Leona | Julie Labuszewski
“Where’s the rolling pin?” he asked. “Let me look,” I said, sliding open kitchen drawers. Tom, my husband, darted into the basement then...
Nov 24, 20234 min read


The Cliffs of Moher, July 1997 - Dorothy Bossman
The French have a term for the desire to throw oneself from a high place, "l'appel du vide" or "call of the void." Several articles...
Nov 2, 20233 min read


A Good Hair Day - Christina Getachew
I stood by the sink and let the tap water run to get warm while watching my daughter slowly unravel her two thick braids. Her eyes were...
Oct 31, 20234 min read
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