Words have a complex beauty: conjurers of magic, they roll off the tongue, they elicit our emotions, serve as bridges between both personal and collective history
Creative Nonfiction
The Keeping Room is an online magazine for all women writers, poets, and artists.
We are looking to publish your short stories, essays, free writing, poetry, and photo essays that touch on topics related to Women’s Wisdom, Lessons Learned, Self-care, Bodies, Relationships, and Community.
Writers selected for publication will be paid $25
Bone and The Witch by Shanda McManus
I had a hard time sleeping before Bone came. I was nine, and each night I wondered—Is that scratching on my window?
That Irresistible Pull by Karen Skalitzky
“I want to be more interesting,” I tell my friend two days after I turned 55.
My First Love by Rachel Remick
The first boy I ever loved was Freddie Prinze. I was five years old when I first saw him on Chico and the Man. The feeling was quick, intense, and undeniable: I wanted to kiss him. I wanted to hold his hand
Finding the Lightships with Birdy by Akkiah Davison-Floyd
I walk quietly to Birdy’s room and softly seat myself on a rocking chair. It’s late, the sun has already set. A small bedside lamp casts off a soft golden glow. Her bed is lowered to the floor. Feather stuffed duvets…
The Interloper by Kandi Maxwell
“You should meet, Jonnie,” my friend, Glenda says. “You two have so much in common.” We both hike, camp, and love animals. He has horses, I have wolf dogs. He lives in a cabin he built himself. I live in a renovated barn.
A Woman’s Right to Bear by Tasha Bovain
Photo by Matthias Wagner via UnsplashBefore I knew what I wanted to do for a living as an adult, I imagined my life as...
Banned Book Week by Kim Brown
This past week, I was walking down the street of the town where I live with my two-year-old granddaughter, who had recently had a meltdown at the Mexican restaurant on the corner
A Lesson in Art & Life by Geri Lipschultz
Photo of Denali by authorI’ll say right now that I did not see Matanuska Glacier or Kenai fjords or Resurrection Bay...
Awakening by Mary Lane Potter
Painting by Miriam Zora Engel (author’s daughter)“Do you know what dust is?” my twelve-year-old daughter asks, looking...
A Scar That Burns by April McCloud
The thing I remember most about dying, is how much it burns.