Rob Rogers
Author, attorney, backpacker, and lover of the outdoors
Tag: essay
-
My Essay “Mardi Gras ‘95” Has Won First Place for Nonfiction in the SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Contest
I was overjoyed to learn recently that an essay of mine titled “Mardi Gras ‘95” has won First Place for Nonfiction in the 2025 SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Writing Contest. The contest is hosted by the San Luis Obisbo NightWriters, a writing community in Central California that provides writing education, opportunities, resources, workshops, and scholarships.… Read.
-
Check out my latest essay in Still Point Arts Quarterly
I was thrilled to have an essay of mine titled “Rebirth Beside the Baltic Sea” published today in the summer issue of Still Point Arts Quarterly (on pages 16 through 25). In this essay, I describe backpacking I did in Sweden during a family vacation last summer, which I also describe in Chapter 12 of… Read.
-
My essay “Coining Out” has won Honorable Mention in Four Tulips’ New Beginnings Writing Contest
I was honored to learn last week that an essay of mine titled “Coining Out” was chosen as an Honorable Mention for creative nonfiction in the New Beginnings Writing Contest hosted by Four Tulips, an online literary magazine. “Coining Out” describes the goodbyes I had to say at the conclusion of my partial hospitalization for… Read.
-
Check out my flash essay in The Florida Writer
I was thrilled to have a contribution of mine published in The Florida Writer yesterday. Titled “Panic Attack,” this was a submission for the magazine’s Paragraphs and Stanzas section, in which writers are invited to submit poetry or creative fiction or nonfiction in response to a writing prompt. The prompt for this issue was, “Do… Read.
RobRogersWriter.com 