{"id":4302,"date":"2020-01-28T19:35:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T23:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/?p=4302"},"modified":"2020-09-08T14:35:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T18:35:24","slug":"feral-finds-a-home-at-pacific-literary-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/feral-finds-a-home-at-pacific-literary-review\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Feral&#8221; Wins First Place in Pacific Literary Review&#8217;s Creative Nonfiction Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.pacificareview.com\/2020\/01\/22\/feral-christina-rivera-cogswell');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificareview.com\/2020\/01\/22\/feral-christina-rivera-cogswell\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4303\" src=\"https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-28-at-4.31.32-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-28-at-4.31.32-PM.png 1018w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-28-at-4.31.32-PM-267x300.png 267w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-28-at-4.31.32-PM-911x1024.png 911w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-28-at-4.31.32-PM-768x863.png 768w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-28-at-4.31.32-PM-550x618.png 550w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-28-at-4.31.32-PM-445x500.png 445w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-28-at-4.31.32-PM-961x1080.png 961w, https:\/\/seekingsol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screen-Shot-2020-01-28-at-4.31.32-PM-600x674.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I racked up 80+ litmag rejections in 2019. But something funny happened in 2020, and I just received three essay publication acceptances in one week. <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.pacificareview.com\/2020\/01\/22\/feral-christina-rivera-cogswell');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificareview.com\/2020\/01\/22\/feral-christina-rivera-cogswell\">Here\u2019s the first one.<\/a> They say never write about dead parents or dead pets. But my first writing class (thank god) was with <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.corporealwriting.com\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.corporealwriting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lidia Yuknavitch<\/a>, and sh<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">e taught me to write whatever the fuck I want. She also taught me how to braid. So here\u2019s a braided dead dad and dead cat piece!\u00a0<span class=\"_5mfr\"><span class=\"_6qdm\">&#x1f602;<\/span><\/span>\u00a0 It was something I had to write to get to the rest.\u00a0I workshopped this essay at <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.lighthousewriters.org\/');\" id=\"js_10v\" class=\"profileLink\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousewriters.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=78321764191&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARB032yrCJ38vnm4GGGjgaZNxYXdBkjuHMVLZDjokIHbl8rj9UAE9GIcV8SL93xy6Y8Hn_Y1f2de53E6%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\" aria-describedby=\"u_32_1\" aria-owns=\"\">Lighthouse Writers Workshop<\/a>\u00a0with <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.lesliejamison.com\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.lesliejamison.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Leslie Jamison<\/a>. I put it in a drawer.\u00a0<a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/bkloren.com\/books\/');\" class=\"profileLink\"  href=\"https:\/\/bkloren.com\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=201978783171090&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARAu4XXqxSt4kapAqhUqQI58AIvMt7EvI_KLVua9ATbY5F-XqjxqfC1q4gmLiVK3sPaDlTUBwp_DwGu8%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">BK Loren<\/a> helped me pull it out. She handheld me through some <em>radical revisioning<\/em>. And the essay\u2014finally\u2014felt quiet. \u00a0Thank you <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/melissafebos.com\/about\/');\"  href=\"http:\/\/melissafebos.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melissa Febos<\/a> for honoring it as the winner of the <a onclick=\"javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('\/outgoing\/www.pacificareview.com\/issue-16-1\/');\" class=\"profileLink\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.pacificareview.com\/issue-16-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=412999822097694&amp;extragetparams=%7B%22__tn__%22%3A%22%2CdK-R-R%22%2C%22eid%22%3A%22ARCugGUg75_N0cmytuLXdNjdkRaAK8rngpch2TA-954JoPZ5Z6LJ9v5arDMgjHGhsTpWJgZQLe0lJHPy%22%2C%22fref%22%3A%22mentions%22%7D\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\">Pacifica Literary Review<\/a>\u00a0CNF contest. Gratitude to all my best reader-friends, each of whom left her thumbprint on the pages.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I racked up 80+ litmag rejections in 2019. But something funny happened in 2020, and I just received three essay publication acceptances in one week. Here\u2019s the first one. 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