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On the Page
Maggie Munday is a creative writer who writes mostly creative non-fiction essays. She pays attention to and celebrates the strange, small moments that become windows into the weird and wonderful mystery of being a human.
Essays
"At, Through, & Back At You: Student Reflections on The Art of Encounter Symposium at Raclin Murphy Museum of Art," Block Museum of Art Blog, 2026.
"Not Enough Ado About Theatre Education," The New York Times Learning Network Editorial Contest Finalist, 2020.
Poetry
"Preemptive Grieving," Helicon Literary & Arts Magazine, 2024.
"a collection of texts you sent me at ten o’clock on a wednesday night," New York Times Learning Network and Norton Press, "Coming of Age in 2020: Teenagers on the Year that Changed Everything", 2022.
"matricide," 826 National Poets in Revolt Anthology and Poets in Revolt Lesson Plan, 2020.
"generic love song in the key of existence," Bridge: The Bluffton University Literary Journal , 2019.
"kiss though osmosis," Soliloquies Anthology 23.2, 2019.
"kiss through osmosis," National Endowment for the Arts: Poetry Ourselves National Runner-Up, 2018.
Awards
Edwin L. Shuman Award for Distinguished Achievement by a Junior in Creative Writing
Northwestern University English Department, 2025
Readings & Performances
Performance at Hill-stead Museum Sunken Garden Poetry Festival alongside Mahogany L. Browne and Fresh Voices Poets, 2020.
National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Out Loud Top 9 National Finalist, 2019.
National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Out Loud Hawai’i State Champion, 2019.
Photo: Joerg Metzner