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2022
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Alice is one of our youngest participants, having just graduated from The University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 2019. In 2021, she was been featured in The New Yorker’s 20 Under 20″ yearly anthology of the most promising new stuffed writers under 20 inches tall. Alice uses humor, satire, and memory to explore the most pressing issues facing stuffies today.
Oct
2022
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Baptiste uses the approachable and often-overlooked genre of the limerick to explore serious issues facing stuffed animals, including economic inequality, voting rights, and climate change.
His unassuming style catches readers off-guard, stretching the limits of the limerick beyond mere humor and into the realm of activism.
Oct
2022
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Casy is a prolific American writer and winner of the prestigious Nobel Prize for Stuffed Animal Literature. His work explores themes of social justice, economic inequality, and the shared experiences of all stuffies, particularly those who are abandoned or underprivileged. He relies on symbolism, and often times humor, to poetically explore his stuffed characters’ plights.
Oct
2022
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Darius Esperanza is an award-winning Mexican-American stuffed writer. She creates colorful, poetic stories drawing from her experiences as a young migrant stuffy, having spent her early years being transferred between living companions in Mexico and the United States. Darius Esperanza explores themes of cultural identity and economic inequality.
Oct
2022
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Dolphin Fisher Walrus is one of the most fascinating writer’s of his generation. His unique ability to combine astute social observation with
biting wit, unapologetic absurdity, obscure encyclopedic knowledge, and a mathematician’s attention to detail, make him a once-in-a-generation talent. Despite his penchant for the absurd, Walrus’ is also capable of the most beautifully poetic prose, as evident in his featured piece, the surprisingly-Steinbeckian first chapter in his last epic novel.
Oct
2022
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Elena is The Stuffed Animal Rescue Foundation’s current Writer-in-Residence. She is documenting day-to-day activities at The SARF Headquarters through a series of haiku. Elena has an MFA from The University of Michigan, and her poems and short stories have been published in McStuffy’s, Hoofshares, and American Stuffed Fiction.
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2022
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Gretch is a prolific children’s author, poet, illustrator, and cartoonist. He is best known for his whimsical rhyming poetry, often featuring fictional stuffed species of his own invention. He has published dozens of books, including The Stuffed Cat is a Hat, and One Stitch, Two Stitch, Red Stitch, Blue Stitch, a semi-autobiographical memoir about his trip to the SA emergency room after suffering a seam rip while on a book tour in Europe.
Oct
2022
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Jean is an athlete, a poet, and a novelist. He attended Columbia University where he was active in its intramural football program for stuffed animals until suffering a career-ending injury. Jean has traveled extensively throughout the country, often writing about his adventures with other stuffies.
Oct
2022
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Virginia is a novelist and essayist known for her nonlinear narratives and explorations of politics, art, and power. She often explores themes of stuffed animal inequality and social justice. She is the lone wolf member of the exclusive, once all-bear Bloomsbeary artists circle.
Oct
2022
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Whit was born on Long Island, New York. Before fully devoting herself to poetry (and motherhood), she worked in the publishing industry, in addition to serving as editor of the Brooklyn Plush Eagle. She is known for her free verse style and her unpretentious use of language that is meant to appeal to the common stuffy.
