Creative Nonfiction Archives

The Orioles game at the end of the world

By Michael Kelly IV

2025 Jackie Mitchell Prize Winner

By Dennis Anderson

Second Place

By Seth Kaplan

Honorable Mention

By Ryan Eshoff

By Steven Gimbel

By Eligio Mares

By John Schmidtke

By Aarik Danielsen

By Terry Horstman

By JD Clapp

Joseph Lewis’ Jackie Mitchell Prize-winning piece on Frank Howard.

Malavika Praseed writes about being an Indian baseball fan.

Travis D. Roberson writes about the under-appreciated stadium workers.

Jim Ross dreams of Duke Snider.

Michael Ward writes about auditioning for The Sandlot—maybe.

Tommy McAree on his father’s love affair with baseball.

Ruth Hawley writes about the pain of getting and missing bruises.

Glen Jeffries on finding a home in baseball’s “book of memories.”

Peter Matthiessen Wheelwright’s prize-winning essay eulogizes his mother.

Chris Sowers’ essay on coaching baseball and his son’s diagnosis of autism.