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Nancy Jorgensen
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Nonfiction writer navigating education, music, family, and sport. Mother to Olympic Champion Gwen Jorgensen & teacher/author Elizabeth Jorgensen. My work ⤵ https://nancyjorgensen.weebly.com
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Dec 4
Happy to announce my essay "Domestique" is nominated for @pushcartprize.bsky.social.

Thank you to the UnderReview for the nomination.
Thank you to Gwen Jorgensen for great subject matter.
Thank you to Elizabeth Jorgensen for edits!

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Domestique — The Under Review
Domestique French, noun.  Servant. Help.     
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Sep 4
My Op Ed in @captimes.com

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Opinion | All students impacted by federal funding cuts
Nancy Jorgensen: I was able to save my musical theater class with donations and fees, but the loss of funds has reduced general services and support for students.
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Aug 30
My latest @huffpost.com Personal essay.

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I Was Hired As A High School Teacher. You Might Be Surprised By What I Was Really Doing All Those Years.
"Most people don’t see schools as life-saving institutions, but I sometimes witnessed life’s most fragile moments."
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Aug 25
2025 International Sijo Competition – Submissions open

No entry fee
Prize money $500/$250/$100

Resources:
- how to write sijo: www.sejongculturalsociety.org/writing/curr...

Submit sijo using this online form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Aug 15
Love the Wisconsin Life underscore on my essay! Thank you
Wisconsin Public Radio!

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Pub, players and pints: Dropping in for an Irish music session in Waukesha - Wisconsin Life
Irish music sessions regularly pop up in pubs and restaurants across Wisconsin. These are generally informal gatherings, where tin whistlers, fiddlers and accordionists play traditional Irish tunes. W...
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Aug 11
My essay is the Editor's Pick today @nextavenue.bsky.social

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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Jul 26
My latest @huffpost.com piece!

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10 Years After He Graduated, A Student Sent Me A DM With An Apology I Never Expected
"Couldn’t that describe me as a kid? Should I have written those words to my own former teachers?"
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · May 24
My latest @huffpost.com essay. Thank you @noahmichelson.bsky.social .

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I Was Shocked When My Daughter Wanted To Compete In The Olympics. What Happened Next Was Even More Stunning.
“The perils of competition — choppy water, a pile-up on the bike course, hazardous heat — scared me.”
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · May 9
Sijo Poetry Summit 2025
June 27-28
In-person and Zoom
FREE to attend

More information and full schedule here:
www.sejongculturalsociety.org/sijo/sijo_su...

Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · May 7
My latest essay on Wisconsin Life at WPR. Print version as well as my recording are posted.
Elizabeth, Elizabeth and Me: The 'rebel trio' of Wisconsin educators - Wisconsin Life
Some professions run in the family. For writer Nancy Jorgensen of Waukesha, she spent her career as a teacher — just like her aunt and her daughter. She explores their vocations in this essay, “Rebel ...
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Apr 30
2025 International Sijo Competition – Submissions open

No entry fee
Prize money $500/$250/$100

Sijo is a traditional three-line Korean poetic form organized by line and syllable count.

Submit sijo using this online form:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · Apr 15
If you love your library, listen up…
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Does It Have Pockets @doesithavepockets.bsky.social · Mar 3
"A few years after my wrestling days, students started calling me Nancy Pants."

A hilarious and touching journey through the monikers of the inimitable @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social | www.doesithavepockets.com/cnf/nancy-jo...

Art @anchalastudio.bsky.social
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Mar 2
In which I reveal my wrestling name.

@doesithavepockets.bsky.social

#essay #creativenonfiction #hermitcrab
Nancy Jorgensen — Does It Have Pockets
Alias Disclosure  Please note: By responding to this questionnaire, you consent to publication and understand this information could limit or extend boundaries of self-image, professional advan...
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Feb 24
My essay "A Short History of Shattered Molds" is free to read here:
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Elizabeth Jorgensen, you're in it.

Gwen Jorgensen, you, Stanley, and George are too.https://sblaam.com/issues/#flipbook-1356/45/
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Feb 11
My Huffington Post essay published today. @huffpost.com Thank you editor @noahmichelson.bsky.social
My Husband's Medical Team Was Failing Him. Then A Stranger Stepped In And Said 6 Words That Saved His Life.
"At a time when the universe had robbed me — of my husband’s health and companionship, of security, contentment and peace of mind — she offered me a gift."
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Feb 7
February Sijo Challenge

Multiple winners earn gift cards.

Details here:
www.instagram.com/p/DFnxoNjxp5...
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Jan 31
Thank you to Chaotic Merge Magazine for publishing this hermit crab essay. "Tragedies and Disappointments of a Happy Youth." PAGE 7 at the link.
Issue 8
This issue includes works by the following contributors: Fiction by Logan Markko, Franz Jørgen Neumann, Adina Polatsek, Audrey-Anna Gamache, and Kevin B. Nonfiction by Blair Kinsey, Elana Walters, N.L...
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Jan 30
𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐣𝐨 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐲: 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 7

Special opportunity for HONORARIUM

More information:
www.sejongculturalsociety.org/sijoday/
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Jan 28
My latest essay is free to read at Voices and Visions Journal.

Many thanks to the journal and to my editor Elizabeth Jorgensen.
Uncle Al’s Compendium for Creativity
By Nancy Jorgensen Alverno College HAVEN  Tony, Wisconsin, is so tiny mapmakers pretend it doesn’t exist. But within its two square  miles—population 160—lived a writer.  My nana’s b…
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Jan 22
For more information, visit the Sejong Cultural Society website:
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Dec 19
Sharing my essay "Grand Obsessions" published today at @jmwwjournal.bsky.social. All about pianos, Cheerios, sports, etc.

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Creative Nonfiction: Grand Obsessions by Nancy Jorgensen
First, my right hand settled on the brown-stained keys. The chip on middle C scraped my thumb, telling me I found the right spot. My left thumb rested next to it, but my ring finger refused to lie …
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Dec 18
Attention Wisconsin writers! Sijo poetry contest. No entry fee. Multiple prizes $100-$400. Due January 20.
more info at sejongculturalsociety.org/wisijo/index...
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Nancy Jorgensen @nancyjorgensen.bsky.social · Dec 13
Sijo Poetry and Visual Art Exhibition

YouTube tour here: youtu.be/nPVoURgkcvg?...

OR
Visit in-person: December 20-30, 2024; Korean Cultural Center of Chicago; 9925 Capitol Drive, Wheeling, IL
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