Freedom Challenge Winner

"To be truly free"...

That was the goal of our foremothers after all. But the word "freedom" has morphed and changed in so many ways in the last 234 years and means something different to each one of us.

We asked, "What does freedom mean to you? Tell us a story." Freedom meant a slew of different things to the women who wrote in. We didn't want Chicken for the Soul-esque stories—We wanted edgy, thought-provoking pieces and you delivered.

And the winner is... Dissecting Demons by Janeen Musselman.

She will receive a suite of skirt! books including Smotherhood, The Cult of Perfection and The Gospel According to Coco Chanel.
 

The runners up were...

The Caged Bird Does Not Sing by Kim Sisto Robinson

I am Me by Margaret Langerstedt

Honorable mentions included...

Free to Dream by Susan Boswell

Freedom by Inches by Laura Owens

Closed for the Year by Brynn Claypoole

To be Truly Free by Tina Ferguson

Freedom Activist by Angela Donner

Freedom with a Price by Jennifer Taylor

Freedom, Meant to Be by Brenda Granger