Masthead

The people behind the pages.

Gilded Scar Memoir is a literary home for true stories that examine the experiences that mark us. We believe in emotional honesty, attentive editing, and work that resists the easy ending.

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Shannon Tsonis

Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief

Stacie

Co-founder & Managing Editor

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What we hold to

We do not require writers to transform suffering into inspiration. Some wounds heal. Some alter us permanently. Some become beautiful only because we eventually learn how to carry them.

The scar remains. The gilding is what we make of it.