Personal COVID-19 Stories
Read about the personal experiences written by emerging and established creators including writers working at the intersections of the pandemic and self-exploration.
The World Poetics of Lockdown in Pandemic Poetry
A Pandemic Tragedy in Guayaquil: How Ecuador’s Largest City Endured One of the World’s Most Lethal Outbreaks of COVID-19
Trust and Cooperation through Social Media: COVID-19Translations for Chinese Communities in Melbourne
Teen Lives, Interrupted by COVID
A Deadly Infodemic: Social Media and the ID-19 Misinformation
Lingering
How High We Go in the Dark
This Is What a 16-Hour Hospital Shift Is Like for Me While Omicron Rages
I Saw Firsthand What It Takes to Keep Covid out of Hong Kong. It Felt like a Different Planet
Poetry in Crisis: Its Writing and Circulation during the Pandemic in China
The COVID Journals: Healthcare Workers Write the Pandemic
Graves in One’s Heart: Grassroots Memorialization of Dr. Li Wenliang during the COVID-19 Outbreak in China
The Privilege of Staying Home: COVID and the Highly Skilled Workforce
Unmasking Inequality in our Pandemic Narratives
A Few Math Problems for Mothers with COVID
A Welcome Unfreedom in South Korea
Through Photography, Migrant Filipina Care Workers Share Their Hopes and Fears While Working During COVID-19
The ‘COVID Excuse’: EUropean Border Violence in the Mediterranean Sea
Submit your Research on COVID-19
Scholars and Researchers: Submit your essay engaging with any aspect of telling COVID-19 stories. We are looking for thesis-driven research, with a clear theory framework, a body of analysis that shows concrete examples, and a conclusion. Images are welcome. Articles are subject to peer-review and editing.
Share your Personal COVID-19 Story
Creative writers: Contribute to our global narrative project, amplifying diverse experiences and challenges.