Your twenties are often framed as the best years of your life.

But for many women, this decade can be messy, uncertain, lonely, and emotionally exhausting as we grapple with friendship shifts, career confusion, heartbreak, identity changes, financial pressure, and the realisation that adulthood, more often than not, looks way different to what we once imagined.

In Our Twenties is a new nationwide storytelling and creative development project exploring the experiences, challenges, questions, and transitions that shape this decade for young wāhine in Aotearoa.

We’re looking for twenty women, aged 20-29, from regional communities across Aotearoa to write a personal essay reflecting on their experiences through this decade so far.

Contributors will:

• Take part in a virtual workshop to explore the stories, themes, and moments that have shaped your twenties so far.
• Participate in a virtual creative writing workshop ...