In an effort to combat the gender byline gap in media, Autostraddle compiled a list of the 215 best longreads from 2015, all written by women. Included on the list is “Out of the Swollen Sea” by Tammy Delatorre, selected by Cheryl Strayed as the winner of the first annual Payton James Freeman Prize.
Read this year’s winning essay, “Greyhound” by Stephanie Anderson, selected by Emily Rapp, and check out the rest of Autostraddle’s list here.
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