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About Jackie Pick

Jackie Pick is a former teacher and current writer living in the Chicago area. She is a contributing author to multiple anthologies, including Multiples Illuminated, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real about Motherhood, Here in the Middle, as well as the and the literary magazines The Sun and Selfish. She received Honorable Mention from the Mark Twain House and Museum for her entry in the Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Competition. Jackie is a contributing writer at Humor Outcasts, and her essays have been featured on various online sites including McSweeney's, Belladonna Comedy, Mamalode, The HerStories Project, and Scary Mommy. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Jackie is co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning short film Fixed Up, and a proud member of the 2017 Chicago cast of Listen To Your Mother.

I’m On the Belladonna Today!

Humor, Publications, The Belladonna Comedy

Hello friends!

Today, the Belladonna published my humor piece, 11 Games to Help You Adult. I’d be awfully pleased if you checked it out.

The Belladonna works to give a platform to traditionally marginalized voices in comedy. Perhaps not coincidentally, Vulture called them “The New Onion” by and labeled “One of Seven Humor Websites You Should be Reading” by Paste Magazine.

Getting published on the Belladonna is a bucket-list item for me. Happy day!

Really, I’m Fine — April 2019 Month in Review

Month in Review, Publications, Recommendations, Unofficial Guidebook to Surviving Life with Toddlers, Writing, Writing process, Writing the first book,

Dear everyone in charge of scheduling things, especially children’s activities: A friendly reminder that there are actually twelve months in a year in play here, not just a five-week span from mid-April to mid-May. Continue reading Really, I’m Fine — April 2019 Month in Review →