10/17/2026
Q: Sum your piece up in one short sentence/give an elevator pitch.
“Like Water Over Stones” is a flash creative nonfiction piece. A narrative told through a series of vignettes, Olivia navigates medical gaslighting and radical acceptance through metaphor and memory.
More about me:
Olivia J. Bennett (26, she/they) is an award-winning author and freelance editor. Her chronic illness diagnoses include TMJ disorder (TMD) which she wrote about for ’s fourth volume, and recurrent UTIs, which she wrote about for this anthology. When not creating, Olivia can be found baking cookies, watching Naruto or Lost with their partner, or cuddling their two cats. She lives in Illinois.
Never Too Young is a charity anthology, edited and compiled by A.M. Tyson and Olivia J. Bennett, featuring 27 poems and essays on what it means to be chronically ill as a young person.
It features:
Olivia J. Bennett (.j.creates)
Kaleigh Schmidt ()
Devin Araneta ()
Kelly Esparza ()
Jordan Corley
Maya Jeanne (.jeanne)
Alysha Everwood (.of.a.bookworm)
Savannah Hernandez
Meg McBain ()
ZiAr ()
Lily March
Mattie Paige ()
A.M. Tyson (.tyson.writes)
Makena Metz ()
Marissa Anne ()
Mary K. Gowdy ()
Marwa Hussain ()
Brittney Kristina (.kristina)
All proceeds from the sale of this anthology will be donated directly to Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, which aims to provide medical and humanitarian relief collectively and individually to children throughout the Levant, regardless of their nationality or religion.
Print version available Oct. 20, 2026 🦌🍄💜
Pre-order an e-copy here: https://a.co/d/08phN4Mm
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NOTE: Never Too Young, its creators, editors, and featured authors are not endorsed by, directly affiliated with, or sponsored by Palestine Children’s Relief Fund.
