Emily Chaffins is a fiction writer and journalist seeking out the adventure in the everyday through humor and a passion for storytelling. Her writing has been honored with multiple awards, including various Catholic Media Awards for journalism and First Place for Graduate Fiction in the Florida International University Student Literary Awards (2026). Her reporting has been featured in local and international publications, including Flipboard, EWTN News, and National Catholic Register. Emily enjoys singing at church, cooking and baking with her family, and reading really big books. She can be found on Instagram as @the.smallest_things.
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