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Launch of our 2027 Award-Winning Books- January 29th – Mark your calendars!

January 29, 2027 | Politics & Prose - main store

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The Washington Writers’ Publishing House invites you to the launch of our 2027 books at Politics & Prose bookstore on Friday, January 29th at 7pm. Hear our newest authors read from their award-winning collections, including:

Emily Holland (they/she) is a genderqueer lesbian writer living in Baltimore, MD. Their work appears in publications including HAD, Shenandoah, DIALOGIST, Little Patuxent Review, and Black Warrior Review. She is the author of the chapbook Lineage (dancing girl press, 2019) and the recipient of multiple fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. In 2023, they served as the Chair of Outwrite, DC’s LGBTQIA+ literary festival. They are the Executive Editor of Poet Lore, America’s oldest poetry journal, and the Communications Manager at The Writer’s Center. NOTIFICATIONS ON is the winner of the Jean Feldman Poetry Prize, and is her debut collection. Learn more about Emily Holland at https://emily-holland.com/

Jason Gebhardt’s poems have appeared in The Southern Review, Poet Lore, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Gargoyle, Tar River Poetry and many other journals. His chapbook Good Housekeeping won the 2016 Cathy Smith Bowers Prize. He is the recipient of multiple artist fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. He lives in Washington, DC with his family and works as a preschool teacher. Dictionary of Air is the winner of the WWPH Editor’s 50th Anniversary Prize, and is his debut collection.

Yael Kiken is a teacher and translator. She studied literature at the University of Michigan and Georgetown University, and has taught with the Prison Creative Arts Project, the New English Literature Program, Bilingual Education for Central America in Cortés, Honduras, and Georgetown University’s Community Scholars program. She teaches writing and literature at Howard University and lives in Washington, DC, with her family. Zarpamos, winner of the WWPH Translation Prize, is her debut collection in translation.

Samantha Neugebauer is a global lecturer at NYU Washington, DC, and a senior editor at Painted Bride Quarterly. She holds an MFA from Johns Hopkins, a M.S.Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. from NYU. Originally from Philadelphia, she spent nearly a decade working abroad and now lives in Washington, DC. VILLAINS: stories, winner of the WWPH Fiction Prize, is her debut collection.

This event is free with first come, first serve seating.

Event Date

January 29, 2027
7:00–9:00 pm

Join us for the launch of 2027 award-winning titles - free and open to all

Registration Fee

FREE

Event Location

Politics & Prose - main store, 5015, Connecticut Avenue Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, 20008, United States.