Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to Issue #8 WWPH Writes is going back to school with Julie Iannone’s cinematic prologue from her novel-in-progress, which made me laugh out loud at the absurdity Colleen Parsons, a new teaching assistant, faces. I am rooting for the delightful IS COLLEEN GONNA LIVE? to get published in […]
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WWPH Writes: Issue # 7
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to Issue #7 The dog days of summer are still here—days with “ice-crusted” drinks and lying on the evening grass or green rooftops while summer storms gather. The poem “Caution” and the excerpt “Green Roof” are also both about poignant moments between friends, who, perhaps after a […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 6
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to Issue #6 Our poetry and fiction this issue shimmers with summertime–cicadas and lightening strikes–by award-winning poet Myra Sklarew, a longtime member of the WWPH community, and by a new voice to WWPH, Briana Maley. And remember: submission to WWPH Writes is free, though you will see a […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 5
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to Issue #5 Was it “your whim, or vague/sense of danger/that let you hesitate,” writes Burgi Zenhaeusern in this issue’s poem, “To a Deer in Rock Creek Park.” This elegant, dynamic poem captures a meditative encounter that many of us have known. To contrast, Myna […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 4
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to Issue #4 Welcome to summer and to the poet Kateema Lee, who urges us to ‘fly or die,’ in her soaring poetry and and to Ruth Ticktin, who weaves some “bad poetry” into her short story, “Get Up and Sing.” We also honor one of our poets from This […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 3
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to Issue #3 This issue highlights two writers from the WWPH community—both were previously published in This Is What America Looks Like: Poetry and Fiction from DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Two poems by Christopher Goodrich capture relationships with the present—one narrator finds himself playing a game […]
WWPH Writes: Second Issue
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Our second issue! We have only just begun, but as a bi-weekly, I counted that we have ‘only’ 14 more issues for the year. We are open to submissions for these issues. We are looking for unpublished poetry or short fiction from any writer who is […]
WWPH Writes: First Issue
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome! To the first issue of our bi-weekly literary journal from The Washington Writers’ Publishing House, Many of you know that we were launched in 1975 as a poetry collective, some called it back then a ‘hippie collective.’ Our nonprofit, independent, cooperative, all-volunteer small press has […]