Welcome to issue 68… we are amplifying the works of two writers with celebrated new books, poet Simon Shieh and fiction writer Elizabeth Bruce, and announcing the winners of our 2024 manuscript contests. We are grateful to all who shared their fiction, nonfiction, and poetry manuscripts with us. There is so much literary talent in […]
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WWPH WRITES ISSUE 67- SPECIAL AWP ISSUE
Welcome to Issue 67… and works that transport us far beyond the ordinary, Astrolabe, a poem by David Keplinger, and The House of Plain Truth, a novel excerpt by Donna Hemans. We are excited to have the Washington Writers’ Publishing House at AWP in Kansas City this week. Stop by our exhibit table (T3034) and […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 66
Www Welcome to Issue 66. We have writing that darkly plays with form and voice this week in the work of Virginia writers Philip Raisor and Steve Bills. We have news about WRITING THE DMV reading and celebration kick-off at the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) conference with our friends at Day Eight […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 65
Www Happy New Year! Welcome to Issue 65. This issue has many surprises. Miho Kinnas and E. Ethelbert Miller have collaborated on poems, what Ethelbert calls “twoness poems.” Their poem, What Should We Do with All This History?, begins with this question but ends, “Every dictator believes in resurrection.” Read it to see how these masterful poets arrive […]
WWPH WRITES THE HOLIDAYS SPECIAL ISSUE 64
Www WWPH Writes 64…writes the holidays! Read the first-prize winners of our third annual WWPH WRITES the Holidays contest, judged by Kim Roberts. And please consider an end-of-year donation to your Washington Writers’ Publishing House. We plan to kick off our 50th-anniversary literary celebrations in 2024 with your help. Upcoming events include AWP in Kansas […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 63
Www WWPH Writes 63… seeks love this holiday season with two heartfelt works… Misfortune of the Perpetually Single Gay Male Romantic by Piérre Ramon Thomas and …nothing like the sun by Jamie Kern. Congratulations to our WWPH Writes the Holidays winners! Thank you to all who entered our end-of-year tradition here at the Washington Writers’ […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 62
Www WWPH Writes 62… is about appreciation. In Jack Jacobs’ poem Avenue, the speaker realizes their appreciation for the unknown with this revelation, “Mystery holds the key/To joy,” and in Barbara A. Wanchisen’s creative nonfiction, Ten Years Later, the narrative is all about finding peace and appreciation in the act of memorializing a loved one. […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 61
Www Welcome to WWPH Writes 61… This issue features two very different pieces linked by observation and craft. In Kim Roberts’ poem, Gertrude Stein, the narrator meditates on the famous writer and her relationship—what they think and do in love. In The Bus, flash fiction by Olubunmi Adeloye, the speaker keenly sees their fellow bus […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 60
Www Welcome to WWPH Writes 60… From Naomi Ayala’s poetry to Shaylynn Mark’s flash fiction, this issue is haunting! And we have some exciting news to share! In 2024, the Washington Writers’ Publishing House is going global, We will publish works in translation from around the world by translators from the DMV, beginning with Aguas/Waters […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 59
Www Welcome to WWPH Writes 59! We are thrilled to share excerpts from our 2023 award-winning books by K. Avvirin Berlin, Len Kruger, and Bernardine “Dine” Watson. As a cooperative, independent, nonprofit, literary small press, we have been publishing books for almost 50 years! In 1975, the Washington Writers’ Publishing House was launched by four poets, including Grace […]