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WWPH WRITES ISSUE 82

WWPH Writes 82…loves raindrops, Poe (and not the one you might expect), our 2024 award-winning books, which are officially on sale on October 8th, and so much more. Join us as we celebrate the launch of our 2024 award-winning books: For the Blessings of Jupiter and Venus by Varun Gauri; UNARMED: An American Educator’s Memoir […]

WWPH WRITES ISSUE 81

WWPH Writes 81…shares wide-ranging intimacies in new work by poet Susan Scheid, SOVEREIGNTY, and creative nonfiction by Jill P. Strachan in LESBIAN LOVE AT TACO BELL. And our September includes us being out in the world: 50th-anniversary celebrations on Friday, September 13th at 6 pm at People’s Books in Takoma Park with our co-founder Grace […]

WWPH WRITES ISSUE 80

WWPH Writes 80…continues our TINY ODES special issues. Plus, your Washington Writers’ Publishing House has a big September planned… We kick off our 50th-anniversary celebrations on Friday, September 13th at 6 pm People’s Books in Takoma Park with our co-founder Grace Cavalieri and more. Please RSVP below to join us. We have a joyful reading […]

WWPH WRITES ISSUE 79

WWPH Writes 79…welcomes our annual TINY POEM special issues in August. This year, there are loads of TINY ODES. We kick off our 50th-anniversary celebrations on Friday, September 13th at People’s Books in Takoma Park with our co-founder Grace Cavalieri and more. FREE. Please RSVP below to join us! Enjoy our TINY ODES special issue!  Caroline […]

WWPH WRITES ISSUE 78

WWPH Writes 78…features Leona Sevick’s poem, STEADY, GIRL, about horses, wildness, love, and devotion that stays, and leaves, and shows us masterful imagery and metaphor. Briana Maley’s micro prose, HOW LIFE GOES SOMETIMES, is a meditation about her father, a kite, a beach, and a longing for summer never to end. However, even as it does end, “All of it […]

WWPH WRITES ISSUE 77

WWPH Writes 77…and we are looking forward to seeing many of you this weekend at our Aguas/Waters events at Politics & Prose in DC, at The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, and at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda! See below for details. Free and open to all. But first, read on to this issue’s poetry, ONLY, […]

WWPH WRITES ISSUE 76

WWPH Writes 76…celebrates our 2024 WWPH PRIDE CONTEST winners. Plus, next up–TINY POEMS August issues! This year, we are seeking odes, six lines or less. And lastly, join us at one of our July events for AGUAS/WATERS by Miguel Avero, translated by Jona Colson. Read on for more details. Happy Pride! Caroline Bock & Jona […]

WWPH WRITES ISSUE 75

WWPH Writes 75…To help celebrate PRIDE, this issue of WWPH Writes is dedicated to the Pride Fellows at the Arts Club of Washington: Regie Cabico, Ishanee Chanda, Hiram Larew, and Michelle Parkerson. I am also thrilled to be part of this talented group. The Pride Poetry Residency at the Arts Club was started by local poet […]

WWPH WRITES ISSUE 74

WWPH Writes 74…and we are ready for summer! We have works that evoke summertime with poetry about the sea by Donald Illich in THE OCEAN THIEF and creative nonfiction by Sharon North in SHELTER FROM THE STORM, and we have our annual WWPH PRIDE poetry and prose contest opening on June 1st and our TINY […]