Welcome to WWPH Writes #44! In this issue, our writers deal with the otherworldy in the ordinary. Acclaimed poet Natasha Sajé explores the act of immersion in a text. “I’m bundled in another mind,” begins the remarkable Reading, the first of her two poems that we share with you in this issue. First-time published […]
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WWPH WRITES ISSUE 43
Welcome to WWPH Writes #43! Welcome to our Valentine’s Day Issue! Think of love and the beloved—those with us and those gone. The poem, The Diamond Ocean of Jupiter by Matt Hohner, imagines a lover’s offering: “I would give you Jupiter’s aurora.” The beloved could be taken on “wings of time”—if only we were […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 42
Welcome to WWPH Writes #42! Both of the works in this new issue grabbed us with their openings. In Things I Didn’t Know I Love the first line: “The tall stack of books, always staring me down” speaks in multitudes of truth to this writer, and the poem continues with a list of even more. […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 41
WWPH WRITES THE HOLIDAYS Part 2 Welcome to our first issue of 2023! Christie Chapman’s “Box,” a finalist for the WWPH Writes the Holidays contest, asks us to consider what to box up, or hideaway. What are things we can only see once a year, and why? Madelyn Rosenberg’s poem, “Glue,” also a finalist, explores […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 40
WWPH WRITES THE HOLIDAYS Special WWPH WRITES THE HOLIDAYS! The second annual holiday special features winners of our prose and poetry contest, WWPH Writes the Holidays, judged this year by poet and WWPH press mate Brandel France de Bravo. Her prompt was to reflect on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s insight, “every word was once a poem.” […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 39
Welcome to Issue 39! In Nigel Assam’s “Halcyon Court (Backyard Trees),” the narrator describes the magic of a summer yard—speculating on the types of trees as the cicadas sing (something we may all long for now in the dark of December). In the excerpt from Martha Ann Toll’s acclaimed debut, Three Muses, we are also […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 38
Welcome to Issue 38 In this issue, we have a dichotomy of good and evil. The poem, “HIV Nightline” by Lane Falcon is about volunteering and “the spool of night unraveling.” Heartbreaking poetry. The trio of microfictions under the title “Bad People,” by Christie Chapman are also gems, the kind of tiny stories I love […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 37
Welcome to Issue 37 Welcome to November and Issue 37! This issue includes two works that light up the darkness. The poem, “Ancestry” by Alyson Gold Weinberg explores the results of a DNA test, and that “dark humor” of belonging, or, it is, not belonging. The flash fiction, “Capitol Hill, 4:12 pm,” by Wiliam Fleeson, […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 36
Welcome to Issue 36! We are thrilled to share two excerpts from debuts by DMV writers, both intertwined with beauty and mystery along with haunting lyricism. The first work, a poem from Sarah Katz’s daring collection, Country of Glass, transports us back to the 1940s. A short excerpt from Virginia Hartman’s acclaimed novel, The Marsh […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 35
Welcome to Issue 35 We hope you are enjoying the beautiful fall weather! First, some news to share: we are extending the deadline for our 2023 manuscript contests to November 15th. We are eager to read your book-length manuscripts in poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction. More details here. Now onto this week’s work! Dana Cann’s […]