WWPH Writes 98… and it’s Q&A for the End of the World, the innovative collaborative poetry collection from Kim Roberts and Michael Gushue, featured in this issue. We are also celebrating the publication of our first-ever pocket-size anthology, CAPITAL QUEER: A Pride Celebration, which is now available for pre-orders (official pub date is Tuesday, May […]
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WWPH WRITES ISSUE 97
WWPH Writes 97… spotlights two works of dislocation/unease in our modern world with Meg Eden’s poem Outside the 26-Martyr Monument in Nagasaki, Japan, and Edward Daschle’s terrifically twisted flash fiction on the temp world Assistant in the House of Unexpected Arrivals. We are also celebrating the May publication of our first-ever chapbook-anthology, CAPITAL QUEER: A […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 96-NATIONAL POETRY MONTH SPECIAL
WWPH Writes 96… celebrates National Poetry Month with the work of poets we love: Steven Leyva, Holly Karapetkova, and Tonee Mae Moll. All three are our press-mates. Steven and Holly have must-read new poetry collections just published with other notable small presses, and Tonee Mae Moll has a new edition of her WWPH award-winning collection, You […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 95
WWPH Writes 95… and at this tumultuous moment, we pivot work that boldly speaks to us: SHAVASANA: CORPSE POEM by Gina Sangster and COMPLICITY by Erika Raskin. Plus, news on a special project, CAPITAL QUEER: A PRIDE Celebration, a chapbook-anthology with a publication date of May 27th! See below for our fabulous cover reveal and […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 94
WWPH Writes 94… and a poet returns to the Washington Writers’ Publishing House…Jane Schapiro published her first poetry collection, Tapping This Stone, in 1995 with WWPH, and is back with a haunting poem, The Warm Line: The Hand. Her work is alongside a gripping excerpt from The Churning, a novel-in-progress by Jyoti Minocha. Your Washington Writers’ […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 93
WWPH Writes 93… the wild world comes to the forefront in When You Stopped Posting Wordle and Started Posting Strands, poetry by Kristin W. Davis, and Commander Speaks, a novel excerpt by Jody Jaffe. Big welcome to our Class of 2025 WWPH Fellows. These are 12-week, virtual, paid fellowships with undergraduates and graduate students who […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 92
WWPH Writes 92… captures sharp dualities with THE KEY, poetry by Karla Daly, and CRIME SPREE AT THE IGA, creative nonfiction by Paul Grussendorf. For all of those who like to plan ahead, we open submissions for our annual book-length manuscript contests on May 1st. This year, we are seeking fiction (short novel or short […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 91
WWPH Writes 91… comes to you with rapt joy in the poem SUNRISE SAILBOAT from Chris Biles and a sharp-witted satire about the briefest and sweetest of romances in the flash fiction I MARRIED A DAY-OLD SHEET CAKE by Tara Van De Mark. We are also reading through all the submissions for AMERICA’S FUTURE, our upcoming […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 90
WWPH Writes 90… remembers our beloved past WWPH president, Elisavietta “Lisa” Ritchie, and shares new works: Lois Perch Villamaire’s creative nonfiction flash, full of portent, Awake to the Blast of the Smoke Alarm, and Alex Carrigan’s uncanny poem, The Fables of Snakes. Big reminder: AMERICA’S FUTURE, our 50th-anniversary anthology of poetry and prose, has a […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 89
WWPH Writes 89… looks back and forward. We begin with remembering two poets with very special ties to the Washington Writers’ Publishing House: Myra Sklarew and Henry Taylor. In 2025, we look forward to finding new talents submitting to WWPH Writes–writers like Tanner Call and his allegorical flash story Skin to Stone, which shimmers in this […]