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 […]
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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 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 […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 71
WWPH Writes 71…features two works with hints of wonder and bits of magic–Discarded Shards by Eva K. Sullivan and a novel excerpt from Bookstories by Sarah Tollok. We have a busy spring ahead at WWPH! We are thrilled that our premier work in translation, AGUAS/Waters by Miguel Avero, is soon to be published (May 16th)–see […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 70
WWPH Writes 70…features an anniversary poem, by Doritt Carroll, a searing, image-rich work about modern marriage, alongside The Purim Story: A Prologue , a re-imagining of an ancient story, by Alexis Chase, a young writer with much talent and promise. Plus, two not-to-miss opportunities, both coincidentally on Thursday, March 28th in Washington DC are coming […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 69
Welcome to issue 69… we are kicking off March, Women’s History Month, with Getting To Know The Neighbors by poet Shenandoah Sowash and A Rock Star of My Own, music-inspired creative nonfiction by Laura Sturza. Plus, a special shout out to our friends at The Inner Loop for doing all they do to promote authors in […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 68
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 […]
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 […]