Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to a special issue of WWPH Writes featuring the work of young writers from the Career Academy, an alternative public high school in Baltimore. This project was a first for the Washington Writers’ Publishing House—to use our acclaimed anthology, This Is What America Looks Like: Poetry & […]
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WWPH Writes: Issue # 24
Welcome to Issue 24! This issue takes a look at ways in which the narrators confront memory and challenges. In Jessica Simon’s “Stuffed Dragons,” the narrator reflects on childhood time by the sea, and though not all memories are sweet, they are still part of who we are. In “The Rest of My Life Might […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 23
Cassiopeia. A Vigil Moon. The night sky embraces the works of our poet, Kim Roberts, and fiction writer, Marcy Dilworth, in our twenty-third issue. The language is so precise and vivid in these texts that I feel like I am with the storytellers, searching the stars, or basking in the moonlight at a Wawa convenience […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 22
In anticipation of April, National Poetry Month, we feature two poets in this issue. First, a new poet, Liv-e, brings thoughts of summer, adolescence, and family ties in her poem, “Swim Good.” And, Steven Leyva, winner of WWPH’s 2020 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize, celebrates the re-launch of his acclaimed collection, The Understudy’s Handbook, and shares […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 21
Welcome to Issue 21! We have two sense-drenched works to share: the “ephemera” of cherry blossoms in Otito Greg-Obi‘s vivid poem “Cherry Blossoms” and Cameron MacKenzie’s equally alive and spring-infused flash fiction, “Umbrella.” (I had to look it up–this year’s 110th Cherry Blossom Festival is March 20-April 17 in Washington DC). Read about our special […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 20
Welcome to Issue 20! This issue brings together two ideas of home—one remembered with nostalgia, the other “perfect home” undesired and somewhat feared. How do we think of spaces that we occupy, and what is the definition of home. Susan Mockler’s poem “Snowdrift” and Abby Crofton’s “The Perfect Home” offer two different approaches to consider […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 19
Gatherings are happening again in our writing, after so long an isolation–a moment captured at Miriam’s Kitchen in DC in Bonnie Naradzy’s poem “Life Is Like The Flight of Bede’s Sparrow,” and with a couple, who connects and disconnects over a Happy Meal, in Len Kruger’s “Collectors.” Plus, see below for a special call for […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 18
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV You are invited! Join us this Wednesday, February 2nd from 7:30-9 pm, ET to celebrate the first anniversary of THIS IS WHAT AMERICA LOOKS LIKE: Poetry & Fiction from DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Register for the Zoom Link here. We are featuring fiction writers and poets […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 17
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV Welcome to our first issue of 2022! We are featuring the fabulous finalists of our WWPH WRITES THE HOLIDAYS contest: poet Christopher Ankney and fiction writer Julia Tagliere. Congratulations again to our prize-winners Fran Abrams and Monica Rodman (find their work here in issue 16), and […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 16
Dedicated to Poetry & Fiction Writers in the DMV WWPH WRITES SPECIAL HOLIDAY EDITION Here comes…our first holiday issue featuring the winners of our inaugural WWPH WRITES THE HOLIDAYS contest, Fran Abrams and Monica Rodman. A reminder that WWPH WRITES has free subscriptions and submissions; it’s our joy to spotlight the writers of the DMV […]