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 […]
Journal Tag Archives:
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 51
Welcome to WWPH Writes 51…Two breathtaking vivid moments highlight this issue of WWPH Writes from the gorgeous prose poetry of Dan Vera in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington DC to the American Arcadia novel excerpt from Laura Scalzo set in Manhattan in the 1980s. We’re looking for submissions for our first annual WWPH PRIDE […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 50
Welcome to WWPH Writes 50! We are so grateful to have made it to 50 issues, and we look forward to 50 more! In Wedding Poem, Danielle Badra, the current poet laureate of Fairfax County, celebrates vows on a wedding day—a beautifully crafted poem that bears witness to love and commitment. Kathleen Wheaton’s Redwood […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 49
Welcome to WWPH Writes 49…This issue has music, lots of music. In Michele Wolf’s poem, Child’s Violin, we listen to the music from a violin during a grandmother’s birthday celebration, and how such a small instrument can bring such joy. In an excerpt from Aaron Hamburger’s novel, Hotel Cuba, we feel the rhythm and […]
WWPH WRITES ISSUE 48
Welcome to WWPH Writes 48…We are celebrating the end of National Poetry Month with poetry by Sean Murphy and his bluesy, lyrical lines in DuBose Heyward’s Blues. And under our occasional interview feature, THE TOP FIVE, we have WWPH Fellow Lindsay Forbes Brown asking her five big questions of master poets Grace […]
WWPH Writes: Issue # 28
I In this issue, we are proud to highlight new poems and reprints from two New Editions from the poets, Grace Cavalieri and Myra Sklarew. The Washington Writers’ Publishing House is thrilled to publish a new edition of Grace Cavalieri’s Why I Cannot Take a Lover, originally published by WWPH in 1975. These intimate, brave […]