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Second Place for Flash Prose in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

Congratulations to Amy Wright for winning second place for flash prose in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read “Leaves” below. Leaves The leaves crackle underfoot like the brittle bones of extinct woodland creatures as we walk through the towering oaks. Denuded of foliage, the mossy boughs and each knobby twig are outlined against the dull, […]

What is First Chapter Fun? Hank Phillipi Ryan and Hannah Mary McKinnon Tell Us

With First Chapter Fun, authors Hannah Mary McKinnon and Hank Phillipi Ryan provide a community that helps authors. Hey WNBA, what are you doing on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:30 PM ET? Whatever it is, stop for a half hour, and join First Chapter Fun with Hank and Hannah. You’ll add so many books to […]

Third Place for Creative Nonfiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

Congratulations to Naomi Weiss for winning third place for creative nonfiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read the winning entry, “Earplugs,” below. Earplugs I was working as a librarian in the Donnell Film Library on 53rd Street when I happened to pass Caswell-Massey on Lexington and 48th. Among sleep items impeccably displayed […]

Third Place for Fiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

Congratulations to Bonnie Olsen for winning third place for fiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read “A Calm and Rational Story about Murder, Excellent Caretaking, and One Smart Chicken” below. A Calm and Rational Story about Murder, Excellent Caretaking, and One Smart Chicken One member of the animal kingdom I’ve always liked […]

Third Place for Flash Prose in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

Congratulations to Kate MacGuire for winning third place for flash prose in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read “Distraction Display” below. Distraction Display “Andrea Ferrell?” That was me, cradling my wrist in a bloody sweatshirt. “How did the injury happen?” The crescent-shaped bite spoke for itself, but we needed something for the record. […]

Third Place for Poetry in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

Congratulations to Iris Jamahl Dunkle for winning third place for poetry in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read “Sinkhole” below. Sinkhole Driveway washed out. We are done drifting from place to blown place. A silver boat lies like a question on the side of the road. River keeps rising. It is our heritage […]

Hannah Oliver Depp Wins 2021 WNBA Award

The Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) announces that the 2021 WNBA Award winner is Hannah Oliver Depp, owner of Loyalty Bookstores in Petworth, DC and downtown Silver Spring, MD. “Nominations for this year’s award ran the gamut from publisher to children’s book author to biographer,” said NC Weil, WNBA Award chair. “What distinguishes Oliver Depp is her meritorious work […]

Second Place for Fiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

Congratulations to Lauren Parvizi for winning second place for poetry in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read “Resurfacing” below. Resurfacing The first time Dee saw the man rise from the water it was past midnight on a Tuesday, the same night Tom left their apartment for the last time. As the door shut […]

Second Place for Creative Nonfiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

Congratulations to Carol Fischbach for winning second place for creative nonfiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read the winning entry, “Butterflies, Berries, and Beef,” below. Butterflies, Berries, and Beef While other kids worried about answering the question on the blackboard, I squinted, strained, tried to read the words. If I stretched the […]

Second Place for Poetry in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest: “Reclaimed” by Rhett Watts

Congratulations to Rhett Watts for winning second place for poetry in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read “Reclaimed” below. Reclaimed Water logged, sinker logs, forgotten flotillas of felled trees held beneath the surface like unspoken words stored, corralled, massed in strung sentences. I’m thinking of the Carolina wood my ancestors made barrels from, purveyors […]