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Third Place for Flash Prose in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

Graphic showing Kate MacGuire headshot stating she is the third place winner for flash prose for 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

Graphic showing Iris Jamahl Dunkle's headshot stating she is the third place winner for poetry for 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

Hannah Oliver Depp shown in half profile with a half smile wearing a black shirt.

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

Graphic showing Lauren Parvizi's headshot stating she is the second place winner for fiction for 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

Graphic showing Carol Fischbach's headshot stating she is the second place winner for Creative Nonfiction for 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

2020 WNBA Writing Contest second place winner for poetry 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 […]

Win a Copy of Writing Wild: WNBA Bookish Giveaway

Win a copy of Writing Wild by Kathryn Aalto sponsored by Timber Press. Book cover shows two women in black clothes, one standing by a tree, the other sitting in the green grass.

Writing Wild Book Giveaway In Writing Wild, Kathryn Aalto celebrates 25 women whose influential writing helps deepen our connection to and understanding of the natural world. These inspiring wordsmiths are scholars, spiritual seekers, conservationists, scientists, novelists, and explorers. They defy easy categorization, yet they all share a bold authenticity that makes their work both distinct and universal. […]

Win a Copy of You Don’t Have to Be Everything: WNBA Bookish Giveaway

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You Don’t Have to Be Everything Book Giveaway Created and compiled just for young women, You Don’t Have to Be Everything is filled with works by a wide range of poets who are honest, unafraid, and skilled at addressing the complex feelings of coming-of-age, from loneliness to joy, longing to solace, attitude to humor. These unintimidating poems offer […]

2020 WNBA Writing Contest Creative Nonfiction Winner: “In Gettysburg” by Jess Smith

2020 WNBA Writing Contest Creative Nonfiction winner is In Gettysburg by Jess Smith, who is shown with long blond hair wearing a white parka.

Congratulations to Jess Smith for winning first place for creative nonfiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read the winning entry, “In Gettysburg,” below. In Gettysburg Mary Virginia Wade, known as Ginnie or Jennie, was the only civilian casualty of the Battle of Gettysburg. Ginnie was also, by all official records, the only […]

2020 WNBA Writing Contest Poetry Winner: “Where/There” by AKaiser

Graphic announces AKaiser as the winner for poetry of the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest

Congratulations to AKaiser for winning first place in poetry for the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest! You can read the winning entry, “Where/There,” below. Where/There Where  her body ceases                      to be the pinto bean-sized version of her being swallowed up     in an easy chair.              She unhinges    her hip […]

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