Writing Archives - WNBA-Books https://wnba-books.org/category/writing/ Connecting, Educating, Advocating & Leading since 1917 Tue, 06 Sep 2022 02:11:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://wnba-books.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-WNBA_mark-32x32.jpg Writing Archives - WNBA-Books https://wnba-books.org/category/writing/ 32 32 2021–2022 WNBA Authentic Voices Fellows https://wnba-books.org/2021-2022-wnba-authentic-voices-fellows/ https://wnba-books.org/2021-2022-wnba-authentic-voices-fellows/#respond Tue, 06 Sep 2022 01:43:33 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=11934 We are thrilled to announce the 2021–2022 WNBA Authentic Voices Fellows! This second class of the WNBA Authentic Voices Fellowship has participated in a four-month-long program that introduced them to publishing. Fellows attended courses with industry professionals that focused on writing, editing, marketing, and publication. Fellows were paid a stipend and will have their work […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/2021-2022-wnba-authentic-voices-fellows/feed/ 0 Second Place for Flash Prose in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest https://wnba-books.org/second-place-flash-prose-2020-wnba-writing-contest/ https://wnba-books.org/second-place-flash-prose-2020-wnba-writing-contest/#respond Wed, 04 Aug 2021 03:13:43 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=10685 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, […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/second-place-flash-prose-2020-wnba-writing-contest/feed/ 0 Third Place for Creative Nonfiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest https://wnba-books.org/third-place-for-creative-nonfiction-in-the-2020-wnba-writing-contest/ https://wnba-books.org/third-place-for-creative-nonfiction-in-the-2020-wnba-writing-contest/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2021 22:39:00 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=10675 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 […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/third-place-for-creative-nonfiction-in-the-2020-wnba-writing-contest/feed/ 1 Third Place for Fiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest https://wnba-books.org/third-place-fiction-2020-wnba-writing-contest/ https://wnba-books.org/third-place-fiction-2020-wnba-writing-contest/#respond Thu, 24 Jun 2021 19:46:43 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=10161 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 […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/third-place-fiction-2020-wnba-writing-contest/feed/ 0 Third Place for Flash Prose in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest https://wnba-books.org/third-place-flash-prose-2020-wnba-writing-contest/ https://wnba-books.org/third-place-flash-prose-2020-wnba-writing-contest/#respond Thu, 24 Jun 2021 05:39:23 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=10141 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. […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/third-place-flash-prose-2020-wnba-writing-contest/feed/ 0 Third Place for Poetry in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest https://wnba-books.org/third-place-for-poetry-in-the-2020-wnba-writing-contest/ https://wnba-books.org/third-place-for-poetry-in-the-2020-wnba-writing-contest/#respond Thu, 24 Jun 2021 05:37:50 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=10137 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 […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/third-place-for-poetry-in-the-2020-wnba-writing-contest/feed/ 0 Second Place for Fiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest https://wnba-books.org/second-place-for-fiction-in-the-2020-wnba-writing-contest/ https://wnba-books.org/second-place-for-fiction-in-the-2020-wnba-writing-contest/#comments Fri, 07 May 2021 05:35:00 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=10132 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 […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/second-place-for-fiction-in-the-2020-wnba-writing-contest/feed/ 1 Second Place for Creative Nonfiction in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest https://wnba-books.org/second-place-creative-nonfiction-2020-wnba-writing-contest/ https://wnba-books.org/second-place-creative-nonfiction-2020-wnba-writing-contest/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2021 23:09:00 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=10122 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 […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/second-place-creative-nonfiction-2020-wnba-writing-contest/feed/ 1 Second Place for Poetry in the 2020 WNBA Writing Contest: “Reclaimed” by Rhett Watts https://wnba-books.org/2020-wnba-writing-contest-second-place-poetry/ https://wnba-books.org/2020-wnba-writing-contest-second-place-poetry/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:20:00 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=10115 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 […]

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]]> https://wnba-books.org/2020-wnba-writing-contest-second-place-poetry/feed/ 1 2020 WNBA Writing Contest Creative Nonfiction Winner: “In Gettysburg” by Jess Smith https://wnba-books.org/2020-wnba-writing-contest-creative-nonfiction-winner-in-gettysburg-jess-smith/ https://wnba-books.org/2020-wnba-writing-contest-creative-nonfiction-winner-in-gettysburg-jess-smith/#comments Thu, 15 Apr 2021 03:30:00 +0000 https://wnba-books.org/?p=9922 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 […]

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