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 […]
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 […]
Win a Copy of You Don’t Have to Be Everything: WNBA Bookish Giveaway
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 Poetry Winner: “Where/There” by AKaiser
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 […]
Celebrate National Poetry Month with WNBA Poets
By Tina Ollenburg (Network) April is National Poetry Month! Within the WNBA, we have a number of amazing poets, and we wanted to shine a light on their work, as well as their experiences with writing and reading poetry. Linda Vigen Phillips (Charlotte) Linda is passionate about poetry and realistic fiction. She is the […]