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Welcome to the Washington Writers' Publishing House
Washington Writers' Publishing House is a non-profit organization that has published over 50 volumes of poetry since 1973 and so far nearly a dozen volumes of fiction. The press sponsors an annual competition for writers living in the Washington-Baltimore area, and the winners of each category (one each in poetry and fiction) comprise our set of published works each year.
WWPH has received grants from the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Nation magazine, and the Poetry Society of America. Many individuals have also assisted, encouraged, and supported our work through the years.
News & Events
Jehanne Dubrow Wins Several 2011 Awards »
2012 Book Contest Deadline Extended to January 31, 2012! »
2011 Fiction and Poetry Winners Announced »
Latest Reviews of Our 2010 Books »
David Taylor Nominated for Writer's Guild Award »
Our Authors
Some nationally known poets and writers the press has published include Terence Winch, Myra Sklarew, Grace Cavalieri, E. Ethelbert Miller, Elisavietta Ritchie, Jean Nordhaus, Martin Galvin, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Ned Balbo, and Moira Egan.
Submit to Our Annual Contest and Become an Author
Submit your book-length poetry or fiction manuscripts to Washington Writers' Publishing House's annual poetry and fiction competitions. This year's deadline extended to January 31, 2012.
Make a Donation
We thank the many poets, writers, and supporters of WWPH who have assisted and encouraged our work through the years. As a non-profit organization committed to the promotion of literary excellence in the Washington-Baltimore area, we always welcome financial assistance in our publishing efforts.
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Washington Writers
Washington Writers' Publishing House involves some of the
best writers in the area in its activities and has built an audience
of national significance. It is among the most successful recent
literary experiments in the country.
Dan Gutstein
From powerful poems of loss and mourning to the "imperfect decay" of mysterious urban landscapes where wrecking balls can turn a "dying hospital" into "a spaghetti of rebar and boxy rubble," Gutstein's work takes us inside a world of emotional and physical devastation. Transcendence is achieved in Bloodcoal & Honey thanks to Gutstein's restrained and potent use of language, keen intelligence, and careful observation of interior life.
—Terence Winch
Melanie S. Hatter
Living in Southwest Virginia in 1993, Kira Franklin begins to question her own culture when she pursues a story on a local Cherokee community raising money to reclaim ancestral lands. The Harper family is part of a long line of Cherokee leaders, and their knowledge and devotion to retaining their history make Kira long for a sense of self. But the history she knows about her own family that her father fought and died in Vietnam gets turned on its head when her mother announces that her father is alive and very different from the person Kira had imagined.