Washington Writers' Publishing House
"Ankney’s poems provide an enduring testimony for what it’s like to be fully alive in our calamitous, heart-breaking, and over-charged epoch." — Michael Collier
When I read the first poem in Words We Might One Day Say, I thought Holly Karapetkova was related to Gabriel Marquez. A surprise seems to appear in many of her poems. Some come close to being magical. I like how this woman writes about childhood. I want to grow old with this book.
—E. Ethelbert Miller
Washington Writers’ Publishing House is a non-profit organization that has published over 50 volumes of poetry since 1975 and so far nearly a dozen volumes of fiction. The press sponsors an annual competition, featured in Poets & Writers, 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. This year’s contest will open on July 1!
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.
NEWLY RELEASED IN FEBRUARY 2021
This Is What America Looks Like: Poetry and Fiction from DC, Maryland, and Virginia
Official Publication date: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2021
2020 Fiction and Poetry Winners
2021 Publication of This Is What America Looks Like: Poetry & Fiction from DC, Maryland and Virginia
2020 Fiction and Poetry Winners Adam Schwartz and Steven Leyva»
Some nationally known poets and writers the press has published include Michelle Chan Brown, Grace Cavalieri, Nancy Naomi Carlson, Sid Gold, Melanie Hatter, E. Ethelbert Miller, Elisavietta Ritchie, Kim Roberts, David Taylor, and Terence Winch.
Join us at our upcoming readings/events! Learn more about our annual contest and new literary endeavors.
