Phil Goldstein hid his trauma for almost twenty years. A survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of his older brother, Phil did what most male victims do -- he locked his past away from the world. Today, Phil can celebrate the end of that long-held silence through the release of his debut volume of po...
Jennifer AtkinsonPoetryjatkins2@gmu.edu Jennifer Atkinson is the author of five collections of poetry—The Dogwood Tree, The Drowned City, Drift Ice, Canticle of the Night Path, and most recently, The Thinking Eye. Her poetry can be seen in Field, The Cincinnati Review, The Missouri Review, Beloit ...
2019 Spring Writing Contests 2019 Spring Writing Contest Winners Contest Judges: Contest judges are selected and announced ahead of the submission deadline each year. Judges are selected and invited to participate each year by the creative writing director. In 2019, the judges are as follows: Ma...
We are thrilled to announce the third year of Poetry Alive!, a program that seeks to uplift and empower students at the Fairfax Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) in their creative writing through interactive classes focused on contemporary poetry. Made possible through funding by ArtsFairfax, the 2024 ...
Stillhouse Press launches their November with two new novels, T.N. Eyer’s Finding Meaning in the Age of Immortality and Josh Denslow’s Super Normal, to be released on the 7th of this month. These publications represent the first novels and the first works of speculative fiction published by Stillhous...
Mark Craver Poetry Award | Judge: George Abraham Winner: “Mother, Forgive My Insolence" by Arpita Roy Of the many things I loved here, I was particularly moved by the use of visual form to shape the breath of this poem, on a moment-to-moment level. Although this haunting address to the speaker’s...
