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Washington Writers’ Publishing House is the longest, continuously operating cooperative nonprofit literary press in the US. Celebrating 50 years and looking forward with AMERICA'S FUTURE: poetry & prose in response to tomorrow.
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Washington Writers’ Publishing House @wwph.bsky.social · Dec 16
WWPH WRITES now live... issue 111...with something very special... read here washingtonwriters.org/wwph-writes/ And some 'insider's news' on what's next for your Washington Writers' Publishing House! Make sure you subscribe to WWPH WRITES (it's free) for all the WWPH news!
#writers #writing #poets
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Our 2026 pocket-sized anthology CAPITAL LOVE is now open for submissions through Saturday, January 31st. More details and prompts at www.washingtonwriters.org -- and your questions answered below... #writers #flashfiction #writingcommunity #poets #poetrycommunity
January 27, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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Let it snow! We're inside writing-- and we hope you are too!
DC, Maryland and Virginia writers & those with a connection to the DMV, submit your work to CAPITAL LOVE. Let's show them who we are. FREE to submit.
More details and prompts at www.washingtonwriters.org
#poets #poetry #flashfiction
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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Let it snow! We're inside writing-- and we hope you are too!
DC, Maryland and Virginia writers & all those with a connection to the DMV, submit your work to CAPITAL LOVE. Let's show them who we are. FREE to submit.
More details and prompts at www.washingtonwriters.org #writers #writingcommunity
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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WWPH WRITES #114 NOW LIVE - new issue with poems by K.T. MILLS along with MARIA KARAMETOU (in English and Greek)--and and flash CNF by ZOE CARVER. Mark your calendars -- January 26, 2027 for new WWPH collections of poetry and short stories! #Read WWPH Writes at www.washingtonwriters.org #booksky
January 24, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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If you are thinking of community/healing this MLK Day...if you are writing today... think of submitting to CAPITAL LOVE, our 2026 mini-anthology/sampler* More details and more prompts at www.washingtonwriters.org *(and if your words are darker, love is hard! We want to hear those too! Write on!!)
January 19, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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DC, Maryland, and Virginia writers (and anyone with a connection to the DMV!!) Please consider submitting your work! FREE to submit. More details, more prompts at www.washingtonwriters.org #writers #teachers #writingcommunity #love
January 15, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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DC, Maryland, and Virginia writers (and anyone with a connection to the DMV!!) Please consider submitting your work! FREE to submit. More details, more prompts at www.washingtonwriters.org #writers #writingcommunity 💙📚✍️
January 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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Thank you to @taracampbell.bsky.social for reading AMERICA'S FUTURE. Don't miss her spec fiction BLACK FRIDAY EVE in it that starts.... "After the long journey home for Thankstaking, I have spent--some might say wasted--... " ooomff!!!! what a story! #amreading #writers #Bookskybookclub
taracampbell.bsky.social Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social · 14d
Just getting around to reading the #America'sFuture #anthology by @wwph.bsky.social (better late than never) and really enjoyed @lenkruger.bsky.social 's incisive #flashfiction "Child Psychiatrist: the Television Series"

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LEN KRUGER | 13 CHILD PSYCHIATRIST: THE TELEVISION SERIES LEN KRUGER THIS IS NOT ABOUT A PSYCHIATRIST who treats children. This is about a child who is a mental health professional, a twelve-year-old prodigy, the Mozart of psychiatrists. The opening title sequence sets the tone: "You sound upset, Amer-ica!" the Child Psychiatrist will say, the voice clear and angelic, the eyes wide and innocent. "How do you feel about that?" The year is 2025, fifty years into the future. Flying cars. Housekeeper robots wearing aprons. Sparkling cities on 30,000-foot stilts, gently tickling the clouds. But all is not well. The world's supply of chromium and molybdenum has been exhausted, and steel is not what it used to be. Corrosive forces roam the land, rusting out not only ferrous alloys, but the very soul of America. Anxiety and self-doubt course through the body politic. Paranoia abounds. Religious cults proliferate. Conspiracy theories metastasize. Enter: The Child Psychiatrist. His pre-teen demeanor soothes. His plain-spoken analysis illuminates. He is a national phenomenon, a mental-health-
January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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taracampbell.bsky.social
Just getting around to reading the #America'sFuture #anthology by @wwph.bsky.social (better late than never) and really enjoyed @lenkruger.bsky.social 's incisive #flashfiction "Child Psychiatrist: the Television Series"

Get the whole shebang at washingtonwriters.org/publication/...
LEN KRUGER | 13 CHILD PSYCHIATRIST: THE TELEVISION SERIES LEN KRUGER THIS IS NOT ABOUT A PSYCHIATRIST who treats children. This is about a child who is a mental health professional, a twelve-year-old prodigy, the Mozart of psychiatrists. The opening title sequence sets the tone: "You sound upset, Amer-ica!" the Child Psychiatrist will say, the voice clear and angelic, the eyes wide and innocent. "How do you feel about that?" The year is 2025, fifty years into the future. Flying cars. Housekeeper robots wearing aprons. Sparkling cities on 30,000-foot stilts, gently tickling the clouds. But all is not well. The world's supply of chromium and molybdenum has been exhausted, and steel is not what it used to be. Corrosive forces roam the land, rusting out not only ferrous alloys, but the very soul of America. Anxiety and self-doubt course through the body politic. Paranoia abounds. Religious cults proliferate. Conspiracy theories metastasize. Enter: The Child Psychiatrist. His pre-teen demeanor soothes. His plain-spoken analysis illuminates. He is a national phenomenon, a mental-health-
January 15, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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CAPITAL LOVE, our 2026 sampler, is NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS-- to writers from DC, Maryland, or Virginia, or anyone with connections to the DMV! $25.00/contributor copy. FREE to submit. www.washingtonwriters.org #writingcommunity ✍️📚💙🌈🏳️‍🌈
January 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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Thank you for showing us some love!🎉
January 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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New publisher listing for: Capital Love: A Love Celebration from WWPH @wwph.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays). #WritingCommunity
New Publisher Listing: Capital Love: A Love Celebration from WWPH
New publisher listing for: Capital Love: A Love Celebration from WWPH @wwph.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays). #WritingCommunity
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January 8, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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Welcome to 2026 -- and CAPITAL LOVE -- a new sampler anthology of poetry and prose. Open to all writers from DC, Maryland, and Virginia -- and all who have connections to the DMV. More information... including the inspiration behind CAPITAL LOVE and PROMPTS at our website www.washingtonwriters.org
January 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Yes! I'm here-- ignore the warning- a few four-letter words in context to the literary reading-- watch 🥳🎉🎉💖 with gratitude to @mocounderground.bsky.social #literary #writers
wwph.bsky.social Washington Writers’ Publishing House @wwph.bsky.social · Dec 28
This literary reading was a highlight of 2025... the AMERICA'S FUTURE reading on December 11 with @mocounderground.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn-5...
organized with Julia Tagliere, a shining light in the DMV lit scene, who's on the next big thing in '26! We cheer her on!! #writers
MoCo Underground Writer's Showcase December 2025
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December 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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NEW ISSUE OF WWPH WRITES now live... last issue of the year wraps up a jam-packed 2025...and get ready for 2026, we have news....find it here... washingtonwriters.org/wwph-writes
#writers #poets #writingcommunity #DMVliterary #literary
December 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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This literary reading was a highlight of 2025... the AMERICA'S FUTURE reading on December 11 with @mocounderground.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn-5...
organized with Julia Tagliere, a shining light in the DMV lit scene, who's on the next big thing in '26! We cheer her on!! #writers
MoCo Underground Writer's Showcase December 2025
YouTube video by Montgomery Municipal Cable
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Got gift card??
Beautiful books for sale ... www.washingtonwriters.org

#readingcommunity #dmvwriters #booktok #BookLovers
December 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Got a gift card?! We have some beautiful books for you!
More at www.washingtonwriters.org
Available everywhere -- notably @bookshop_org
#Bskybookclub #queerbookworms #writers #readers #educators
December 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Happy holidays to book lovers near & far. #booksky
December 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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"The main lesson from TV and movies is that I'd be/
useless in a zombie apocalypse..." poetry with dark humor now...watch this very short poetry video with David Ebenbach
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6E3...
ARICA'S FUTURE: poetry & prose in response tomorrow available everywhere...use those gift cards!
The Main Lesson from TV and Movies
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December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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So thrilled to have WWPH highlighted by The 51st
51st.news/guide-to-dc-... along with friends from The Writer's Center, The Inner Loop: A Literary Reading Series, Politics and Prose Bookstore, and so many terrific writing places in the DC area! @51st.news #writingcommunity #writing #washingtondc
December 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Here's to a 2026 filled with creative energy (we are all going to need it!!) Always more at www.washingtonwriters.org
#writers #booksky #writingcommunity 📚✍️💙🌈😍
December 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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WWPH WRITES now live... issue 111...with something very special... read here washingtonwriters.org/wwph-writes/ And some 'insider's news' on what's next for your Washington Writers' Publishing House! Make sure you subscribe to WWPH WRITES (it's free) for all the WWPH news!
#writers #writing #poets
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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In my book I could not honestly say I had any hope that the US would change its gun laws and gunculture. But I know what is possible, because I see what other countries do. #repeal2A @wwph.bsky.social #Australia #endgunviolence #Brown
December 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Just wanted to say a quick thank-you to all those who brought food items to donate at our event last Thursday; I was able to drop off a huge box of food for Olney HELP’s emergency food pantry this afternoon. Y’all are the best. 🥹
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December 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM