Rose O'Neill Literary House @ Washington College
@literaryhouse.bsky.social
www.washcoll.edu/lithouse
Since 1972, we are Washington College's campus literary hub. All events are free & open to the public. Catch our livestreamed and recorded events on our YouTube channel @literaryhouse3383
Since 1972, we are Washington College's campus literary hub. All events are free & open to the public. Catch our livestreamed and recorded events on our YouTube channel @literaryhouse3383
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Know a high school writer looking for a terrific writing college? Washington College in idyllic Chestertown, MD is that place! We're home to the $86,000 Sophie Kerr Prize. But the Prize is only half our story. Check out our Sophie Kerr Saturday Preview on 2/7/26.
www.washcoll.edu/academics/de...
www.washcoll.edu/academics/de...
Wishing everyone a very merry & literary holiday season from Chestertown!
December 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Wishing everyone a very merry & literary holiday season from Chestertown!
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It was a long fast walk across the moors up to Top Withens, where Emily Brontë set Wuthering Heights. I thought no one would join me, gave the students plenty of outs. 5 came anyway. 1 said, "We want to see why you care so much.” I’ll remember that.
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#topwithens #haworth #photography #clarity
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#topwithens #haworth #photography #clarity
December 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It was a long fast walk across the moors up to Top Withens, where Emily Brontë set Wuthering Heights. I thought no one would join me, gave the students plenty of outs. 5 came anyway. 1 said, "We want to see why you care so much.” I’ll remember that.
📷📸✒️📓🧭🏴
#topwithens #haworth #photography #clarity
📷📸✒️📓🧭🏴
#topwithens #haworth #photography #clarity
Know a high school writer looking for a terrific writing college? Washington College in idyllic Chestertown, MD is that place! We're home to the $86,000 Sophie Kerr Prize. But the Prize is only half our story. Check out our Sophie Kerr Saturday Preview on 2/7/26.
www.washcoll.edu/academics/de...
www.washcoll.edu/academics/de...
December 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Know a high school writer looking for a terrific writing college? Washington College in idyllic Chestertown, MD is that place! We're home to the $86,000 Sophie Kerr Prize. But the Prize is only half our story. Check out our Sophie Kerr Saturday Preview on 2/7/26.
www.washcoll.edu/academics/de...
www.washcoll.edu/academics/de...
The Literary House is our students' home away from home, & also a launching pad for their literary lives. If you can give $5 to help us grow our internship program, I'd be so grateful. These bright students deserve every ray of light we can give them.
tinyurl.com/LightofDayIn...
#decemberdays
tinyurl.com/LightofDayIn...
#decemberdays
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Literary House is our students' home away from home, & also a launching pad for their literary lives. If you can give $5 to help us grow our internship program, I'd be so grateful. These bright students deserve every ray of light we can give them.
tinyurl.com/LightofDayIn...
#decemberdays
tinyurl.com/LightofDayIn...
#decemberdays
Roy Kesey '91 @roykesey.bsky.social tells us about Bob Day, namesake of the "Light of Day" Internships, which pairs great students with national literary nonprofits.
If you can give: tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & then "Literary House Light of Day." #decemberdays
If you can give: tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & then "Literary House Light of Day." #decemberdays
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Roy Kesey '91 @roykesey.bsky.social tells us about Bob Day, namesake of the "Light of Day" Internships, which pairs great students with national literary nonprofits.
If you can give: tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & then "Literary House Light of Day." #decemberdays
If you can give: tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & then "Literary House Light of Day." #decemberdays
Can you pitch in $5 to help these youngsters get a little light? We're raising money for the Light of Day Internships, which pair students with literary organizations. Please, help us give the Light of Day.
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & "Literary House Light of Day"
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & "Literary House Light of Day"
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Can you pitch in $5 to help these youngsters get a little light? We're raising money for the Light of Day Internships, which pair students with literary organizations. Please, help us give the Light of Day.
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & "Literary House Light of Day"
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj & select "Centers of Excellence" & "Literary House Light of Day"
Who wouldn't want to help these students? The Lit House is raising $ for Light of Day Internships, pairing students w/ national lit organizations. Even $5 helps!
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj
Select "Centers of Excellence" & "Lit House Light of Day" & give these booklovers some light.
#decemberdays
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj
Select "Centers of Excellence" & "Lit House Light of Day" & give these booklovers some light.
#decemberdays
December 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Who wouldn't want to help these students? The Lit House is raising $ for Light of Day Internships, pairing students w/ national lit organizations. Even $5 helps!
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj
Select "Centers of Excellence" & "Lit House Light of Day" & give these booklovers some light.
#decemberdays
Visit tinyurl.com/tx827sfj
Select "Centers of Excellence" & "Lit House Light of Day" & give these booklovers some light.
#decemberdays
Chip in $5 to help us build the Light of Day Internship Program. Please? Super please?
Fly on over to advancement.washcoll.edu/portal/ddgd2...
and select "Centers of Excellence," and then "Literary House--Light of Day."
Thank you for doing some good for our deserving students!
Fly on over to advancement.washcoll.edu/portal/ddgd2...
and select "Centers of Excellence," and then "Literary House--Light of Day."
Thank you for doing some good for our deserving students!
December 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Chip in $5 to help us build the Light of Day Internship Program. Please? Super please?
Fly on over to advancement.washcoll.edu/portal/ddgd2...
and select "Centers of Excellence," and then "Literary House--Light of Day."
Thank you for doing some good for our deserving students!
Fly on over to advancement.washcoll.edu/portal/ddgd2...
and select "Centers of Excellence," and then "Literary House--Light of Day."
Thank you for doing some good for our deserving students!
This Thursday, November 20, join us at 5pm at the Lit House for the First-Year Reading! Refreshments--and a heap of inspiration--will be served!
If you can't make it in person, check out the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdR4...
If you can't make it in person, check out the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdR4...
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This Thursday, November 20, join us at 5pm at the Lit House for the First-Year Reading! Refreshments--and a heap of inspiration--will be served!
If you can't make it in person, check out the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdR4...
If you can't make it in person, check out the livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdR4...
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Cherry Tree is delighted to reveal our second Pushcart Prize nomination: Julie Marie Wade's "From the Jeopardy! Category, THE SUBJUNCTIVE:" which appeared in Issue 11. We know we can always turn to Julie's work for the exact right questions!
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Cherry Tree is delighted to reveal our second Pushcart Prize nomination: Julie Marie Wade's "From the Jeopardy! Category, THE SUBJUNCTIVE:" which appeared in Issue 11. We know we can always turn to Julie's work for the exact right questions!
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Cherry Tree is published once per year. Subscriptions to are $15 for one year and $26 for two. More information here: washington-college.square.site/literary-hou...
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Cherry Tree is published once per year. Subscriptions to are $15 for one year and $26 for two. More information here: washington-college.square.site/literary-hou...
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We're revealing our Pushcart Prize nominations this week. Follow along and help us to celebrate these terrific writers!
And you can subscribe here, if you're so moved:
washington-college.square.site/shop/cherry-...
And you can subscribe here, if you're so moved:
washington-college.square.site/shop/cherry-...
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
We're revealing our Pushcart Prize nominations this week. Follow along and help us to celebrate these terrific writers!
And you can subscribe here, if you're so moved:
washington-college.square.site/shop/cherry-...
And you can subscribe here, if you're so moved:
washington-college.square.site/shop/cherry-...
Unfortunately, the even with Maya Popa has been canceled for next week.
October 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Unfortunately, the even with Maya Popa has been canceled for next week.
HUUUUUGE congratulations to Lit House Associate Director Roy Kesey for winning this prestigious prize for his new book, LORE, out from Sarabande in May 2027.
Congratulations to Roy Kesey (@roykesey.bsky.social)
whose collection LORE was selected by Ed Park as the 2025 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction winner and is scheduled for publication in May 2027!! Learn more here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
whose collection LORE was selected by Ed Park as the 2025 Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction winner and is scheduled for publication in May 2027!! Learn more here: www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/p...
September 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
HUUUUUGE congratulations to Lit House Associate Director Roy Kesey for winning this prestigious prize for his new book, LORE, out from Sarabande in May 2027.
Tomorrow night, 9/23 at 6pm, @wileycash.bsky.social reads from his fiction, followed by a conversation with the Starr Center's own, Dr. Pat Nugent.
Stream it live here: www.youtube.com/live/KAMn1Wn...
Stream it live here: www.youtube.com/live/KAMn1Wn...
September 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Tomorrow night, 9/23 at 6pm, @wileycash.bsky.social reads from his fiction, followed by a conversation with the Starr Center's own, Dr. Pat Nugent.
Stream it live here: www.youtube.com/live/KAMn1Wn...
Stream it live here: www.youtube.com/live/KAMn1Wn...
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September 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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When she's not reading submissions, CNF Editor Sufiya Abdur-Rahman is reading recent books by Rachel L. Swarns @rachelswarns.bsky.social and by CT 9 contributor Kristin Keane.
Cherry Tree is open for submissions til October 1 at cherrytree.submittable.com/submit
Cherry Tree is open for submissions til October 1 at cherrytree.submittable.com/submit
August 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When she's not reading submissions, CNF Editor Sufiya Abdur-Rahman is reading recent books by Rachel L. Swarns @rachelswarns.bsky.social and by CT 9 contributor Kristin Keane.
Cherry Tree is open for submissions til October 1 at cherrytree.submittable.com/submit
Cherry Tree is open for submissions til October 1 at cherrytree.submittable.com/submit
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We asked our editors to name 2 books they're reading (when they're not reading Cherry Tree submissions). Fiction Editor extraordinaire @sarahblackman.bsky.social recommends books by former CT contributor @alvinlu.bsky.social and by Thalia Field.
We're open til Oct 1!
cherrytree.submittable.com
We're open til Oct 1!
cherrytree.submittable.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We asked our editors to name 2 books they're reading (when they're not reading Cherry Tree submissions). Fiction Editor extraordinaire @sarahblackman.bsky.social recommends books by former CT contributor @alvinlu.bsky.social and by Thalia Field.
We're open til Oct 1!
cherrytree.submittable.com
We're open til Oct 1!
cherrytree.submittable.com
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We asked our editors: what are 2 books you're reading when you're not reading Cherry Tree submissions?
Poetry Editor Alyse Bensel's answer: Rara Avis by former CT contributor @blasfalconer.bsky.social & Anelise Chen's Clam Down.
Cherry Tree is open til October 1
cherrytree.submittable.com
Poetry Editor Alyse Bensel's answer: Rara Avis by former CT contributor @blasfalconer.bsky.social & Anelise Chen's Clam Down.
Cherry Tree is open til October 1
cherrytree.submittable.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
We asked our editors: what are 2 books you're reading when you're not reading Cherry Tree submissions?
Poetry Editor Alyse Bensel's answer: Rara Avis by former CT contributor @blasfalconer.bsky.social & Anelise Chen's Clam Down.
Cherry Tree is open til October 1
cherrytree.submittable.com
Poetry Editor Alyse Bensel's answer: Rara Avis by former CT contributor @blasfalconer.bsky.social & Anelise Chen's Clam Down.
Cherry Tree is open til October 1
cherrytree.submittable.com
"What I Did This Summer" -- check out this story about conferences for high school students at Washington College, including the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference!
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/20...
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/20...
July 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"What I Did This Summer" -- check out this story about conferences for high school students at Washington College, including the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference!
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/20...
www.washcoll.edu/live/news/20...
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Today is the last day to apply for a scholarship to attend the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference (July 15-18 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus).
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc
June 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Today is the last day to apply for a scholarship to attend the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference (July 15-18 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus).
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc
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We join Edmund White's partner, Michael Carroll, as well as the legion of Ed's & admirers in mourning his passing. We had the privilege of interviewing Ed, & we're glad his voice will continue to be heard.
He made queer life more possible.
breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com/1865753/epis...
He made queer life more possible.
breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com/1865753/epis...
June 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We join Edmund White's partner, Michael Carroll, as well as the legion of Ed's & admirers in mourning his passing. We had the privilege of interviewing Ed, & we're glad his voice will continue to be heard.
He made queer life more possible.
breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com/1865753/epis...
He made queer life more possible.
breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com/1865753/epis...
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The 10th annual Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference deadlines are approaching!
Registration closes June 25.
Scholarship application deadline is June 17.
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc
The conference takes place July 15-18 on the serene Washington College campus.
@washcoll.bsky.social
Registration closes June 25.
Scholarship application deadline is June 17.
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc
The conference takes place July 15-18 on the serene Washington College campus.
@washcoll.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The 10th annual Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference deadlines are approaching!
Registration closes June 25.
Scholarship application deadline is June 17.
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc
The conference takes place July 15-18 on the serene Washington College campus.
@washcoll.bsky.social
Registration closes June 25.
Scholarship application deadline is June 17.
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc
The conference takes place July 15-18 on the serene Washington College campus.
@washcoll.bsky.social
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Scholarships available!
Find your voice & your writing kindred at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference for high school students (rising sophomores, juniors, & seniors). July 15-18.2025 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus.
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc
Find your voice & your writing kindred at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference for high school students (rising sophomores, juniors, & seniors). July 15-18.2025 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus.
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc
May 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Scholarships available!
Find your voice & your writing kindred at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference for high school students (rising sophomores, juniors, & seniors). July 15-18.2025 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus.
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc
Find your voice & your writing kindred at the Cherry Tree Young Writers' Conference for high school students (rising sophomores, juniors, & seniors). July 15-18.2025 on the @washcoll.bsky.social campus.
More info at www.washcoll.edu/ywc
We join our community in mourning Robert Earl Price, and celebrating his life & poetry. Here's an interview & reading Robert Earl did with Grace Cavalieri on The Poet and the Poem: www.gracecavalieri.com/images/Rober...
April 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We join our community in mourning Robert Earl Price, and celebrating his life & poetry. Here's an interview & reading Robert Earl did with Grace Cavalieri on The Poet and the Poem: www.gracecavalieri.com/images/Rober...