New schedule, renewed resistance—and a new editor
We are delighted to introduce our new editor, DW McKinney.
DW is a Black American, multi-genre writer, and she’ll be collaborating with our poetry and prose editors. She pens 3 PANELS, a graphic novels review column for CNMN Magazine. Her work has appeared in Los Angeles Review of Books, Desert Companion, JMWW Journal, The New Southern Fugitives, Elite Daily, HelloGiggles, the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, and elsewhere. She holds a B.S. in biology and an M.A. in Anthropology.
DW has received nominations for Best American Essays, Best Microfiction, the Pushcart Prize, and Best of the Net and was a finalist in Hippocampus Magazine’s 2020 Remember in November Contest for Creative Nonfiction Writers. She received fellowships from Shenandoah Literary and the Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow. An Associate Editor at Shenandoah and a Senior Editor at Raising Mothers: A Literary Magazine, she is based in Nevada. You can say hello at DWMcKinney.com
Read DW’s essay “Legacy, Complicated” and please join us in welcoming her to Writers Resist!
New publication schedule
Along with DW comes a new publication schedule for Writers Resist: We are now publishing quarterly.
Our next issue launches Wednesday 22 September, so read our submission guidelines and send us your resistance poetry, prose and images.
Between issues, we will be hosting virtual literary events featuring our contributing writers, so watch for updates.
Why resistance?
We continue to embrace our theme of resistance for two reasons.
- There are powerful social and political forces that undermine our collective quest for social justice and a healthy planet for all.
- Donald Trump remains a dominant and detrimental influence on the Republican Party, many of its voters and, consequently, the entire nation.
This is why we are renewing our commitment to providing a creative platform for diverse resistance voices.
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