It's been a year that too often has left many of us without words—thankfully, not those who've made this issue possible. Their voices offer clarity, sorrow, hope, humor, and a reminder to embrace nature's beauty. Stop for a moment, listen, and, if you like, let folks know what you think. Then, join us in the new [...]
Writers Resist is seeking poetry, fiction, narrative nonfiction, and digital images for a special March 2024 issue. Guest edited by former Writers Resist editor DW McKinney, “Amplified Voices” will honor creative works by writers and artists affected by violent conflict around the globe. Deadline: February 8, 2024 Please read our Amplified Voices submission guidelines.
As Mercedes Lawry writes in the closing poem of this issue, "This Time, Ukraine," how do we watch from afar? How do we watch the countless ravages and failures that populate mass media, our devices, even over-the-fence gossips? The impulse to look away is strong, but the need to maintain the focus—long enough, at least, to [...]
Summer's upon us, and wild flowers have painted California's landscapes brilliant. The flowers' seeds can lie dormant for decades, emerging only when their soil is disturbed. While the works in this issue have been inspired by seemingly countless disturbances confronting us today, may the poppies inspire hope and action. In the meantime, we're delighted to present [...]
Join us on 22 April 2023 at 5:00 p.m. Pacific for a virtual reading by the contributing creators of the March 2023 issue of Writers Resist . Email WritersResist@gmail.com for the Zoom login information. . Contributors to the March issue include: Sister Lou Ella Hickman Dallas Saylor Irene Cooper Claudia Wair Frances Koziar Wells Burgess Elizabeth [...]
Behold our spring issue, with all it's glory and turmoil. Just a reminder: We celebrate each issue of Writers Resist with a virtual reading of its works by their creators. The reading for this issue is on Saturday 22 April at 5:00 p.m. PACIFIC. Email WritersResist@gmail.com for the Zoom link. And enjoy the poetry , prose, [...]
Join us on Saturday 28 January at 5:00 pm Pacific for a virtual reading by the contributing creators of the December 2022 issue of Writers Resist. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88356614245?pwd=a1FRMndJYzI3VzE1Ym9yZUU2ODhHdz09 Meeting ID: 883 5661 4245 Passcode: 247349 Read the current issue here. Contributors include: Christina Bagni Lisa Brand Tara Campbell Jacqueline Jules Karen Kilcup Livvy Krakower [...]
In case you didn't know Writers Resist celebrates each quarterly issue with a virtual reading, and you are invited to join us for this issue's gathering. Writers Resist Reads • Saturday 28 January 2023 • 5:00 p.m. PACIFIC Zoom information: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88356614245?pwd=a1FRMndJYzI3VzE1Ym9yZUU2ODhHdz09 Meeting ID: 883 5661 4245 Passcode: 247349 In the meantime, we know the world is [...]
It's been hot. Everything's hot. Global temperatures, national temperaments—even the bees that hover at the birdbath's edge are plunging into its waters, only to find them warmed by an unrelenting heat dome. What to do? Writers Resist offers a cool escape: Don a wet t-shirt, flop before a fan, and read this issue. In it, you'll [...]
The summer of 2022 is roiling with challenges. By the time you are reading this, or soon thereafter, Roe v. Wade is likely to have been overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, and "states' rights" will quash human rights. People around the globe will suffer from increasingly extreme temperatures, weather events, and food and water shortages. [...]
Welcome to our March 2022 issue, with works by: Victoria Barnes Amelia Díaz Ettinger Ellen Girardeau Kempler Erica Goss Debbie Hall Dotty LeMieux Frederick Livingston K.L. Lord Phyllis Wax We hope you find solace therein—while envisioning peace for Ukraine. Then, join us Friday 15 April 2022 for Writers Resist Reads a virtual reading and chat [...]
Join us for a virtual reading and chat with the writers and visual artists of Writers Resist. 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time (UTC -8) Saturday 29 January 2022 Featuring the contributing writers and artists of the 15 December 2021 issue. RSVP to WritersResist@gmail.com for the Zoom link.
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, [...]
By DW McKinney A small queue is forming outside a set of locked glass doors when I whip into the parking lot. It’s the first time I’ve ever been to the Doolittle Community Center even though I frequent the park a few hundred feet away on a regular basis with my daughters. I exit my car [...]
Welcome to the Writers Resist Juneteenth and Biden-Harris First 150 Days Issue In this issue we celebrate, resist, and envision better things, along with pronouncing some serious condemnation when warranted. But before you plunge into the issue, please consider these Juneteenth resources: "What Is Juneteenth?" by Henry Louis Gates, The Root, 2013 "Making Juneteenth Great Again: [...]
