Washington Writers' Publishing House is a cooperative, member-run, non-profit small press publishing poetry and

fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...

. The press was founded by

Grace Cavalieri Grace Cavalieri is an American poet, playwright, and radio host of the Library of Congress program '' The Poet and the Poem''. In 2019, she was appointed the tenth Poet Laureate of Maryland. Education * BS - Education: English and History, The ...

and John McNally in 1973 to publish authors who live in the Washington-

Baltimore Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was d ...

region. According to their guidelines, they publish only manuscripts submitted to their contests for which a significant fee is charged. In addition, the press has released two anthologies, ''The Poet Upstairs'', edited by Octave Stevenson (1979), and ''Hungry As We Are'', edited by Ann Darr (1995). The press has received financial support through grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, '' The Nation'' magazine, and the Poetry Society of America.

Critical reviews

The poet Henry Taylor has stated that the Washington Writers' Publishing House had "built an audience of national significance. It is among the most successful recent literary experiments in the country."

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Washington Writers Publishing House Website
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