Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
Poetry is Life Workshop
Poetry is Life
$35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)
In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full six sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/2025-poetry-life
When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST
January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 6 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
Cost: $35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
Poetry is Life Workshop
Poetry is Life
$35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)
In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full six sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/2025-poetry-life
When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST
January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 6 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
Cost: $35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
Poetry is Life Workshop
Poetry is Life
$35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)
In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full six sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/2025-poetry-life
When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST
January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 6 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
Cost: $35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.
Writing Ecopoetry
Writing Ecopoetry
$25 each session or $80 for all 4 sessions (March-May)
The natural world has inspired poets throughout history, as nature sustains and renews human beings. Today many poets recognize the need to rethink how we respect and protect non-human life as well.
In this workshop, participants will read and discuss poetry that spans a wide range of relationships between people and the rest of the natural world from anthologies such as Poet Laureate Ada Limon’s 2024 You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, Camille Dungy’s Black Nature, and Bradfield, Furhman & Sheffield’s Cascadia Field Guide.
Each class will include breakout rooms to share and discuss poems drafted from the models in the previous class.
At the final session, participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss one of their poems with the full group.
This workshop is appropriate for poets at all stages of their writing lives.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/writingecopoetry2025
When: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm EST
March 5 & 25, April 16, & May 7
$25/ session or $80 for the 4 session bundle
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions as each session will build on the next.
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Joanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl, winner of the Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press 2022), and the chapbook, On Shifting Shoals (Kelsay Books 2023). Among her many awards are Third Wednesday Magazine's Annual Poetry Contest, the Mary Ruffin Poole Prize, and three Pushcart nominations. Her ecopoetry appears in Banyan Review, Poets for Science - The Nature of Our Times, Snapdragon, Feral, Kakalak and other journals. A former public school educator and adjunct professor, she has taught poetry with children and adults over many years. Visit her at https://www.joannedurham.com.
The Literary Therapist
The Literary Therapist: A Creative Writer’s Guide to Therapy
$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions (March-May)
Graham Greene said in “Way of Escape,” that “Writing is a form of therapy.”
This workshop invites participants to begin the cathartic and therapeutic process of putting pen to paper. If you enjoy writing and reading and are looking for an opportunity to steady yourself in the chaos of your day to day, then this workshop is for you.
Participants should be open to personal growth, insight, exploration, and healing. Each session will begin with a prompt from a female writer, (a poem, quote, or excerpt from a short story), and then participants will have the opportunity to write, journal, and reflect. They will be encouraged to identify and challenge, through their writing, negative thought patterns in order to better process patterns of grief and loss, and begin the art of self-healing. The final few minutes of class will allow everyone to come together as a group and share their writing if they wish. The group will practice reflective listening in order to create an environment built upon empathy, acceptance, and mutual trust.
In between sessions, writers are encouraged to journal 20 minutes per day as research suggests that the daily practice of journaling lowers depression and anxiety, fosters long-term health benefits, and allows individuals to better process grief and loss.
Some topics that will be discussed in this workshop include marriage, motherhood, aging, infidelity, grief, trauma, loss, and friendship.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/theliterarytherapist2025
When: 11:00 am-12:00 pm EST
March 12, April 23, May 21
$25/ session or $60 for the 3 session bundle
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Caroline R. Jennings spent ten years working in fitness and several more at home raising her two children. She recently found her way back to creative writing. Originally from Texas, Caroline grew up outside of Chicago. She graduated from Yale University in 2007 where she majored in Spanish with a focus in Spanish Literature. She holds a Master’s degree in Rehabilitative Counseling from The University of Texas at Southwestern. She currently lives in Darien, Connecticut with her husband, two children, and Golden Retriever, Rosie. Outside of writing, Caroline spends much of her time volunteering with the Darien Public School system and Fairfield County Swim League, considers her self a fitness junkie, and enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
Writing Ecopoetry
Writing Ecopoetry
$25 each session or $80 for all 4 sessions (March-May)
The natural world has inspired poets throughout history, as nature sustains and renews human beings. Today many poets recognize the need to rethink how we respect and protect non-human life as well.
In this workshop, participants will read and discuss poetry that spans a wide range of relationships between people and the rest of the natural world from anthologies such as Poet Laureate Ada Limon’s 2024 You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, Camille Dungy’s Black Nature, and Bradfield, Furhman & Sheffield’s Cascadia Field Guide.
Each class will include breakout rooms to share and discuss poems drafted from the models in the previous class.
At the final session, participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss one of their poems with the full group.
This workshop is appropriate for poets at all stages of their writing lives.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/writingecopoetry2025
When: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm EST
March 5 & 25, April 16, & May 7
$25/ session or $80 for the 4 session bundle
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions as each session will build on the next.
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Joanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl, winner of the Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press 2022), and the chapbook, On Shifting Shoals (Kelsay Books 2023). Among her many awards are Third Wednesday Magazine's Annual Poetry Contest, the Mary Ruffin Poole Prize, and three Pushcart nominations. Her ecopoetry appears in Banyan Review, Poets for Science - The Nature of Our Times, Snapdragon, Feral, Kakalak and other journals. A former public school educator and adjunct professor, she has taught poetry with children and adults over many years. Visit her at https://www.joannedurham.com.
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
Poetics of Loving
Poetics of Loving
$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions in April
In this workshop, you will explore poetry through the words of women and femmes across age, class, race, ethnicity, ability, nationality, religion, and orientation. All the works explored will be centered on divine, platonic, or romantic love. They will reflect on love in relation to the self and love in relation to the other. Participants will examine at least nine poems. Throughout, participants will individually and collectively write at least three poems.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/poetics-of-loving-2025
When: 7:00 pm-8:00 pm EST
April 3, 10, & 24
$25/session or $60 for 3 session bundle
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Tramaine Suubi is a multilingual writer from Kampala. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her forthcoming debut is a full-length poetry collection titled "phases," which will be published in January 2025. Her forthcoming second book is also a full-length poetry collection titled "stages," which will be published in January 2026. Both books will be published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins.
Poetry is Life Workshop
Poetry is Life
$35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)
In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full six sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/2025-poetry-life
When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST
January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 6 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
Cost: $35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.
Poetics of Loving
Poetics of Loving
$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions in April
In this workshop, you will explore poetry through the words of women and femmes across age, class, race, ethnicity, ability, nationality, religion, and orientation. All the works explored will be centered on divine, platonic, or romantic love. They will reflect on love in relation to the self and love in relation to the other. Participants will examine at least nine poems. Throughout, participants will individually and collectively write at least three poems.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/poetics-of-loving-2025
When: 7:00 pm-8:00 pm EST
April 3, 10, & 24
$25/session or $60 for 3 session bundle
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Tramaine Suubi is a multilingual writer from Kampala. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her forthcoming debut is a full-length poetry collection titled "phases," which will be published in January 2025. Her forthcoming second book is also a full-length poetry collection titled "stages," which will be published in January 2026. Both books will be published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins.
Writing Ecopoetry
Writing Ecopoetry
$25 each session or $80 for all 4 sessions (March-May)
The natural world has inspired poets throughout history, as nature sustains and renews human beings. Today many poets recognize the need to rethink how we respect and protect non-human life as well.
In this workshop, participants will read and discuss poetry that spans a wide range of relationships between people and the rest of the natural world from anthologies such as Poet Laureate Ada Limon’s 2024 You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, Camille Dungy’s Black Nature, and Bradfield, Furhman & Sheffield’s Cascadia Field Guide.
Each class will include breakout rooms to share and discuss poems drafted from the models in the previous class.
At the final session, participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss one of their poems with the full group.
This workshop is appropriate for poets at all stages of their writing lives.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/writingecopoetry2025
When: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm EST
March 5 & 25, April 16, & May 7
$25/ session or $80 for the 4 session bundle
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions as each session will build on the next.
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Joanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl, winner of the Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press 2022), and the chapbook, On Shifting Shoals (Kelsay Books 2023). Among her many awards are Third Wednesday Magazine's Annual Poetry Contest, the Mary Ruffin Poole Prize, and three Pushcart nominations. Her ecopoetry appears in Banyan Review, Poets for Science - The Nature of Our Times, Snapdragon, Feral, Kakalak and other journals. A former public school educator and adjunct professor, she has taught poetry with children and adults over many years. Visit her at https://www.joannedurham.com.
The Literary Therapist
The Literary Therapist: A Creative Writer’s Guide to Therapy
$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions (March-May)
Graham Greene said in “Way of Escape,” that “Writing is a form of therapy.”
This workshop invites participants to begin the cathartic and therapeutic process of putting pen to paper. If you enjoy writing and reading and are looking for an opportunity to steady yourself in the chaos of your day to day, then this workshop is for you.
Participants should be open to personal growth, insight, exploration, and healing. Each session will begin with a prompt from a female writer, (a poem, quote, or excerpt from a short story), and then participants will have the opportunity to write, journal, and reflect. They will be encouraged to identify and challenge, through their writing, negative thought patterns in order to better process patterns of grief and loss, and begin the art of self-healing. The final few minutes of class will allow everyone to come together as a group and share their writing if they wish. The group will practice reflective listening in order to create an environment built upon empathy, acceptance, and mutual trust.
In between sessions, writers are encouraged to journal 20 minutes per day as research suggests that the daily practice of journaling lowers depression and anxiety, fosters long-term health benefits, and allows individuals to better process grief and loss.
Some topics that will be discussed in this workshop include marriage, motherhood, aging, infidelity, grief, trauma, loss, and friendship.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/theliterarytherapist2025
When: 11:00 am-12:00 pm EST
March 12, April 23, May 21
$25/ session or $60 for the 3 session bundle
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Caroline R. Jennings spent ten years working in fitness and several more at home raising her two children. She recently found her way back to creative writing. Originally from Texas, Caroline grew up outside of Chicago. She graduated from Yale University in 2007 where she majored in Spanish with a focus in Spanish Literature. She holds a Master’s degree in Rehabilitative Counseling from The University of Texas at Southwestern. She currently lives in Darien, Connecticut with her husband, two children, and Golden Retriever, Rosie. Outside of writing, Caroline spends much of her time volunteering with the Darien Public School system and Fairfield County Swim League, considers her self a fitness junkie, and enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
Poetics of Loving
Poetics of Loving
$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions in April
In this workshop, you will explore poetry through the words of women and femmes across age, class, race, ethnicity, ability, nationality, religion, and orientation. All the works explored will be centered on divine, platonic, or romantic love. They will reflect on love in relation to the self and love in relation to the other. Participants will examine at least nine poems. Throughout, participants will individually and collectively write at least three poems.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/poetics-of-loving-2025
When: 7:00 pm-8:00 pm EST
April 3, 10, & 24
$25/session or $60 for 3 session bundle
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Tramaine Suubi is a multilingual writer from Kampala. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her forthcoming debut is a full-length poetry collection titled "phases," which will be published in January 2025. Her forthcoming second book is also a full-length poetry collection titled "stages," which will be published in January 2026. Both books will be published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins.
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
Poetry is Life Workshop
Poetry is Life
$35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)
In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full six sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/2025-poetry-life
When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST
January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 6 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
Cost: $35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.
Writing Ecopoetry
Writing Ecopoetry
$25 each session or $80 for all 4 sessions (March-May)
The natural world has inspired poets throughout history, as nature sustains and renews human beings. Today many poets recognize the need to rethink how we respect and protect non-human life as well.
In this workshop, participants will read and discuss poetry that spans a wide range of relationships between people and the rest of the natural world from anthologies such as Poet Laureate Ada Limon’s 2024 You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, Camille Dungy’s Black Nature, and Bradfield, Furhman & Sheffield’s Cascadia Field Guide.
Each class will include breakout rooms to share and discuss poems drafted from the models in the previous class.
At the final session, participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss one of their poems with the full group.
This workshop is appropriate for poets at all stages of their writing lives.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/writingecopoetry2025
When: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm EST
March 5 & 25, April 16, & May 7
$25/ session or $80 for the 4 session bundle
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions as each session will build on the next.
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Joanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl, winner of the Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press 2022), and the chapbook, On Shifting Shoals (Kelsay Books 2023). Among her many awards are Third Wednesday Magazine's Annual Poetry Contest, the Mary Ruffin Poole Prize, and three Pushcart nominations. Her ecopoetry appears in Banyan Review, Poets for Science - The Nature of Our Times, Snapdragon, Feral, Kakalak and other journals. A former public school educator and adjunct professor, she has taught poetry with children and adults over many years. Visit her at https://www.joannedurham.com.
The Literary Therapist
The Literary Therapist: A Creative Writer’s Guide to Therapy
$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions (March-May)
Graham Greene said in “Way of Escape,” that “Writing is a form of therapy.”
This workshop invites participants to begin the cathartic and therapeutic process of putting pen to paper. If you enjoy writing and reading and are looking for an opportunity to steady yourself in the chaos of your day to day, then this workshop is for you.
Participants should be open to personal growth, insight, exploration, and healing. Each session will begin with a prompt from a female writer, (a poem, quote, or excerpt from a short story), and then participants will have the opportunity to write, journal, and reflect. They will be encouraged to identify and challenge, through their writing, negative thought patterns in order to better process patterns of grief and loss, and begin the art of self-healing. The final few minutes of class will allow everyone to come together as a group and share their writing if they wish. The group will practice reflective listening in order to create an environment built upon empathy, acceptance, and mutual trust.
In between sessions, writers are encouraged to journal 20 minutes per day as research suggests that the daily practice of journaling lowers depression and anxiety, fosters long-term health benefits, and allows individuals to better process grief and loss.
Some topics that will be discussed in this workshop include marriage, motherhood, aging, infidelity, grief, trauma, loss, and friendship.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/theliterarytherapist2025
When: 11:00 am-12:00 pm EST
March 12, April 23, May 21
$25/ session or $60 for the 3 session bundle
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Caroline R. Jennings spent ten years working in fitness and several more at home raising her two children. She recently found her way back to creative writing. Originally from Texas, Caroline grew up outside of Chicago. She graduated from Yale University in 2007 where she majored in Spanish with a focus in Spanish Literature. She holds a Master’s degree in Rehabilitative Counseling from The University of Texas at Southwestern. She currently lives in Darien, Connecticut with her husband, two children, and Golden Retriever, Rosie. Outside of writing, Caroline spends much of her time volunteering with the Darien Public School system and Fairfield County Swim League, considers her self a fitness junkie, and enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with family and friends.
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
Poetry is Life Workshop
Poetry is Life
$35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)
In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full six sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/2025-poetry-life
When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST
January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 6 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
Cost: $35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
Poetry is Life Workshop
Poetry is Life
$35 each session or $20 for all 4 sessions (September-December)
In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full four sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions. This workshop is co-ed.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/2024-poetry-life-fall
When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST
September 14, October 12, November 9, December 14
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
Cost: $35 each session or $120 for all 4 sessions (September - December)
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.
The Modern Sonnet Workshop
The Modern Sonnet: 14 Lines To Your Bravest Voice
How much can you say in 14 lines? Historically, a lot! This workshop will dive deep into the modern sonnet form, highlighting how it strips the traditional sonnet down to its barest parts and opens up a wealth of possibilities for truth telling. During each session, we will engage with works of women writers who’ve perfected the modern sonnet and discuss how they infuse them with strong voices and breathe life into these poems. Attendees will be provided with prompts and dedicated writing time to practice the techniques we explore. Join us to discover how 14 lines can lead to your bravest voice!
yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/WHWN23-October
When: 7:00 pm-8:00 pm EST
October 18, November 15, December 7
$25/session or $60 for all 3 sessions
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Leticia Priebe Rocha is a poet, visual artist, and editor. She is the author of In Lieu of Heartbreak, This is Like (Bottlecap Press, 2024). Leticia earned her bachelor’s from Tufts University, where she was awarded the 2020 Academy of American Poets University & College Poetry Prize. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, she immigrated to Miami, FL at the age of 9 and currently resides in the Greater Boston area. Her work has been published in Salamander, Rattle, Pigeon Pages, and elsewhere. For more information, visit her website: leticiaprieberocha.com.
Announcing our 2025 Pushcart Prize Nominees
The Pushcart Prize represents an incredible opportunity for Yellow Arrow to further showcase and support our authors. Our staff is committed to letting our authors shine. Every writer has a story to tell and every story is worth telling. We are so proud of everyone we publish at Yellow Arrow. Without further ado, let’s meet the Yellow Arrow 2025 Pushcart Prize nominees!
Julie Alden Cullinane is a Boston-based writer. She holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in English, and her writing credits include poetry and short stories published in numerous literary magazines. Her common themes include womanhood, motherhood, and wonders of being human. In addition to her writing, Julie works as the vice president of human resources for a large behavioral health hospital, a role that offers her a rich perspective on the human experience, which she incorporates into her writing. She enjoys reading and writing in her free time and has a dedicated following on social media, X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads, and Instagram. She also maintains an author’s website at julie.wildinkpages.com/poetry to engage with her readers. Julie’s chapbook Ghosts Only I Can See was released in October 2024 and can be found in the Yellow Arrow bookstore.
Belinda J. Kein is an expat New Yorker who resides in San Diego, California. A poet early on, she now brings her lyricism and love of the succinct to creative nonfiction, fiction, and hybrid shortform prose. Her work has appeared in The Belmont Story Review, Hippocampus Magazine, Vestal Review, The Fourth River, The Razor, Stanchion Zine’s Away From Home Anthology, 2022 Dime Stories anthology, Mom Egg Review, The New York Times, and The Spirit of Pregnancy anthology. Her work is forthcoming in the We’ve Got Some Things to Say anthology. She holds an MA in English from San Diego State University and an MFA in fiction from Queens University of Charlotte. She is currently working on a flash collection. Belinda contributed her creative nonfiction piece, “Elegy in Silver” to Yellow Arrow Journal Vol. IX, No. 2, kitalo, which can be found in the Yellow Arrow bookstore.
Isabel Cristina Legarda was born in the Philippines and spent her early childhood there before moving to Bethesda, Maryland. She holds degrees in literature and bioethics and is currently a practicing physician in Boston, Massachusetts. She enjoys writing about women’s lived experience, cultural issues, and finding grace in a challenging world. Her work has appeared in America Magazine, Cleaver, The Dewdrop, The Lowestoft Chronicle, Ruminate, Sky Island Review, Smartish Pace, Qu, West Trestle Review, and others. Find Isabel on Instagram and Twitter @poetintheOR. Isabel’s chapbook Beyond the Galleons was released in April 2024 and can be found in the Yellow Arrow bookstore.
Angelica Terso (she/her) is a Filipino American writer currently residing in Maryland. Her stories feature LGBT, Asian Americans, and other under-represented themes. Previously, her work has appeared in Atticus Review, The Raven Review, and others. When she’s not writing, reading, or daydreaming, she’s either hiking or rock climbing. You can find her on Instagram @angelicatersowrites. Angelica contributed her piece “Anatomy of a Lumpia Girl” to Yellow Arrow Journal Vol. IX No. 1, ELEVATE, and can be found in the Yellow Arrow bookstore.
Candace Walsh holds a PhD in creative writing (fiction) from Ohio University and an MFA in fiction from Warren Wilson College. She is a visiting assistant professor of English (creative writing and literature) at Ohio University. Her poetry chapbook, Iridescent Pigeons, was released by Yellow Arrow Publishing in July 2024. Recent publication credits include Trampset, California Quarterly, Sinister Wisdom, Vagabond City Lit, and HAD (poetry); March Danceness, New Limestone Review, and Pigeon Pages (creative nonfiction); and The Greensboro Review, Passengers Journal, and Leon Literary Review (fiction). Her craft and pedagogical essays and book reviews have appeared in Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, Brevity, Craft Literary, descant, and Fiction Writers Review. Her book Licking the Spoon: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Identity (Hachette/Seal Press) won the 2013 New Mexico-Arizona LGBT Book Award, and two of the essay anthologies she coedited were Lambda Literary Award finalists: Dear John, I Love Jane, and Greetings from Janeland. Find her on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook; her website is candacewalsh.com. Candace’s chapbook Iridescent Pigeons was released in July 2024 and can be found in the Yellow Arrow bookstore.
Thank you to everyone who supports these women and all writers who toil away day after day. Please show them some love in the comments below or on Yellow Arrow’s Facebook or Instagram.
Yellow Arrow Publishing is a nonprofit supporting women writers through publication and access to the literary arts. To learn more about publishing, volunteering, or donating, visit yellowarrowpublishing.com.
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
yellowarrowpublishing.com/writersonwriting
Sara Streeter - .W.o.W. #67
Restorative Writing Workshop
Restorative Writing with Raychelle Heath
Take a meditative moment with your writing through this restorative writing course. During each session we will begin with a centering and freewriting, explore inspirational texts, and use visualization and generative prompts to move our writing. We’ll also end with a group share and check out. By the end of the session, you will have had a chance to open up your page and allow the words to flow. And, hopefully, you can take away a sense of calm going forward with your work.
When: 8:00 pm-9:00 pm EST
September 26, October 24, November 21
$25 each session, $55 for three session bundle, or $65 for three session bundle + bonus 1/2 hour session focused on meditation and reflective writing
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 3 sessions. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
THREE SESSION BUNDLE: If you sign up for all three sessions, in addition to a discount, you will also receive a meditation cards and a Yellow Arrow notebook!
THREE SESSION BUNDLE + BONUS: If you sign up for the first three sessions + bonus, in addition to a discount, you will also receive a meditation card, a Yellow Arrow notebook, and a bonus 1/2 hour session focused on meditation and reflective writing.
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants maximum
About the instructor:
Raychelle Heath is a poet, artist, teacher, yoga and meditation instructor, podcaster, and traveler. She holds a BA in languages and an MFA in poetry. She uses her writing and podcast to tell the multifaceted stories of black women in the world. She also explores her experiences with the culturally rich communities that she has encountered in her travels. She has been published by Travel Noire, Yellow Arrow Journal, The Brazen Collective, and Community Building Art Works. She also holds yoga certifications from Kripalu Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and Mind Body Meditation. She is currently director of curriculum and coaching for the Unicorn Authors Club.
The Modern Sonnet Workshop
The Modern Sonnet: 14 Lines To Your Bravest Voice
How much can you say in 14 lines? Historically, a lot! This workshop will dive deep into the modern sonnet form, highlighting how it strips the traditional sonnet down to its barest parts and opens up a wealth of possibilities for truth telling. During each session, we will engage with works of women writers who’ve perfected the modern sonnet and discuss how they infuse them with strong voices and breathe life into these poems. Attendees will be provided with prompts and dedicated writing time to practice the techniques we explore. Join us to discover how 14 lines can lead to your bravest voice!
yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/WHWN23-October
When: 7:00 pm-8:00 pm EST
October 18, November 15, December 7
$25/session or $60 for all 3 sessions
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Leticia Priebe Rocha is a poet, visual artist, and editor. She is the author of In Lieu of Heartbreak, This is Like (Bottlecap Press, 2024). Leticia earned her bachelor’s from Tufts University, where she was awarded the 2020 Academy of American Poets University & College Poetry Prize. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, she immigrated to Miami, FL at the age of 9 and currently resides in the Greater Boston area. Her work has been published in Salamander, Rattle, Pigeon Pages, and elsewhere. For more information, visit her website: leticiaprieberocha.com.
Release of YAJ IX/02
It’s official! Yellow Arrow Journal’s issue on kitalo (Vol. IX, No. 2), guest edited by Tramaine Suubi has been released and is available to purchase as a paperback or PDF. If interested in purchasing more than one paperback for friends and family at a discount, click here.
yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/yaj-kitalo-release-memorializing-griefulness
The overarching concept of kitalo, griefulness, explores the intertwining of grief and gratitude. “Kitalo” is an empathetic Luganda term of solidarity offered when someone experiences a spectrum of loss. It directly translates to “this/that is tragic” but is far richer than that. The cover image (cover design by Alexa Laharty) is called Growing by Dark Rivers by Liz Jakimow. According to Liz, “There is often a lot of darkness in my photographs now. While some may find it depressing, it feels more authentic to who I am. Yet there are also often elements that draw attention to the light, symbolizing hope.”
Liz Jakimow is a photographer and poet who lives in the beautiful valley of Araluen in Australia, where she is inspired by the nature and mountains that surround her. After losing a loved one, poems and photos from an initial three-month grieving period were brought together in an exhibition and a book titled A journey with grief: exploring loss through photography and poetry. You can see more of Liz’s photography at lizjakimowphotography.com.
kitalo is available to order from the Yellow Arrow bookstore. Wholesale copies (discounted copies in lots of 5) can also be purchased. Reserve your copy today.
yellowarrowpublishing.com/store/yellow-arrow-journal-kitalo-paperback
Both issues of Vol. IX (ELEVATE and kitalo) are available as a Yellow Arrow Journal Bundle at a discount; bundles of volumes VII (2022) and VIII (2023) are also available.
Poetry is Life Workshop
Poetry is Life
$35 each session or $20 for all 4 sessions (September-December)
In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full four sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions. This workshop is co-ed.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/2024-poetry-life-fall
When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST
September 14, October 12, November 9, December 14
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
Cost: $35 each session or $120 for all 4 sessions (September - December)
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.
A Harvest of Words & Wine: Yellow Arrow Publishing Fall Gathering
Yellow Arrow Publishing is excited to invite you to our Harvest of Words & Wine fall gathering on Saturday, November 2nd from 6-9 pm at The Wine Collective. Join us for a fun evening amplified by women's literary voices, craft wines, and inspiring connections! Your attendance supports our mission to provide writers and artists in Baltimore and beyond with access to the literary arts.
Limited seating, purchase your tickets here before October 26th!
Writing Your Story Workshop
Writing Your Story: Finding Emotional Freedom in Writing
Feelings of overwhelm are common in today's hectic world. Writing is a way to calm your mind and access the truths you want to share with the world. My goal as a writer and as a teacher is to help others feel less alone and give them the tools they need to help tell their own story. In this session, we'll use reflective writing exercises to help us get started telling our own stories and discuss how writing can be used as a tool to help us process our lives. You will walk away with a new journal, fresh ideas, and a better idea of what story needs to be told.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/writing-your-story-2024
When: 5:15 pm-7:15 pm EST
November 1st
$25 for this one time session
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 people
About the instructor:
Summer A.H. Christiansen (she/they) is a queer writer, mother, and lifelong Alaskan residing on the unceded land of T'aaḵu Kwáan and A'akw Kwáan. She has her MFA in Creative Writing from the Rainier Writing Workshop and her Master of Arts in Teaching from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Her work has been published in Minerva Press Rising, Bell Press Anthologies, Silver Rose Magazine, Tidal Echoes, Alaska Women Speak, and Drizzle Review. You can find out more about her work at sahchristiansen.com.
Write Out the Burnout with Bmore Kind
Write out the burnout with BMore Kind and Yellow Arrow’s Executive Director, Annie Marhefka, at this fall networking event for women and non-binary #BusinessOwners in the Baltimore area!
The end of the year is rapidly approaching — and with that, there's probably a feeling of, "I have so much to do!" We don't have all the answers, but we do encourage you to take a pause with us at our Fall 2024 networking event!
Join us on Friday, November 1 when B'More Kind member Annie Marhefka of Yellow Arrow Publishing will lead us through a journaling exercise to help us ward off and write out the burnout.
Bonus: Fellow B'More Kind member, Hannah Kilburg, is offering journals at a discount if you'd like to support a local, small business!
Once again, the folks at Whitehall Mill in Baltimore City are graciously hosting us in the Goldfinch Room, allowing us to keep this event free and accessible to all. Please arrive no later than 10:15am to make the most of this experience.
B'more Kind is known for bringing together like-minded and like-hearted entrepreneurs for friendly and thoughtful conversation. Comprised of women and non-binary individuals, we welcome a open space for collegiality and congeniality.
Spread the word, bring a friend, and see you in November!
RSVP here.
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
yellowarrowpublishing.com/writersonwriting
Rebecca D. Martin - .W.o.W. #66
Best of the Net Nominees Annoucement
The Best of the Net recognizes the work of writers published online by independent presses. The project was started in 2006 by Sundress Publications to create a community among the online literary magazines, journals, and self-publishing platforms. The award represents an incredible opportunity for Yellow Arrow to further showcase and support our authors. Our staff is committed to letting our authors shine. Every writer has a story to tell and every story is worth telling.
Let’s meet the Yellow Arrow Best of the Net nominees for 2025!
Angela Acosta (she/her) is a bilingual Latina poet and an assistant professor of Spanish at the University of South Carolina. She is a 2022 Dream Foundry Contest for Emerging Writers finalist, 2022 Somos en Escrito Extra-Fiction Contest honorable mention, and Utopia Award nominee. Her work has appeared in Panochazine, Pluma, Toyon Literary Magazine, and The Acentos Review. Her creative and academic work centers on imagining possible worlds and preserving the cultural legacies of women writers. She is the author of Summoning Space Travelers (Hiraeth Publishing, 2022), A Belief in Cosmic Dailiness (Red Ogre Review, 2023), and her forthcoming chapbook, Fourth Generation Chicana Unicorn (Dancing Girl Press, 2024). We nominated her poem, “A Centennial for Herstory” from SPARK.
Tijanna O. Eaton (Tə-zha-na; she/her) is a Black poly kinkster queerdo pocket butch with a high school diploma and a rap sheet. She has been published in Honey Literary, Noyo Review, Panorama Journal (nominated for a Pushcart Prize), and Yellow Arrow Vignette SPARK. She received the 2021 Unicorn Authors Club Alumni award, was a 2023 Rooted & Written Fellow, and was the 2024 Best of the Net nonfiction judge. Tijanna is board chair of Five Keys Schools and Programs, served on QWOCMAP’s board from 2016 to 2018, and was IMsL’s POC liaison from 2015 to 2017. Visit bolt-cutters.com for more information. Her creative nonfiction piece “And Her Eyes Fell from the Scale” was nominated from SPARK.
Marisa Victoria Gedgaudas is a writer originally from Colorado who now lives on the windswept bluffs of northern California. She is most inspired by the wild beauty around her and is often found exploring the mountains of her childhood, the unspoiled Pacific coast, and the desert landscapes in between. She is currently working on her first collection of poetry. We nominated her poem “Colygraphia” from SPARK.
Charlene Langfur is an LGBTQ and green writer and an organic gardener living in the very hot, southern Californian desert. She was a graduate fellow in the Syracuse University Writing Program and her most recent publications include poems in Poetry East (the special Monet edition), The Hiram Poetry Review, London’s Acumen, and The North Dakota Quarterly. Her poem, “The Way Back” was nominated from SPARK.
Laurel Maxwell is a poet from Santa Cruz, California, whose work is inspired by life’s mundane and the natural world. Her work has appeared at baseballballard.com, coffecontrails, phren-z, Verse-Virtual, Tulip Tree Review, and Yellow Arrow Vignette SPARK. Her creative fiction was a finalist for Women on Writing Flash Fiction Contest. She has a chapbook forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in 2025. When not writing Laurel enjoys putting her feet in the sand, reading, traveling, and trying not to make too much of a mess baking in a too small kitchen. She works in education. Her poem, “A Full Life” was nominated from SPARK.
Katherine Shehadeh is a poet, artist, and current reader for Chestnut Review who resides with her family in Miami, Florida. Her recent poems appear in Maudlin House, Drunk Monkeys, Saw Palm, and others. Find her on Twitter @your_mominlaw or Instagram @katherinesarts. We nominated her poem, “My son wants to know what happened before the universe &” from SPARK.
Ann van Wijgerden, born in the United Kingdom, has spent most of her adult life in the Netherlands and the Philippines. She has had nonfiction, poetry, and fiction published (or accepted for future publication) in a number of magazines and anthologies, including Genre: Urban Arts, Orion, Orbis, The Sunlight Press, Last Stanza Poetry Journal, Yellow Arrow Vignette SPARK, The Wild Umbrella, and the Queen’s Quarterly. Ann cofounded and works for an NGO called Young Focus (youngfocus.org), which provides education for children living in Manila’s area of ‘Smokey Mountain.’ Her poem, “Dear Planet” was nominated from SPARK.
Veronica Wasson (she/her) is a trans writer living in the Pacific Northwest. Her work has appeared in Spectrum, smoke + mold, The Seventh Wave, Yellow Arrow Vignette SPARK, and elsewhere. You can find her work at veronica-wasson.com. We nominated her poem, “On Clothing (Five Pieces)” from SPARK.
Thank you to everyone who supports these women and all writers who toil away day after day. Please show them some love in the comments below or on Yellow Arrow’s Facebook or Instagram.
Yellow Arrow Publishing is a nonprofit supporting women writers through publication and access to the literary arts. To learn more about publishing, volunteering, or donating, visit yellowarrowpublishing.com.
Prerelease of YAJ IX/02
It’s official! Here is the cover of Yellow Arrow Journal’s issue on kitalo (Vol. IX, No. 2), guest edited by Tramaine Suubi. The issue will be released on November 12. Reserve your copy today.
yellowarrowpublishing.com/store/yellow-arrow-journal-kitalo-paperback
The overarching concept of kitalo, griefulness, explores the intertwining of grief and gratitude. “Kitalo” is an empathetic Luganda term of solidarity offered when someone experiences a spectrum of loss. It directly translates to “this/that is tragic” but is far richer than that. The cover image (cover design by Alexa Laharty) is called Growing by Dark Rivers by Liz Jakimow. According to Liz, “There is often a lot of darkness in my photographs now. While some may find it depressing, it feels more authentic to who I am. Yet there are also often elements that draw attention to the light, symbolizing hope.”
Liz Jakimow is a photographer and poet who lives in the beautiful valley of Araluen in Australia, where she is inspired by the nature and mountains that surround her. After losing a loved one, poems and photos from an initial three-month grieving period were brought together in an exhibition and a book titled A journey with grief: exploring loss through photography and poetry. You can see more of Liz’s photography at lizjakimowphotography.com.
kitalo is available for preorder from the Yellow Arrow bookstore. Wholesale copies (discounted copies in lots of 5) can also be purchased. The issue will be released on November 12. Reserve your copy today.
yellowarrowpublishing.com/store/yellow-arrow-journal-kitalo-paperback
Both issues of Vol. IX (spring and fall) are available as a Yellow Arrow Journal Bundle at a discount; bundles of volumes VII (2022) and VIII (2023) are also available.
Artistic Odes Workshop
Artistic Odes: Poetry of Gratitude
Gratitude is a powerful source of connection and creativity during uncertain times. Through expressive language, humor, and various forms, reading and writing poetry empowers us to observe, connect, and communicate what we appreciate within the complex worlds within and around us.
This generative poetry workshop invites writers of all experience levels to:
Read and reflect on poems on the theme of gratitude from diverse traditions
Practice writing poems exploring experiences of gratitude and appreciation through generative exercises
During the session, we will read several poems centered around themes of appreciation, gratitude, and connection, from poets from diverse cultural and geographic backgrounds. We will reflect on what topical and craft choices resonated with us and ideas to incorporate into our own writing. In addition to the poems we discuss in class, we’ll also have a shared document where we can cultivate a shared resource library of poems, books, journals, podcasts, and other related resources at any point during or after the workshop.
We will also participate in a few short, generative exercises to practice various techniques and forms of writing poetry focused on gratitude and appreciation.
yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/WHWN23-October
When: 1:00 pm-2:00 pm EST
October 26
$25 for this one time session
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Raga Ayyagari is a poet and writing teacher who is inspired by nature, family history and culture, and unexpected moments of connection. Her work has previously appeared in the The Banyan Review, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Yellow Arrow Journal, and Stanford University Leland Quarterly Journal, and she has shared poetry at various readings in the Washington, D.C. area. She also has led writing workshops about nature and ecopoetry and serves as a writing tutor. She works as a public health researcher and enjoys both technical and creative writing.
Restorative Writing Workshop
Restorative Writing with Raychelle Heath
Take a meditative moment with your writing through this restorative writing course. During each session we will begin with a centering and freewriting, explore inspirational texts, and use visualization and generative prompts to move our writing. We’ll also end with a group share and check out. By the end of the session, you will have had a chance to open up your page and allow the words to flow. And, hopefully, you can take away a sense of calm going forward with your work.
When: 8:00 pm-9:00 pm EST
September 26, October 24, November 21
$25 each session, $55 for three session bundle, or $65 for three session bundle + bonus 1/2 hour session focused on meditation and reflective writing
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 3 sessions. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
THREE SESSION BUNDLE: If you sign up for all three sessions, in addition to a discount, you will also receive a meditation cards and a Yellow Arrow notebook!
THREE SESSION BUNDLE + BONUS: If you sign up for the first three sessions + bonus, in addition to a discount, you will also receive a meditation card, a Yellow Arrow notebook, and a bonus 1/2 hour session focused on meditation and reflective writing.
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants maximum
About the instructor:
Raychelle Heath is a poet, artist, teacher, yoga and meditation instructor, podcaster, and traveler. She holds a BA in languages and an MFA in poetry. She uses her writing and podcast to tell the multifaceted stories of black women in the world. She also explores her experiences with the culturally rich communities that she has encountered in her travels. She has been published by Travel Noire, Yellow Arrow Journal, The Brazen Collective, and Community Building Art Works. She also holds yoga certifications from Kripalu Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and Mind Body Meditation. She is currently director of curriculum and coaching for the Unicorn Authors Club.
The Modern Sonnet Workshop
The Modern Sonnet: 14 Lines To Your Bravest Voice
How much can you say in 14 lines? Historically, a lot! This workshop will dive deep into the modern sonnet form, highlighting how it strips the traditional sonnet down to its barest parts and opens up a wealth of possibilities for truth telling. During each session, we will engage with works of women writers who’ve perfected the modern sonnet and discuss how they infuse them with strong voices and breathe life into these poems. Attendees will be provided with prompts and dedicated writing time to practice the techniques we explore. Join us to discover how 14 lines can lead to your bravest voice!
yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/WHWN23-October
When: 7:00 pm-8:00 pm EST
October 18, November 15, December 7
$25/session or $60 for all 3 sessions
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Leticia Priebe Rocha is a poet, visual artist, and editor. She is the author of In Lieu of Heartbreak, This is Like (Bottlecap Press, 2024). Leticia earned her bachelor’s from Tufts University, where she was awarded the 2020 Academy of American Poets University & College Poetry Prize. Born in São Paulo, Brazil, she immigrated to Miami, FL at the age of 9 and currently resides in the Greater Boston area. Her work has been published in Salamander, Rattle, Pigeon Pages, and elsewhere. For more information, visit her website: leticiaprieberocha.com.
Poetry is Life Workshop
Poetry is Life
$35 each session or $20 for all 4 sessions (September-December)
In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full four sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions. This workshop is co-ed.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/2024-poetry-life-fall
When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST
September 14, October 12, November 9, December 14
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
Cost: $35 each session or $120 for all 4 sessions (September - December)
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.
Release of Ghosts Only I Can See by Julie Alden Cullinane
Ghosts Only I Can See by Julie Alden Cullinane is available as a paperback and PDF (you can order multiple copies at a discount here). Ghosts Only I Can See by Julie Alden Cullinane peeks back in time to Cullinane’s younger self and the ghosts through time that until now, only she could see. It focuses not on literal ghosts, but the ghosts—the shells—of her former self.
yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/ghosts-only-i-can-see-release-julie-alden-cullinane
With this hauntingly woven collection of creative nonfiction and poetry, Cullinane shares these ghosts and the painful, powerful, and wonderful experiences that made her the woman she is today. Cullinane is a neurodivergent poet, author, and mom in Boston. After raising a family and working for many years as a young mom, she was able to return to her graduate studies later in life and earned her master’s in 2021. Under the guidance of many amazing and supportive female professors, Cullinane began submitting her work for publication.
Her latest work, Ghosts Only I Can See, wields Cullinane’s story to encourage readers to look into the past, present, and future of all women’s lives. Growing up with many resilient and strong women, Cullinane was an avid spectator of their lives, their passions, and their trauma as she found her own way through the world. As she got older and decided to grasp her ghosts even closer, Cullinane truly began to understand the tender weaving of women’s lives and their multitude of shared experiences—both of which often remain invisible today because of collective shame, individual shame, and the pressures of perfection in society. The desire to make visible the invisible underlies Ghosts Only I Can See.
Cover photography by Cullinane and cover design and interior images by Alexa Laharty. Cullinane states, “The photos came out beautifully, capturing isolation and Americana vibes with an old western feel but also modern. I couldn’t be happier with the image I selected. Right down to the sunglasses. I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.”
You can learn more about Cullinane in a conversation between the author and Melissa Nunez, Yellow Arrow interviewer.
yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/specters-interview-julie-alden-cullinane.
Order your copy of Ghosts Only I Can See from Yellow Arrow Publishing at yellowarrowpublishing.com/store/ghosts-only-i-can-see-paperback and find out more about Cullinane and follow her publication news at julie.wildinkpages.com/poetry, on Instagram or Threads @HerLoudMind, and on Twitter or Blue Sky @AldenCullinane and connect with Yellow Arrow on Facebook and Instagram, to share some love for this chapbook.
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Poetry & Prose in the Park: October
Join us on Friday, October 4th for a free community event for creatives! Poetry & Prose in the Park, hosted by Yellow Arrow Publishing, is a space for creatives to gather in one of Baltimore’s public parks to connect with other creatives and share in a creative exercise. Led by Kerry Graham & Annie Marhefka, creatives will have the opportunity to share about their creative goals, respond to a writing prompt, and share their reflections (or words) with the group.
For our October session, meet us at 1:00 pm in Riverside Park. Look for the yellow blanket!
Bring something to write with/on, and if you’d like, a coffee, tea, or snack item for nourishment while you write.
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
yellowarrowpublishing.com/writersonwriting
.W.o.W. #65 - Samantha Liana Williams
yellowarrowpublishing.com/writersonwriting/samantha-liana-williams
2024 Baltimore Book Festival
The 2024 Baltimore Book Festival will be held Saturday, September 28–Sunday, September 29, 2024, in and around Waverly Main Street. Not only will this year be the beloved Baltimore Book Festival’s return, but it will also be its 25th anniversary.
Literature is part of the fabric of Baltimore. This city has inspired literary greats throughout the ages — famous figures like Frederick Douglass, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zora Neale Hurston, Edgar Allan Poe, D. Watkins, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Anna Deavere Smith, among many others. The Baltimore Book Festival celebrates Baltimore’s rich literary history, vibrant present, and bright future by connecting readers and authors and making the literary arts more engaging, entertaining, relevant, and accessible for all Baltimoreans. The festival will include literary salons, panel discussions, writing workshops, poetry readings, author talks, book signings, children’s activities, live podcast recordings, and more.
On Saturday, September 28, there will be a reading featuring the contributors to Yellow Arrow Vignette’s 2024 series on AMPLIFY.
Restorative Writing Workshop
Restorative Writing with Raychelle Heath
Take a meditative moment with your writing through this restorative writing course. During each session we will begin with a centering and freewriting, explore inspirational texts, and use visualization and generative prompts to move our writing. We’ll also end with a group share and check out. By the end of the session, you will have had a chance to open up your page and allow the words to flow. And, hopefully, you can take away a sense of calm going forward with your work.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/restorative-writing-fall-2024
When: 8:00 pm-9:00 pm EST
September 26, October 24, November 21
$25 each session, $55 for three session bundle, or $65 for three session bundle + bonus 1/2 hour session focused on meditation and reflective writing
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 3 sessions. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
THREE SESSION BUNDLE: If you sign up for all three sessions, in addition to a discount, you will also receive a meditation cards and a Yellow Arrow notebook!
THREE SESSION BUNDLE + BONUS: If you sign up for the first three sessions + bonus, in addition to a discount, you will also receive a meditation card, a Yellow Arrow notebook, and a bonus 1/2 hour session focused on meditation and reflective writing.
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants maximum
About the instructor:
Raychelle Heath is a poet, artist, teacher, yoga and meditation instructor, podcaster, and traveler. She holds a BA in languages and an MFA in poetry. She uses her writing and podcast to tell the multifaceted stories of black women in the world. She also explores her experiences with the culturally rich communities that she has encountered in her travels. She has been published by Travel Noire, Yellow Arrow Journal, The Brazen Collective, and Community Building Art Works. She also holds yoga certifications from Kripalu Yoga, Yoga Nidra, and Mind Body Meditation. She is currently director of curriculum and coaching for the Unicorn Authors Club.
Poetry & Prose in the Park: September Edition!
Join us for a free community event for creatives! Poetry & Prose in the Park, hosted by Yellow Arrow Publishing, is a space for creatives to gather in one of Baltimore’s public parks to connect with other creatives and share in a creative exercise. Led by Kerry Graham & Annie Marhefka, creatives will have the opportunity to share about their creative goals, respond to a writing prompt, and share their reflections (or words) with the group.
For our September 20 session, meet us at 1:00 pm at Canton Waterfront Park. Look for the yellow blanket!
Bring something to write with/on, and if you’d like, a coffee, tea, or snack item for nourishment while you write.
Questions? Email admin@yellowarrowpublishing.com.
RSVP here.
Poetry is Life Workshop
Poetry is Life
$35 each session or $20 for all 4 sessions (September-December)
In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full four sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions. This workshop is co-ed.
https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/2024-poetry-life-fall
When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST
September 14, October 12, November 9, December 14
You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.
Cost: $35 each session or $120 for all 4 sessions (September - December)
Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)
Class Size: 15 participants
About the instructor:
Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.
Cover reveal and prerelease of Ghosts Only I Can See by Julie Alden Cullinane
Ghosts Only I Can See by Julie Alden Cullinane is now available as a paperback (you can order multiple copies at a discount here). Ghosts Only I Can See by Julie Alden Cullinane peeks back in time to Cullinane’s younger self and the ghosts through time that until now, only she could see. It focuses not on literal ghosts, but the ghosts—the shells—of her former self.
With this hauntingly woven collection of creative nonfiction and poetry, Cullinane shares these ghosts and the painful, powerful, and wonderful experiences that made her the woman she is today. Cullinane is a neurodivergent poet, author, and mom in Boston. After raising a family and working for many years as a young mom, she was able to return to her graduate studies later in life and earned her master’s in 2021. Under the guidance of many amazing and supportive female professors, Cullinane began submitting her work for publication.
Her latest work, Ghosts Only I Can See, wields Cullinane’s story to encourage readers to look into the past, present, and future of all women’s lives. Growing up with many resilient and strong women, Cullinane was an avid spectator of their lives, their passions, and their trauma as she found her own way through the world. As she got older and decided to grasp her ghosts even closer, Cullinane truly began to understand the tender weaving of women’s lives and their multitude of shared experiences—both of which often remain invisible today because of collective shame, individual shame, and the pressures of perfection in society. The desire to make visible the invisible underlies Ghosts Only I Can See.
Cover photography by Cullinane and cover design and interior images by Alexa Laharty. Cullinane states, “The photos came out beautifully, capturing isolation and Americana vibes with an old western feel but also modern. I couldn’t be happier with the image I selected. Right down to the sunglasses. I hope everyone loves it as much as I do.”
You can learn more about Cullinane in a conversation between the author and Melissa Nunez, Yellow Arrow interviewer, at yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/specters-interview-julie-alden-cullinane.
Order your copy of Ghosts Only I Can See from Yellow Arrow Publishing at yellowarrowpublishing.com/store/ghosts-only-i-can-see-paperback and find out more about Cullinane and follow her publication news at julie.wildinkpages.com/poetry or on Instagram or Threads @HerLoudMind and Twitter of BlueSky @AldenCullinane. Ghosts Only I Can See will be released in October 2024.
Thank you for supporting independent publishing.
Yellow Arrow Journal .Writers.on.Writing.
Get to know our authors, the foundation and heart of Yellow Arrow Journal, and what writing means to them through our monthly series.
New journal author added on the first of every month!
yellowarrowpublishing.com/writersonwriting
.W.o.W. #64 - Gargi Mehra
Yellow Arrow Vignette AMPLIFY release
Yellow Arrow Publishing is delighted to release the next issue in our online series, Yellow Arrow Vignette AMPLIFY. For our third issue we chose the theme of AMPLIFY, our 2024 yearly value, though we did not ask submitters to send in pieces on theme; rather, staff at Yellow Arrow used the idea in-house as a reminder to continue to share and amplify women-identifying voices. With that, here is the AMPLIFY issue of Yellow Arrow Vignette:
yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/vignette-release-shine-line-bright-amplify-2024
With Vignette AMPLIFY, we wanted to return to some of the earliest goals of Yellow Arrow: circulating and augmenting the creative work of voices and themes that aren’t heard loudly enough. And as part of the return to our roots, we wanted to showcase writers who live in or are otherwise connected to our home base of Baltimore. We want our readers to experience the spectrum of voices that Charm City offers. Enjoy the issue!
Learn more about AMPLIFY from Vignette Managing Editor Dr. Tonee Mae Moll at yellowarrowpublishing.com/calendar/yellow-arrow-vignette-amplify-2024-subs-open.
Yellow Arrow Vignette was created by Siobhan McKenna. Through Yellow Arrow Vignette we hope to continue and expand our mission of creating a space where writers who identify as women have a place where their voices are amplified and create ripples of empathy and resilience. We landed on “vignette” because literary vignettes are known to be pieces of writing that depict brief, but highly detailed moments in time. Through the Yellow Arrow Vignette we look forward to sharing vibrant and poignant glimpses into the lives of our writers and hope that these stories, when viewed as a collective, will tell an expansive and inclusive narrative.
If you have any questions, please email them to submissions@yellowarrowpublishing.com.
Poetry & Prose in the Park (a free community event!)
Join us for a free community event for creatives! Poetry & Prose in the Park, hosted by Yellow Arrow Publishing, is a space for creatives to gather in one of Baltimore’s public parks to connect with other creatives and share in a creative exercise. Led by Kerry Graham & Annie Marhefka, creatives will have the opportunity to share about their creative goals, respond to a writing prompt, and share their reflections (or words) with the group.
For our August 2 session, meet us at 1:00 pm near the Observatory at Patterson Park (near intersection of Patterson Park Ave & Pratt). Look for the yellow blanket!
Bring something to write with/on, and if you’d like, a coffee, tea, or snack item for nourishment while you write.
Questions? Email admin@yellowarrowpublishing.com.
RSVP here.
Submissions to Yellow Arrow Journal IX/02 are now open
Yellow Arrow Publishing is excited to announce that submissions for our next issue of Yellow Arrow Journal, Vol. IX, No. 2 (fall 2024) is open August 1-31, exploring the concept griefulness, an intertwining of grief and gratitude.
yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/yaj-ix-02-submissions-open-kitalo
This issue’s theme is kitalo
: an empathetic Luganda term of solidarity offered when someone experiences a spectrum of loss
: directly translates to “this/that is tragic” but is far richer than that
Our hope is that this issue gives women-identifying creatives a place where they can meditate on communal grief and communal gratitude. Here are some guiding questions about the theme:
1) In the midst of grief, how have others cared for you, how do you care for others, and how do you care for yourself? What are the most striking or profound examples you have experienced or witnessed?
2) If your grief were to take the form of an animal (remember, humans are animals, too), which animal (fictional, nonfictional, or extinct) would it be and how would this animal behave? Be as specific as possible. Feel free to defy logic and science; grief often can.
3) Have you ever immigrated to or emigrated from a different nation than your current nation of residence? What potential life paths and livelihoods did you leave behind as a result? Which ones do you still yearn for and why, if any?
4) Have you ever experienced a platonic break-up (real or imaginary friend)? If so, how do you specifically navigate or ignore the gaps left by lost friendship?
5) Who (fictional or nonfictional) is no longer present in your life, whom you would like to offer your deepest gratitude to?
For more information regarding journal submission guidelines, visit yellowarrowpublishing.com/submissions. Please read our guidelines carefully before submitting. To learn more about our editorial views and how important your voice is in your story, read About the Journal. This issue will be released in November 2024. To learn more about kitalo’s guest editor, Tramaine Suubi, visit yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/fullness-grief-guest-editor-yaj-ix-02-suubi.
Thank you for supporting independent publishing.