2024 Yellow Arrow Writers-in-Residence
Every writer has a story to tell and every story is worth telling. Since 2019, Yellow Arrow Publishing has been proud to offer a residency program that enables us to support, uplift, and amplify the voices of women-identifying writers residing in the Baltimore area. We continue to evolve the program and are delighted to share our 2024 Writers-in-Residence with our community.
First, a note of thanks: As our programs and community continue to grow, we consider our team tremendously fortunate to receive such a diverse and talented group of applicants. We are reminded again of the passion and storytelling that surrounds and charms us. Our deepest gratitude to all those who applied or took this opportunity to learn more about Yellow Arrow.
For 2024, we are thrilled that Bird in Hand café and bookstore is again partnering with us to provide an inspiring location from which our writers can work at their craft! Bird in Hand has provided Baltimore’s Charles Village neighborhood the perfect blend of coffee, books, and community since 2016. Please join us in congratulating our 2024 Writers-in-Residence!
Ashley Elizabeth (she/her) is a Baltimore-based poet and winner of the 2024 Garden Party Collective Chapbook Contest. She is a Pushcart-nominated writer and educator whose work has appeared in SWWIM, Voicemail Poems, Rigorous, Lucky Jefferson, and Sage Cigarettes, among others. She is the author of four chapbooks, including red line and CHARM(ed). Her debut full-length, A Family Thing, is out now from ELJ Editions. Find her on IG and Twitter @ae_thepoet or her website aetheblkpoet.com.
Kavitha Rath is a writer based in Baltimore, MD whose publications have appeared in Strange Horizons, The Lorelei Signal, Mythic Delirium, Papercuts Magazine, and more. She interweaves myth, magic, and mysticism into her poetry and short stories. Kavitha has a BA in International Studies and Journalism from Emory University and an MPH/MBA from Johns Hopkins University. She has lived in numerous cities, including Atlanta, Chennai, and London. Follow Kavitha on Instagram @kavithanalini, Tumblr @ishtarverse, and at kavitharath.wordpress.com.
Parisa Saranj (she/her) is an Iranian-American writer and Persian translator. Her writings on contemporary Iranian politics and Persian (Farsi) translations have been published in several publications, including Ms. Magazine, True, Defunct Magazine, Hayden's Ferry Review, Faultline, Asymptote, Two Lines, and Your Impossible Voice. She has also translated two books, Empty and Me (Lee & Low, 2023) by Azam Mahdavi and Women, Life, Freedom: Our Fight for Human Rights and Equality in Iran (Cornell University Press, 2023) by Nasrin Sotoudeh and two documentaries, Nasrin (2020) and Sansur (2023), on women's rights in Iran. She is working on a memoir of growing up in Esfahan, Iran, in the 1990s.
Steph Sundermann-Zinger (they/she) is a queer poet living and writing in the Baltimore area. Their work explores themes of identity, relationship, and connection with the natural world, and has appeared in Blue Unicorn, Little Patuxent Review, Lines + Stars, Literary Mama, Every Day Fiction, Litbreak, and other journals. Her poem, "In Praise of Solitude," was selected as the winner of the 2023 Ellen Conroy Kennedy Poetry Prize. They hold an MFA from the University of Baltimore.
Read about the 2023 Writers-in-Residence here
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Read about the 2020 Writers-in-Residence here
Read about the 2019 Writers-in-Residence here
Yellow Arrow Publishing seeks to support, nurture, and inspire writers and artists identifying as women. We provide writing-related opportunities for writers in the Baltimore community and worldwide through publication, workshops, our residency program, and events.