Introducing Jody Shipka
Some of the good news from the AWP conference has been about the many compliments on the creative, beautiful cover of #56. It borders on understatement to say that PR feels very fortunate to have had the photographs of Jody…
Over Spring Break. . .
Last week our poetry editor, Katherine Smith, read from her new poetry collection, Woman Alone on the Mountain, at the Union Ave Books in Knoxville, Tennessee. PR congratulates author Jennifer Clement, who recently was named a finalist of the Pen/Faulkner…
THE SCHOLASTIC ART & WRITING AWARDS
Jessie Seigel is a fiction writer and Potomac Review associate editor. She also blogs on writing at The Adventurous Writer. I recently had the pleasure of serving as a juror for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a national educational…
Kudos for Two
There's always room for more good news, and the Potomac Review is proud to share the following: Current poetry contributor Julie R. Enszer has been selected as one of 21 Leaders of 2015: Seven Who Transform Cultures, by Women's eNews. Congratulations, Julie! Read…
A Reading, Some Publications, and Congratulations
Several PR folks have sent us news about their current activities: On Sunday, February 8, Poetry Editor Katherine Smith will be reading with poet Anne Harding Woodworth at the Iota Club and Cafe. The venue is located at 2832 Wilson Blvd., Arlington,…
3rd Annual Public Program Celebrating Poetry in the Nation’s Capital from 1900 to the Present
Local poets and writers will find the upcoming A Splendid Wake 3 a must-see event. Set for Friday, March 20th, 2015 from 6:30-8:30 P.M. at George Washington University's Gelman Library, (Suite 702, 2130 H Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. , near…
What You Really Learn About in Grad School
Associate editor Karolina Wilk sent us this post at year's end. For those of you considering graduate school, Karolina has some sound observations to consider. In the spirit of end-of-the-year contemplation, and also because ’tis the season for college applications,…
Leslie Pietrzyk Wins Drue Heinz Literature Award
Congratulations to Washington author Leslie Pietrzyk on winning this prestigious award for her collection of stories, This Angel on My Chest. The award includes $15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press. In a press release from the University of Pittsburgh,…
More Good News
Several of our talented associate editors have been published this fall: Hananah Zaheer reports that her story, " 'Sparkle, sunshine' is out in the Fall 2014 of Concho River Review, and [she adds] I also have another story 'Eight o'…