Come and join us this coming Thursday for our monthly @womenwritersnet.bsky.social #skychat at 6 pm BST! Stimulating conversation, and the chance to meet other #womenwriters!
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This month's Betty's Corner. If you aren't receiving our newsletter yet, you can subscribe at the link in the original post.
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Weekly Spotlight SWWIM LITERARY MAGAZINES Bennington Review: Genevieve Kaplan, Julie Marie Wade Chicago Quarterly Review: Sonya Schneider The Christian Century: Sarah Carey North American Review: Jen Karetnick* ONE ART: a journal of poetry: Deborah Bacharach, Laura Foley, Hayley Mitchell Haugen, Robbi Nester Only Poems: Anna Lena Phillips Bell Pangyrus: Alexis Ivy, Sarah Dickenson Snyder Poetry: Kelli Russell Agodon, Felicia Zamora Psaltery & Lyre: Jen Karetnick*, Sunni Brown Wilkinson Southern Humanities Review: Diane K. Martin Split Rock Review: Kimberly Ann Priest
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Bella Akhmadulina seated on a sofa
4/10/1937 — b. Bella Akhmadulina, Russian poet, author, translator. Russian New Wave literary movement #poet + short story writer; held a prominent distinguished voice in post-Stalinist Soviet #literature. State Prize of the Soviet Union(1989) #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky #LitSky
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Arundhati Roy won the Booker with one novel—but never stopped challenging power. Her memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me, on Mary Roy, is now shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction. A voice still questioning the world.
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Image of a turquoise and rust-orange shadowed sea floor with a dark turquoise studded starfish and a quote in bright yellow, "Oh, my little starfish, I see you floating in the dark night sky" by Barbara Crooker
From “Appointment” by Barbara Crooker
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POETRY BY THE BAY IS IN 2 DAYS!!!
There are still spots if you want to sign up to read
Come join WiVLA at our yearly Poetry by the Bay event to celebrate National Poetry month.
April 11th from 10:30 am- 12:30 pm
La Port Library
600 S Broadway St
La Porte, TX 77571
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Ist fragment done, complete with ghost #bee. Typeset in 6 sections, not enough lovely Bell type, but it hasn't stopped us before! From the snapily titled Scenes of Industry, displayed in the Bee-hive and the Ant-hill, 1830 apparently for the younger reader. #letterpress #womenwriters Frost Box 3 Bee
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Silhouette of a dark-haired woman over a grill covered in tortillas, a hand reaching toward one, beneath a sign that shows T-O-R before the image cuts off, with a quote in pale blue "Dust of her kindness, as she heats corn tortillas on her blackened comal" by Maria Caponi
From “Litany” by Maria Caponi
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#amreadingbiography #marieantoinettethejourney #antoniafraser #womenwriters #booksky #sentenceoftheday About King Ferdinand: "Although an ugly prince, he is not absolutely repulsive . . . at least he does not stink."
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Margaret Ayer Barnes
4/8/1886 — b. Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author. Novelist, playwright, short story writer; won the #PulitzerPrize for her novel “Years of Grace" (1931). Her plays, the “Age of Innocence”(1928) and “Jenny”(1929) each had 100+ #Broadway performances #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky
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Read Irish Women Challenge 2026
Day 3: A book about renewal or transformation - Foster by Claire Keegan
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Janis Ian holding her first Grammy award
4/7/1951 — b. Janis Ian, American singer, songwriter, musician, author, columnist. Nominated for 10 Grammys in eight categories; her hit songs “At Seventeen” (1976), and “Society’s Child” are in the Grammy Hall of Fame #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #MusicChallenge #womenwriters #WriterSky
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Gabriela Mistral Chilean Bank Note 5000
4/7/1889 — b. Lucila Godoy Alcayaga (Gabriela Mistral) Chilean poet, diplomat, educator, #feminist. First Latin-Am to win the #NobelPrize in Lit(1945). Chilean rep, League of Nations; key developmental roles in the edu systems of Mexico + Chile #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #PolSky #EduSky
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Image of seeming hundreds of black silhouettes of birds against a crepuscular blue sky above peach-pink sunset clouds beneath a three quarter moon with a quote in pale blue "Birds begin singing their favorite: O moon, O moon" by Terese Svoboda
From “Silverwear” by Terese Svoboda @tsvoboda.bsky.social
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6/ But the more important question is. Do you appear as a villain or hero?
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Image of a blue river rapids with whitecaps flowing through dark grey moss-covered rocks with a quote in bright blue "When peace came there was a song in my head and the river moving in all directions" by Maureen Alsop
From “The Peace” by Maureen Alsop
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"This delightful paranormal women’s fiction is like a visit to Stars Hollow" amzn.to/4csChSW #ParanormalMystery #CozyMystery #BookLovers #cozyfantasymystery #midlife #witchybooks #WitchesInFiction #FemaleFriendship #FictionFrenzy #pageturner #witchyfiction #womenwriters #gilmoregirls #mag...
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From oral traditions to modern prose, Baloch women reclaim narratives—turning silence into voice and poetry into a living act of resistance.
By Madiha Arsalan Haneef
Read more: thefridaytimes.com/05-Apr-2026/...
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In Balochistan, women writers transform grief into resistance—where memory, language, and identity become powerful tools of defiance and truth.
By Madiha Arsalan Haneef
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"Enjoyable, hard to put down" amzn.to/4csChSW #ParanormalMystery #CozyMystery #BookLovers #cozyfantasymystery #midlife #witchybooks #WitchesInFiction #FemaleFriendship #FictionFrenzy #pageturner #witchyfiction #womenwriters #gilmoregirls #magicalsmalltown #cozyfantasymystery #escapistfict...
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"Like hanging out with witchy friends!" amzn.to/4csChSW #ParanormalMystery #CozyMystery #BookLovers #cozyfantasymystery #midlife #witchybooks #WitchesInFiction #FemaleFriendship #FictionFrenzy #pageturner #witchyfiction #womenwriters #gilmoregirls #magicalsmalltown #cozyfantasymystery #es...
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Going up to Portland and bringing this book with me. #womenwriters #biographies #travelreading #portlandoregon #marieantoinette #antoniafraser
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Weekly Spotlight LITERARY MAGAZINES The American Poetry Journal: Tara Labovich, Sonya Schneider Amethyst Review: Lisa Dordal DMQ Review: Ronda Piszk Broatch, Denise Duhamel, S.A. Leger, Dion O'Reilly Great River Review: Sarah Seybold Litmosphere: Laura Ann Reed MER: Carol Dorf, Amy Lemmon, Xiaoly Li, Donna Vorreyer Narrative Magazine: Jenna Le New Ohio Review: Sally Bliumis-Dunn ONE ART: a journal of poetry: Susan Cossette, Valentina Gnup, Erin Murphy, Lara Payne Plant-Human Quarterly: B.J. Buckley, Lauren Camp, Kathryn Petruccelli
Weekly Spotlight LITERARY MAGAZINES Rogue Agent: Susan Barry-Schulz The Shore: Tara Ballard, Ronda Piszk Broatch, Katie Kemple, Lea Marshall, Janice Northerns, Lisa Raatikainen, Heidi Seaborn, Kelly Grace Thomas, Elinor Ann Walker, Jessica Zhao Silver Birch Press: Susan Cohen ** Villain Era: Melissa Eleftherion Carr AWARDS 2026 Pushcart Prize Anthology: Patricia Clark, Suzanne Cleary, Shara McCallum, Melissa McKinstry, Angela Narciso Torres, Heather Treseler Lambda Literary Awards: Finalists: Clayre Benzadón, Chet'la Sebree
Weekly Spotlight FEATURES & COLUMNS The Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day: January Gill O'Neil Autumn Sky Poetry Daily: Devon Balwit MER Bookshelf: Veronica Kornberg Second Coming: Linda Hillman Chayes PODCASTS & RADIO SPOTS The Hive Poetry Collective: Farnaz Fatemi, Diana Whitney *SWWIM Every Day Editor ** SWWIM Every Day Staff
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Image of a couple of potatoes with pink and green shoots rising into leaves with a quote in pale yellow "sitting on a counter so long as to go soft, zero regrets & shoots sprouting from so many new eyes" by Laura Van Prooyen.
From “Abecedarian at the Threshold” by Laura Van Prooyen
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