News & Features
Celebrating Our Community
We love to celebrate good news from our community and feature teachers and students in seasonal interviews conducted by Writing Salon staff. If you’re part of our community and would like to spread your good news, you can do so here.
Publications
New Essay Appears in Harbor Review
A braided essay about maps, memory, and changing shorelines appears in Harbor Review.
Accomplishments
Emerging Writer Receives Regional Fellowship
A regional fellowship gives a developing writer time to complete a linked story collection.
Interviews
Teacher Feature: Mira Sol
Summer 2026
Mira Sol discusses scene work, revision maps, and the value of staying curious.
Accomplishments
Community Anthology Wins Design Honor
A fictional anthology created by twelve workshop participants received a regional design honor for its readable typography and inviting visual system.
Accomplishments
Teaching Artist Completes Public Story Project
A year-long neighborhood story project concludes with an installation of short audio pieces.
Interviews
Studio Conversation with Rowan Hale
Spring 2026
Rowan Hale describes feedback as an act of careful attention: first noticing what a draft is already doing, then asking which choices could make that intention clearer.
The conversation also explores rereading as a craft tool. Returning to a favorite page after several years can reveal how rhythm, omission, and point of view work together.
Publications
Sample 5
Final test, I believe
Accomplishments
Sample 4
One more test
Publications
Sample 3
A third test
Accomplishments
Sample 2
This is another test
Accomplishments
Sample 1
This is a test
Interviews
Student Spotlight: Avery Quinn
Spring 2026
This student spotlight is fictional and exists only to exercise the interview layout.
Publications
Two Poems Published in Northline Quarterly
Two fictional poems have been published in Northline Quarterly. The first follows a late-season storm through a row of open windows; the second considers the small acts of translation that happen in markets, kitchens, and bus stops.
Together the poems test how repeated sounds can carry an image across a changing scene. This longer publication entry provides multi-paragraph content for layout review.
The external link points to a safe example page rather than a real publication or person.
Interviews
Student Spotlight: Dana Zed
Winter 2025
The wisdom of Kathy Garlick’s guidance and the accountability inherent in Round Robin has helped me write hundreds of pages. In the past, I’ve had no other goals but to write. I do this easily.
