Endings are beginnings

Hi, folks,

K-B and Sara launched Writers Resist with the intention of shutting it down once Trump was out of office. Thankfully, he’s departing sooner rather than four years later, so our ritual killing is nigh.

We birthed this baby on 01 December 2016, twenty-two days after Trump was elected, with Rae Rose as our poetry editor.

You all nurtured it for four years, feeding it with words and images and financial support.

Now, with Trump’s loss, Writers Resist has fulfilled its purpose. It’s time to put her to bed, before she starts to suffer.

We are going to pursue one more anthology—digital if there’s no money for it, print if there’s a miracle influx of cash—but we’ll publish our final bi-weekly issue of the journal on 21 January 2021. (We expect you’ll be celebrating Biden and Harris on the 20th.) Submissions will be closed as of this Friday, 20 November 2020.

After that, we have some readings, some writing workshops, and other writerly moments in the works, so keep an eye out for our announcements.

In the meantime, many thanks to you all for surviving the last four years with us. The camaraderie renewed our hope with every issue.

We’re counting on your continuing to write, paint, draw, shoot and resist.

Love,
K-B, Debbie, Sara, and Ying

P.S. Our website has been limping along the past few months (not a one of us is tech savvy), but K-B’s hope is to keep it alive for one more year, so you all can bask in your favorite works—unless the thing goes belly up before that.

13 thoughts on “Endings are beginnings”

  2. Just wanted to say I’ve enjoyed reading the works on this site these last four years, but I agree with those saying that resistance and vigilance will still be needed even though we did manage to get rid of Trump (his current anti-election shenanigans notwithstanding), for now! But, too, I trust the makers of this site to stay engaged, for sure. Thanks for your work and attention!

  3. Thanks, Claudia. We will miss the regular interactions, but we have a few ideas up our collective sleeve.

  6. Thanks, Patricia. We’ll post announcements about the anthology and other projects here and in our social media accounts.

  7. Thanks for all the resistance but just because Biden will probably be inaugurated on 1/20/21 with Harris in his tailwind doesn’t mean we can relax. The pre-Trump consensus was also devastating to marginalized communities and all indications point to returning to the status quo ante. If that’s okay with you then go about your business, but know that there remains a whole lot of politicians and policies to resist. It’s not all about Trump.

  11. Great work everyone! What a hopeful and wonderful project it has been.

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