From June 1 to 30, 2025, Yellow Arrow Publishing will accept submissions of poetry, creative nonfiction, and hybrid chapbooks by authors who identify as women from around the world. For more information, see yellowarrowpublishing.com/cbsubmissions. You will be asked to submit through the YAP Chapbook Submissions Form.

Please note that as a small press we produce a limited number of publications each year. We pour our hearts and souls into each submission and each Yellow Arrow publication and thank everyone for their interest and inquiries.

Learn more about our guidelines and check out our FAQs at yellowarrowpublishing.com/cbsubmissions. Please read the guidelines completely before submitting.

The Literary Therapist: A Creative Writer’s Guide to Therapy

$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions (March-May)

Graham Greene said in “Way of Escape,” that “Writing is a form of therapy.”

This workshop invites participants to begin the cathartic and therapeutic process of putting pen to paper. If you enjoy writing and reading and are looking for an opportunity to steady yourself in the chaos of your day to day, then this workshop is for you.

Participants should be open to personal growth, insight, exploration, and healing. Each session will begin with a prompt from a female writer, (a poem, quote, or excerpt from a short story), and then participants will have the opportunity to write, journal, and reflect. They will be encouraged to identify and challenge, through their writing, negative thought patterns in order to better process patterns of grief and loss, and begin the art of self-healing. The final few minutes of class will allow everyone to come together as a group and share their writing if they wish. The group will practice reflective listening in order to create an environment built upon empathy, acceptance, and mutual trust.

In between sessions, writers are encouraged to journal 20 minutes per day as research suggests that the daily practice of journaling lowers depression and anxiety, fosters long-term health benefits, and allows individuals to better process grief and loss.

Some topics that will be discussed in this workshop include marriage, motherhood, aging, infidelity, grief, trauma, loss, and friendship.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/theliterarytherapist2025

When: 11:00 am-12:00 pm EST

March 12, April 23, May 21

$25/ session or $60 for the 3 session bundle

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Caroline R. Jennings spent ten years working in fitness and several more at home raising her two children. She recently found her way back to creative writing. Originally from Texas, Caroline grew up outside of Chicago. She graduated from Yale University in 2007 where she majored in Spanish with a focus in Spanish Literature. She holds a Master’s degree in Rehabilitative Counseling from The University of Texas at Southwestern. She currently lives in Darien, Connecticut with her husband, two children, and Golden Retriever, Rosie. Outside of writing, Caroline spends much of her time volunteering with the Darien Public School system and Fairfield County Swim League, considers her self a fitness junkie, and enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with family and friends. 

UNFURL, Yellow Arrow Journal Vol. X, No. 1 issue (spring 2025), guest edited by Sara J. Streeter, is now available as a paperback and a PDF from the Yellow Arrow bookstore. You can also find UNFURL through most online distributors.

yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/yaj-unfurl-release-self-reflection

UNFURL is a soul-searching survey of the unique journeys people take when experiencing and undergoing self-transformation, journeys that all start with a little fire, a desire, deep inside. The cover of UNFURL had its own journey to creation from choosing one to feature among the incredible submissions we received to unfortunately not hearing back from the artist, and finally and happily, to finding the perfect voice for the issue’s cover in Yellow Arrow’s Creative Director Alexa Laharty. According to Alexa, “My intention with the piece was to portray the joyous emotions that accompany a release from the constraints of worry and anxiety.” The guest editor of UNFURL, Sara J. Streeter, adds, “Alexa brilliantly showcases the cover woman’s unfurling sense of joy and freedom through her expression and stance.” Thank you, Alexa and Sara, for your incredible vision.

Get your copy today at yellowarrowpublishing.com/store/yellow-arrow-journal-unfurl-paperback.

Writing Ecopoetry

$25 each session or $80 for all 4 sessions (March-May)

The natural world has inspired poets throughout history, as nature sustains and renews human beings. Today many poets recognize the need to rethink how we respect and protect non-human life as well.

In this workshop, participants will read and discuss poetry that spans a wide range of relationships between people and the rest of the natural world from anthologies such as Poet Laureate Ada Limon’s 2024 You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, Camille Dungy’s Black Nature, and Bradfield, Furhman & Sheffield’s Cascadia Field Guide.

Each class will include breakout rooms to share and discuss poems drafted from the models in the previous class.

At the final session, participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss one of their poems with the full group.

This workshop is appropriate for poets at all stages of their writing lives.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/writingecopoetry2025

When: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm EST

March 5 & 26, April 16, & May 7

$25/ session or $80 for the 4 session bundle

You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions as each session will build on the next.

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Joanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl, winner of the Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press 2022), and the chapbook, On Shifting Shoals (Kelsay Books 2023). Among her many awards are Third Wednesday Magazine's Annual Poetry Contest, the Mary Ruffin Poole Prize, and three Pushcart nominations. Her ecopoetry appears in Banyan Review, Poets for Science - The Nature of Our Times, Snapdragon, Feral, Kakalak and other journals. A former public school educator and adjunct professor, she has taught poetry with children and adults over many years. Visit her at https://www.joannedurham.com. 

It’s official! Here is the cover of Yellow Arrow Journal’s issue on UNFURL (Vol. X, No. 1), guest edited by Sara J. Streeter. The issue will be released on May 20. Reserve your copy today.

yellowarrowpublishing.com/store/yellow-arrow-journal-unfurl-paperback

UNFURL is a soul-searching survey of the unique journeys people take when experiencing and undergoing self-transformation, journeys that all start with a little fire, a desire, deep inside. The cover of UNFURL had its own journey to creation from choosing one to feature among the incredible submissions we received to unfortunately not hearing back from the artist, and finally and happily, to finding the perfect voice for the issue’s cover in Yellow Arrow’s Creative Director Alexa Laharty. According to Alexa, “My intention with the piece was to portray the joyous emotions that accompany a release from the constraints of worry and anxiety.” The guest editor of UNFURL, Sara J. Streeter, adds, “Alexa brilliantly showcases the cover woman’s unfurling sense of joy and freedom through her expression and stance.” Thank you, Alexa and Sara, for your incredible vision.

Poetry is Life

$35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)

In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full six sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/2025-poetry-life

When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST

January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7

You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 6 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.

Cost: $35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.

Poetics of Loving

$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions in April

In this workshop, you will explore poetry through the words of women and femmes across age, class, race, ethnicity, ability, nationality, religion, and orientation. All the works explored will be centered on divine, platonic, or romantic love. They will reflect on love in relation to the self and love in relation to the other. Participants will examine at least nine poems. Throughout, participants will individually and collectively write at least three poems.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/poetics-of-loving-2025

When: 7:00 pm-8:00 pm EST

April 3, 10, & 24

$25/session or $60 for 3 session bundle

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Tramaine Suubi is a multilingual writer from Kampala. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her forthcoming debut is a full-length poetry collection titled "phases," which will be published in January 2025. Her forthcoming second book is also a full-length poetry collection titled "stages," which will be published in January 2026. Both books will be published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins.

The Literary Therapist: A Creative Writer’s Guide to Therapy

$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions (March-May)

Graham Greene said in “Way of Escape,” that “Writing is a form of therapy.”

This workshop invites participants to begin the cathartic and therapeutic process of putting pen to paper. If you enjoy writing and reading and are looking for an opportunity to steady yourself in the chaos of your day to day, then this workshop is for you.

Participants should be open to personal growth, insight, exploration, and healing. Each session will begin with a prompt from a female writer, (a poem, quote, or excerpt from a short story), and then participants will have the opportunity to write, journal, and reflect. They will be encouraged to identify and challenge, through their writing, negative thought patterns in order to better process patterns of grief and loss, and begin the art of self-healing. The final few minutes of class will allow everyone to come together as a group and share their writing if they wish. The group will practice reflective listening in order to create an environment built upon empathy, acceptance, and mutual trust.

In between sessions, writers are encouraged to journal 20 minutes per day as research suggests that the daily practice of journaling lowers depression and anxiety, fosters long-term health benefits, and allows individuals to better process grief and loss.

Some topics that will be discussed in this workshop include marriage, motherhood, aging, infidelity, grief, trauma, loss, and friendship.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/theliterarytherapist2025

When: 11:00 am-12:00 pm EST

March 12, April 23, May 21

$25/ session or $60 for the 3 session bundle

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Caroline R. Jennings spent ten years working in fitness and several more at home raising her two children. She recently found her way back to creative writing. Originally from Texas, Caroline grew up outside of Chicago. She graduated from Yale University in 2007 where she majored in Spanish with a focus in Spanish Literature. She holds a Master’s degree in Rehabilitative Counseling from The University of Texas at Southwestern. She currently lives in Darien, Connecticut with her husband, two children, and Golden Retriever, Rosie. Outside of writing, Caroline spends much of her time volunteering with the Darien Public School system and Fairfield County Swim League, considers her self a fitness junkie, and enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with family and friends. 

Writing Ecopoetry

$25 each session or $80 for all 4 sessions (March-May)

The natural world has inspired poets throughout history, as nature sustains and renews human beings. Today many poets recognize the need to rethink how we respect and protect non-human life as well.

In this workshop, participants will read and discuss poetry that spans a wide range of relationships between people and the rest of the natural world from anthologies such as Poet Laureate Ada Limon’s 2024 You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, Camille Dungy’s Black Nature, and Bradfield, Furhman & Sheffield’s Cascadia Field Guide.

Each class will include breakout rooms to share and discuss poems drafted from the models in the previous class.

At the final session, participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss one of their poems with the full group.

This workshop is appropriate for poets at all stages of their writing lives.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/writingecopoetry2025

When: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm EST

March 5 & 26, April 16, & May 7

$25/ session or $80 for the 4 session bundle

You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions as each session will build on the next.

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Joanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl, winner of the Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press 2022), and the chapbook, On Shifting Shoals (Kelsay Books 2023). Among her many awards are Third Wednesday Magazine's Annual Poetry Contest, the Mary Ruffin Poole Prize, and three Pushcart nominations. Her ecopoetry appears in Banyan Review, Poets for Science - The Nature of Our Times, Snapdragon, Feral, Kakalak and other journals. A former public school educator and adjunct professor, she has taught poetry with children and adults over many years. Visit her at https://www.joannedurham.com. 

Poetry is Life

$35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)

In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full six sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/2025-poetry-life

When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST

January 4, February 1, March 1, April 12*, May 3, June 7

You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 6 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.

Cost: $35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.

Poetics of Loving

$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions in April

In this workshop, you will explore poetry through the words of women and femmes across age, class, race, ethnicity, ability, nationality, religion, and orientation. All the works explored will be centered on divine, platonic, or romantic love. They will reflect on love in relation to the self and love in relation to the other. Participants will examine at least nine poems. Throughout, participants will individually and collectively write at least three poems.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/poetics-of-loving-2025

When: 7:00 pm-8:00 pm EST

April 3, 10, & 24

$25/session or $60 for 3 session bundle

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Tramaine Suubi is a multilingual writer from Kampala. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her forthcoming debut is a full-length poetry collection titled "phases," which will be published in January 2025. Her forthcoming second book is also a full-length poetry collection titled "stages," which will be published in January 2026. Both books will be published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins.

Poetics of Loving

$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions in April

In this workshop, you will explore poetry through the words of women and femmes across age, class, race, ethnicity, ability, nationality, religion, and orientation. All the works explored will be centered on divine, platonic, or romantic love. They will reflect on love in relation to the self and love in relation to the other. Participants will examine at least nine poems. Throughout, participants will individually and collectively write at least three poems.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/poetics-of-loving-2025

When: 7:00 pm-8:00 pm EST

April 3, 10, & 24

$25/session or $60 for 3 session bundle

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Tramaine Suubi is a multilingual writer from Kampala. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. Her forthcoming debut is a full-length poetry collection titled "phases," which will be published in January 2025. Her forthcoming second book is also a full-length poetry collection titled "stages," which will be published in January 2026. Both books will be published by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins.

Writing Ecopoetry

$25 each session or $80 for all 4 sessions (March-May)

The natural world has inspired poets throughout history, as nature sustains and renews human beings. Today many poets recognize the need to rethink how we respect and protect non-human life as well.

In this workshop, participants will read and discuss poetry that spans a wide range of relationships between people and the rest of the natural world from anthologies such as Poet Laureate Ada Limon’s 2024 You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, Camille Dungy’s Black Nature, and Bradfield, Furhman & Sheffield’s Cascadia Field Guide.

Each class will include breakout rooms to share and discuss poems drafted from the models in the previous class.

At the final session, participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss one of their poems with the full group.

This workshop is appropriate for poets at all stages of their writing lives.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/writingecopoetry2025

When: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm EST

March 5 & 26, April 16, & May 7

$25/ session or $80 for the 4 session bundle

You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions as each session will build on the next.

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Joanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl, winner of the Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press 2022), and the chapbook, On Shifting Shoals (Kelsay Books 2023). Among her many awards are Third Wednesday Magazine's Annual Poetry Contest, the Mary Ruffin Poole Prize, and three Pushcart nominations. Her ecopoetry appears in Banyan Review, Poets for Science - The Nature of Our Times, Snapdragon, Feral, Kakalak and other journals. A former public school educator and adjunct professor, she has taught poetry with children and adults over many years. Visit her at https://www.joannedurham.com. 

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Overcoming and Becoming brings together the powerful voices of authors from Yellow Arrow’s kitalo and AMPLIFY at Bird in Hand.

This event will explore how poetry can serve as a tool for resilience, providing a soft ground for mourning and reflecting. Through readings and discussions, authors will share work that navigates personal and collective experiences, emphasizing the necessity of amplifying women’s stories. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with the poets, and celebrate the beauty, depth, and power of women’s voices in poetry.

The Literary Therapist: A Creative Writer’s Guide to Therapy

$25 each session or $60 for all 3 sessions (March-May)

Graham Greene said in “Way of Escape,” that “Writing is a form of therapy.”

This workshop invites participants to begin the cathartic and therapeutic process of putting pen to paper. If you enjoy writing and reading and are looking for an opportunity to steady yourself in the chaos of your day to day, then this workshop is for you.

Participants should be open to personal growth, insight, exploration, and healing. Each session will begin with a prompt from a female writer, (a poem, quote, or excerpt from a short story), and then participants will have the opportunity to write, journal, and reflect. They will be encouraged to identify and challenge, through their writing, negative thought patterns in order to better process patterns of grief and loss, and begin the art of self-healing. The final few minutes of class will allow everyone to come together as a group and share their writing if they wish. The group will practice reflective listening in order to create an environment built upon empathy, acceptance, and mutual trust.

In between sessions, writers are encouraged to journal 20 minutes per day as research suggests that the daily practice of journaling lowers depression and anxiety, fosters long-term health benefits, and allows individuals to better process grief and loss.

Some topics that will be discussed in this workshop include marriage, motherhood, aging, infidelity, grief, trauma, loss, and friendship.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/theliterarytherapist2025

When: 11:00 am-12:00 pm EST

March 12, April 23, May 21

$25/ session or $60 for the 3 session bundle

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Caroline R. Jennings spent ten years working in fitness and several more at home raising her two children. She recently found her way back to creative writing. Originally from Texas, Caroline grew up outside of Chicago. She graduated from Yale University in 2007 where she majored in Spanish with a focus in Spanish Literature. She holds a Master’s degree in Rehabilitative Counseling from The University of Texas at Southwestern. She currently lives in Darien, Connecticut with her husband, two children, and Golden Retriever, Rosie. Outside of writing, Caroline spends much of her time volunteering with the Darien Public School system and Fairfield County Swim League, considers her self a fitness junkie, and enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with family and friends. 

Writing Ecopoetry

$25 each session or $80 for all 4 sessions (March-May)

The natural world has inspired poets throughout history, as nature sustains and renews human beings. Today many poets recognize the need to rethink how we respect and protect non-human life as well.

In this workshop, participants will read and discuss poetry that spans a wide range of relationships between people and the rest of the natural world from anthologies such as Poet Laureate Ada Limon’s 2024 You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World, Camille Dungy’s Black Nature, and Bradfield, Furhman & Sheffield’s Cascadia Field Guide.

Each class will include breakout rooms to share and discuss poems drafted from the models in the previous class.

At the final session, participants will have the opportunity to present and discuss one of their poems with the full group.

This workshop is appropriate for poets at all stages of their writing lives.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/writingecopoetry2025

When: 7:00 pm-8:30 pm EST

March 5 & 25, April 16, & May 7

$25/ session or $80 for the 4 session bundle

You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 4 sessions as each session will build on the next.

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Joanne Durham is the author of To Drink from a Wider Bowl, winner of the Sinclair Poetry Prize (Evening Street Press 2022), and the chapbook, On Shifting Shoals (Kelsay Books 2023). Among her many awards are Third Wednesday Magazine's Annual Poetry Contest, the Mary Ruffin Poole Prize, and three Pushcart nominations. Her ecopoetry appears in Banyan Review, Poets for Science - The Nature of Our Times, Snapdragon, Feral, Kakalak and other journals. A former public school educator and adjunct professor, she has taught poetry with children and adults over many years. Visit her at https://www.joannedurham.com. 

Poetry is Life

$35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)

In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full six sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/2025-poetry-life

When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST

January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7

You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 6 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.

Cost: $35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.

Poetry is Life

$35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)

In each class we will read and discuss new poets and old favorites who have written gems on our monthly theme. Past themes have included writing about nature, grief, protest, and more. In the class you will write and share new work. You will come away from each session with three or four drafts. Those who commit to the full six sessions will receive the added benefit of an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class, to have a new poem workshopped each month. Participants will also have the opportunity to share work with their cohort and the instructor between sessions.

https://www.yellowarrowpublishing.com/workshop-sign-up/p/2025-poetry-life

When: 11:00 am-1:00 pm (1:30 pm for full-time students) EST

January 4, February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7

You are strongly encouraged to register for the full 6 sessions which provides an extra workshop session for 30 minutes after the class. However, you are invited to attend one session at a time as you are available.

Cost: $35 each session or $180 for all 6 sessions (January-June)

Where: Zoom (link provided after registration)

Class Size: 15 participants

About the instructor:

Ann Quinn is the poetry editor for Yellow Arrow Journal and conducts writing workshops at The Writer’s Center, for Yellow Arrow, and at writer’s conferences throughout the country. Ann holds an MFA in poetry from Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Catonsville, Maryland with her family. Her award-winning work can be read in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, Little Patuxent Review, Vietnam War Poetry, Haibun Today, and other journals and is included in the anthology Red Sky: Poetry on the Global Epidemic of Violence Against Women. Her chapbook, Final Deployment, is published by Finishing Line Press. Visit her at annquinn.net.

Yellow Arrow Publishing is excited to announce that submissions for our next issue of Yellow Arrow Journal, Vol. X, No. 1 (spring 2025) are open February 1-28, exploring the process people go through when finding and transforming into their authentic selves.

yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/yaj-x-01-submissions-open-unfurl

The first issue of volume X will be a survey of the unique journeys people take when experiencing and undergoing self-transformation, journeys that all start with a little fire, a desire, deep inside. This issue’s theme is UNFURL

: to release from a furled, coiled, or wrapped state
: to open out from or as if from a furled state
: to unfold

Here are some guiding questions about the topic and theme:

1. What role did community play in finding yourself?

2. How has your sense of self changed due to your transformation? What about your relationships?

3. What did you find along the way?

4. What do you still need to be authentically you?

5. Was there something that forced you to be a different version of yourself? How did you internalize it?

For more information regarding journal submission guidelines, visit yellowarrowpublishing.com/submissions. Please read our guidelines carefully before submitting. To learn more about our editorial views and how important your voice is in your story, read About the Journal. This issue will be released in May 2025. To learn more about UNFURL’s guest editor, Sara J. Streeter, visit yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/desire-fire-within-guest-editor-yaj-x-01-streeter.

Thank you for supporting independent publishing.

Yellow Arrow is excited to announce the theme for our next issue

This issue of Yellow Arrow Journal explores the process people go through when finding and transforming into their authentic selves. UNFURL will be a survey of the unique journeys people take when experiencing and undergoing self-transformation, journeys that all start with a little fire, a desire, deep inside. The guest editor for UNFURL will be Sara J. Streeter (she/her).

Sara J. Streeter, or 한혜숙 Hea Sook Han, is a writer and a Korean-American adoptee. Since starting her writing journey in 2021, Sara found her writing community through Adoptee Voices and developed a meaningful connection to readers, both within the adoption constellation and beyond. She mainly writes creative nonfiction prose and has been published in literary journals, such as Longleaf Review, Hippocampus Magazine, Peatsmoke Journal, The Rappahannock Review, GASHER Journal, Cutleaf Journal, and others. Sara has been nominated for Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and Best Small Fiction. She joined the Yellow Arrow community when her piece “Bitter / Sweet” was included in Yellow Arrow Journal kitalo Vol. IX, No. 2. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her family and is an interior designer for a small hospitality firm. You can find her at sarajstreeter.com. You can also find the video above on the Yellow Arrow YouTube channel.

To learn more about our submissions guidelines, visit yellowarrowpublishing.com/submissions. Thank you for supporting independent publishing.

Yellow Arrow Publishing would like to announce the next guest editor for Yellow Arrow Journal, Sara J. Streeter. Sara will oversee the creation of our Vol. X, No. 1 issue (spring 2025).

yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/desire-fire-within-guest-editor-yaj-x-01-streeter

Sara J. Streeter (she/her), or 한혜숙 Hea Sook Han, is a writer and a Korean-American adoptee. Since starting her writing journey in 2021, Sara found her writing community through Adoptee Voices and developed a meaningful connection to readers, both within the adoption constellation and beyond. She mainly writes creative nonfiction prose and has been published in literary journals, such as Longleaf Review, Hippocampus Magazine, Peatsmoke Journal, The Rappahannock Review, GASHER Journal, Cutleaf Journal, and others. Sara has been nominated for Best of the Net, Best Microfiction, and Best Small Fiction. She joined the Yellow Arrow community when her piece “Bitter / Sweet” was included in Yellow Arrow Journal kitalo Vol. IX, No. 2. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, with her family and is an interior designer for a small hospitality firm. You can find her at sarajstreeter.com.

This next issue of Yellow Arrow Journal (Vol. X, No. 1, spring 2025) explores the process people go through when finding and transforming into their authentic selves. This issue will be a survey of the unique journeys people take when experiencing and undergoing self-transformation, journeys that all start with a little fire, a desire, deep inside.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

• Theme announcement: January 20

• Submissions open: February 1

• Submissions close: February 28

• Issue release: May 20

Each year, staff and board at Yellow Arrow come together to select our value for the year—one word that reflects where we currently are on our journey and one that encompasses all that we are embracing and aspiring to in the year ahead.

This year’s theme is BLAZE. Learn more about our mission to blaze a path for women-identifying voices this year at yellowarrowpublishing.com/news/blaze-yellow-arrow-2025-value.