Author, artist, and teacher Nancy Schrock (writing as N. J. Schrock) is a retired corporate researcher with degrees in chemistry and English who has published across genres. Her newest release, Morning of a Crescent Moon (Indigo River Publishing,
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An Interview with Author Diana Lee
Author and artist Diana Lee comes from a “wordy clan” of writers. Though she has always written, it wasn’t until retirement that she found the time to pursue a career in storytelling. Her newest novel is Blood on the Ball (October 2025),
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An Interview with Author Kathleen A. Hessler
Kathleen A. Hessler is an attorney, retired registered nurse, and author. She spent most of her legal career representing long-term care providers while navigating her own mother’s journey with early-onset Alzheimer’s. Her dual careers and specialized knowledge have earned her national recognition as a speaker at premier healthcare and legal conferences.
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2026 Call for Submissions: SWW Annual Writing Contest
The SouthWest Writers (SWW) annual writing competition is now open for submissions.
All writers, new and experienced, are welcome to enter the contest.
Contestants don’t have to be members of SWW or live in the Southwest to participate.
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An Interview with Linda Bairstow
Linda Bairstow is an educator, a retired preschool teacher, and an author whose writing is a hybrid of verse and poetic essays. Her 2025 release from Sunstone Press, Catch a Twinkle: A Foreverness of Life in Verse,
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Author Update: Sherri L. Burr
Sherri L. Burr is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, and the Yale Law School. Following her retirement from a decades-long career as a full-time law professor, she became the Dickason Chair and Regents Professor of Law Emerita at the University of New Mexico.
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SWW’s 2026 Writing Contest Opens May 1
The annual SouthWest Writers (SWW) writing competition opens for submissions on May 1, 2026.
Hey AI, tell me a story in the style of…STOP! STOP! STOP! No one wants to hear an artificial story imitating the work of someone else,
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An Interview with Author James C. Wilson
James C. Wilson is Emeritus Professor of English and Journalism at the University of Cincinnati and a former journalist for two Santa Fe newspapers. He is also the author of more than twenty books, both fiction and nonfiction.
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An Interview with Author Mike Kimmel
Mike Kimmel is a film, television, stage, and commercial actor and acting coach. He is also a screenwriter and playwright, as well as the author of over a dozen books across two series focused on the performing arts.
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An Interview with Author Wanda W. Jerome
Award-winning poet and nonfiction author Wanda W. Jerome has been channeling spiritual messages in fixed and free poetry and prose since 2022. Her newest memoir in verse, After the Journey: Returning the Heart to Home (The Journey Book Series 2,
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