The writing workshop is a space where power and privilege often demand disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent writers translate our lived experiences for abled audiences in order to be valued. ...

I’m in the garden when the scream rings out. Surrounded by beauty and bumblebees sipping at the roses and the salvia, I’m at peace despite the chaotic

Join The Writer’s Desk for a special virtual event to commemorate Disability Pride Month! “We’re Still Here: Disabled Writers on Claiming Space” premieres on Thursday, July 23, 2026, with authors…

Join The Writer’s Desk for a special virtual event to commemorate Disability Pride Month! “We’re Still Here: Disabled Writers on Claiming Space” premieres on July 23 with authors Khairani Barokka, Emi...

We spoke with Sarah Fawn Montgomery, editor in chief of Nerve to Write, in our latest member spotlight.   What is the history behind Nerve to Write? When was it founded and what is its mission? Nerve ...

I feel like it’s common to begin these types of interviews with a question on origin. I’d prefer to begin with one of genealogy. When…

Literary Nonfiction Editor Kristen Iversen: What I admire most about this essay is the author’s courage in confronting a subject that is both deeply

Nerve to Write is an inclusive literary magazine amplifying disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent voices.

The Strength in Womanhood Review : Abbreviate by Erica Rose ​ Sarah Fawn Montgomery Essays Small Harbor Publishing pp. 82  Cost: $18.00 ​

This Autistic Puts on Her Mask Because the world wantsa woman smiling louder than her voice, scripts rehearsedbecause the only answer to How are you? is Finewhich is a lie like making eye contact w…

My youngest brother runs away from home again the morning the baby robins fly from the nest. All spring, I watch a mother robin build her nest under my deck. It rests next to the half-dozen hollowed-o...

My youngest brother runs away from home again the morning the baby robins fly from the nest. All spring, I watch a mother robin build her nest under my deck. It rests next to the half-dozen hollowed-o...

Hunger Mountain is the VCFA Journal of the Arts

This year was another banner year for independent literary publishing! We’re proud to share this list of CLMP member publishers’ books honored by major literary awards and featured in best-of lists in...