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Hawaii Writers Guild's Literary Review
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We are pleased to announce the FIFTH edition of our
Online Literary Review!
Welcome from our President
Aloha to our members and others who find their way to this, our fifth edition of the Hawaii Writers Guild online literary review, Latitudes.
With some unexpected changes resulting in a new managing editor for this edition, we had the release date move out later than our initial plan. But with the dedication of Margaret Zacharias as managing editor and the many other members who participated in the editorial team and the final publication, the fifth edition is now ready for your reading pleasure. There is much variety in the offerings that should allow you to find something that interests and moves you.
Please take some time to explore, and enjoy the voyage of sharing your favorites with family and friends.
Mahalo,
Diane Revell
President--Hawaii Writers Guild
Aloha to our members and others who find their way to this, our fifth edition of the Hawaii Writers Guild online literary review, Latitudes.
With some unexpected changes resulting in a new managing editor for this edition, we had the release date move out later than our initial plan. But with the dedication of Margaret Zacharias as managing editor and the many other members who participated in the editorial team and the final publication, the fifth edition is now ready for your reading pleasure. There is much variety in the offerings that should allow you to find something that interests and moves you.
Please take some time to explore, and enjoy the voyage of sharing your favorites with family and friends.
Mahalo,
Diane Revell
President--Hawaii Writers Guild
Welcome from Our Managing Editor
Aloha Readers,
Hawaii Writers Guild Literary Review: Latitudes Edition V is dedicated with gratitude and affection to:
Our Founding Editor, Laura Burkhart, whose vision and commitment gave birth to the First Edition of Latitudes as a literary journal.
Managing Editor emeritus, Bob Lupo, who donated untold hours and exceptional energy over the next three years to Editions II, III, and IV, developing and expanding Latitudes to include more selections, and more-diverse member contributions.
Our Production Editor, Webmaster Duncan Dempster, whose sustained commitment and contributions of technological expertise over all five editions have made it possible to publish Latitudes. Writers can write and editors can edit, but without our devoted online publishing professional, all else could have come to naught.
I want to thank the Hawaii Writers Guild Board of Directors, who represent the Guild as Latitudes' official legal Publisher.
Their thoughtful reflection and guidance over the past eleven months kept our Literary Review alive, in transition through a challenging year. I'm grateful for the Board members' willingness to study a new publishing landscape, engage in dialogue, and make difficult decisions about Artificial Intelligence policies, based on our shared values for human creativity and the Guild's non-profit mission to serve local communities.
I also want to express my profound gratitude to the 2024 Editorial Team. Whether we were dear friends, or total strangers, all eleven editors stepped up immediately, with courage and commitment, the moment they heard my call for help! to preserve Latitudes' legacy in Hawaii Writers Guild.
They read a huge number of other authors' manuscripts to make first-round selections; and contributed valuable assistance with copy editing and line editing, whether that meant extra Zoom meetings, thoughtful ballot comments, or full manuscript reviews. They took time away from writing, editing, and/or marketing their own books to serve as volunteers for this endeavor.
Their discerning judgment, diligent work, and ongoing support for me as a new managing editor made the impossible, possible.
Finally, I want to thank the Members of Hawaii Writers Guild.
We set a new record in 2024, with 105 total submissions.
Every member who submitted a manuscript for consideration had to navigate new Guidelines and new Forms this year. Thank you, members, for your enthusiastic contribution of manuscripts for consideration, as well as for your patience and cooperation with these changes.
I'm happy to note that we are publishing five relatively new members of the Guild in Edition V, as well as a couple of long-time, well-published members of the Guild who hadn't yet taken advantage of the opportunity to submit their work for Latitudes.
Our Aloha spirit for fellow writers in Hawaii Writers Guild is rare, and precious.
Together, all of us have managed to create an Edition V of Hawaii Writers Guild Literary Review: Latitudes that I believe can stand with pride anywhere in the literary universe.
I hope each of you will enjoy reading it.
Blessings and Peace,
Margaret
Aloha Readers,
Hawaii Writers Guild Literary Review: Latitudes Edition V is dedicated with gratitude and affection to:
Our Founding Editor, Laura Burkhart, whose vision and commitment gave birth to the First Edition of Latitudes as a literary journal.
Managing Editor emeritus, Bob Lupo, who donated untold hours and exceptional energy over the next three years to Editions II, III, and IV, developing and expanding Latitudes to include more selections, and more-diverse member contributions.
Our Production Editor, Webmaster Duncan Dempster, whose sustained commitment and contributions of technological expertise over all five editions have made it possible to publish Latitudes. Writers can write and editors can edit, but without our devoted online publishing professional, all else could have come to naught.
I want to thank the Hawaii Writers Guild Board of Directors, who represent the Guild as Latitudes' official legal Publisher.
Their thoughtful reflection and guidance over the past eleven months kept our Literary Review alive, in transition through a challenging year. I'm grateful for the Board members' willingness to study a new publishing landscape, engage in dialogue, and make difficult decisions about Artificial Intelligence policies, based on our shared values for human creativity and the Guild's non-profit mission to serve local communities.
I also want to express my profound gratitude to the 2024 Editorial Team. Whether we were dear friends, or total strangers, all eleven editors stepped up immediately, with courage and commitment, the moment they heard my call for help! to preserve Latitudes' legacy in Hawaii Writers Guild.
They read a huge number of other authors' manuscripts to make first-round selections; and contributed valuable assistance with copy editing and line editing, whether that meant extra Zoom meetings, thoughtful ballot comments, or full manuscript reviews. They took time away from writing, editing, and/or marketing their own books to serve as volunteers for this endeavor.
Their discerning judgment, diligent work, and ongoing support for me as a new managing editor made the impossible, possible.
Finally, I want to thank the Members of Hawaii Writers Guild.
We set a new record in 2024, with 105 total submissions.
Every member who submitted a manuscript for consideration had to navigate new Guidelines and new Forms this year. Thank you, members, for your enthusiastic contribution of manuscripts for consideration, as well as for your patience and cooperation with these changes.
I'm happy to note that we are publishing five relatively new members of the Guild in Edition V, as well as a couple of long-time, well-published members of the Guild who hadn't yet taken advantage of the opportunity to submit their work for Latitudes.
Our Aloha spirit for fellow writers in Hawaii Writers Guild is rare, and precious.
Together, all of us have managed to create an Edition V of Hawaii Writers Guild Literary Review: Latitudes that I believe can stand with pride anywhere in the literary universe.
I hope each of you will enjoy reading it.
Blessings and Peace,
Margaret
List of Our Latitudes V Authors
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Dale Baker
John Blossom Laura Burkhart David Dinner Cheryl Ann Farrell Joy Fisher Michael Foley Steven Foster David Fouts Gwyndolin Gorg Lucy Lee Jones Nancy Juneau |
Karen Kuester
Angela Leslee Sharon E. Ludan Wendy Noritake Carol Prescott Diane Revell Kimberly Russell Ed Sancious Diann Wilson Wendy Wilson Margaret Zacharias |
Hawaii Writers Guild Literary Review: Latitudes Edition V
Collection Copyright in whole, June 2024, by Hawaii Writers Guild.
Hawaii Writers Guild, an IRS §501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in the State of Hawaii, expressly forbids the gathering or use of any data contained herein for the training of, or use in any form by, Artificial Intelligence, including but not limited to Large Language Models and/or Generative Pre-Trained Transformer technologies.
Author Copyrights
"A Great Love" Copyright 2022 by Karen Kuester.
Previously published in Meraki, by Karen Kuester, Independent by Karen Kuester, October 9, 2022.
Republished with permission of author.
"Acrobatics" Copyright 2024 by Cheryl Ann Farrell.
Previously published by Grande Dame Literary, https://www.grandedameliterary.com/post/acrobatics, January 2, 2024. Republished with permission of author.
"Ash and Anguish" Copyright 2024 by Cheryl Ann Farrell.
"Board Games" Copyright 2024 by Nancy Juneau.
"Bring It" Copyright 2024 by Diann Wilson.
"Caldera" Copyright 2024 by Carol Prescott.
"China in an Opium Bottle" Copyright 2022 by Karen Kuester.
Previously published in Meraki, Independent by Karen Kuester, October 9, 2022 and
Out of Our Minds Volume 2: Shadows and Reflections, by Volcano Writer's Group et al., October 21, 2022.
Republished with permission of author.
"Daddy's Last Aubade" Copyright 2024 by Ed Sancious.
"Descent" Copyright 2024 by Wendy Wilson.
"Endless Connection" Copyright 2024 by Gwyndolin Gorg.
"Falling in Love" Copyright 2024 by Cheryl Ann Farrell.
"Hawaii's Guardian" Copyright 2024 by Steven S. Foster.
"Invitations" Copyright 2024 by John Blossom.
"Last Sight of a Hand" Copyright 2024 by Laura Burkhart.
"Laupahoehoe Morning" Copyright 2024 by Gwyndolin Gorg.
"Letting Go" Copyright 2024 by David Dinner.
"Metrazol" Copyright 2024 by Laura Burkhart.
"Moving Right Along" Copyright 2024 by Joy Fisher.
"Ordering Off Menu" Copyright 2024 by David Fouts.
"Pig Tales" Copyright 2023 by Angela Leslee.
Previously published in Chicken Boots: Hen-Raising Misadventures, Independent by Angela Leslee, September 28, 2023. Reprinted with permission of author.
"Return to Self" Copyright 2024 by Lucy Lee Jones.
Saving Makani" Copyright 2024 by Nancy Juneau.
Seeking a Theory of Everything" Copyright 2021 by Sharon E. Ludan.
Previously published in Mingled Voices 6: International Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology 2021, Bickley et al. eds, Proverse Hong Kong, April 18, 2022. Republished with permission of author.
"Shipping Lanes" Copyright 2024 by John Blossom.
"Talk Story in Line" Copyright 2024 by Diane B. Revell.
"The Beginning of the End" Copyright 2024 by Angela Leslee.
"The Last Day for Strawberries" Copyright 2024 by Carol Prescott.
"The Sea Turtles Teach Me Their Version of Timeless Truths" Copyright 2022 by Sharon E. Ludan. Previously published in Conversations: An Anthology, Unleash Press, Jen Knox and Rebecca Grubb, eds., March 5, 2022. Republished with permission of the author.
"The Messenger" Copyright 2024 by Wendy Noritake.
"The N Word" Copyright 2024 by Gwyndolin Gorg.
"Truth and Consequences" Copyright 2024 by Margaret King Zacharias.
"Walking Meditation at Kauna'oa" Copyright 2024 by Michael Foley.
"What the Heck is a Sestina" Copyright 2024 by Dale L. Baker
"White Wings" Copyright 2024 by Margaret King Zacharias.
"Winter Moon" Copyright 2024 by Kimberly B. Russell.
"Words Written for My Mother in Carlsbad, California" Copyright 2024 by Michael Foley.
All Rights Reserved.
Collection Copyright in whole, June 2024, by Hawaii Writers Guild.
Hawaii Writers Guild, an IRS §501(c)(3) nonprofit organization incorporated in the State of Hawaii, expressly forbids the gathering or use of any data contained herein for the training of, or use in any form by, Artificial Intelligence, including but not limited to Large Language Models and/or Generative Pre-Trained Transformer technologies.
Author Copyrights
"A Great Love" Copyright 2022 by Karen Kuester.
Previously published in Meraki, by Karen Kuester, Independent by Karen Kuester, October 9, 2022.
Republished with permission of author.
"Acrobatics" Copyright 2024 by Cheryl Ann Farrell.
Previously published by Grande Dame Literary, https://www.grandedameliterary.com/post/acrobatics, January 2, 2024. Republished with permission of author.
"Ash and Anguish" Copyright 2024 by Cheryl Ann Farrell.
"Board Games" Copyright 2024 by Nancy Juneau.
"Bring It" Copyright 2024 by Diann Wilson.
"Caldera" Copyright 2024 by Carol Prescott.
"China in an Opium Bottle" Copyright 2022 by Karen Kuester.
Previously published in Meraki, Independent by Karen Kuester, October 9, 2022 and
Out of Our Minds Volume 2: Shadows and Reflections, by Volcano Writer's Group et al., October 21, 2022.
Republished with permission of author.
"Daddy's Last Aubade" Copyright 2024 by Ed Sancious.
"Descent" Copyright 2024 by Wendy Wilson.
"Endless Connection" Copyright 2024 by Gwyndolin Gorg.
"Falling in Love" Copyright 2024 by Cheryl Ann Farrell.
"Hawaii's Guardian" Copyright 2024 by Steven S. Foster.
"Invitations" Copyright 2024 by John Blossom.
"Last Sight of a Hand" Copyright 2024 by Laura Burkhart.
"Laupahoehoe Morning" Copyright 2024 by Gwyndolin Gorg.
"Letting Go" Copyright 2024 by David Dinner.
"Metrazol" Copyright 2024 by Laura Burkhart.
"Moving Right Along" Copyright 2024 by Joy Fisher.
"Ordering Off Menu" Copyright 2024 by David Fouts.
"Pig Tales" Copyright 2023 by Angela Leslee.
Previously published in Chicken Boots: Hen-Raising Misadventures, Independent by Angela Leslee, September 28, 2023. Reprinted with permission of author.
"Return to Self" Copyright 2024 by Lucy Lee Jones.
Saving Makani" Copyright 2024 by Nancy Juneau.
Seeking a Theory of Everything" Copyright 2021 by Sharon E. Ludan.
Previously published in Mingled Voices 6: International Proverse Poetry Prize Anthology 2021, Bickley et al. eds, Proverse Hong Kong, April 18, 2022. Republished with permission of author.
"Shipping Lanes" Copyright 2024 by John Blossom.
"Talk Story in Line" Copyright 2024 by Diane B. Revell.
"The Beginning of the End" Copyright 2024 by Angela Leslee.
"The Last Day for Strawberries" Copyright 2024 by Carol Prescott.
"The Sea Turtles Teach Me Their Version of Timeless Truths" Copyright 2022 by Sharon E. Ludan. Previously published in Conversations: An Anthology, Unleash Press, Jen Knox and Rebecca Grubb, eds., March 5, 2022. Republished with permission of the author.
"The Messenger" Copyright 2024 by Wendy Noritake.
"The N Word" Copyright 2024 by Gwyndolin Gorg.
"Truth and Consequences" Copyright 2024 by Margaret King Zacharias.
"Walking Meditation at Kauna'oa" Copyright 2024 by Michael Foley.
"What the Heck is a Sestina" Copyright 2024 by Dale L. Baker
"White Wings" Copyright 2024 by Margaret King Zacharias.
"Winter Moon" Copyright 2024 by Kimberly B. Russell.
"Words Written for My Mother in Carlsbad, California" Copyright 2024 by Michael Foley.
All Rights Reserved.
To learn more about these fine authors, their biographies, and their other works,
simply click here or on the "OUR AUTHORS" menu item at the top of this page.
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