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HeartWood Literary Magazine Inaugural Issue Live!

Thrilled to announce the first issue of HeartWood, a literary magazine in association with the Low-Residency MFA program at West Virginia Wesleyan College!

Check out the beautiful first issue, including beautiful words from Rita Quillen, Ace Boggess, Abby Chew, Brent House, Bill King, Denise James, Roy Bentley, Faith Holsaert, Dorie LaRue, Michelle Lyle, Meggie Royer, James Engelhardt, Valerie Neiman, Marc Harshman, Ronald Jackson, C.A. Cole, Madhla Khan, Ron Burch, George M. Lies, Rhonda Browning White, Alma Luz Villanueva, Brent Watkins, and R.T. Castleberry. 

Also don’t miss our Appalachian Arts Interview with multitalented artist Kopana Terry! 

Let’s get to the heart of the matter! 

http://www.heartwoodlitmag.com/

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Thanks and BIG gratitude to the amazing editorial staff!

Managing Editor: Danielle Kelly

Fiction Editors: Danielle Kelly, Chris Chapman

Poetry Editors: Jessica Spruill, Mary Imo Stike

Nonfiction Editors: Susan Krakoff, Beth Feagan

Appalachian Arts Editor: Vincent Trimboli

Blog Manager: Allison Pugh

Technical Advisor: J Hackett

Y’all rock!

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Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Call for Submissions, Creativity, Editing, Family, fiction, Friday Call for Submissions, Gratitude, litmags, Love, nonfiction, poetry, publishing, Writing

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Sometimes the Prompt Is a Heartbeat Away

Daily Prompt

Dreamt someone I love brought me a drum, and together we listened to its heartbeat. Make art about a drum, the sound of a drum, the drum as a call to prayer.

my drum

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2016 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Dreams, Family, Gratitude, Love, Music, One Love, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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Sometimes the Prompt Is Good Company

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The pups and I had all kinds of feathered company on our walk this morning. Put me in mind of one of my mama’s favorite poets, John Greenleaf Whittier:

from “What the Birds Said”
“The birds against the April wind
   Flew northward, singing as they flew;
They sang, “The land we leave behind
   Has swords for corn-blades, blood for dew.”
Make art about birds, about flying, about flight, about what the birds said.
junco

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2016 Prompts, animals, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Family, Gratitude, Love, Nature, One Love, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops

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Sometimes the Prompt Is a Choice

Daily Prompt

Make art about builders or destroyers, about choosing to be one or the other. 

builder destroyer

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2016 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Love, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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Daily Prompt Catch-Up! Seeds, and Play, and Rebirth!

Daily Prompt Catch-Up!

3/25/2016

My grandmother Miz Pearl always said to plant on Good Friday. I haven’t gotten the garden in yet, but I did put in some basil and some seed potatoes. Seeds of a new season.

Make art about seeds.

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3/26/2016

Easter gathering with family, and my favorite part was watching my loving generous adult sons play with the baby cousins. Make art about love and gifts across the generations.

3/27/2016

Make art about your own resurrection.

spiritual_awakening

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2016 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Family, Gratitude, Love, One Love, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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Sometimes the Prompt Hurts So Much

Discrimination, df:  treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit:

Make art about discrimination, about enduring discrimination, about surviving discrimination, about conquering discrimination, about eliminating discrimination.

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2016 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Family, freedom, Gratitude, Love, One Love, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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Sometimes the Day Needs Some Magic

Praying for Brussels, praying for us all.

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Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Dreams, Family, freedom, Gratitude, Love, Music, One Love, poetry

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Sometimes We Have To Follow the Prompt

 

Daily Prompt

“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” A. Einstein

Make art about intuition, about how intuition whispers, about listening to it, or about what happens if we don’t.

intuition

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2016 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Dreams, Gratitude, Love, One Love, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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Sometimes the Prompt Gets By With a Little Help From Friends

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Great conversation thread yesterday started by the amazing poet and person Karen Craigo on Facebook regarding what we can do all to support poetry and other poets. Got me thinking about how my mama always quoted John Donne, his “Devotions upon Emergent Occasions,” saying “No man is an island.” 

Make art about community, abut community-building, about our need for community. 

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2016 Prompts, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Family, Gratitude, Love, One Love, poetry, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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Spring Is Prompting All Over!

Two Prompts ‘Cause I’m Sooooo Happy Spring’s Here! 

Happy Spring Prompt 1

Dreamt last night I was playing with a little bitty baby bear We tussled and snuggled and giggled and romped. Make art about a baby’s capacity for joy. 🙂 Or about a bear. 🙂 

cute_cub

 

Happy Spring Prompt 1

Make art with the first day of spring, about rebirth.

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2016 Prompts, animals, Art, Artists, Bless the Day, Creativity, Dreams, Family, Gratitude, Love, Nature, One Love, Writing, Writing Coaching & Workshops, Writing Prompts

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