Jekyll2026-11-15T04:04:48+00:00https://emilywittenhagen.com/feed.xmlEmily WittenhagenEmily Wittenhagen is a writer, poet, and editor in Maine. Read her published poems and essays, news about new work, and her editing portfolio.Emily WittenhagenMy pome ‘Blue Persons’ was nominated for Best of the Net2026-09-28T00:00:00+00:002026-09-28T00:00:00+00:00https://emilywittenhagen.com/best-of-the-net-nominationI’m thrilled to announce that my poem, or “pome” as I like to call them, Blue Persons, was nominated by Okay Donkey for the Best of the Net, along with a handful of other beautiful poems. Thanks so much for this publication and community!

You can check out the post and view the others in the series here.

Okay Donkey's Best of the Net nominees, including Emily Wittenhagen

]]>Emily WittenhagenMy essay ‘Jazz Solo’ is now live on MUTHA2024-12-03T00:00:00+00:002024-12-03T00:00:00+00:00https://emilywittenhagen.com/jazz-solo-published-in-mutha-magazineMy piece about my experience and grieving during a miscarriage, Jazz Solo: Navigating the Muddy Waters of Miscarriage, has been published on the MUTHA blog. I’m honored to have this as a space to share my perspective about a subject that is rarely given the light of day. It’s my solo for “jazz”…

You can check it out here.

I was honored to be featured in this publication founded by Michelle Tea, an author, poet, and literary arts organizer known for her memoirs of queer life.

]]>Emily WittenhagenThe Heart of the Runaway: an Article, a Book, a Friendship2024-11-18T00:00:00+00:002024-11-18T00:00:00+00:00https://emilywittenhagen.com/heart-of-the-runawayFilson commissioned this profile piece on Liberty Miller, who at the time worked as the only year-round live-aboard for the Boat Company. A shortened version of the story was published with permission by the Boat Company, and the original appeared in Filson Life.

Polaroid photos of Liberty Miller aboard the boat

But our partnership didn’t end there — Liberty then hired me to edit her full length memoir, which ended up borrowing its name from the article: Heart of the Runaway. For the book, I did developmental editing, line editing, copy editing, and proofreading. We were so happy with the final result! Liberty has lived an absolutely fascinating and adventurous life, including being on the TV show Whale Wars, and it comes through in this book and for anyone who meets her. I feel lucky to now count her as a friend.

]]>Emily Wittenhagenpomes, a short poem collection, is done!2024-10-28T00:00:00+00:002024-10-28T00:00:00+00:00https://emilywittenhagen.com/my-pomes-compilation-is-doneMy collection of short poems, or pomes as I call it, is now in compilation form! I’ve been submitting individual poems from the collection to journals. So far pieces have been published or are forthcoming in Anodyne Magazine, the Champagne Room, and Deep Overstock. Eventually I’d like to publish the full book. If you have any recommendations for journals, publishing houses, or contests, feel free to let me know. “Sandy” is a nickname I’ve used as a pen name, but these are all published under Emily.

]]>Emily WittenhagenMicah & The Worry Stone, a co-authored children’s book, is out!2024-09-18T00:00:00+00:002024-09-18T00:00:00+00:00https://emilywittenhagen.com/micah-and-the-worry-stoneMicah & the Worry Stone is a children’s book that was co-authored by Julie Campilio and me and illustrated by the talented Kara Larson.

Micah’s story is about courage, finding your inner voice, and venturing outside your comfort zone. It teaches coping skills like self-awareness, deep breathing, and asking for help, and reminds us that the power to ease our worries is already inside us. We’d love for you to share it with the children in your life!

Watercolor artwork from Micah and the Worry Stone

More information and order button at ourrootsup.com/micah. It is also on select bookshelves in New England and for sale online through Powell’s, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and other presences. The book is published through Roots Up.

]]>Emily WittenhagenRetrospective on Seattle’s HOARSE journal2024-09-09T00:00:00+00:002024-09-09T00:00:00+00:00https://emilywittenhagen.com/retrospective-on-seattle-s-hoarse-poetry-journalHOARSE was a lit journal co-edited with Elena Moffet, lovingly designed by Gregory Flores, and founded by the three of us in Seattle. Issues were published around the solstices and equinoxes with a specific theme and accompanied by a wild theme party.

HOARSE was short-listed for a Stranger Genius Award and covered by Seattle Magazine.

Themes included Pool Party, Cape Canaveral, Houdini, Field Day, Professor, and Undercover. The community was the best and the parties were such a blast.

]]>Emily WittenhagenMy pome ‘Blue Field’ published in Anodyne Magazine2024-08-12T00:00:00+00:002024-08-12T00:00:00+00:00https://emilywittenhagen.com/my-poem-blue-field-published-in-anodyne-magazone Happy to share that one of my pomes made it into Anodyne Magazine, Vol. 3 June 2024. Folks can grab a copy here. Anodyne (meaning pain relief) Magazine is a trimesterly periodical out of Berlin offering an opportunity for FLINTA* people to share their experiences to the masses. I’m honored to have my piece, ‘Blue Field’ featured in this volume. More than that, I love Anodyne’s commitment to community building — before publication, they gathered us all together to talk shop and get to know each other. It was so nice to actually meet the other contributors. More journals should do this!

The front cover of Anodyne Magazine Vol 3, June 2024

]]>Emily WittenhagenExploring the Barchives2015-12-03T00:00:00+00:002015-12-03T00:00:00+00:00https://emilywittenhagen.com/diving-into-the-barchivesWhile working in Seattle, I had a column for the bi-monthly magazine NW Lawyer, published by the Washington State Bar Association. To celebrate its 125th birthday, the magazine tasked me with mining through boxes of archival materials to pull out intriguing stories.

I ended up writing six columns, finding beauty in mundane memos, tracking down the origin story for a pair of oversized scissors, and other oddities, like a luncheon menu from 1895 that opens with broth of young pigeon and ends in cigars. I profiled an early activist for women’s social justice, a lovably idiosyncratic old-school lawyer, and other histories.

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