Holly Lyn Walrath

WINNER OF THE SFPA ELGIN AWARD

FOR BEST SPECULATIVE CHAPBOOK

"Suggests an intelligence that retaliates through showing the beauty, complexity, and tragedy of modern womanhood -- a butterfly that can haul 40 times its own weight seems an apt metaphor for the unifying strength and delicacy of femininity we still struggle with."
--The Coil

"Seductive, soft to the touch, yet stabbing."
--Rag Queen Periodical

". . . an intersection between ethereal loftiness, humorous speculation, and poignant consideration. . . a collection of poetry and images that encourage readers to be more than they perceive themselves to be." --VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts

News & Updates

12/26/19 - What I Published This Year (Awards Eligibility Post)

12/18/19 - New post on Medium: My NaNoWriMo was a Mess, But I Wrote Anyway, So Who Cares?

12/1/19 - I'm once again offering a NaNoWriMo editing deal. Sign up here.

11/28/19 - New post at Bulletproof Writers: The End of the Year Sometimes Sucks for Creatives

11/27/19 - New post at Writing Hacks: Tricking Yourself into Writing

11/26/19 - My newest chapbook, "Numinose Lapidi" will be published in Italian by Kipple Press in 2020

11/15/19 - I have a poem in the Space Cowboy Books Presents: Simultaneous Times Podcast! Listen to it here.

10/31/19 - New post for Curious Fiction Subscribers: Handmade Rebellion: Dispatches from Zine Fest Houston and Women’s Radicalism

10/31/19 - Happy Halloween! Read my poem, "We Have Always Lived," an erasure of Shirley Jackson

10/28/19 - I have a new poem up at Apparition Lit: Belly of the Beast

10/24/19 - Burn the Map: Read my article on NaNoWriMo rebellion

10/18/19 - My poems "The Fox and the Forest," and "The Mining Town" won the short and long category of the SFPA poetry contest.

10/15/19 - New Medium Article: Does Publishing Short Stories Matter?

10/8/19: New Medium Article: "Yesterday" as a Metaphor for the Creative Process

9/30/19 - Glimmerglass Girl is the winner of the 2019 SFPA Elgin Award!

9/15/19 - I am teaching two Writespace Workshops in October. Check out my appearances page for more info.

9/9/19 - I wrote a review of the 2019 SFPA Elgin candidates over at Medium.

9/4/19 - I have a new article up at Medium: The Writing Life: An Infographic

8/28/19 - I have a new article up at Medium: 40 Writing Milestones to Celebrate

8/21/19 - I have a new article up at Medium: Queries, Contributors, and Common Terms: An A-Z glossary for submitting writing

8/19/19 - I'll be teaching an online class "Writing Life 101" at Gemini Ink starting Oct. 7. Sign up here

7/2/19 - I have a guest post up at the Horror Writer's Association Newsletter, Blood & Spades, available to all HWA members

6/5/19 - My chapbook Glimmerglass Girl is eligible for a SFPA Elgin Award! Voting starts July 1.

6/4/19 - Check out my panel schedule for Readercon in July!

6/3/19 - I'm teaching online at the Poetry Barn in July! Join me for Resistance through Erasure, Found Text, and Visual Poetry

5/16/19 - I have a new post at Medium on Fighting Self-Rejection and Imposter Syndrome

5/7/19 - Get your copy of the 2019 Rhysling Award anthology on Amazon, including my poem "Dead-Eye Girl'

5/3/19 - I have a new post at Medium on Switching Genres

5/1/19 - I'll be at Comicpalooza May 10-12 - Come say Hi!

4/3/19 - New post at Medium - Creating a Writer's Mission Statement

4/1/19 - I'm the first poet in Houston Public Media's Voices and Verses series in honor of National Poetry Month. Listen to me talk about poetry!

4/1/19 - I have a new poem up at Mirror Dance - "Farewell Dead Men"

3/27/19 - I wrote about NaPoWriMo and National Poetry Month over at Medium.

3/27/19 - I wrote a comprehensive guide on Medium to publishing Literary/Realism Short Stories.

3/14/19 - I wrote a guest post at Dream Foundry on whisper networks and breaking into the SFF community as a new writer

3/11/19 - I wrote a post over at Medium on why I loathe personal rejections

3/1/19 - My story "knick knack, knick knack," is reprinted at Flash Fiction Online

2/9/19 - I have a new article up at Medium on Submitting Short Fiction (Genre edition)

2/1/19 - February Poetry Instagram Challenge: A Tiny Love Poem a Day

1/31/19 - I have a new essay up at Medium on Forming a Critique Group 101

1/22/18 - New essay up at Medium on Ursula K. Le Guin and her most famous short story

1/4/18 - I wrote a new post at Medium on Working with a Freelance Editor to Boost Your Writing Career

1/1/19 - I have a new poem up at Kaleidotrope - All the Glory of Her Earthly Shell

12/31/18 - Read my year-in-review post - What I Wrote in 2018

11/23/18 - I was interviewed at Riddled with Arrows literary journal on poetry.

10/22/18 - Save the date! I'll be reading Nov. 17 at Kaboom Books!

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