Spring Arrives In Maryland
BWW Members are sprouting new ideas and getting the weeds out of the old. Have a story you haven't visited for a while? Spring is a great time for a fresh edit.

Welcome to Broadneck Writers’ Workshop — Where Every Story Matters

At Broadneck Writers’ Workshop, we believe that everyone has a story worth telling. Whether you’re a first-time writer searching for your voice or a seasoned author looking to refine your craft, our mission is to support, inspire, and guide you on your writing journey. From fiction and memoir to poetry and personal essays, our workshops, coaching sessions, and community events are designed to foster creative growth in a warm, inclusive space. We also understand the unique challenges students face when writing under academic pressure — that’s why we’ve developed resources around navigating college essay writing service ethically and effectively, helping young writers stay true to their own voice while seeking the support they need. Join us — and discover what happens when your words find their rhythm.

Jane Elkin Wins Honorable Mention and Publishes Even More
Jane Elkin's nature poem Taking Leave received Honorable Mention in the Caldwell Nixon Jr. competition for children's poetry and will appear in the North Carolina Poetry Society's anthology Pinesong. 

Additionally, two of her works will appear online during April as part of National Poetry Month celebrations:   La Levee , a poem about the idyllic life of a three-year-old, is part of Silver Birch Press's "Me As A Child" series, and her clothing memoir The Parable of the Hangers accompanies a favorite clothing poem as part of the Author Amok series --  You can "Like" Silver Birch Press and Author Amok on Facebook to read these and other short works from authors around the country.

BWW Member Simon Ward To Teach Beginner/Intermediate Workshop

Simon Ward is teaching a course this spring for The Writer's Center. It is aimed at beginning and intermediate writers with a focus on something no writer can live without: the all-important sentence. Over six weeks, Simon will help you understand the fundamentals of building a sentence and how to make yours effective. Sign up here.

What BWW Writers Are Working On Now

Jane Elkin, fresh from a poetry salon at The Writer's Center in Bethesda will be attending a 4-day novel continuation workshop in January at Peter Murphy's Winter Prose and Poetry Getaway in New Jersey.  This, her fourth retreat with him, should prove a productive and mind-expanding getaway that will finally answer the question, "Can a hippie and an ex-Green Beret find contentment together?"

BWW News

4th Quarter 2014

Congrats to Iain Baird. His award winning short story "The Wolf Man" will appear in the Seven Hills Review in January 2015.

WOW! Patsy Helmetag was paid by the Dark Moon Digest for the honor of publishing her short story, "The Shrew Trapper." You can feed your fear and support starving artists by buying Issue #17 of the Horror Fiction Quarterly on Amazon.

3rd Quarter 2014

Shaun Taylor Bevins is now a reader for NetGalley. Check out her blog for reviews of upcoming titles.
Congratulations to Shaun Taylor Bevins. Her story "The Blizzard" was chosen to appear in Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning, a Sisters in Crime anthology scheduled for release in 2016.

2nd Quarter 2014

Jane Elkin traveled to Evans, GA in April to deliver the keynote address at this year's Poetry Matters Project Awards Ceremony and will be at 2A in NYC on June 30 to read her memoir Pink Flamingoes from The Man Who Ate His Book: The Best of ducts.org - Volume II. Since launching her first poetry collection, World Class, in February, she has published poems in Steam Ticket, Annapolis Underground, and Bluestone Review, and has two short stories forthcoming in Falling Star Magazine and Subterranean Quarterly.

Iain S. Baird won First Place and publication in 2014 Seven Hills Review for both "The Lakeview Motel" (short story) and "Ash Wednesday" (flash fiction.)

1st Quarter 2014

Shaun Taylor Bevins is now a reader for Black Fox Literary Magazine.
BWW is excited to welcome Dawn Davis to our group.

4th Quarter 2013

Congratulations to Jeanne Slawson. Her first memoir, Down to Derry, received an honorable mention from the Annapolis Capital. (December 2013)
Congratulations to Hank Pugh. His short story, "The Reprieve," won second place in a fiction contest and was published online at Loose Change. His story will also appear in the journal's "best of" anthology due out in March 2014. (December 2013)
Congratulations to Iain S. Baird. He is a contributor to New Orleans: Days and Nights in the Dreamy City, published by the Preservation Resource Center. (December 2013)
Congratulations to Shaun Taylor Bevins. Her haiku poem was accepted for publication by Haiku Journal. (December 2013)
Congratulations to Jane C. Elkin. Her first chapbook, World Class: Poems Inspired by the ESL Classroom, is due to be published by Apprentice House Publishers on April 1st, with a release party at Anne Arundel Community College (details TBD). (November 2013)

Jane C. Elkin will be a featured artist interviewed in the late autumn issue of Prosaic Magazine, a monthly free digital magazine that aims to recommend books, films, artists, websites, films and anything that falls under art. (November 2013)

Look for her poem "Bryce Canyon: Three views" there.  Additionally, the December 1st "Exploring" issue of Prosaic Magazine, a print magazine (with Digital PDFs) that showcases the works of established and emerging artists all around the world, will feature her poem "Beavers at Bay."

Volume 11 of Kansas City Voices, with Jane Elkin's poem "PazMaya Under Pressure" from her World Classcollection, is now available for purchase. (November 2013)
Congratulations to Iain S. Baird whose short story "The Lakeview Motel" won first place in Tallahassee Writers' Association's annual writing contest. His flash fiction piece titled "Ash Wednesday" also won first place. Both will appear in this year's issue of the Seven Hills Review published in January 2014. (November 2013)
Congratulations to Pasty Helmetag whose short story "Tandem" is published in Mouse Tales Press, and which was also nominated for a PUSHCART PRIZE. (October 2013)
Congratulations to Pasty Helmetag whose short story "Fear and Loving" appears in the Times They Were A-Changing, released in September of 2013. (September 2013)

3rd Quarter 2013

Congratulations to Jeanne Slawson who appears in the Capital Gazette, under "Bookworm: Eastport resident writes of childhood in rural Vermont." (August 2013)
Congratulations to Patsy Helmetag for completing her third bike trip. 3 weeks, 712 miles, 5 continental divides, loooong distances between towns, hail and sleet storms - even a few nasty Montanans. They started in Wisdom, MT and ended up in Granby, CO where they left their bikes, "Clark" and "Louie," at a bike shop for the year, hopped a train to Denver and flew to their separate ways.

Yes, these ladies are freaking amazing. (July 2013)
Congratulations to Simon Ward whose poem "On the Campaign Trail" appears in From Glascow to Saturn's 31st issue. (July 2013)
Congratulations to Jane C. Elkin who had 4 poems, 1 essay, and 3 short stories accepted for publication/published. OMG...go Jane!

2nd Place in Poetry Matters Celebration Contest, Spring 2013 for Young Means “Forever Unchanging."

"Pazmaya Under Pressure," Kansas City Voices, Fall 2013

"When the Whistle Blew," Piscataqua Poems: A Seacoast Anthology: River Run Books, 2013.

"Keening for Eve," Empirical Magazine, June 2012.

"Apples for the Teacher," Ducts, Summer 2013.

"The Fall," Imitation Fruit, August 2013.

"Something to Spare" and "An Awful Lot," Six Minute Magazine, Spring 2013.

2nd Quarter 2013

It is with sadness that the group says good-bye to John C. Kelly, a valued BWW participant, as he leaves to travel and focus on his photography. We all wish him well.
Congratulations to Jane C. Elkin who is featured in Maryland Writer's Association Pen In Hand newsletter. (April 2013)
Congratulations to Iain S. Baird, who will be reading his 2013 Pushcart nominated story, "The One-Upper," and Jane C. Elkin, who will be reading her story, "My Brother's Keeper," in a local Page to Stage event directed by Lynn Schwartz, as part of the Compass Rose Theater's New Play Festival. The reading will take place at 2:00 PM on Sunday, May 19, at Compass Rose Theater's new location - 49 Spa Street, Annapolis, MD 21401.(April 2013)
Congratulations to Hank Pugh whose short story "The Eye of the Bison" will appear in the Green Briar Review scheduled for release in the winter of 2013. (April 2013)
Congratulations to Jane C. Elkin. She received Honorable Mentions for two of her poems, "Mother Nature's Last Fling" and "Demolition Day for Laura," which appear in the Winter 2013 issue of the Third Wednesday literary journal. (April 2013)
Congratulations to Patsy Helmetag whose short story, "Fear and Love," has been accepted for publication in the anthology, Times They Were A-Changing: Women Remember the 60s and 70s, due for release in August 2013. (April 2013)

First Quarter 2013

Congratulations to Simon Ward who was chosen to participate in the Jenny McKean Moore Community Workshop at George Washington University. (Feb 2013)
Congratulations to W.W. Broadneck, an alias used to pen BWW's first-to-be-published collaborative piece. Ochlockochopicola, is scheduled to appear in the Fall issue of Trajectory. Contributing BWW members include: Iain S. Baird, Shaun Taylor Bevins, John Clark, J.C. Elkin, Pasty Helmetag, John C. Kelly, and Jeanne Slawson. 
Congratulations to Jeanne Slawson whose coming of age memoir is now available in print on  Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and BookLocker. (Feb 2013)
Congratulations to Iain S. Baird whose short story "The One Upper" has been nominated for a 2013 Pushcart by the Seven Hills Review. (Jan 2013)
Congratulations to Shaun Taylor Bevins. Her short story "I Will Survive" was accepted to appear in Chesapeake Crimes: Homicidal Holidays. The SINC Anthology is scheduled to be released in the fall of 2014. (Jan 2013)
Congratulations to Jane C. Elkin. Her poem, When the Whistle Blew, was accepted for publication in Piscataqua Poems, a publication of the River Run Bookstore located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. (Jan 2013)

Jane also attended the Winter Poetry and Prose Getaway in Southern New Jersey. The three day workshop was sponsored by Murphy Writing Seminars. She described the course as productive and instructive.
Congratulations to Iain S. Baird and Shaun Taylor Bevins. Baird's first place entry for creative non-fiction, "The One Upper," and Bevins' first place entry for children's literature, Beatrice Beasley, appear in the Seven Hills Review. (Jan 2013)
BWW would like to welcome Simon Ward to our ranks. Simon recently moved here from the UK, where he completed a Masters degree in creative writing. Aside from his charming accent, he has proven to be an insightful and thoughtful addition to the group's critique process. (Jan 2013)