Latitudes

Hawaii Writers Guild Literary Review, Edition I

Managing Editor: Laura Burkhart

Editorial Staff: Joy Fisher, Jan Asch, Bob Lupo, Michael Foley, Jim Gibbons, Duncan Dempster

Introduction to the Inaugural Issue of Latitudes

As a child, I would soak in the bathtub with my sister while my mother sat perched on the edge of the tub reading to us from our favorite collection of short stories. This was my introduction to a world beyond the one in which I lived, and the beginning of my love of the written word.

However you came to love the written word, I hope this inaugural edition of Latitudes will take you to a world beyond the one in which you live. The purpose of this literary journal is to showcase the best writing of Hawaii Writers Guild members. By publishing Latitudes, we hope to attract others to the Guild so more writers can participate in, and benefit from, this professional community.

To create this masterpiece, we put out a call to our 65 members, asking them to submit their best writing for consideration. More than one-third of our members submitted works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama for a total of 52 submissions. A dedicated team of volunteers reviewed the writing and selected the sixteen pieces that you are about to appreciate.

Special thanks go out to Laura Burkhart who tirelessly led the effort to see this project from inception to publication. Kudos also to the other volunteers who offered their time, creativity and skills: Duncan Dempster, Joy Fisher, Michael Foley, Jim Gibbons, Bob Lupo and Jan Asch.

Please enjoy, and may this become one of your favorite collections!

Diann Wilson
President, Hawaii Writers Guild

Collection Copyright in whole, April 2020 for I release, by Hawaii Writers Guild.
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