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From the Fiction Editor
Brief note from the managing editor: For this week's blog post, we feature Shelia O'Connor's thoughts on 2016 WSR Fiction Prize winner, Saba Waheed's piece "World Cup". Ms. Waheed will be joining us on Friday for our Annual Reading and Reception. We hope you can be...
Surfacing for Fall
While the inevitable scroll of first day school photos are infiltrating my Facebook feed, I am a woman still straddling the gap between these seasons. One child already well into her first month of a year-round middle school and a barnacle of a boy attached to my...
Water~Stone Review Summer Writing Workshop
At the center of Buntrock Commons on St. Olaf College, there is a memorial. It is a lovely wood tower with a huge wind chime. It is a magnificent structure made all the more meaningful by what it represents. The memorial is for the students that pass on while...
It Could Have Been Fireworks, by Danielle Bylund
Here in Saint Paul, MN we’ve just weathered a storm. On Tuesday, July 5, a fast moving, surprising thunderstorm hit. It changed the blue sky to black and whipped the trees with a vicious wind. My little house is on high ground. We overlook a small, triangular park and...
My Year with Water~Stone Review
I’m Chelsea, a second-year MFA student here at Hamline. Months after graduating from Central Michigan University, I packed up my bags and moved 700 miles away from home. I was a 22 year old with big dreams, no job, little knowledge of the Twin Cities. Flash forward...
Announcing 2016 WSR Fiction Prize Winner: Saba Waheed
Here's what judge, Nami Mun had to say about winner Saba Waheed's piece, "World Cup": "When I finished reading “World Cup,” I immediately wanted to read it again. I wanted to see how the writer, in only a few pages, got me to think about Kate Chopin, Grace Paley,...
Confessions of a Former Fence-Sitter: Why You Should Attend The WSR Writing Workshop This Summer, by Sarah Howard
It’s almost summer in Minnesota and everyone’s already busy trying to jam as much as they can into our few habitable months each year. But in between barbecues, vacations, and family get-togethers, why not take a little time for yourself and help jumpstart your...
Reverse Birth Order Blogging (or What We Learned From Our Little Sister)
Birth Order in Practice I was a senior in HS when my brother was a freshman. Up until this point, I barely recognized him as a human living in our house, let alone an actual being with redeeming intellectual and creative properties. That fall, I felt weirdly proud to...