I attended the Appalachian Writer’s Conference held at the Historic Boone Tavern in Berea, KY the first week of September, had a wonderful time, and started seeing one of my dreams come true. I entered the memoir category of the conference’s writing competition, the Appy Inkwell Awards, and won first place for my teaching memoir,…
Category: Updates
Busy Fall
It’s getting real y’all! I never would have thought a year ago that I would be having these early retirement adventures. On Monday, I leave for the Appalachian Writer’s Conference in Berea, Kentucky. It’s my first time going to Berea and the first time to this conference, so I’m excited. Two of my teacher friends…
The First Year
I completed my first year of retirement on August 1. It’s been quite a year. I haven’t reached all my goals, but I have made progress and had some happy and unexpected surprises. The biggest one I can’t reveal publicly yet, but come back on September 6, and I will give you all the juicy…
Lost and Gained
Due to a family medical emergency, I was disappointed that I didn’t get to sit on the Slush Pile panel at the North Carolina Writers’ Network’s spring conference as I had announced. However, I was able to present to the Network’s Durham-Orange County group via Zoom on April 23 to talk about using memoir writing…
Print version of Teach. Write. now available for purchase
You can order print copies of the 2024 Spring~Summer edition of Teach. Write. at Lulu.com. Here is the link. The publication of the print copy is always great, but one more exciting thing is coming up that some of you might be interested in, especially if you live in North Carolina. I’m going to be a…
Revised Online Version Available
The Revised Online version of the 2024 Spring~Summer edition of Teach. Write. is now available. A link to purchase the print version should appear soon. Later today, if all goes well
Spring~Summer 2024 edition of Teach. Write. is here!
The online version of Teach. Write. for spring/summer 2024 is now available at this link: Spring~Summer 2024. The print version will be available for purchase Monday, April 8. I will post a link here. As always, editing this journal is one of the joys of my life. I began it in the fall of 2017…
Submissions close on March 1
There’s still time to submit your short stories, flash fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and short drama to the 2024 spring/summer edition of Teach. Write. I will be accepting work until March 1. Publication is on track for April 1 when I will be open again for submissions to the 2024 fall/winter edition. I love reading…
Open for Submissions
The 2024 spring/summer edition of Teach. Write.: A Writing Teachers’ Literary Journal is open for submissions until March 1 with a publication date of April 1. The editor, Katie Winkler, taught English composition, British literature, creative writing, developmental English, applied communications, and study skills for 27 years at a community college in western North Carolina….
Open for Submissions
Teach. Write.: A Writing Teachers’ Literary Journal is open for submissions until March 1 for the spring/summer 2024 edition. Although I began the journal as an outlet for writing teachers to publish their work, I accept any good writing that meets my submission guidelines. I am excited about being retired and able to give the…





