A year in books. 📖 We’re proud to share the titles WTAW Press published in 2025—each one the result of trust, risk, revision, and care. Congratulations to our authors, and thank you to the readers who made space for these stories. #WTawPress #SmallPressLove #LiteraryCommunity #BooksOfInstagram

#TBT to And There Was Evening And There Was Morning by Mike Smith! We’re so grateful for the continued support from our community of readers. Here’s to what’s next! 📖 Purchase this book and others with the link in our bio #ThrowbackThursday #WTAWPress #LiteraryPress

As we start a new year, we want to extend our deepest thanks to our end-of-year donors. Your generosity helps WTAW Press continue working toward a more equitable, representative publishing world—one that listens to, uplifts, and honors a diverse array of writers.

✨ Happy New Year from WTAW Press! ✨ As we welcome 2026, we’re making one final call for end-of-year support. Thank you for being part of our literary community. Donate now with the link in our bio.

⏰ FINAL DAY! Our 2025 Open Submission Call and End-of-Year Fundraiser close tonight at midnight. Don’t miss your chance to submit your work or support WTAW Press's mission. Let’s finish strong! ✨

⏰ FINAL CALL! Only two days left to submit to WTAW Press’s 2025 Open Call. If you’ve been waiting for a sign… this is it. Your book could be next to join our shelf! Submit by December 31st. ✍️

✨ One-Year Anniversary ✨ Read how Anita Felicelli begins her collection of stories, HOW WE KNOW OUR TIME TRAVELERS, a finalist for the 2025 Northern California Book Awards and the 2024 Foreword Indies Book Awards. WTAW Press is open for Submissions until December 31st!

Happy holidays from all of us at WTAW Press! 🎁 A special thank you to everyone who has supported our authors and us this giving season. 🙏 Our end-of-year fundraiser comes to a close in one week. Donate today with the link in our bio!

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Last-minute gift panic? We’ve got you. 📚✨ Our WTAW Press Holiday Gift Guide is here—stacked with unforgettable fiction, daring stories, dreamy vignettes, powerful memoirs, and books for writers who want to sharpen their craft. Link in bio to shop before it’s too late.

📣 One more week! WTAW Press’s 2025 submission call is still open — but not for long. If you’ve been polishing a manuscript, this is your sign to send it in. ❄️📝 Submit your manuscript with the link in our bio!

🧡 Thank you for being so supportive this #GivingTuesday. Contributions go directly to publishing and championing important, beautiful books that otherwise may not have found a home.📖 We welcome your help via our donation link (in our bio).

✨ This year, your support keeps diverse voices alive! Join our end-of-year campaign to ensure these stories continue to reach readers everywhere. 👉 Donate today — link in bio! Every dollar fuels emerging writers and groundbreaking literature.

WTAW on YouTube = deep dives, big laughs, brilliant minds. Get inspired. Get curious. Get writing. 📺 Watch the full archive anytime — link in bio. #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #writing #authorlife #litcommunity #writerslife #creativewriting #fictioncommunity #indielit

WTAW Press is important now, and forever, and we're rallying our community for #GivingTuesday. With your support, we can continue to publish and champion literature and voices that deserve to be heard. Head to the link in our bio to seize this giving opportunity.

20% Off with the code sale20 while supplies last! This Black Friday, #SupportNonprofits. ➡️ Shop our collection with code sale20 for 20% off your purchase at WTAWPress.org or with the link in our bio

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at WTAW Press! 🍂 We are thankful for: Our authors, our readers, and the power of independent literature. (P.S. Keep an eye out next week for #GivingTuesday—we’ll be sharing how you can help us publish more amazing books in the year to come!)

Get ready! Our end-of-year fundraiser is just around the corner. As a nonprofit publisher, we’re dedicated to finding and championing extraordinary books by exceptional authors.

Happy one-month anniversary to "Willingness: A Writer’s Meditations on Crossing the Flood" by Kevin McIlvoy with Christine Hale! 🥳📚 What's your favorite passage or story from the book? Let us know in the comments! 👇 Link in bio to shop!

Our imprint Betty just published their third title, If the Owl Calls, by Sharon White! 🦉📚 Be among the first to unravel the mystery! Snag your copy and join us at 5:30 PM PST today for the virtual launch with Sharon White and Anita Felicelli!

OUT NOW! IF THE OWL CALLS is here! Set in 1979 Norway, this literary mystery follows Detective Hans Sorensen as a death investigation unearths buried history and environmental resistance. Big thanks to @bettybooks.bsky.social—grab your copy today! #IftheOwlCalls #OutNow #BookLaunch

📚 And don't forget to join us TOMORROW at our virtual book launch event with Sharon White and Anita Felicelli! Register here: bit.ly/42aTqwG

It’s here! ✨ We’re thrilled to announce the publication of If the Owl Calls by @sharonw.bsky.social—a haunting, atmospheric mystery that weaves together landscape, loss, and the pull of ancestral memory. Get the book here: bit.ly/3JciufZ

✨ About Us — Support WTAW Press ✨ We’re an independent, nonprofit publisher championing bold, risk-taking fiction and nonfiction. This #GivingTuesday—just two weeks away—you can help us continue to publish fearless new voices and keep our literary community thriving.

Support diverse voices. Fuel emerging writers. ✨ At WTAW Press, our mission is to champion incredible authors and bring their unique, vital stories to the world. Visit wtawpress.org to learn how you can champion our authors and our work. To support us directly, use the link in our bio.

✨Praise for The Haunt ✨ We’re thrilled to see The Haunt by Liz Green resonating with readers. Huge thanks to Brian Phillip Whalen, author of Semiotic Love, for these kind words — and to everyone who has picked up a WTAW Press book.💛 📖 Grab your copy of The Haunt at wtawpress.org

📚 REMINDER: WTAW Press Open Submissions Are Live! We are accepting submissions of full-length books of prose, including novels, memoirs, essays, story collections, narrative nonfiction, and hybrid works. 🗓️ Deadline: December 31, 2025 💻 Submit your manuscript with the link in our bio!

🎃 Happy Halloween from WTAW Press! 👻 No tricks—just literary treats. 🍬 Explore our Alcove Chapbook Series and discover bite-sized stories that linger long after the last page. 📚 wtawpress.org #WTAWPress #HalloweenReads #IndependentPublishing #Chapbooks

🌟 Praise for Willingness from WTAW Press! 🌟 Readers and critics alike are raving about our newest release, Willingness by Kevin McIlvoy with Christine Hale — a bold, unforgettable work already making waves. 📖 Available now with the link in our bio or at wtawpress.org

WTAW Press’s new release, Willingness: A Writer's Meditations on Crossing the Flood by the late Kevin McIlvoy with Christine Hale is here! We’re honored to share a special feature with Hale, who offers insight into the book’s creation and into McIlvoy’s singular writing process. 🔗 Buy your copy now!

Join us today, October 22nd, at 6 PM, to celebrate the launch of "Willingness" by Kevin McIlvoy with Christine Hale! In store or live online Christine Hale will be joined in conversation by Dale Neal. Register for the event using this link: malaprops.com/event/2025-1...

✨ Launch Day ✨ We are thrilled to release of "Willingness: A Writer’s Meditations on Crossing the Flood" by Kevin McIlvoy with Christine Hale, published by WTAW Press! In store or live stream launch at Malaprops Book Store on October 22nd at 6PM EST! Register Here: malaprops.com/event/2025-1...

⏳ Just one week until Willingness: A Writer's Meditations on Crossing the Flood by Kevin McIlvoy with Christine Hale is released! ✨ Release date: October 21st 🔗 Preorder link in bio! 📲 Live Stream Launch @malapropsbookstore: October 22nd at 6PM EST 📖 Register here: malaprops.com/event/2025-1...

✨ First Line Friday ✨ Read how OUTTAKES by Joanna Acevedo begins. WTAW Press is open for Submissions! ✍️ Submit your manuscripts now until December 31st - maybe your work will be the next to join our roster of bold, diverse voices. #FirstLineFriday #WTAWPress #OpenCall #WritersWanted

🎃 Ghosts, ghouls, and that little thrill of dread—you know you love it. WTAW Press has the perfect "spooky" reads that linger in the corners of your mind long after the last page. #SpookyReads #WTAWPress

Fall is here 🍁—the season of cozy reading, crisp air, and stories that stay with you. 📚 Browse our catalog + order your next fall read with the link in our bio What’s your favorite cozy fall reading ritual? 👇 #WTAWPress #FallReading #IndependentPress #BoldVoices #LiteraryCommunity #CozyReads

✍️ It’s here: WTAW Press’s Open Call for Submissions is officially LIVE! 📅 Submission window: September 30th-December 31st 🔗 Submit your manuscript: link in bio #WTAWPress #OpenCall #SubmissionsOpen #WritersWanted #IndependentPublishing #BoldVoices #LiteraryCommunity

On September 30th, our Call for Submissions will open. Be part of this mission. 👉 Learn more using the link in our bio #DiversityInLiterature #IndependentPublishing #CallForSubmissions

⏳ Just one month until Willingness: A Writers's Meditations on Crossing the Flood by Kevin McIlvoy with Christine Hale is released! ✨ Release date: October 21st 🔗 Preorder link in bio! #WTAWPress #BookLaunch #NewRelease #OneMonthCountdown #IndependentPress #LiteraryCommunity

✨ First Lines Friday ✨ From Marisolandia by Michelle Cruz Gonzales At WTAW Press, we’re inspired by stories that expand the literary landscape. In two weeks, WTAW Press will open our Call for Submissions! ✍️ #FirstLineFriday #WTAWPress #OpenCall #WritersWanted #IndependentPublishing #BoldVoices

✍️Writers, get ready! In just two weeks, WTAW Press will launch our Open Call for Submissions. 📅 Mark your calendars for September 30th Visit the link in our bio to learn more. #WritersWanted #OpenCall #SubmissionsOpen #WTAWPress #WriteYourStory #EmergingWriters #CallForSubmissions

#TBT to one of our first published books, The Truth About Me: Stories by Louise Marburg. Fast forward to today, and we’re on the cusp of releasing WILLINGNESS: A WRITER'S MEDITATIONS ON CROSSING THE FLOOD by Kevin McIlvoy with Christine Hale. 📅 Willingness launch date: October 21st 📖 Preorder now

Today is the day! Don’t miss our virtual summer salon, Linguistic Justice: From Policin to Poppin Off, at 5:30 PM Pacific Time. Featuring @menopunk.bsky.social, Karin Sprin & Kisha Quesada Turner.

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A reminder that our flash warehouse sale ends Friday (6/26)‼️ If you've been eyeing a particular title, here's your sign to hit the purchase button! 🏷️ Get select titles at discounted prices 📚 Support independent publishing 👩‍💻 Celebrate amazing authors #WTAWPress #NonprofitBookPress #BookSale

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Willingness: A Writer's Meditations on Crossing the Flood by Kevin McIlvoy, forthcoming 10/21, is available for preorder! Willingness, McIlvoy's only book on the art of writing, encourages artists of all kinds to embrace the enigmas that fuel creativity. #WTAWPress #KevinMcIlvoy #ChristineHale

We're moving, which means it's your lucky day(s)! Starting June 12th, for 2 weeks only, you can stock up on select titles at terrific discount prices. Hop on over to the WTAW Press Bookstore while supply lasts! #WTAWPress #WarehouseSale #IndependentPublishing

🗓️ Register now for our Virtual Summer Salon! Featuring Michelle Cruz Gonzales—author of WTAW’s recently published novella, Marisolandia—Karin Spirn, and Kisha Quesada Turner, this virtual salon brings together voices that highlight authenticity and challenge societal norms. #LinguisticJustice

Happy first anniversary to Life Span, Molly Giles’s bold and brilliant memoir featuring a woman writer's ambition and love of writing. As a 2024 Foreword INDIES finalist, this book has made an unforgettable impact on readers. Pick up a copy here: linktr.ee/wtawpress #WTAWPress #ForewordIndies