HWG-Hawaii Writers Guild

06/10/2026

Congratulations Darlene Javar on the publication of your new book: Dust and Diesel.
Offering a pre-order price for the early birds.
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06/10/2026

Pianta, a Hawaii guild member will be giving a poetry reading on Sunday, August 16 at 1 pm at the Encinitas (California) Library.

She would be thrilled to have you there if you happen to be in the area at the time.

Pianta is a writer and editor who now lives on Hawai'i Island but who also considers San Diego home. Her work has appeared in Terrain.org, Bloodlotus, Ni**od, and San Diego Poetry Annual, among others. Along with writing, she experiments with music and video. Her latest book is All at Once.

06/04/2026

Are you a writer living on the Big Island? Published, aspiring, just dipping your toe in the water...all good.
Would you like to meet other local writers?
The Hawaii Writers Guild is sponsoring a casual get together (of course there will be food involved... it's Hawai'i 😁) Please join us.

06/02/2026

One of our own, Linda Petrucelli, made it into Kirkus Reviews magazine (see page 153), with her book Mother Tongue: A Memoir of Taiwan. Congratulations Linda.

Featuring 342 industry-first reviews of fiction, nonfiction, children’s, YA, and audiobooks; also in this special Science Fiction & Fantasy issue: an interview with Brandon Sanderson, plus more thrill

05/27/2026

Better earthshaking news today! All five historical editions of our literary journal, Latitudes, are now LIVE in their new format, on our new Guild website. Take a look here: https://www.hawaiiwritersguild.org/past-editions
Mahalo nui loa to web designer Carolyn Jakielski, board members Carol Prescott, Diane Revell, Cheryl Ann Farrell, and our anonymous donors, whose dedication made this possible. New submission window for Edition VI will open on September 1, 2026.

Latitudes Hawaii Writers Guild's Literary Review Click below to read all editions of Latitudes, the literary journal published by the Hawaii Writers Guild. Fifth Edition Fourth Edition Third Edition Second Edition First Edition

05/15/2026

Who loves turnips? And if you do, is there anything you love as much?

05/11/2026

In English we say : "Mother"
But in Poetry we say,

05/10/2026

Touted as one of the top Writers Conference's in the US, join us for another amazing year.

Meet leading authors, literary agents and publishing professionals. Register for our weekly series of virtual presentations. Join us on Kauai in November.

05/08/2026

“Grief is not anger, it’s not despair,” Sprinkle said. “Grief is just love coming back.”

Come to a free reading and talk on Saturday, May 9 at 9:30am at Thelma Parker library in Waimea. Free to the public!

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Kathy Sprinkle will be doing a reading for her book at the Thelma Parker Memorial Public and School Library in Waimea on Saturday, May 9.

05/03/2026

An informal get together of HWG writers on Kauai. Just for fun.😁