Invitations & Announcements
Orenda Healing International/Winds of Change Press
Deadline Updates
Due to the ongoing flood of information regarding changes in our political scene and their impact on every aspect of our lives, FWJ has decided to publish FWJ Collateral Damage 3: Boots on the Ground with a different focus.
We acknowledge that everyone is no doubt exhausted by the avalanche of infobytes that innundate us not just daily but hourly, as the administration shifts course from one doubtful policy to another. There are “boots on the ground” on both sides of an issue. Based on the burgeoning number of protests and lawsuits, we decided to refocus the theme of FWJ Summer 2025 on the response to this chaos– from politicians, the courts, colleges, the military, and individual citizens.
Please note:
The deadline for FWJ Summer 2025 was moved to May 31, 2025, with a projected release date of June 15, 2025. However, additional submissions continue to arrive. If submissions are received too close to press time, we will create a supplement and publish that digitally later this summer. Meanwhile, we will let you know as soon as FWJ Summer 2025: Boots on the Ground– and Pushback! is available.
Please note:
Winds of Change Press invites you to share your delicious recipes and the memories that accompany them with Figs in Winter, a cookbook and memoir honoring family, friends, and food. We have extended the deadline for this anthology by one month:
New Submission Deadline August 30, 2025.
Please read our Submission Guidelines!
Send articles, poetry, and artwork as email attachments to windsofchangepress@orenda-arts.org
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The following publications remain available:
FWJ Winter 2025 the Others is here now!
We’re not all alike. People and their customs take many forms— some of which we may not fully understand. What we don’t understand, we don’t trust. What we don’t trust, we fear. What we fear, we hate. How does the practice of “othering” affect us and our world?
Starfriends, The Alyssa Chronicles Book 2. In this sequel to The River Goddess & Other Stories, our heroine Alyssa and her friends are involved in a much more challenging adventure: how to save our home planet from certain destruction! (YA, magic realism, science fiction.) VMcKay-Riddell, 2024. Winds of Change Press: Santa Fe, NM.
Graffiti Pigeons. A collection of poetry, short stories, and photos. (Memoir). Paul E. Casey, 2024. Winds of Change Press: Santa Fe, NM.