WTP

The Woven Tale Press, the web’s premier online literary and fine art magazine, is also a hub for writing and visual arts, bringing together notable artists and writers seeking to share their work more broadly with communities actively in quest of unique voices and compelling perspectives.

A Thriller Plus

Necessary Deeds, Mark Wish’s fourth novel, is a high-octane thriller, a murder mystery, a suspense novel—and more.

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Contending Forces

How do we contain our inner critic? Richard Wertime contemplates and shares practices in part four of “The Empowered Writer.”

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Examining the Precariat

Coedited by a group of inmates and including their reflections throughout, the collection American Precariat examines the silence around class.

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Hard-Hitting, Hard-Boiled Fiction

Jack Remick’s recent work, Man Alone, is a hard-hitting, hard-boiled existential novella at its best.

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Questions of Courage

In his third craft note of the Empowered Writer series, Richard Wertime ponders common pitfalls that may befall a writer as they draft.

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A Narrative of Lost Identity

Lanie Tankard reviews the novel Nadia, in which Christine Evans pens a literary editorial in her narrative of lost identity.

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Our Cornerstone: The Woven Tale Press Magazine

A Premier Literary and Fine Art Publication Highlighting Stellar Writing and Visual arts

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Our Latest

Latest Issue!

WTP Vol. XII #3

This Month: NDE photography, vibrant fiber art, exquisite painting and more!

Inside the Studio

Fiber Art in a Thread Factory

Fiber artist Janet Jaffke works on burlap and gauze in her studio, a converted thread factory close to the border of Germany and France.

Poetry Spotlight

Well Into September

A seasonal poem from Marge Piercy celebrates Autumn and kicks off the October issue of The Woven Tale Press.

Our Voice & Vision Series

The idea for Voice & Vision evolved in our Woven Tale Forum, where members are actively conversing on ways to support each other as writers and artists. These collaborations, where the literary meets the arts, we hope serve as enhancements of these already resonate individual works.

Featured

Willow Weep for Me
oil on linen
56” x 79”

By Brian Rutenberg

“Everything I’m trying to do in my paintings is embodied in the solitary act of viewing a pond. Foreground is close, my sneakers on the muddy bank. Middle ground is the protective gelatin of water. Background is far away. Content is a function of how near or far away things appear from your face. As I walk around to the other side, that which was hidden becomes visible. Likewise, a painting doesn’t reveal itself all at once, but in flecks of partial recognition.”

 

See his work in this month’s issue of The Woven Tale Press  Magazine

 

What do People Say About Us?

“The Woven Tale Press is quickly becoming a mecca for writers and artists and those who understand the essential middle ground between the two.”

Beth Kephart, author of Tell The Truth. Make it Matter.

“Even more compelling than its gorgeous layout and sumptuous production quality, is the editorial aesthetic of The Woven Tale Press. Brilliant visual and literary art is presented with exquisite sensitivity. These pages are saturated with color and filled with intoxicating stories and poems. The Woven Tale Press offers genuine art: original, provocative, raw.

Sari Friedman, author

“I love The Woven Tale Press. It’s a neat little journal curating the best of contemporary art and literature.”

— Claire Meadows, poet and Editor-in-Chief/Founder of After Nyne Magazine


“Discovering The Woven Tale Press was like finding a sparkling gem in the ‘cybershere sandbox.’ It’s presentation of visual and literary arts is a treasure trove of creativity.  It is such a wonderful opportunity for those of us looking to join the creative conversation, and to learn from others.”

Carolyn Land, multi-medium artist

“You know that bad feeling you have when you think of all of the great art and writing that are bypassing your attention, escaping your notice?  Now we have The Woven Tale Press, one last Hail Mary Pass to catch, one last chance to get the best of what’s about to be missed, and I’m grateful.”

Beth Ann Fennelly, Mississippi Poet Laureate

“What strikes me about The Woven Tale Press is the way themes appear in each issue, without ever being named. The editors are clever and subtle with their juxtapositions of written and visual imagery, so that you have no choice but to make new connections between the works.”

Paula Goldman, photographer