Ludington Writers’ Publications
Ludington Writers runs a small, independent, not-for-profit press and releases two publications each fall:
Making Waves: A West Michigan Review, is open to submissions from the public. Click here to read our submission guidelines. Follow us on Twitter at @WavesReview. View our library on Amazon at under the Making Waves: A West Michigan Review series. Contact MakingWavesReview@gmail.com for more information.
Beach Combings features work by members of Ludington Writers. To become a member for the year, simply attend one of our Tuesday meetings or special workshops.
Driftwood was our first literary journal, created and curated by the founding member of Ludington Writers, George Dila. While this publication has been discontinued, past issues are available through Ludington Writers. Contact WestShoreWords@gmail.com for more information.
BEACH COMBINGS
We gather around a coffee table, sitting in well-worn chairs, to read what we’ve written. Mostly we laugh. Sometimes we are solemn. But we always offer our best advice regarding each other’s poems, prose, or graphics novels.
MAKING WAVES: DOORWAYS
Doorways symbolize both transition and barriers, allowing for movement while also restricting access. This motif became the central theme for the third issue of Making Waves.
For 2023 we wanted to highlight changes and explorations of understanding. In this issue, we pay tribute to resilience, adaptation, and the unfailing human spirit that transcends barriers in search of connection and understanding.
MAKING WAVES: RESISTANCE
Resistance to change is a recurring motif in life and inevitably writers and artists capture that friction. Like pieces of a broken mirror, each contributor reflects the anguish of our time and the need for reflection and renewal in the struggles of 2022.
MAKING WAVES:
Issue 9
Photo by Todd and Brad Reed.
This issue of Driftwood is devoted to Michigan poets and poetry.
Ludington Poetry Feast
Photo by Todd and Brad Reed.
The poets contained herein were Host Poets and Festival Poets at Ludington Poetry Fest 2006 held in Ludington, Michigan May 18-20, 2006.
Driftwood Review: Issue 8
Photo by Deb Dila. This issue of Driftwood is devoted to Michigan poets and poetry.