Connecticut Literary Anthology 2023
Celebrating Authors From the Nutmeg State
Praise for the 2021 Connecticut Literary Anthology
"The Connecticut Literary Festival Anthology offers a lush bouquet of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry that readers are sure to relish. Within its pages, I found new works by writers I have long admired: Chris Belden, Lary Bloom, Ken Cormier, Margaret Gibson, Raouf Mama, and Bessy Reyna. Just as enjoyable is the work of writers who are, for me, new discoveries. The literary arts are alive and well here in the Constitution State. This collection is ample proof."
—Wally Lamb
Celebrate the many voices of the Connecticut literary scene with previously unpublished work from established to emerging writers. Guest editor and Nutmeg State resident Victoria Buitron has constellated dozens of voices from Connecticut to bring you the 2023 Connecticut Literary Anthology.
With new and original works by:
- Sonya Huber
- Gabi Coatsworth
- Anthony D’Aries
- Rachel Basch
- Gina Barreca
- Michael Todd Cohen
- Lionel M. Crawford
- Van Hartman
- Chris Belden
- David Ryan
- Michael Belanger
- Katherine Schneider
- Laurel Peterson
- Vivian Shipley
—alongside other ground-breaking writers, you’ll find emerging authors whose creative non-fiction is appearing on the page for the first time—you will find within these pages a celebration of Connecticut Writers.
Victoria Buitron is an award-winning writer who hails from Ecuador and resides in Connecticut. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairfield University. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Normal School,Smoke Long en Español,Southwest Review,The Acentos Review, and other literary magazines
A VONA fellow, her work has been selected for 2022 Best Small Fictions and Wiglea's Top 50. Her debut memoir-in-essays,A Body Across Two Hemispheres, is the 2021 Fairfield Book Prize winner and available wherever books are sold.
Woodhall Press is an independent press from the great state of Connecticut. We publish and celebrate emerging and established authors.