Mala Burt

Former ESWA Board Member, and BTO Founder
May 23, 1943--March 2, 2020

We recently lost a dear friend, an accomplished author and playwright, and a pillar of ESWA and the Bay To Ocean Writers Conference. In the clip at right, former ESWA President Ron Sauder pays tribute to Mala Burt at the latest BTO on March 7, 2020. Mala passed away after a brief battle with cancer. She will be deeply missed.

Cooped up and fed up with being quarantined? Let ESWA entertain you!

Author Carol Franks-Randall reads from

her children's book, Jamal and Me

You can find more fun books and kids' activities on Carol's site

If you're an ESWA member and you'd like to post a video of you reading some of your work--a few poems or the first chapter of a book--please email a link to your video and we'll post it here and on ESWA's Facebook page.

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Now accepting submissions to the Bay to Ocean 2020 Anthology until April 30, 2020*

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*Due to the coronavirus pandemic,

the deadline is extended from the original date of March 31, 2020

ESWA is honored to have Truth Thomas as the editor of the BTO 2020 Anthology. Truth is a poet, editor, and publisher, and is the creator of the Skinny poetry form. He was an acclaimed presenter at the 2020 BTO Writers Conference.