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Truth-telling & Mythmaking since 2014. We're a national literary journal & young writers' conference.
Founded in 2014, with its debut issue released on February 15, 2015, Cherry Tree: A National Literary Journal @ Washington College is an annual literary magazine featuring poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and literary shade by emerging and established writers from across the United States and all over the world. Cherry Tree's aesthetic champions image-rich, sonically adventurous poetry, ficti
03/31/2026
Register for the Issue 12 Launch Reading on April 29th at 7pm EDT here: https://washcoll.zoom.us/meeting/register/Unii63TZRX6aRc7NlmPckg
03/31/2026
Join us for 1-minute readings by the fabulous contributors of Issue 12! April 29, 7pm EDT on Zoom. Link in bio/comments.
03/13/2026
Every year, the Rose O'Neill Literary House @ Washington College, student literary magazine Collegian, and the Washington College Writers' Union take students to the Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference, the largest literary gathering in North America. As a result, students get to join the professional writing community while still at Washington, and alums get to reconnect every year while pursuing their literary career. Read about this year's - held in Baltimore - at the story linked in comments.
03/11/2026
Announcing the Cherry Tree & Lit House Press post-AWP sale!
https://washington-college.square.site/literary-house-press (link in bio on IG) & use code CTAWP26
03/05/2026
If you find one of the Cherry Tree bunnies in the Bookfair, check the bottom & follow the instructions for a free prize at our Booth # 1064.
03/04/2026
Tonight! Free! No rsvp needed. Show up at 6:30 for a private tour of the National Aquarium (jellyfish! stingrays!) in Pier 3. The reading starts at 7:15 in Pier 4. Cash bar. Tiny cheeses. Big poems.
03/04/2026
Cherry Tree is all set up at BOOTH 1064!
03/04/2026
Team Cherry Tree has arrived in Baltimore!!
02/23/2026
If you're traveling to Baltimore for AWP, come see us at the Book Fair. And if you happen to find one of our miniature bunnies at the tables and booths of our partners & friends, you can redeem that rabbit for a free back issue of Cherry Tree!
02/14/2026
Kick off AWP with and our fabulous friends at & on Wednesday, March 4 at the Baltimore National Aquarium. The aquarium shuts down at 6:00 and reopens exclusively for us at 6:30 with self-guided tours of the Blue Wonders exhibit in pier 3. Reading starts in Pier 4 at 7:15. Cash bar, excellent poetry, and stunning views of Charm City will make this an unforgettable night.
02/12/2026
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Founded in 2014, with its debut issue scheduled for release on February 15, 2015, Cherry Tree: A National Literary Journal @ Washington College is an annual literary magazine featuring poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction by emerging and established writers. Cherry Tree appears under the imprint of the Literary House Press, the publishing arm of the Rose O’Neill Literary House.
The name Cherry Tree honors George Washington who, in 1782, gifted “the College at Chester” 50 guineas, consented to serve on its Board, and gave the educational institution permission to use his name. In the American imagination, George Washington is a figure who has come to represent both truth-telling and mythmaking. The famous story of the cherry tree—"I can’t tell a lie, Pa; you know I can’t tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet."—reminds us that there is truth even in invention, that even apocrypha can convey the facts of life.
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