From 2018–2022, The Willowherb Review provided a digital platform to celebrate and bolster nature writing by emerging and established writers of colour.
We published each of our issues online and entirely for free. We paid writers, illustrators, and editorial assistants, and were funded through the generous support of readers, patrons, and, from 2021, National Lottery funding through Arts Council England.
The project is now completed and no longer open for submissions, but our archive will remain online.
Why 'Willowherb'? Chamaenerion angustifolium, commonly known as rosebay willowherb or fireweed, is a plant that thrives on disturbed ground. Its seeds do well when transported to new and difficult terrain, so some—not us—may call it a weed.
The Willowherb Review is:
Founding Editor: Jessica J. Lee
Prose Editorial Assistants: Dasom Yang and Nicole Jashapara
Poetry Editorial Assistant: Isabel Galleymore