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Truth-telling & Mythmaking since 2014. We're a national literary journal & young writers' conference.
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
03/04/2026
Team Cherry Tree has arrived in Baltimore!!
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.
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Our Story
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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