Newsletter
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Featured Writer: Camella Ward
Meet Camella Ward, a new writer and contributor to Aya Collective Publishing’s Rise & Write. As a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native, Camella’s career background includes mental health counseling and teaching. Other career experiences include being a sole proprietor and a community outreach developer focused on self-development for marginalized citizens, women, and youth. Past recognitions have included…
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3 Reasons to Step Into Your Calling as a Writer Today
At Aya Collective Publishing, we believe Black women’s stories are sacred. Our words carry humor, grace, candor—and truth. Through storytelling, we pass down eternal messages. We walk in the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Nikki Giovanni, and so many others who used language to move heaven and earth—filling libraries…
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Sacred Saturdays, 2025 Recap
What does it mean to hear the voice of the Divine — and respond from a place of deep knowing that affirms you have heard? At Aya Collective Publishing, we believe that leaning into a God consciousness that feels secure begins with honoring the divine voice within ourselves. Over the past four months, our writers…
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Writing Through Doubt: 5 Ways to Keep Going
Written by Ebony Aya Sometimes, we get in our own way when we write. We start to doubt our creativity, our capacity, even our intelligence. Sometimes that doubt shows up early, short-circuiting our ability to move from idea to completed work. We start over-editing every sentence, searching for the “perfect” word to replace the one…
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Why I/We Write
I woke up one morning thinking about how my day was going to play out. As I prepared for the day ahead, getting myself dressed and making sure that I dropped my children off at school on time, I initially thought I could spend some time at my 12 year old daughter’s school since there…
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Editorial – The Power of Community: Healing, Support, and Resilience in Times of Isolation
Written by Ebony Aya, January 26 When my sister and I became adults, we noticed a change in my mother. Though she always leaned towards solitude, her isolation increased. First there was a break with her small circle of friends and then there was a falling out at her church. Nearing retirement, with a refusal…
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