Mina Communications serves as a voice for the arts, the climate crisis, and more - by writing and publishing stimulating, under-reported content; and as a facilitator of Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations, and Grant Writing services for arts, hospitality, and underserved business ventures with limited resources.

Clientele includes CANVAS (Concierge Alliance of Napa Valley and Sonoma), Santa Rosa Salsa, the Flamingo Resort & Spa, San Diego Ballet, Duvall Productions, Luscious Noise, Conducting Preparations, and others.

Media affiliations include Made Local Magazine, Sonoma Magazine, the North Bay Bohemian, the Pacific Sun, the San Diego Reader, In Dance for San Francisco's Dancers' Group, and others.

• Humpbacks of Notre Dame a climate change action. We won the "Best Pun" trophy at the SFMOMA's downhill soapbox derby revival. 
• Tiny Gallery/Art Exchange Funded in part with a Creative Sonoma Pop-Up Grant, these small kiosks create a new way for artists to present and share their work at an intimate, neighborhood-scale.
• Aluminum Boat Ramp at Amphibious Bike Race at Pedalfest. Sponsored by Bike East Bay and John Muir Health, we organized the amphibious race and fabricated a portable aluminum and plywood ramp for the event, including painting their logos on the surface. July, 2018
• Kinetic Kompendium: 50 Years Of Kinetic Sculpture Racing book, published in January 2018. 600 page, full-color book documenting the history of the race, pilots and sculptures. Ran a successful crowdfunding campaign to print the first edition.
• 4-person amphibious quadricycle kinetic sculpture. Built a pivoting, 2-part kinetic sculpture from the ground up, including fiberglassing a built-in flotation hull.

• Local Art Teachers win Kinetic Grand Championship for the second time.
• Tiny Galleries encourage artwork exchange, Press Democrat, 2020
• Kinetic Kompendium: A Sonoma County artist’s colorful chronology. Press Democrat, 2018
• Interview with Christien Kafton KTVU T.V. at Pedalfest, 2017
• November, 2014, the Amphibious Trike goes to play in a flood. Stormageddon!
• November, 2014, our “Elon Musk Amphibious Challenge” is picked up on Laughing Squid.
• June, 2014, the Amphibious Trike is featured in Make Magazine’s online blog. Article here.  
• August, 2014, “Maker Outdoor Fun” prize for The $100 Dollar Sailboat project on Instructables.com.
• August, 2013, Red Couch Handcar is shown, racing in the Wunderkammer Handcar Races in a 15-second advertisement, being used to promote the city of Santa Rosa as a destination for wine and beer aficionados.
• July, 2013, Our Red Couch paddle wheel is pictured on the event website to promote Healdsburg’s Water Carnivale.
• Engineering prize for the Whittaker Paddlewheel design on Instructables.com, 2013

WTAW Press is an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit, founded and directed by Peg Alford Pursell, devoted to discovering and publishing enduring literary works. WTAW publishes a carefully curated list of titles across a range of genres (literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and prose that falls somewhere in between), subject matter, and perspectives.

WTAW has established the annual Kevin McIlvoy Book Prize for unpublished books of prose, beginning September 30, 2023.

WTAW Press is a member of the Community of Literary Presses and Magazines. We participate in the national AWP Conference and Bookfair each year, as well as in local and other national book festivals and conferences.

If you are interested in applying to be part of our team, you can read about our opportunities here. WTAW maintains a corps of preliminary first readers: find out more about the position and apply here.

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