For more than twenty years, Poets & Writers Magazine has been a trusted companion to writers who take their vocation seriously. Within its pages, our readers find provocative essays on the literary life, practical guidance for getting published and pursuing writing careers, in-depth profiles of poets, fiction writers, and writers of creative nonfiction, and conversation among fellow professionals.
THE SPACE TO CREATE
Letters
I, Too Arts Collective
CONTRIBUTORS
Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin
A Different Kind of March Madness
The Endangered Poetry Project
IN MEMORIAM
Small Press Points
Literary MagNet
THE WRITTEN IMAGE
Sarah Browning Splits This Rock
Writing Prompts and Exercises
Piano Lessons • DO WRITERS NEED A TEACHER OR A COACH?
On the Trail • REJECTION AND REVIVAL IN JOSHUA TREE
Why We Write • REDEMPTION SONG
THE NOVEL I BURIED THREE TIMES • BEST-SELLING NOVELISTS CAROLINE LEAVITT AND JONATHAN EVISON TALK HONESTLY AND OPENLY ABOUT THE BOOKS THAT DIDN’T WORK, LEARNING FROM FAILURE, AND THE DECISION TO MOVE ON.
The Poem Chooses You • THE NATIONAL RECITATION COMPETITION POETRY OUT LOUD DOES MORE THAN TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO MEMORIZE POEMS. IT OPENS THEM UP TO NEW WAYS OF PERCEIVING THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
WHERE BIG BOOKS ARE BORN
MINERAL SCHOOL • Mineral, Washington
UCROSS FOUNDATION • Sheridan, Wyoming
MILLAY COLONY • Austerlitz, New York
ANDERSON CENTER • Red Wing, Minnesota
CAVE CANEM RETREAT • University of Pittsburgh in Greensburg
DOROTHY AND LEWIS B. CULLMAN CENTER FOR SCHOLARS AND WRITERS • New York Public Library, New York City
FINE ARTS WORK CENTER • Provincetown, Massachusetts
CAMARGO FOUNDATION • Cassis, France
YADDO • Saratoga Springs, New York
MACDOWELL COLONY • Peterborough, New Hampshire
KUNDIMAN RETREAT • Fordham University in the Bronx, New York
HOME • Boulder, Colorado
TEN MORE RETREATS WHERE YOUR BIG BOOK COULD BE BORN
The Aha! Moment • A Literature Panelist for the MacDowell Colony
The Art of Publicity • HOW INDIE PUBLICISTS WORK WITH WRITERS
TEN QUICK TIPS FROM THE PUBLICISTS
Publishing Your First Book • ADVICE FOR FIRST-TIME AUTHORS
Deadlines
Submission Calendar
Recent Winners
Conferences & Residencies
Is the Workshop Tomorrow?