Category: Writing Resources

"Online Lit Mag Features All-Inclusive Roster of Writers" —— My review of The Boiler in The Review Review

My review of The Boiler’s Fall 2016 issue just went up on The Review Review! Just last year I sent a request to join the ranks of the literary reviewers on their site and this is the fourth lit mag they’ve asked me to read and write about. The first two were print […]

List of 50 Poetic Forms for Poets by Robert Lee Brewer on Writer’s Digest

This list of poetic forms compiled by Robert Lee Brewer of Writer’s Digest includes links to each of his articles for each of the forms. Each article includes the requirements of the form, as well as examples, other related links, and definitions when needed. I also like Brewer’s […]

List of 50 Poetic Forms for Poets by Robert Lee Brewer on Writer's Digest

This list of poetic forms compiled by Robert Lee Brewer of Writer’s Digest includes links to each of his articles for each of the forms. Each article includes the requirements of the form, as well as examples, other related links, and definitions when needed. I also like Brewer’s […]

Calls for submissions and contests in Winning Writers’ FREE newsletter . . .

Winning Writers is a site focused on providing the best sources for poets and writers, including: a monthly newsletter with free poetry and prose contests, click here to subscribe email Winning Writers (jendi@winningwriters.com) with your recent publications or contest honors and they will include you in their newsletter! (You […]

Calls for submissions and contests in Winning Writers' FREE newsletter . . .

Winning Writers is a site focused on providing the best sources for poets and writers, including: a monthly newsletter with free poetry and prose contests, click here to subscribe email Winning Writers (jendi@winningwriters.com) with your recent publications or contest honors and they will include you in their newsletter! (You […]

Tips For Publishing Chapbooks by Susan Rich

This excellent article by Susan Rich provides insights and tips on how to best present your chapbook to presses and contests. The article includes ten well-described tips from her personal editing experience, including: Persistence. Persistence. Persistence. Follow the Rules Create a Theme that Provides Coherence Ordering your Manuscript […]

Need poetry/writing prompts? Check out this list compiled by Bernadette Mayer . . .

The Poetry Foundation describes Bernadette Mayer as "an avant-garde writer associated with the New York School of poets . . . known for her innovative use of language." The list starts with journaling ideas and then continues with a HUGE list of writing experiments. Scroll down about a […]

62 NO FEE poetry book publishers (updated Jan 2017!) + important tips on submitting your manuscript

UPDATED JAN. 9, 2017 It’s so important to do your homework before sending your manuscript to a publisher. Make sure to take notes for each publisher you research. You will most likely want to compare them to each other before deciding where you want to submit. Make sure […]

Looking for writing prompts and submission calls?

If you’ve stopped in on my poetry blog from time to time, you already know that I post poetry submission calls and poetry prompts, but what else could you be missing? I’ve added a new Blog Tour page that describes how to quickly find anything and everything poetry! […]

Top 50 Literary Magazines + tons of other lists for writers & how to submit

Every Writer’s Resource is a well-organized web site of vast lists of resources for poets and writers, as well as a place to submit your poetry and stories for their Every Day Poems and Every Writer series. They have a whole page of writing resources in lists, including the following: Top 50 Literary […]

Trish Hopkinson