My first morning at Bread Loaf, our workshop leader asked if everyone was familiar with the Iowa workshop model. I raised my hand. "I've never taken any kind writing class or workshop in my life, so you can safely assume you need to explain everything to me." She […]
We all receive many more rejections than acceptances. I recently learned that there are ways to help interpret the rejections literary magazines and journals send your way. Rejections actually come in many forms, including standard forms, tiered, and personal. Specifically, a “tiered” rejection means the lit mag sends out […]
The English Department and Library at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton, Oregon invite you to submit poems to our second annual poetry contest supporting the Pendleton Warming Station. The Pendleton Warming Station is a place for those without homes to stay overnight when the temperatures drop below 32 […]
Caravel Literary Arts Journal is currently open for submissions for their third issue dedicated to the LGBTQ writing community. They have several great featured poets lined up for this issue (including award winning slam poet and activist Dylan Garcia!) “Caravel Issue 3 is dedicated to the writing and visual art […]
My favorite of the three is Visuwordsâ„¢ online graphical dictionary -- “Look up words to find their meanings and associations with other words and concepts. Produce diagrams reminiscent of a neural net. Learn how words associate.” If you like this post, please share with your writerly friends and/or follow my […]
Awakened Voices is an online literary magazine published by the Awakenings Foundation and “is a safe space for any individual who wants to share thoughts or experiences regarding sexual violence.” I wondered how and why this magazine came to be, so I asked Awakened Voices founder and editor Jean Cozier a few […]
Awakened Voices is an online literary magazine published by the Awakenings Foundation and “is a safe space for any individual who wants to share thoughts or experiences regarding sexual violence.” I wondered how and why this magazine came to be, so I asked Awakened Voices founder and editor Jean Cozier a few […]
Below is a list of 101+ no fee, literary magazines/journals that have a fast turnaround time (most average a month or less) according to Duotrope. I’ve also researched and added some others to the list, based on suggestions from experienced writers. The list is long, so I wasn't able […]
Below is a list of 101+ no fee, literary magazines/journals that have a fast turnaround time (most average a month or less) according to Duotrope. I’ve also researched and added some others to the list, based on suggestions from experienced writers. The list is long, so I wasn't able […]
1– I am at a party, sitting in the middle of someone's bedroom floor, holding a plastic cup and crying, because being a writer is a lovely, terrible thing, and I cannot articulate, to myself or anyone else, why I want so badly for my stories to be […]
