This is an informative article with several editor’s responses on whether or not cover letters matter, if they read them or not, and how they affect the reading process. How do you approach cover letters in your submissions? Have you ever received any feedback, positive or negative, specifically […]
Poets, don’t miss this opportunity to submit your poetry to Spirit First with a theme of Meditation, Mindfulness, Silence, Stillness or Peaceful Solitude. You can view the 2014 Contest Results to see what the judges are looking for. You may enter up to three unpublished poems in any […]
Poetry Super Highway hosts an online broadcast once a month in a poetry open mic format. You can call in and read your poetry live and hear other great poets, along with spoken word recordings, and related poetry announcements. Tune in on Sunday, January 18 at 2pm Pacific […]
Part II of my Three by Five interview with Vicky Hudson. Make sure to check out who else is on deck for the upcoming months. I’m definitely looking forward to the upcoming interviews!
Several of these are paying markets. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of closest deadlines. Before submitting, read my Submission Tips and to check other paying markets for emerging writers and how they […]
A big thank you to Diane Lockward for posting such a great list on her poetry blog! (It’s one less list for me to create.) She recently updated the list just a couple of months ago and provides links to each journal, frequency of publication, and reading periods. […]
Love this latest poem by fellow poet and blogger Robert Okaji. Also make sure to check out three of his poems recently published in http://thebluehourmagazine.com/2014/12/28/3-poems-by-robert-okaji/. And if you like these poems, make sure to follow his blog so you don’t miss out!
This fledgling press needs submissions! “Dink Publishing is an extremely small scale press dedicated to promoting poetry, art, and photography. At the moment Dink will primarily publish our zine, DINK MAG, as well as various other zines and chapbooks.” Click here to submit!
Another excellent article from Maria Popova of Brainpickings provides insights and quotes from several writers, including Anaïs Nin, Virginia Woolf, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Anne Frank, Sylvia Plath, and more. These beloved writers all kept diaries . . . maybe something worth adding to your writing […]
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