What is “previously published” and where can I submit reprints?

UPDATED 9/4/2021 The article “What Is Considered Previously Published Writing?” on Writer’s Relief does a great job explaining all the nuances of determining if your work should be considered previously published. For example, is the original publisher still online? Is the issue out of print? Do blogs and […]

7 Popular Metal Songs That Are Based on Poems – guest blog post by Ronald Ross

How often do you read a poem and feel like it could have been a metal song? Well there are a few poems which became famous metal songs. Just imagine the creativity of the maker. Changing a poem into a metal song is a difficult task to do. Adding heavy music […]

10 of the coolest online word tools for writers/poets

Can't remember the specific word you're looking for but you know it exists? Need a synonym, origins of a word, a visual map of words, definitions, modern slang, etc.? Here's a list of all the coolest online word tools. If I missed something, please share other sources you […]

14 PAYING LIT MAGS - Deadlines: Nov. 9 - Nov. 30, 2019

The literary magazines/journals listed below all offer some form of prize/payment, do not charge submission/reading fees, take online submissions, and have submission deadlines in November 2019. This list focuses on poetry submissions, but most lit mags accept prose and art as well. The listings are in order of […]

NO FEE Submission call + editor interview – Penn Review, DEADLINE: Nov. 16, 2019

The Penn Review was founded in 1966, making it the oldest continuously published literary magazine at the University of Pennsylvania. “Devoted to the literary and visual arts, we publish original poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and visual artwork, and feature an innovative blend of emerging and established voices in our […]

NO FEE submission call + editor interview – Panoply, DEADLINE: Nov. 17, 2019

Panoply is a literary e-zine that publishes three times a year, in spring, autumn and winter. They seek prose of less than 500 words and poetry of all types and genres. Each issue features "Editors' Choices," including weekly videos of the writers reading their work. Panoply is listed […]

My poem "Calve" published in From the Ashes anthology by Animal Heart Press

I’m honored to have my poem “Calve” published in From The Ashes: An international anthology of womxn’s poetry edited by Amanda McLeod & Mela Blust of Animal Heart Press. It includes a wide variety of womxn poets, including friends Alexis Rhone Fancher, Kai Coggin, and Francesca Bell. All proceeds […]

My poem “Calve” published in From the Ashes anthology by Animal Heart Press

I’m honored to have my poem “Calve” published in From The Ashes: An international anthology of womxn’s poetry edited by Amanda McLeod & Mela Blust of Animal Heart Press. It includes a wide variety of womxn poets, including friends Alexis Rhone Fancher, Kai Coggin, and Francesca Bell. All proceeds […]

NEW site for CRWROPPS (Creative Writers Opportunities List) + interview w/ founder Allison Joseph

The CRWROPPS list serve has moved to a new site! The new CRWROPPS blog is athttps://creativewritersopps.blogspot.com/. Make sure to bookmark the blog and check it regularly or to follow via your Blogger Reading List so you don’t miss the many opportunities for creative writers posted regularly every week. […]

From What to How: Valuing the Reader's Experience in Our Poems – guest blog post by Marj Hahne

A poem is a body of words, not a body of thoughts and feelings. Before you keep reading, check in with your own perspective: Agree? Disagree? A useless distinction? A valuable aha? "Both," you think? After all, who among us hasn't had poetic language spill from our heart, […]

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