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Poets & Writers Magazine
Moving into new poetic territory, Major Jackson, in his third collection, Holding Company, corrals the ecstatic in a ten-line form.
G&A: The Contest Blog
As the release date approaches for the Allen Ginsberg biopic Howl, the poet's publisher, City Lights Books, is calling all "angelheaded hipsters" to submit their own trailers for the "notorious epic poem" that lends the film its name.
Grants & Awards
Your trusted source for information on writing contests, award winners, and more.
- DEADLINE: September 10
Hunger Mountain
Creative Nonfiction Prize - DEADLINE: September 10
Olivet College
Sandburg-Auden-Stein Residency - DEADLINE: September 13
The New Guard
Machigonne Fiction Contest
Clips
9.08.10
Allen Ginsberg, played by James Franco, reads from his famous poem in the movie Howl, which is slated for release in New York City and Los Angeles later this month.
Writers Recommend
9.08.10
“I take inspiration from the subtle daily forecasting of death. This should be impetus for anyone to get off his ass...."
9.01.10
"Sometimes typos can be helpful. Looking at a poem in a language you can't read, and working from the sounds...."
Online Exclusives
Hurricane Katrina, Five Years Later
7.01.10
A selection of essays that commemorate what was lost and celebrate the literary arts in New Orleans.
Our Readers' List of the Most Inspiring Authors in the World
3.01.10
After we sharerd our list of the fifty most inspiring authors in the world, we asked our readers to add their favorites. Culled from the responses on pw.org and our Facebook page, here are the results.
Six Video Poems
2.17.10
The video poem may be ushering a whole new demographic to poetry. Here are six that have been made available to a wide audience on YouTube.
Current Issue
Our second annual ranking of the top fifty MFA programs; Monique Truong, the award-winning novelist, tells us why writers should think more like lawyers; novelist Darin Strauss tackles the tragic event that has shaped his life and his writing; Major Jackson, in his third collection, Holding Company, corrals the ecstatic in a ten-line form; and more.
Sept/Oct 2010
Slideshow
Take a tour of Tattered Cover Book Store, the Denver-based bookseller featured in this issue's installment of Inside Indie Bookstores.
Articles
2011 Poets & Writers Magazine Ranking of MFA Programs: A Guide to the Methodology
by Seth Abramson
Size, funding, cost of living—there's plenty to consider when choosing a postgraduate creative writing program. In our second annual ranking of the top fifty MFA programs, contributor Seth Abramson measures sixteen distinct program features for the 148 full-residency programs in the United States, Canada, and New Zealand, and eight features for each of the 46 low-residency programs around the world.
Inside Indie Bookstores: Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver
by Jeremiah Chamberlin
In the fifth installment of our series Inside Indie Bookstores, contributor Jeremiah Chamberlin travels to Denver to speak with Joyce Meskis, owner of Tattered Cover Book Store.
Q&A: Legendre Starts New MA in U.K.
by Jean Hartig
American novelist Thomas Legendre, who has worked with British poet Matthew Welton to develop a new creative writing program at the University of Nottingham, speaks about what makes study in England unique and what writers can gain from attending the new graduate program.
Digital Digest: Libraries Reinvent to Stay Relevant
by Adrian Versteegh
In June the San Francisco–based nonprofit Internet Archive partnered with several libraries across the country to allow e-book lending, taking the next step toward creating a one-stop online portal for digital reading and offering a hint of the new role libraries may play as the screen displaces the printed page.
Poets Act on Oil Spill
by Shell Fischer
In response to the Deep-water Horizon oil spill, writers Heidi Lynn Staples and Amy King created Poets for Living Waters, an online poetry forum featuring works written in response to the disaster, spurring a host of nationwide events that give poets not only an opportunity to take action against the catastrophe but also to speak out in support of our natural environment.
