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Poets & Writers Magazine
With her fourth novel, The Woman Upstairs, just out from Knopf, Claire Messud tests the ties of novelist, wife, teacher, and mother that define and bind many working writers.
G&A: The Contest Blog
Katherine Noble, a senior in the English Department at the University of Texas in Austin, has received the Keene Prize for Literature for her collection of poems, “Like Electrical Fire Across the Silence.” She will receive $50,000.
Grants & Awards
Your trusted source for information on writing contests, grants for writers, and more.
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May 30, 2013Gival Press
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May 31, 2013Dylan Thomas Centre
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May 31, 2013New England Poetry Club
Clips
5.17.13
The PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award, which "honors a writer whose critically acclaimed work has drawn a wide audience and helps us to understand the human condition in original and powerful ways," was recently given to Philip Roth. Watch his speech at the awards ceremony, held at New York City's American Museum of Natural History.
Writers Recommend
5.15.13
“I’m pretty much a workhorse. I write everyday whether I’m inspired or not. Getting started is never the problem; it’s getting finished. When I get stuck mid story or essay (a regular occurrence), I put on my running shoes and head out. I’m a terrible runner—awkward, slow, and sweaty. But I run my guts out, as fast as I can for a far as I can. During this very labored experience, I picture something from childhood: My dad used to practice bow and arrow in the backyard...."
5.08.13
“The other day I saw a headline that suggested climate change meant the end of coffee, and I had to close my laptop and do some deep breathing. Coffee! Each morning my kids vie to scoop grinds into my Melita filter cone...."
City Guides
Author Jen Michalski takes us on a tour of the many literary sites writers should visit while strolling the gritty streets of Baltimore.
Join indie author Edie Rhoads as she showcases the local literary treasures of one of America’s most picturesque cities.
Adam Ross, author of the New York Times Notable Book Mr. Peanut, takes us on a tour of his beloved Nashville, "a great secret, cool as all get-out but never self-consciously hip or competitive," with a literary life as vibrant as its musical one.
Author and Tin House Magazine editor Michelle Wildgen serves as our guide to the literary locales of Madison, Wisconsin, a city whose lofty earnestness in everything from food to literature inspired her two novels.
Current Issue
Our Writing Contests Issue features a look at the ever-expanding universe of book awards and literary prizes, including tips for successful entries as well as advice from agents and editors; a survey of the novella e-revolution and how digital tools are reviving the neglected form; a craft essay on writing with urgency; a profile of novelist Claire Messud; an interview with poet Frank Bidart; and much more.
May/Jun 2013
Slideshow
View our slideshow of select artist books from Beau Beausoleil’s Al-Mutanabbi Street Inventory Project, featured in this issue’s Written Image.
Articles
A Crucial Collaboration: Reader-Writer-Character-Book
by Ruth Ozeki
Character calls forth writer. Writer calls forth reader. It seems straightforward—but is it? Novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki explores the relationships embedded in every novel and work of fiction.
Bon Appétit: How Food Writing Fed My Fiction
by Aaron Hamburger
Fiction writer Aaron Hamburger got more than he bargained for when he signed up for a class in food writing. Instead of simply learning about a new genre, he also learned some valuable lessons about the one he'd been practicing for years.
Where Freedom Grows
by Carrie Neill
The biennial Gift of Freedom Award, sponsored by the Placitas, New Mexico-based A Room of Her Own Foundation, transcends competition by acting as an agent for change in the lives of women writers.
The Smart Approach to Contest Submissions
by Staff
Here are seven strategies for a more efficient (and hopefully more effective) process of submitting your work to contests.
Q&A: The New Publisher of Little, Brown
by Kevin Nance
Reagan Arthur, the new publisher of Little, Brown, discusses her new role and the health of the company she now leads through these uncertain times in publishing.
Online Exclusives
Six Video Poems
2.01.13
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.
DIY: How to Make and Bind Chapbooks
1.31.13
Whether you end up distributing your own prose or poetry at a reading or collecting the work of your friends in limited editions, these instructions on how to create and bind your own chapbooks offer hours of bookmaking fun.
Readers Recommend
1.01.13
Looking for a good book to read? Take a look at the list of titles our readers say were the best they read in 2011.
