In the early 1990s, I moved to Berlin, Germany, fresh out of a failed marriage, heartbroken and friendless. I arrived dreaming of Christopher Isherwood, bars, bohemians, and cabaret, but mostly I experienced the relentless hustle of making a living...”

“One of the pleasures of writing short stories for me is the surprise of an ending.” —Jamel Brinkley, author of Witness

 The author of The Museum of Human History considers how to manage a novel’s many threads.

Recently, con artists have taken to impersonating real editors, agents, or filmmakers from reputable organizations to extort large payments from unsuspecting authors. Literary professionals share advice on spotting and reporting scams.

The Worldbuilding Initiative, a new public-facing program at Arizona State University, uses ideas and skills from creative writing to encourage participants to take an active role in imagining a more equitable and sustainable future.

The author of The Museum of Human History offers a method for moving from short stories to longer-form narratives.

After more than two decades, the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize will no longer divide its award into Canadian and international categories, drawing mixed responses from the Canadian literary world.

The author of Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew From It introduces five journals that shaped his work.

Guided by a mandate to seek out and amplify underrepresented voices, the Feminist Press publishes twelve to fifteen books a year in multiple genres and holds open submission periods twice annually.