Poetic Lenses: Our Fifteenth Annual Look at Debut Poetry
Ten debut poets published in 2019, including Camonghne Felix and Jake Skeets, share their advice, inspiration, and path to publication.
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Article Archive: Special Section
Articles from Poet & Writers Magazine include material from the print edition plus exclusive online-only material.
Four Lunches and a Breakfast: What I Learned About the Book Business While Breaking Bread With Five Hungry Agents
An in-depth look at book publishing as seen through the eyes of five literary agents.
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Top Ten Retreats for Emerging Writers
Ten of the best retreats, workshop programs, conferences, and festivals for emerging writers across the country.
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Twenty-Two of the Most Inspiring Writers Retreats in the Country
Twenty-two writers, including Alexander Chee and Rebecca Makkai, offer their personal take on the best retreats for productivity, motivation, networking, and more.
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Wilder Forms: Our Fourteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets
Ten poets whose first books were published in 2018, including Justin Phillip Reed and Tiana Clark, share their inspirations, processes, writer’s block remedies, and paths to publication.
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The Boat We Are Building: A New MFA Program Makes Diversity Its Mission
A new low-residency MFA program makes diversity its mission.
MFA in Mind: Twenty Questions to Ask Before Applying
Why do you want an MFA? Important questions to ask yourself before you apply.
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2019 MFA Index: Your Guide to More Than 220 Programs
A guide to 158 full-residency and 64 low-residency programs in creative writing, plus questions to consider before you apply.
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The Business of Relationships: How Authors, Agents, Editors, Booksellers, and Publicists Work Together to Reach Readers
The teams behind debut authors Jordy Rosenberg, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, Aja Gabel, Rachel Z. Arndt, and Ruth Joffre.
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Two More Weeks to Submit! The Question of Extended Deadlines
An investigation into a common, and complicated, practice.
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Anatomy of Awards: The Numbers Behind Free Grants & Awards
A comparative analysis of the last three years of the magazine’s Deadlines section.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Fine Arts Work Center
The author of The Refugees on the retreat in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Reginald Dwayne Betts on the Cave Canem Retreat
The author of Shahid Reads His Own Palm on the retreat in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Christine Schutt on Yaddo
The author of Pure Hollywood on the retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Stephan Eirik Clark on the Anderson Center
The author of Sweetness #9 on the retreat in Red Wing, Minnesota.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Tayari Jones on the Ucross Foundation
The author of An American Marriage on the retreat in Sheridan, Wyoming.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Kirsten Lunstrum on the Mineral School
The author of What We Do With the Wreckage on the retreat in Mineral, Washington
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Where Big Books Are Born: Duy Doan on the Kundiman Retreat
The author of We Play a Game on the retreat in New York City.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Danez Smith on the Millay Colony
The author of Don’t Call Us Dead on the retreat in Austerlitz, New York.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Nathan Englander on the Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers
The author of The Ministry of Special Cases on the retreat in New York City.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Tommy Orange on the MacDowell Colony
The author of There There on the retreat in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
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Where Big Books Are Born: Amina Gautier on the Camargo Foundation
The author of The Loss of All Lost Things on the retreat in Cassis, France.
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The Whole Self: Our Thirteenth Annual Look at Debut Poets
A look at some of the most exciting first books of poetry published in 2017, including WHEREAS by Layli Long Soldier and Calling a Wolf a Wolf by Kaveh Akbar.
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Now Open: Fifty Magazines and Five Small Presses Accepting Submissions With No Reading Fees
50 magazines and 5 small presses accepting submissions with no reading fees.
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2018 MFA Index: A Guide to More Than 200 Programs
A look at 153 full-residency programs and 59 low-residency programs, sorted alphabetically by region.
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