Department: The Practical Writer
Bullseye: How to Submit to New Ohio Review
A concise guide to submitting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to New Ohio Review.
First: Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned
Journalist and fiction writer Wells Tower makes his international debut with a collection of short stories.
Bullseye: How to Submit to Slice Magazine
A concise guide to submitting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to Slice Magazine.
A Writer's Green Guide: How to Work for the Environment
First Thought, Worst Thought: Poetry Exercises That Inspire
Poet Kim Addonizio offers a roundup of writing exercises to feed the creative process.
The Case for Contests: Why Emerging Writers Should Submit
A frequent contest entrant—and winner—discusses the advantages of submitting to writers contests and offers tips for assessing a contest's legitimacy and value.
Book Trailers: The Key to Successful Video Marketing
More and more publishers and authors are using video as a promotional tool to attract the attention of a younger generation. But before writers collaborate with their publishers on book trailers—or even produce their own—there are some important points to keep in mind.
First: Andrew Porter's Prizewinning Stories
A decade after a devastating burglary stripped him of nearly everything he had written and his will to keep writing, Andrew Porter comes back stronger than ever with his debut short story collection, The Theory of Light and Matter.
Narrative Calisthenics: Exercises to Jump-Start Your Writing
Writers can use routine exercises to clear their minds and establish focus before settling in to the real work.



