I've been an avid reader of Poets & Writers Magazine for many years. Packed with information, stories of the writing life, profiles of writers, and contest deadlines, I've always found it a tremendous resource. And in 2007, when I won the California Writers Exchange Award in fiction and P&W sent me on a trip to New York to meet with people in the publishing industry, I learned how extremely well-respected the organization is among agents, publishers, and writers. Poets & Writers was instrumental in helping me to get my novel, Another Life Altogether, published by Spiegel & Grau. Now that I teach creative writing, I tell all my students that one of the things they should do if they're serious about their writing is subscribe to Poets & Writers Magazine.
—Elaine Beale, writer and recipient of P&W's 2007 California Writers Exchange Award