When you build your own literary education from workshops and mentorships, travel and books, learning is tailored to the books you dream of writing.

A noted agent addresses top questions on writing in more than one discipline, including whether you’ll need several agents and how readers respond when you try something new.

A poet considers the creative rewards of setting text to a composer’s music and suggests how any writer might take the leap from page to song.

An author explores the numerous benefits of generative writing, a collaborative writing method that can help counter the ruthless editor within and encourage boldness and joy in its place.

Daniel Umemezie, the national youth poet laureate, discusses the impact of poetry on his formative years, art as a door to empathy, and the value of cultivating a creative life.

The nonfiction writer Joe Wilkins highlights journals that have published his essays, including Orion Magazine and River Teeth.

Writers including CJ Hauser, Nancy Jooyoun Kim, Uttama Patel, and Ethan Rutherford reflect on the quieter wins that have affirmed them as writers, with or without a medal or trophy.

The author of Dreamt I Found You talks to editors and writers about a growing number of prizes honoring debuts at age 50, 60, 70, or beyond, recognizing that there is no one timeline for being a writer.

A unique field of awards recognizes the capacity of writers to tell the Earth’s stories with wonder and to advocate for its protection. 

The author of Middlemen: Literary Agents and the Making of American Fiction reveals how every debut author’s dream of landing an agent is matched by the hunger of every young agent to land a successful debut and establish themselves.