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Wondering if your novel is finally ready for publication? Our April issue is here to help.
Inside you’ll also find essential national resources for writing research, the winners of our 2019 flash contest, an open letter to the last typo standing in your manuscript, and plenty of products and prompts for poets – it is National Poetry Month in April, after all!
It’s easy to keep tinkering with a manuscript forever, but at some point, it’s time to cut the cord. Here’s how pro authors evaluate a novel to see if it’s ready for publication – and how you can, too.
From the Library of Congress to the Smithsonian Institution, national research resources abound for the curious writer. Here’s how to use them.
How Oakland’s OG Rev aims to make the world a better place through verse.
We invited readers to submit work in any genre – fiction or nonfiction – as long as the final submission fell under 1,000 words. Here are the first-, second-, and third-place winners of our 2019 contest.
Make blind spots work for you.
Becoming a successful freelance writer means mastering both emotional and financial components.
Richard Blanco