Features
Told you
By Julie KrugCeleste Ng offers advice about first books, being true to the craft and the importance of reaching readers.
Best of the best
By Jennifer MattsonOur picks for the top ten writing conferences in America.
Ten things I learned at writing conferences
By Susan ItoHead-earned lessons from two decades of conferences.
In nature
By Eliana OsbornThe National Parks Service's Artist in Residence programs offer writers and other artists the opportunity to find inspiration in the great outdoors.
Departments
Required reading
By Jeff TamarkinFour professors share their go-to writing texts.
Second degree
By Jack SmithShould you take a chance with the most challenging POV?
A call to action
By Rachel CarringtonDefine necessary and unnecessary action in fiction.
Guard the hours
By Gabriel PackardWant to make writing a career? Treat it like one.
Get in the game
By Megan KaplonMust-know tips for rookie sports writers.
Show pro
By Ryan Van CleaveConfessions of a writing conference junkie.
Online and on-point
By Melissa HartThe Rumpus publishes surprising, challenging pieces of top-notch writing.
Also in Every Issue
From the Editor
Take Note
Robin Black, Terrance Hayes, blogger David Cain and more.
Markets
Conferences, retreats, festivals (July - December)
How I Write
Kirstin Valdez Quade: "I love the short story: I love its flexibility, its distillation of language, the pressure it exerts on the moment. A story demands that the reader look closely."