When good assignments go bad
By Dana ShavinYou pitched it. Sold it. Researched it. You’re ready to write it. Then calamity strikes.
Features
Neither here nor there
By Jacqueline SheehanShe’s an award-winning novelist, filmmaker, and an ordained Zen Buddhist priest: In both writing and life, Ruth Ozeki refuses to be any one thing.
Rise of the novella
By Jack SmithStepping stone to success or waste of a writer’s time? Writers and editors weigh in.
Press time
By Melissa HartCan an independent publicist help you maximize your book’s success?
Many miles to cover
By Don HudsonWalter Mosley is political yet massively appealing; commercially successful but critically acclaimed. And he’s one of the most important voices in American culture today.
Don’t go it alone
By K. L. RomoAn introvert’s guide to building a writing community.
Fiction: “Pieces of Echo”
By Brent van StaalduinenRead the first-place winner of our most recent short story contest.
Departments
The hiccups of self-publishing
By Keysha WhitakerOr, why one writer has 5000 book flyers in her closet.
Your story
By Hunter LiguoreHow to craft a compelling About Me page.
Writing, reading, and social justice
By Jeff TamarkinThis combination MA-MFA program is perfect for writers who want to make a difference.
Out of the binders
By Melissa HartThis multi-city conference offers both community and opportunity to women and gender variant writers.
Recklessly true
By Melissa HartFor 25 years, the Claremont Review has sought to provide a safe, creative space for teens.
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Take Note
Block-busting book reviews and more.
Markets
How I Write
Jaime Primak Sullivan: “When you’re writing, you want so desperately to get to the finish line, but there has to be an arc. You have to take people on a journey.”