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Sharing Poetry Chapbooks Online
Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin
Hub City’s New Southern Fiction Series
Wattpad Surges Into Print
The Anthologist
IN MEMORIAM
Small Press Points
Literary MagNet
O’Rourke to Edit the Yale Review
The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises
Say Yes to Yourself • A POET’S GUIDE TO LIVING AND WRITING
Author Envy • THE ART OF SURVIVING ONE’S OWN PERSONALITY
SHADOW narratives • Paisley Rekdal says writing her sixth poetry collection, Nightingale, out in May from Copper Canyon Press, was “like trying to conduct a whirlwind.” The result is a stunning book about transformation that will change the way we read violence, silence, and the stories handed down to us.
Telling the Wasps
A Look Inside the System of Competition • What Really Happens After You Hit Submit
Winners on Winning • Six Authors Offer Advice for Successful Contest Submissions
How to Get Paid • FREELANCE EDITING
Negotiating Your Contract • THE POWER OF THE INFORMED AUTHOR
Agent Advice • Jody Kahn of Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents
The Savvy Self-Publisher • ELIZABETH HUTCHISON BERNARD
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Recent Winners
Poets & Writers • GALA BENEFIT DINNER
Conferences & Residencies
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In Celebration of Writers