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Poets & Writers Magazine

July/August 2021
Magazine

For more than twenty years, Poets & Writers Magazine has been a trusted companion to writers who take their vocation seriously. Within its pages, our readers find provocative essays on the literary life, practical guidance for getting published and pursuing writing careers, in-depth profiles of poets, fiction writers, and writers of creative nonfiction, and conversation among fellow professionals.

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Poets & Writers Magazine

EDITOR’S Note • TAKE YOUR TIME

Reactions • Poets & Writers Magazine welcomes feedback from its readers. Please post a comment on select articles at www.pw.org or e-mail editor@pw.org. Letters accepted for publication may be edited for clarity and length.

Conservation Stories

CONTRIBUTORS

Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

Of the Diaspora, In the Spotlight

The Anthologist

CELEBRATING WINNERS OF The Tenth Gate Prize • FOR MID-CAREER POETS SUBMIT BY JULY 15

The Pop-Up Literary Agency

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises

The Loneliness Project • MY JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICAN LONELINESS

Infertile & Querying • STRUGGLING TO CONCEIVE WHILE SEEKING REPRESENTATION

How We REMEMBER • WITH HIS FIRST NONFICTION BOOK, HOW THE WORD IS PASSED, PUBLISHED IN JUNE BY LITTLE, BROWN, POET AND SCHOLAR CLINT SMITH DELVES INTO THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY ALIVE IN MONUMENTS AND LANDMARKS WITHIN AND BEYOND THE UNITED STATES, IN AN IMMERSIVE READ THAT EXQUISITELY DEPICTS HOW A NATION AND ITS INHABITANTS REMEMBER ITS HISTORY.

The Whitney Plantation

First Fiction 2021

Eric Nguyen • whose debut novel, Things We Lost to the Water, was published in May by Knopf.

Lee Lai • whose debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit, was published in May by Fantagraphics.

Zakiya Dalila Harris • whose debut novel, The Other Black Girl, was published in June by Atria Books.

Joss Lake • whose debut novel, Future Feeling, was published in June by Soft Skull Press.

Pik-Shuen Fung • author of the debut novel Ghost Forest, published in July by One World.

The late Anthony Veasna So • author of the debut story collection Afterparties, forthcoming in August from Ecco.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU • THE ART OF THE QUERY LETTER IN REAL LIFE

YOUR CAREER ON THE LINE • WRITERS AND AGENTS DISCUSS “THE CALL”

A WEEK IN READING • WHAT AGENTS DO WHEN THEY’RE NOT WORKING

Agent Advice • Amy Elizabeth Bishop of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

The Savvy Self-Publisher • NIKKI PEOPLES

Deadlines

Submission Calendar

Recent Winners

PATRONS CIRCLE

Conferences & Residencies

In Celebration of Writers


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Frequency: Every other month Pages: 124 Publisher: Poets & Writers, Inc Edition: July/August 2021

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  • Release date: June 16, 2021

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English

For more than twenty years, Poets & Writers Magazine has been a trusted companion to writers who take their vocation seriously. Within its pages, our readers find provocative essays on the literary life, practical guidance for getting published and pursuing writing careers, in-depth profiles of poets, fiction writers, and writers of creative nonfiction, and conversation among fellow professionals.

pw.org

Poets & Writers Magazine

EDITOR’S Note • TAKE YOUR TIME

Reactions • Poets & Writers Magazine welcomes feedback from its readers. Please post a comment on select articles at www.pw.org or e-mail editor@pw.org. Letters accepted for publication may be edited for clarity and length.

Conservation Stories

CONTRIBUTORS

Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

Of the Diaspora, In the Spotlight

The Anthologist

CELEBRATING WINNERS OF The Tenth Gate Prize • FOR MID-CAREER POETS SUBMIT BY JULY 15

The Pop-Up Literary Agency

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

The Time Is Now • Writing Prompts and Exercises

The Loneliness Project • MY JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICAN LONELINESS

Infertile & Querying • STRUGGLING TO CONCEIVE WHILE SEEKING REPRESENTATION

How We REMEMBER • WITH HIS FIRST NONFICTION BOOK, HOW THE WORD IS PASSED, PUBLISHED IN JUNE BY LITTLE, BROWN, POET AND SCHOLAR CLINT SMITH DELVES INTO THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY ALIVE IN MONUMENTS AND LANDMARKS WITHIN AND BEYOND THE UNITED STATES, IN AN IMMERSIVE READ THAT EXQUISITELY DEPICTS HOW A NATION AND ITS INHABITANTS REMEMBER ITS HISTORY.

The Whitney Plantation

First Fiction 2021

Eric Nguyen • whose debut novel, Things We Lost to the Water, was published in May by Knopf.

Lee Lai • whose debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit, was published in May by Fantagraphics.

Zakiya Dalila Harris • whose debut novel, The Other Black Girl, was published in June by Atria Books.

Joss Lake • whose debut novel, Future Feeling, was published in June by Soft Skull Press.

Pik-Shuen Fung • author of the debut novel Ghost Forest, published in July by One World.

The late Anthony Veasna So • author of the debut story collection Afterparties, forthcoming in August from Ecco.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU • THE ART OF THE QUERY LETTER IN REAL LIFE

YOUR CAREER ON THE LINE • WRITERS AND AGENTS DISCUSS “THE CALL”

A WEEK IN READING • WHAT AGENTS DO WHEN THEY’RE NOT WORKING

Agent Advice • Amy Elizabeth Bishop of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

The Savvy Self-Publisher • NIKKI PEOPLES

Deadlines

Submission Calendar

Recent Winners

PATRONS CIRCLE

Conferences & Residencies

In Celebration of Writers


Expand title description text