Featured This Month
In the Spotlight: Gianna Russo
Founding Editor, YellowJacket Press; Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing, Saint Leo University; Director, Sandhill Writers Retreat
Writer's Notebook: "The Creepy Plastic Baby Head of Magical Writing Mojo"
Sheila Squillante | September 2018
Podcast: Episode 155: Celebrating the Hurston/Wright Foundation: Twenty-Seven Years of Literary Legacy
Washington, DC 2017
The Writer's Chronicle Archives: "Letter to a Prospective Writing Student"
Tracy Daugherty | October/November 2003
The Writer's News
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October 19, 2018
Moveable Type: Interim
A literary venue worth checking out...
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October 17, 2018
Robert Bausch, Acclaimed Novelist: 1945–2018
Robert Bausch, the author of short stories and nine acclaimed novels and a teacher of creative writing, passed away from multiple myeloma on October 9, 2018.
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October 16, 2018
Film Featuring Poetry by Kaveh Akbar, Dominique Townsend, and Ocean Vuong Premieres on Netflix
October 12 marked the premiere of the new Netflix original film The Kindergarten Teacher, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal as the titular teacher.
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October 10, 2018
Natalie Diaz, John Keene, & Kelly Link Awarded MacArthur Fellowships
Poet Natalie Diaz, fiction and nonfiction writer John Keene, and fiction writer Kelly Link were recently awarded 2018 MacArthur "Genius" Fellowships in the amount of $625,000 over the next five years.
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October 2, 2018
Whiting Foundation Announces 2018 Creative Nonfiction Grant Recipients
The Whiting Foundation has released its selections for the 2018 Creative Nonfiction Grant.
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Writer's Chronicle
Calendar
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Oct 25
11th Biennial Writers' Conference--Deadline Soon!
Join us for the 11th biennial John R. Milton Writers' Conference at the University of South Dakota. The 2018 conference theme, “This Lonely Frontier: Exploring Boundaries of Space, Identity, and Genre,” celebrates the 50th anniversary of Milton’s poetry c
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Oct 27
Steel Pen Annual Writers' Conference
The Steel Pen Writers' Conference is an opportunity for writers of all types to get together and learn from one another in a collegial setting. Featured speakers and experts in the field provide engaging workshops, and authors can showcase books, or recei
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Nov 02
North Carolina Writers' Network Fall Conference
A full weekend in Charlotte that includes lunch and dinner banquets with readings, keynotes, tracks in several genres, open mic sessions, and the opportunity for one-on-one manuscript critiques with editors or agents.
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Nov 02
2018 BookBaby Independent Authors Conference
The Independent Authors Conference is the only conference that educates independent authors on how to cultivate a successful career in the self-publishing industry.
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Nov 02
Writing By Writers Mill House Residency
The dog-friendly Writing By Writers Mill House Residency is open to fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers and poets.
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Nov 03
Autumn Writing Getaway
November 3, 2018 A One Day Retreat for Poets and Writers
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Nov 05
Kauai Writers Conference
Learn and connect on beautiful Kauai with bestselling authors, top literary agents, editors and publishers.
