Featured This Month
In the Spotlight: Octavio Quintanilla
Associate Professor, Our Lady of the Lake University
Writer's Notebook: "Something to Write About: Experiential and Observational Learning in the Creative Nonfiction Workshop"
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman | September 2019
Podcast: Episode 74: A Reading and Conversation with Gish Jen and Tobias Wolff, Sponsored by the Oregon State University School of Writing, Literature, and Film
Seattle 2014
The Writer's Chronicle Archives: "Pretending To Be Ourselves: The Contemporary Dramatic Monologue"
Phillip Sterling | May/Summer 1998
The Writer's News
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October 7, 2019
Ahsahta Press to Close
Boise State University recently announced the closure of Ahsahta Press, the nonprofit literary publisher founded in 1974 and run by its MFA Program in Creative Writing.
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October 3, 2019
Jon Tribble, 1962–2019
Jon Tribble, the author of three poetry collections and the longtime editor of the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry, has passed away.
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September 18, 2019
Security at #AWP20 in San Antonio
AWP takes the safety of all conference attendees very seriously, and we thank those who have written to us regarding security at #AWP20 in San Antonio, Texas.
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September 15, 2019
A Statement from the AWP Board of Trustees on the Dismissal of Dr. Chloe Schwenke
AWP Board categorically denies Dr. Schwenke's allegations.
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September 13, 2019
Booker Prize Finalists Announced
The Booker Prize Foundation has announced the six titles selected for the award’s prestigious shortlist.
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Writer's Chronicle
Calendar
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Oct 27
The Landscape Let Me In: A Place-Based Generative Writing Workshop in San Miguel de Allende
Demystify the process of prose writing while collecting the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of San Miguel.
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Nov 01
The Loft's Wordsmith Conference
The Loft's Wordsmith: a Craft, Career, and Connection Conference for Writers will take place November 1–3, 2019. It will bring visiting agents, editors, and writers for a full weekend of sessions, pitches, one-on-one meetings, networking, and conversation
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Nov 01
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 08
North Carolina Writers' Network Fall Conference
A full weekend in Asheville 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 08
2019 Writing By Writers Fall Manuscript Boot Camp
The Writing By Writers Manuscript Boot Camp is for the writer who has a full book-length manuscript (novel, memoir or short story collection) and would like to engage with a small group for a serious and productive response.
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Nov 09
2019 Texas Writes in ATX
Commit one special weekend to your writing with ten brilliant craft presentations and conversations with some of the most exciting writers in Texas.
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Nov 09
Autumn Writing Getaway
November 9, 2019 A one day fall retreat for poets and writers
