Featured This Month
Writer's Notebook: "I Wanna Be Rich: On the Financial Realities of Writing"
Sheree Winslow | June 2019
Podcast: Episode 71: Song of the Reed: The Poetry of Rumi, Sponsored by Poets House
Seattle 2014
The Writer's Chronicle Archives: "Finding Voice in the Wastelands of Academic Silence"
Kimberly M. Blaeser | October/November 1995
The Writer's News
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July 22, 2019
Whiting Foundation Announces Literary Magazine Prize Recipients
The Whiting Foundation has announced the winners of its 2019 Literary Magazine Prizes, the largest national award given to nonprofit literary magazines.
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July 12, 2019
Lesley Nneka Arimah Wins Caine Prize
Lesley Nneka Arimah’s short story “Skinned” has been selected for this year’s Caine Prize for African Writing.
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July 5, 2019
Colson Whitehead Featured on TIME Magazine Cover
Colson Whitehead appeared on the front cover of the July 2019 issue of TIME, making him the first author to appear on the revered magazine’s cover since Jonathan Franzen in 2010.
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July 5, 2019
Summer: A Break in the Routine
For those of us with a busy work schedule, the summer really may be just a seasonal variation on the workaday routine. We trade the winter’s snow shovels and our bulky, itchy clothing for summertime windshield sun shades for our cars and light cotton shirts or blouses for our bodies.
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July 1, 2019
Kevin Killian, 1952–2019
San Francisco poet, author, playwright, and reporter Kevin Killian passed away June 15.
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Writer's Chronicle
Calendar
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Jul 28
Napa Valley Writers' Conference
The Napa Valley Writers' Conference is heading into its 39th year as one of the nation's most prestigious summer writing programs. Since its beginning as an informal summer gathering of writers, the conference has remained a place to convene for fellowshi
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Aug 01
Summer Writing Retreat at Bryn Athyn College
This hybrid 4-day/night immersion combines the most desirable elements of both writing conferences and retreats in one gorgeous location.
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Aug 01
WRITING BOOT CAMP College Prep
This 4-day/night immersion provides high school seniors facing AP English and rising college freshman dreading Writing 101 with the essay and grammar tools they need to succeed.
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Aug 01
Young Authors Creative Writing Camp
August 1-6, 2019 This 4-day/night immersion experience provides master classes, guided writing, workshops and excursions for students who have completed 10th, 11th and 12th grade interested in all areas of creative writing.
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Aug 01
Get Away to Write - Scotland
August 1-9, 2019, Scotland 10th Annual International Writing Retreat
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Aug 12
Postgraduate Writers' Conference
The 24th annual Conference at Vermont College of Fine Arts, home of the acclaimed low-residency MFA in Writing Program, is designed for experienced writers, with graduate degrees or equivalent preparation. We emphasize craft and process through small-grou
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Aug 14
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is a 10-day program that takes place in Vermont in mid to late August.
