Featured This Month
In the Spotlight: Brenda Hillman
Olivia Filippi Professor of Poetry, Saint Mary’s College of California
Writer's Notebook: The '80s Are, Like, Ancient: Writing and Researching Modern Historical Fiction
Leslie Pietrzyk | March 2018
Podcast: Episode 149: Arsenic Icing: Sentiment as Threat in Contemporary American Women's Poetry
Washington, DC 2017
The Writer's Chronicle Archives: Elitism & Rebellion
Toi Derricotte | May 1989
The Writer's News
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April 25, 2018
Women’s Prize for Fiction Shortlist Announced
The Women’s Prize for Fiction released the shortlist of six finalists for the year of 2018.
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April 24, 2018
FIELD Magazine to Publish Final Issue
“Sometimes you have to stop something to know how well it worked,” said David Young, longtime editor of FIELD magazine, when discussing the 50-year-old publication’s upcoming closure in 2019.
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April 23, 2018
2018 Pulitzer Prize Winners Announced
On Sunday, April 15, the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in 21 categories ranging from Music to Investigative Reporting.
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April 17, 2018
J.D. McClatchy, Poet and Literary Critic: 1945-2018
J.D. McClatchy died of cancer on April 10 in his Manhattan home, according to Random House. Mr. McClatchy was 72.
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April 17, 2018
HarperCollins to Release Tolkien Novel in August
Another installment in the mythical world of J.R.R. Tokien’s Middle-earth is set to be published by HarperCollins in August 2018.
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Writer's Chronicle
Calendar
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Apr 28
Western Reserve Writers' Conference
Free one-day writing conference.
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May 01
Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror & Beyond (ONLINE)
If you love the incredible, futuristic, supernatural, and fantastical—this is the class for you.
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May 04
Washington Writers Conference
Be part of the DC area's premier writers conference! It's fun, collegial, informative, *and* guarantees you three one-on-one pitch sessions with literary agents!
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May 04
Spring Writeaway by the River
Writeaways by the River offer weekend workshops with inspiration, consultation and instruction for writers of all levels, followed by a two- to three-day retreat.
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May 04
River View Poetry Getaway
May 4-6, 2018 Write. Relax. Reconnect.
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May 07
Down to the Marrow: A Sit, Walk, Write Retreat
This workshop retreat is currently FULL. Please call us directly to be put on the wait list.
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May 13
Longleaf Writers' Conference @ Seaside, Florida (formerly Seaside WC)
Longleaf Writers' Conference is an annual literary conference beginning in the second week of May. This conference provides lectures, workshops, seminars, readings, and social events in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and mixed genres, with nationa
