Featured This Month
In the Spotlight: Brian Kaufman
Publisher, Anvil Press
Writer's Notebook: "Hemingway's Workshop: What a Writing Program Can Offer You"
Alan Cheuse | July 2012
Podcast: Episode 151: Reclaiming the Past: The Challenge of Understanding Vanished Cultures
Washington, DC 2017
The Writer's Chronicle Archives: "Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?"
John Clellon Holmes | September 1979
The Writer's News
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June 14, 2018
NEA Research Indicates Surge in Poetry Readership
According to a new report based on the NEA for the Arts’ 2017 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the percentage of US adults who have read poetry in the last year has risen by roughly 5% since 2012.
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June 7, 2018
Crowdfunding Ursula K. Le Guin’s Final Poetry Collection
Copper Canyon Press is currently raising money to fund the publication of Ursula K. Le Guin’s So Far So Good, her last collection of poems before she passed away on January 22, 2018.
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June 6, 2018
Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced
Now in its 30th year, the Lambda Literary Awards, also known as the “Lammys,” identify and celebrate the best lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender books of the year.
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June 1, 2018
Moveable Type: Jet Fuel Review
A literary venue worth checking out...
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May 30, 2018
Golden Man Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
For the 50th anniversary of the Man Booker Prize, the Booker Prize Foundation has announced the five finalists for the Golden Man Booker Prize.
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Writer's Chronicle
Calendar
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Jun 20
Chautauqua Writers' Festival
Each June, writers convene to explore the craft of writing in the context of urgent social questions through panel conversations, breakout sessions, and a keynote address--and, if they choose, intensive genre-specific workshops led by extraordinary author
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Jun 23
The Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching
Come gather with other teachers of writing and learn how to effectively teach poetry in the classroom.
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Jun 23
Shore Thing Writing Getaway
June 23, 2018 A One Day Retreat for Poets and Writers
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Jun 24
Chesapeake Writers' Conference at St. Mary's College of Maryland
Intensive workshops in three genres for serious writers at all levels of experience, as well as a multi-genre workshop for high schoolers and grad credit for teachers (to be used for Continuing Professional Development).
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Jun 27
Aegean Arts Circle Writing Workshops Andros Greece
Intensive writing workshops for published and aspiring writers, held on a quiet Greek island. Small groups. June 27-July 7 2018
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Jun 27
The Frost Place Writing Intensive
The Frost Place Writing Intensive is a day-and-a-half session for classroom teachers who want to focus on their own writing and revision practices. The workshop is limited to participants who have already attended the Conference on Poetry and Teaching. Co
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Jun 28
David R. Collins Writers' Conference
Come to the Mississippi River for three days of inspiration, writing, and community at The David R. Collins Writers’ Conference, held on the campus of St. Ambrose University in Davenport, IA. Here, you can develop your writing working with award-winning a
