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 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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June 27, 2019
Alice Oswald Named Oxford Professor of Poetry
Alice Oswald has made history by becoming the first elected female Professor of Poetry at Oxford University in three centuries.
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Writer's Chronicle
Calendar
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Jul 20
Leopardi Writing Conference
Writers, join us this summer in beautiful Italy!
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Jul 21
Bending Genres Retreat
Spend a week with like-minded writers at a historical site in New Mexico: Mabel Dodge Luhan House
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Jul 21
Juniper Institute for Young Writers
Over the course of eight days, high school students at Juniper find access to the writer’s life. Through a curriculum that facilitates wild invention, participants generate new writing, experiment with style and form, access tools for finding inspiration
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Jul 22
Dublin Writers Retreat
Acclaimed writers conference with NY Times best-selling authors and literary agent. Held at the historic United Arts Club. Hosted by the Rohm Literary Agency. Scholarships available.
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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.
