Featured This Month
In the Spotlight: James McNulty
Managing Fiction Editor, Driftwood Press
Writer's Notebook: "Sentence Pioneers: Bending Language with Lydia Kiesling, R. O. Kwon, Ali Smith, Alyson Hagy, Jesse Ball, & Sally Rooney"
Beth Kephart | May 2019
Podcast: Episode 70: A Reading and Conversation with Chris Abani and Chang-rae Lee
Seattle 2014
The Writer's Chronicle Archives: "The Contemporary American Novella & Its (Dis)contents"
John Keene | December 2018
The Writer's News
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June 20, 2019
Joy Harjo Named Poet Laureate
Poet, writer, and musician Joy Harjo has been named the twenty-third Poet Laureate of the United States.
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June 19, 2019
Ocean Vuong Appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers
Ocean Vuong appeared on the talk show Late Night with Seth Meyers to discuss his debut novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin). Vuong, whose debut collection of poems Night Sky with Exit Wounds won the T.S. Eliot Prize, discussed multiple aspects of his first venture into fiction.
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June 14, 2019
Kim Hyesoon & Eve Joseph Awarded Griffin Prizes
The Griffin Poetry Prize announced the recipients of its annual awards last week.
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June 5, 2019
Ekiwah Adler-Beléndez Awarded 2019 George Garrett Award
Ekiwah Adler-Beléndez was awarded the 2019 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature at our annual conference in Portland, Oregon.
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June 3, 2019
Annie Zaidi Wins International Nine Dots Prize
Annie Zaidi has won the Nine Dots Prize for her entry “Bread, Cement, Cactus,” which combines reporting and memoir to address themes of home and belonging in modern India.
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Writer's Chronicle
Calendar
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Jun 26
2019 ASLE Biennial Conference
The 2019 ASLE Biennial Conference will be held at the University of California, Davis from June 26-30, 2019. Call for Panels has a deadline of September 1, 2018. The Call for Papers deadline is December 15, 2018.
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Jun 28
2019 Agents & Editors Conference / Writers' League of Texas / Austin, TX
Now in its 26th year, this standout conference gives each attendee the opportunity to become a publishing insider. Meet more nearly two dozen top agents, editors, and industry professionals through one-on-one consultations and receptions. Get tips and str
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Jul 01
The Mastheads Writers' Residency
A new, urban experiment in literary creation and influence, each July The Mastheads awards five writers' residencies that include a private, open-air studio, $900 stipend, travel reimbursement, housing, and more.
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Jul 01
New York State Summer Writers Institute
Under the joint auspices of Skidmore College and the New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany, the summer program is held on the campus of Skidmore College and will feature creative writing workshops in fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
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Jul 06
Writeaway in New Mexico
We created Writeaway in New Mexico to offer writers an opportunity to spend a week in the Land of Enchantment immersed in their craft. Anyone who has been to New Mexico knows what a magical place it is -- and what a profound effect it can have on your wri
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Jul 08
Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers
Summer Fishtrap is a week-long writer’s conference located in the heart of the Wallowa Mountains at the south end of Wallowa Lake – with workshops in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, memoir, and special workshops just for youth.
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Jul 10
Southampton Writers Conference
Located in the Hamptons with a stellar faculty and ocean views, where else would you want to be this summer? Workshops in fiction, memoir, poetry, nonfiction, novel, playwriting, children's lit & TV writing.
