Poets & Writers Magazine

For more than twenty years, Poets & Writers Magazine has been a trusted companion to writers who take their vocation seriously. Within its pages, our readers find provocative essays on the literary life, practical guidance for getting published and pursuing writing careers, in-depth profiles of poets, fiction writers, and writers of creative nonfiction, and conversation among fellow professionals.

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EDITOR’S Note • MYSTERIOUS AND WILD AND WIDE-OPEN

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Weathering the Storms

Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

Authors Take On AI, File Lawsuits

Best American High School Writing

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

The Editor Behind the Book Review

TheTimeIsNow • Writing Prompts and Exercises

Making Space • A FAREWELL RITUAL FOR THE DEBUT BOOK

DREAMING UP HER OWN SALVATION • IN A STUNNING NEW MEMOIR, HOW TO SAY BABYLON, SAFIYA SINCLAIR TELLS THE STORY OF GROWING UP IN A RASTAFARIAN FAMILY IN JAMAICA, BREAKING FREE OF HER FATHER’S OPPRESSIVE CONTROL, AND FINDING HER OWN VOICE AS A WOMAN AND POET.

How to Say Babylon

CREATIVE WRITING UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS WELCOMES TARFIA FAIZULLAH

LOVE, LOSS, & LIBERATION • IN POETRY, MEMOIR, AND NOW HER NOVEL, THE LIBERATORS, FORTHCOMING IN NOVEMBER FROM TIN HOUSE, E. J. KOH BREAKS NEW GROUND IN UNDERSTANDING THE KOREAN DIASPORA AND THE EMANCIPATING POWER OF LOVE.

The Liberators

5 over 50

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BIG FIVE • The University Presses, Book Contests, Lit Mags, and Substacks Where Writers Are Publishing Now

COMMITMENT AND CARE • Publishing With a University Press

A WINNING WAY TO PUBLISH • Considering Small Press Book Contests

UPCOMING CONTESTS AND SUBMISSION WINDOWS • Twelve Small PressesThat Want to Read Your Manuscript

UNCONVENTIONAL INK • How Literary Authors Are Thriving on Substack

THE MAGIC IN THE MIX • Letters on the Art of Reading and Editing a Literary Magazine

PublishingMyths • “If you don’t earn out your advance, you’ll never publish another book.”

Hybrid Publishing • AN ALTERNATIVE MODEL WITH A PRICE TAG

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Submission Calendar

Recent Winners

Conferences & Residencies

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