"Iceland is experiencing a book boom. This island nation of just over 300,000 people has more writers, more books published and more books...

It's January 1st, and I can guess what you have resolved for 2014, because every writer makes the same New Year's resolutions. I will fi...

This October there are more than eight dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As alw...

This October there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes rang...

This October there are more than four dozen writing conferences and workshops. Some conferences and workshops will be held online, but most ...

Literary Agents, Free Writing Contests, Submission Calls & more

In this fascinating study, researchers found that brain connectivity was increased during and after reading a gripping novel. The interac...

Literary Agents, Free Writing Contests, Submission Calls & more

This October there are more than four dozen writing conferences and workshops. Some conferences and workshops will be held online, but most ...

This October there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes rang...

This October there are more than eight dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As alw...

It's January 1st, and I can guess what you have resolved for 2014, because every writer makes the same New Year's resolutions. I will fi...

This September there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes ra...

This September there are more than nine dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As al...

This October there are more than four dozen writing conferences and workshops. Some conferences and workshops will be held online, but most ...

This October there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes rang...

This October there are more than eight dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As alw...

Literary Agents, Free Writing Contests, Submission Calls & more

This October there are more than eight dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As alw...

This October there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes rang...

This October there are more than four dozen writing conferences and workshops. Some conferences and workshops will be held online, but most ...

Literary Agents, Free Writing Contests, Submission Calls & more

This September there are more than two dozen writing conferences and workshops. Some conferences and workshops will be held online, but most...

This September there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes ra...

This September there are more than eight dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As a...

This September there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes ra...

Literary Agents, Free Writing Contests, Submission Calls & more

Here are nine new literary agents actively seeking clients. New agents are a boon to writers. They are actively building their lists, and wi...

Self-doubt is an inevitable part of writing, but before I launch into a diatribe about romantic delusions, disheveled writers (that wou...

Updated 9/15/26 I can't stress enough the importance of joining writing organizations. I've been a member of the Authors Guild since the...

Self-doubt is an inevitable part of writing, but before I launch into a diatribe about romantic delusions, disheveled writers (that wou...

Here are nine new literary agents actively seeking clients. New agents are a boon to writers. They are actively building their lists, and wi...

Literary Agents, Free Writing Contests, Submission Calls & more

This September there are more than two dozen writing conferences and workshops. Some conferences and workshops will be held online, but most...

This September there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes ra...

Updated  9/2/26 Nothing is quite so discouraging to an author as a dearth of reviews. After years of working on a novel, months (if ...

This September there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes ra...

This September there are more than two dozen writing conferences and workshops. Some conferences and workshops will be held online, but most...

Literary Agents, Free Writing Contests, Submission Calls & more

There's no doubt about it. Ray Bradbury could give a great lecture. In 2001, Bradbury spoke at Point Loma Nazrene University in San Di...

Updated on 9/8/26 Here are three established literary agents looking for clients. Rachael Dillon Fried (Sanford Greenburger) has a keen i...

Updated on 9/8/26 Here are three established literary agents looking for clients. Rachael Dillon Fried (Sanford Greenburger) has a keen i...

There's no doubt about it. Ray Bradbury could give a great lecture. In 2001, Bradbury spoke at Point Loma Nazrene University in San Di...

Literary Agents, Free Writing Contests, Submission Calls & more