An engaging three-day event you won't want to miss.
Are the Big Guys Always Bad Guys?
Courtney Maum debates the viral “The Big Five Publishers Have Killed Literary Fiction” Substack article.
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Surrender Is an Action Verb
Grant Falkner talks to Paolo Bacigalupi, Lan Samantha Chang, and Rachel Khong about the unconventional origins of their novels.
Graphic
Jesse Lee Kercheval describes her unexpected transition from poet and memoirist to graphic novelist.
From Anecdote to Essay
Freeing Yourself from the Tyranny of Chronology
Tom McAllister has tips for going deeper with memoir and personal essays.
Brushstrokes and Scribbled Lines
On the Relationship Between Painting and (Novel) Writing
Elaine Neil Orr charts the close relationship between painting and writing her latest novel.
Presencing LA with Story
Esther G. Belin reflects on the Los Angeles wildfires, the healing power of stories, and the city’s history of Indian relocation.
The Small Press Report Card
Wendy J. Fox examines results of the inaugural survey of small press authors.
The Big Conversation
What Writers Can Learn from Bookselling
Audrey Jennifer Smith, Michael Leali, Lillian Li, and Ashley Lumpkin discuss how working in bookstores has influenced their writing.
Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance
By Denali Sai Nalamalapu
Neema Avashia recommends Holler, the debut graphic memoir by Denali Sai Nalamalapu.
An Excerpt from Holler
Denali Sai Nalamalapu
Timber Press
The Writer’s Chronicle Audiobook Playlist
Libro.fm rounds up selections by contributors and authors discussed in February’s TWC.
Prompted
Juan Martinez, Karen Rigby, and Natalie Lima share favorite writing prompts in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
Read excerpts from new and forthcoming books.
Black Mestiza
Yael Valencia Aldana
University Press of Kentucky
An Arm Fixed to a Wing
Olivia Clare Friedman
LSU Press
Smother
Rachel Richardson
W. W. Norton
Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image
Edited by Dinah Lenney | Essay by contributor Major Jackson
Bloomsbury Academic
When the World Explodes: Essays
Amy Lee Scott
Mad Creek Books/The Ohio State University Press
Bad Naturalist: One Woman’s Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop
Paula Whyman
How We Know Our Time Travelers: Stories
Anita Felicelli
WTAW Press
The Flat Woman: A Novel
Vanessa Saunders
Fiction Collective 2
The Owl Was a Baker’s Daughter: The Continuing Adventures of Judith Shakespeare
Grace Tiffany
HarperCollins
Celebrate the 2023 AWP Award Series Winners at #AWP25
Learn about AWP’s plans to host a reception and book signing in Los Angeles!
Introducing the 2024 AWP Award Series Winners
Preview forthcoming books by the 2024 AWP Award Series winners.
Meet the 2025 AWP Award Series Judges
Read the judges’ bios and the contest submission guidelines.
Contests & Calls: Staff Selections
Ten listings from AWP’s Contests & Calls web page
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