Poets & Writers

#ClipOfTheDay: In this episode of Cannonball With Wesley Morris, the host speaks with Parul Sehgal, critic at large at the New York Times, and Sasha Weiss, deputy editor at the New York Times Magazine, about the power of Toni Morrison’s writing and their favorite passages. at.pw.org/Sehgal

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a poetry anthology on immigrant and refugee experiences edited by Patrice Vecchione and Alyssa Raymond, and #PWWritingPrompts on wonder, pathways, and unknown landmarks. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

The cover of the March/April issue featuring the cover author over a light purple background.

#ICYMI: In our new issue six authors recall writers retreats that changed their lives, Brian Gresko profiles T Kira Māhealani Madden, Natalie Bakopoulos blurs borders in fiction, and Michael Kleber-Diggs reports on fifty years of Boa Editions. Find out more: at.pw.org/MarApr2026

Poets & Writers booth at AWP

Members of the P&W team at the AWP booth

Hey AWP-ers! Make sure to stop by booth #347 to say hi, enter our raffle for a Superfan membership, and grab some free magazines while we still have them!

A photo portrait of Jake Skeets. The article title, Carrier of Meaning, is overlaid in white text.

Quote from Jake Skeets: "For me freedom would be being able to live for the next morning. To welcome the next morning without a sense of fear. But oftentimes, again, our futures are held conditionally."

“With Horses I’m really trying to open up this space to have these larger negotiations about being a person who is alive during the verge of this potential catastrophe, potential end of the world.” Learn more about Jake Skeets’s latest poetry collection in our new issue: at.pw.org/CarrierOfMeaning

A photo of a writer sitting on a window ledge shrouded in flowers, overlooking the ocean.

JP Gritton's quote "And this is the too-often overlooked virtue of literary conferences, literary retreats, and the link: It's understood, even expected, that at some point you'll go do your own thing."

“Suppose another faultlessly sunny Lisbon day has elided into a pleasantly cool Lisbon evening.” In our new issue, novelist JP Gritton recalls encountering a writing hero at the Disquiet retreat. “Probably it’s better this way: As writers, as people, we never know what’s coming.” at.pw.org/Runaway

A graphic with event time (March 6, 7 PM EST) and featured Get the Word Out authors: Roohi Choudhry, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Kerry Donoghue, Lacey N. Dunham, Shasta Grant, Laura Venita Green, Miranda Schmidt

Going to #AWP26? Join members of the Get the Word Out 2023 fiction cohort at the Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, Maryland on Friday, March 6, 7 PM EST for an AWP off-site reading!

Our spring classes are here! Whether you’re looking to perfect your pitch to agents and editors or are in the throes of revisions, our classes for poets and prose writers are here to help you open new doors in your writing life. Register now while space, and discounts, remain! at.pw.org/classes

#ClipOfTheDay: In this New Social Environment event hosted by the Brooklyn Rail, poets Eve L. Ewing and Andrea Faye Hart read a selection of their poems and join journalist trina reynolds-tyler to discuss how they became co-owners of Build Coffee & Books in Chicago. at.pw.org/BuildCoffeeBooks

A Lifeline From Literary Arts Fund Seven private foundations have forged a new partnership to support literary arts organizations amidst an increasingly precarious funding landscape.

“Literature is in a funding crisis,” writes Adrienne Raphel for the March/April issue. “But a glimmer of hope for writers and publishers emerged recently in the form of a philanthropic supergroup: the @literaryartsfund.bsky.social.” Read more: at.pw.org/LiteraryArtsLifeline

On the left, the Writers Recommend graphic. On the right, Diamond Forde's author headshot.

“I used to understand the late-night Comedy Jam performers of my youth as magicians, as people capable of transforming a room with the well-timed punctuation of their bodies,” writes @poemsandcake.bsky.social, author of The Book of Alice (@scribnerbooks.bsky.social). Read on: at.pw.org/WRForde

The AWP logo with the Poets & Writers logo and booth #347.

Will we be seeing you this week in Baltimore at #AWP26? Stop by booth #347 to say hi, grab some free magazines and more, and enter our raffle for a chance to win a Superfan membership, exclusive swag, and more. It's always a fun time, we can't wait to see you there!

Spend more time writing and less time researching submissions. Browse over 800 literary magazines in our free database. Filter by genre to find detailed listings that include contact information, editorial policies, fees, and more, to inform your submission strategy. Explore now: at.pw.org/litmags

"I am often wildly optimistic about my productivity in the mornings. This feeling lasts no later than noon." For this week's #TenQuestions, Jordy Rosenberg shares a look at the writing and publishing process for his new novel, Night Night Fawn, out now from One World. Read more: at.pw.org/10qjordy

#ClipOfTheDay: In this Amanpour and Company segment, Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Megan Falley and Tig Notaro about their Oscar-nominated documentary film Come See Me in the Good Light, which follows Colorado poet laureate Andrea Gibson’s journey with terminal cancer. at.pw.org/ComeSeeMe

Literary MagNet: Mandy-Suzanne Wong The prose writer Mandy-Suzanne Wong highlights journals that have published some of her surprising, emotive essays on mollusks including Digging Press Journal and Black Warrior Review.

@mandysuzannewong.bsky.social, author of, Daughter of Mother-of-Pearl (@graywolfpress.bsky.social), shares how she found some of the noteworthy journals that have published her prose on marine animals over the years, including Talk Vomit and Digging Press Journal. at.pw.org/MandySuzanneWong

“Your tongue will remember repeated words and recurring constructions in a way your eye might miss.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, @emilynemens.bsky.social, author of Clutch (@tinhouse.bsky.social) describes the rigorous line work that went into finishing her manuscript. at.pw.org/NemensCC3

A photo portrait of the author, featuring the title of her magazine profile: Crime and Compassion.

The quote: "I wanted readers to get to know these characters, to have to know them, as full, dynamic people before their many violences are revealed."

@tkiramadden.bsky.social was driven by one question for her latest book: “What does it take for someone to betray another person who is abused when they themselves have felt abused by the system?” Read Brian Gresko’s profile of Madden in our new issue: at.pw.org/CrimeAndCompassion

We know finding a writing community isn’t easy. Poets & Writers Groups connects you with hundreds of writers all over the world. Creating a writer profile allows you to list your preferred genres, interest groups, and more, making it easy to find others who share your goals. Learn more groups.pw.org

#PWFictionPrompt: Try setting a short story in a location that has been ominously stripped of its usual characteristics: a forest with no trees, a supermarket with nothing on the shelves, a city with no humans. #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/InTheClouds

#ClipOfTheDay: Tayari Jones discusses her new novel, Kin, and the history she uncovered in her research for the book in a conversation with Jill Cox-Cordova, former Library Journal editor, for this virtual event of the Penguin Random House Winter Book and Author Festival. at.pw.org/TayariJonesKin

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic book on the craft of writing fiction by Jerome Stern, and #PWWritingPrompts on stammering, surprising connections, and jealousy. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

A collage of the twelve featured book covers from this issue's installment of Page One

What do The Tavern at the End of History by Morris Collins, Hide by Carolina Ebeid, Frog by Anne Fadiman, and The People Can Fly by Joshua Bennett have in common? They’re just a handful of the noteworthy titles included in our latest #PageOne installment. Read on: at.pw.org/PageOne2026x2

Calling all New York State Writers! It's your last chance to apply for this cycle of Readings & Workshops Grants. These grants pay fees to writers who participate in public readings or teach creative workshops in diverse communities throughout New York State. Apply by March 1: at.pw.org/rwfunds

“Fear nothing—neither the pang of rejection nor the riskier high of success. We’ll always need great poems and novels to, as Flaubert said, do what nature does: set us dreaming.“ —Askold Melnycz, founding editor of @agnimagazine.bsky.social and @arrowsmithpress.bsky.social: at.pw.org/AERMelnyczuk

An image of a stream running through a forest beneath mountains overlaid with the article title "Sometimes a Fish, Sometimes a Story."

Quote that reads: “There is an excitement to creating. You are not there to show off polished work. You are there to make.”

“Walter was ninety-four and wore a baseball cap. He wrote everything on a legal pad with a pencil in looping cursive.” Nina McConigley remembers a student she taught at the Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers years ago and how the retreat, and Walter, inspired her: at.pw.org/SometimesAStory

#ClipOfTheDay: In this PBS NewsHour video, Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Mellon Foundation, speaks about the efforts to support literary nonprofits, including independent publishers, residencies, and fellowships for writers. at.pw.org/Alexander

The Clash of Amazon and the Indies Ahead of this year’s Independent Bookstore Day, a look back at last year’s controversy when Amazon surprised indie stores with a sale of its own.

Ahead of this year’s Independent Bookstore Day, look back at last year’s clash between Amazon and the indies, when the multinational online retailer held a last-minute book sale that overlapped with IBD, causing a protest within the indie lit community and beyond. at.pw.org/LiteraryClash

Spend more time on your writing and less time researching submissions with our member-exclusive Grants & Awards: The Writing Contest Newsletter. Plus, get access to our companion database with listings for more than 500 writing contests, all vetted by our editors. Learn more: at.pw.org/membership

Talking Taboo: Financial Literacy and Sustainability for Writers | Led by Namrata Poddar — Poets & Writers Unlike many professions, literary art doesn’t operate within a strictly capitalist framework of effort versus reward. A writer’s labor may not produce monetary compensation for years. Craft is key,…

Unlike many professions, literary art doesn’t operate within a strictly capitalist framework of effort versus reward. So, how do writers pay their bills while doing what they love? Check out this workshop with @namratapoddar.bsky.social (grab your spot, it starts tonight!): at.pw.org/taboo