Hooks That Don’t Let Go: Crafting Irresistible Story Concepts and Beginnings with Erin Swann

Gain tools and tests for crafting compelling stories.

Available to watch right now, completely free.

Free Talk: Providing Room for the Reader — Striking the Balance of Mystery and Clarity

You're invited to a free talk with author, poet, and writing instructor Lauren Oertel.

Available to watch right now, completely free.

How to Find Publishers Open to Direct Submissions

Over two years ago we stopped releasing a new review of a publisher every week. We still review the same amount of publishers a month, but we release the four to five new publisher reviews as links on a longer list. This has helped decrease the amount of submissions publishers receive and the amount of…

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in October 2026

Literary magazines paying for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Five Minutes: Accepting Submissions

An online literary journal publishing 100-word micro-memoirs.

The Single List That Finally Made Me a Productive Writer

"...the more time I spent on considering my ideas, the more I hated them and the more convinced I was that I wasn’t ready to write the story/essay in question."