Free Talk: The Power of Titles — Strategies for Choosing the Right Title for Your Stories & Poetry

Practical tools and insights for navigating the surprising complexity of titling your work.

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Free Talk: Practical Tools to Help You Write Layered Stories, Not Stereotypes

Tools for writing complex characters from outside your lived experience.

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22 Terrific Small Presses Open to Direct Submissions

We review a lot of wonderful small presses here, and we also list even more here, here, and here (although some of these lists include large presses also). We also feature a lot of these presses in our biannually updated guide, which you can download here. This list doesn’t include all of our favorites, but…

5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in October 2025

Literary magazines paying for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Kismet Magazine: Now Seeking Submissions

A literary magazine accepting poetry, fiction, essays, and book reviews.

Self-Doubt as a Constant Companion

How to take advantage of doubt as a writer (and when to ignore it).