Free Talk: Literary Agent Sera Rivers on Seeking Representation for Your Work

Learn how to find the right literary agent for your work.

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Free Talk: How to Write a Satisfying Final Act for Your Novel

How to keep readers engaged, ramp up the tension, resolve essential plot points, and give your readers a satisfying end to your story.

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5 Paying Literary Magazines to Submit to in December 2025

These magazines pay for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. They’re a mix of literary and genre magazines. Not all are open through the month. The Ex-PuritanThis Canadian literary magazine publishes fiction, nonfiction, experimental/hybrid work, interviews, reviews, poetry, and poetry in translation. The deadline is 25 December, or until filled, for the next issue; they accept a…

Lamp Lit: Now Seeking Submissions

A journal of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. They nominate writers for The Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net.

How to Apply (and Get In) to Writing Mentorship Programs

If you're stuck in a maze of WIPs, mentors can be a real life-saver. 

The Art of Not Knowing What You’re Writing Yet

Half the time, confusion works better than planning.