I've recently finished reading Julia Cameron's last book, The Right to Write for a review on this site, and was amazed at how much I continue to get out of ... Read More

The Tomales Bay Workshops are fairly new, part of the UC Davis Extension. Classes consist of 12 students, and workshop instructors include Richard Bausch, Kim Barnes, Brady Udall, and Ron ... Read More

Each year the University of North Texas Press awards a prize of $1,000 and publication to a collection of short stories. The deadline for this year's contest is coming up ... Read More

A conference for genre writers and mainstream writers alike, the Maui Writers' Conference provides an opportunity to meet with agents and editors, and hear published writers speak on the business ... Read More

I just received a notice that the women writers' residency, Soapstone, is currently accepting applications, but the cut-off date is August 1. Interested writers should visit their site for application ... Read More

I came across a quote from Kurt Vonnegut recently that provided the best reason for MFA programs I had ever read: "The primary benefit of practicing any art, whether well ... Read More

Where you decide to write is much a matter of personal preference. At the end of the day, every writer is different. Ideally, of course, everyone would enjoy Virginia Woolf's ... Read More

PEN Center USA is accepting applications until September 9 for six to ten fellowships of $1,000 each and an 8-month mentorship in L.A. with a professional writer. Recipients must come ... Read More

Writers under 30 who have already published a novel or short story collection are eligible for the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award. Publishers and agents must submit ... Read More

A writer I know recently did a reading tour by raft, down the Mississippi River, to promote his new novel, Canaan's Tongue, which is set in the Mississippi river valley. ... Read More

The mystery, more than other genres, tends to follow standard rules, largely because readers of mysteries seek a very particular experience: they want to try to solve the crime before ... Read More

The Writer's Institute, an annual two-day conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will take place this year on July 21-22, 2005. Speakers include writers as well as agents and editors. ... Read More

I read recently that the average novel takes 3-7 years to complete. If you're going to commit that much of your life to a project, you obviously want to be ... Read More