This past May, Toronto's first writers' room opened in downtown Toronto (see photo), providing their writers with a sunny balcony, kitchen, lounge, and a writing room with 28 individual professional ... Read More

Those of you who get my newsletter know that I recently left for a road trip, embarking on two weeks of literary adventures only to return after five days with ... Read More

For those of you not at the beach, there are actually plenty of contest deadlines to look out for in July. Check out contests for publications Glimmer Train, Mid-List, and ... Read More

I was recently traveling through Pennsylvania and learned about an upcoming storytelling festival presented by the Lehigh Valley Storytelling Guild. The three-day festival will take place at Godfrey Daniels Listening ... Read More

A friend recently asked me about the process of submitting stories to literary magazines and journals, prompting me to take another look at the articles on this site that might ... Read More

I recently learned of writers' rooms in Boston and Santa Monica I hadn't heard of before. The Santa Monica space, The Office, opened recently, but The Writers' Room of Boston ... Read More

European writers take note: One of Italy's top three book prizes will be extended to the rest of the European Union starting next year. Each of the 25 states will ... Read More

In Paris and inspired by news of a travel writing conference at Shakespeare and Company, the famous Left Bank bookstore, I decided to stop by last week. It had been ... Read More

Jeffrey Yamaguchi, author of 52 Projects: Random Acts of Everyday Creativity (reviewed here), wrote in with Simple Things You Can Do Right Now To Jumpstart Your Writing Efforts, which includes ... Read More