Poets & Writers Magazine

For more than twenty years, Poets & Writers Magazine has been a trusted companion to writers who take their vocation seriously. Within its pages, our readers find provocative essays on the literary life, practical guidance for getting published and pursuing writing careers, in-depth profiles of poets, fiction writers, and writers of creative nonfiction, and conversation among fellow professionals.

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Poets & Writers Magazine • Volume 49 • Issue 1

Note • THE SMUDGE AND THE SCRAWL

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Grants Celebrate Disability Culture

CONTRIBUTORS

Books Offer Lifeline in Incarceration

Page One • Where New And Noteworthy Books Begin

Little Libraries, Big Impact

IN MEMORIAM

Small Press Points

Literary MagNet

Akbar Edits Poetry of the Nation

TheTimeIsNow • Writing Prompts and Exercises

Button Chair • THE MAGIC OF SITTING DOWN TO PLAY

The Smudge Scrawl and the Inside the Writer’s Notebook • Inside the Writer’s Notebook

A LIFE IN POETRY • OUR SIXTEENTH ANNUAL LOOK AT DEBUT POETS

Anthony Cody • BORDERLAND APOCRYPHA

Taylor Johnson • INHERITANCE

Leila Chatti • DELUGE

Destiny O. Birdsong • NEGOTIATIONS

Chad Bennett • YOUR NEW FEELING IS THE ARTIFACT OF A BYGONE ERA

Claire Meuschke • UPEND

torrin a. greathouse • WOUND FROM THE MOUTH OF A WOUND

Chessy Normile • GREAT EXODUS, GREAT WALL, GREAT PARTY

Tommye Blount • FANTASIA FOR THE MAN IN BLUE

Roy G. Guzmán • CATRACHOS

The Nitty-Gritty • HOW TO SEEK PERMISSIONS

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Submission Calendar

Recent Winners

Conferences & Residencies

A New Chapter