#PWFictionPrompt: Write a story from the perspective of a family member, real or imagined, who you feel has been lost to history or whose story is still untold. #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/ForgottenHistory

#ClipOfTheDay: In this Louisiana Channel interview, Danez Smith reads their poems “Colorado Springs” and “Craft,” and talks about finding hope for the world in the right ways with poetry and optimism. “I believe that poems are gathering spaces across time,” says Smith. Watch: at.pw.org/DSmith

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic volume of craft essays on poetry edited by Abayomi Animashaun, and #PWWritingPrompts on parentheticals, competing interests, and points of view. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

#ClipOfTheDay: In this Books Are Magic event at St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn, Ann Patchett speaks with Emma Straub about her latest novel, Whistler, and the creative process behind commissioning art for the book’s cover. Watch: at.pw.org/PatchettWhistler

** SAVE THE DATE ** On 7/23, meet the debut novelists featured in Poets & Writers' First Fiction 2026! It's a FREE evening of readings and convo's w/ this year's featured authors as they discuss their debut books and the writers' journeys. 📅 July 23 @ 7PM Register @ www.pw.org/live/events/...

“This realization has become both my latest obsession and my favorite piece of advice to writers: Find a way to keep posing questions to your reader throughout your story.” Samantha Shea, vice president of Geroges Borchardt, Inc., discusses what keeps an agent reading: /bit.ly/AERShea

#ClipOfTheDay: Author and musician Kae Tempest talks about the core themes of forgiveness and atonement in his second novel, Having Spent Life Seeking, and transmuting his musical background into prose in this conversation with Dua Lipa for the Service95 Book Club series. at.pw.org/KaeTempest

Join us for a special #PoetsAndWritersLive event with Phillip B. Williams, author of Lift Every Voice, in conversation with Destiny O. Birdsong. A reading, conversation, and audience Q&A exploring poetry, memory, and making art. Free to attend! Register @ www.pw.org/live/events/...

#PWPoetryPrompt: Write a poem inspired by an animal’s unique behavior, perhaps the molting of a snake or the colorful courtship habits of a bowerbird. #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/Autotomy

#ClipOfTheDay: In this Green Apple Books event, Nick Martino discusses how he used different types of archival documents in his debut poetry collection, Scrap Book (Alice James Books), which is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine. at.pw.org/NickMartino

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend an anthology celebrating a century of world literature edited by Daniel Simon, and #PWWritingPrompts on form and the body, scentscapes, and integrity. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

#ClipOfTheDay: In this episode of the SlantCast podcast, Gregory Wolfe, founder of Slant Books, and Emily Kwilinski, the press’s managing editor, speak with author and industry insider Jim Hanas about the role of indie presses in the book business. Watch: at.pw.org/SmallPressRole

“I’ve come to understand that we need to tend to the living weave of thought and feeling that becomes writing, just as we tend to other things we want to keep alive, like children and plants,” writes Eleni Sikelianos, author of Memory Rehearsal (@citylightsbooks.bsky.social). at.pw.org/WRSikelianos

"When I was reluctant to finish the book, my editor reassured me that Nebraska is a living novel: It is constantly being written." In this week’s #TenQuestions, we chat with Monica Datta, whose novel Nebraska is out today from Astra House. Read on @ pw.org/content/ten_questions_for_monica_datta

#ClipOfTheDay: In this video, Michael Holtmann, president of the Center for the Art of Translation, and founder Olivia Sears, along with authors and booksellers, talk about the importance of literary translation and the need to build a permanent home for the center in San Francisco. at.pw.org/CAT

#ICYMI: Our new P&W issue includes essays on the novella as a legit literary form, the role of time and place in the literary imagination, and how to build a micro-community at a writers conference. PLUS: a special section on how to begin your agent search. Dive in @ at.pw.org/JulyAugust2026

“Instead of starting a work with character or plot or setting, I turned to something that felt more severe, more pleasingly draconian: form.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Julie Schumacher encourages writers to experiment with different forms to combat the blank page. at.pw.org/SchumacherCC3

#PWNonfictionPrompt: Write a personal essay about one of the illusory figures that haunt your creative life, perhaps an ancestor, writer, or former friend. #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/ListenGhosts

#ClipOfTheDay: In this interview with the Hindu, Amitav Ghosh talks about what inspired his latest novel, Ghost-Eye (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), which is featured in Page One in the July/August issue of Poets & Writers Magazine. Watch: at.pw.org/AmitavGhosh

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a new essay collection with insights and observations from Jesmyn Ward, and #PWWritingPrompts on summer memories, travelogues, and beguiling artists. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

#ClipOfTheDay: In this Square Books video, Josh Weil reads from his second novel, What Came West (Doubleday), and talks about his research of the Sierra Nevada before and during the Gold Rush in a conversation with Michael X. Wang. Watch: at.pw.org/Weil

Our July/August issue is here! Inside you’ll find a profile of Phillip B. Williams on the publication of his poetry collection "Lift Every Voice"; our 26th annual roundup of the summer’s best debut fiction; and much, much more. Enjoy: at.pw.org/JulyAugust2026 Dive in! at.pw.org/JulyAugust2026

“We need to find accessible ways to convey a creator’s body of work. Don’t think of your brand as a logo or series of buzzwords. Think of it as a feeling, as emotion, as intellectual stimulation.” Joanna Volpe, agent at New Leaf Literary, discusses branding for writers: at.pw.org/AERVolpe

#ClipOfTheDay: “Curiosity requires discipline. It’s an active act of throwing your mind at an object that deserves your attention and rising to its challenge.” In this Vogue interview, R. F. Kuang talks about how she cultivates curiosity and what it means to live a good life. at.pw.org/KuangVogue

“The point of the exercise is to demonstrate that once-painful...moments in our lives can be great source material when writing humor.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Julie Schumacher reflects on how painful experiences can carry comedic potential for writing. at.pw.org/SchumacherCC2

In our latest issue, read about the Morgan Library & Museum, which illuminates the poet John Ashbery’s artistic and personal influences through an exhibition of manuscripts and twenty-five works on paper, including comics, photographs, and illustrated letters. Learn more: at.pw.org/FriendsWhoCame

#PWFictionPrompt: Write a story that occurs during a Pride celebration in which things take an unexpected turn for the protagonist. Will your characters be swept away in a parade? #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/WildParade

#ClipOfTheDay: In this Spring 2026 Book and Author Festival virtual event hosted by Penguin Random House, Library Journal, and School Library Journal, Edwidge Danticat, Andrew Sean Greer, and Ruth Ozeki talk about their new books with librarian Jen Jumba. Watch: at.pw.org/PenguinAuthorPanel

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic guide on prosody and poetry by Alfred Corn, and #PWWritingPrompts on linguistics, backrooms, and mischief. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

In our latest issue Alia Hanna Habib (Gernert Company) speaks to Vivian Lee about all things agenting. “Sometimes queries emphasize platform a little too much. They’re a little too much about marketing instead of thinking about the actual writing of the query.” at.pw.org/AEAliaHannaHabib

Read our new Writing Contests issue and find out which eleven awards honor environmental writing “and the writers who make our earth’s stories feel vital, urgent, and new,” as compiled by poet and essayist Emma Hine. Find out more: at.pw.org/CelebratingTheEarth

#ClipOfTheDay: In this Green Apple Books event moderated by Brendan McHugh, Steven Pfau reads from his debut book, Say Nephew: On Boyhood, Unclehood, and Queer Mentorship (Catapult), and discusses his desire to write a book about his uncle in the style of “autotheory.” Watch: at.pw.org/Pfau

“Each pencil feels like perhaps it is okay to linger, to listen, to get a line wrong—and try again,” writes Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of Night Owl (@eccobooks.bsky.social). Read more: at.pw.org/WRNezhukumatathil2

In following with our belief that there is no one timeline for being a writer, our May/June issue includes a list of the growing number of prizes that honor writers debuting at age 50 and beyond. “These opportunities affirm the value of lived experience,” writes Jimin Han. at.pw.org/RightOnTime

#ClipOfTheDay: In this virtual interview, Griffin Poetry Prize trustee Ian Williams speaks with poet Kevin Young about how Dante’s Divine Comedy inspired his collection Night Watch (Knopf), for which he won the 2026 international Griffin Poetry Prize. at.pw.org/GriffinPrizeYoung

“Must I move through an apparatus of pain if I want to make myself known through language, if I want to receive even a modicum of understanding in this life?” Minda Honey considers why writing can be so emotionally taxing—and what the rewards are when we persist nonetheless. at.pw.org/TorturedArtist

“You don’t have to be a funny person with a backlog of jokes at the ready.” In this week’s #CraftCapsule, Julie Schumacher encourages writers to experiment with perspective to find humor. at.pw.org/SchumacherCC1

Fourth time’s a charm for a handful of our latest #PageOne titles, which include the fourth books of Joseph Osmundson (Spawning Season), Sophie Mackintosh (Permanence), and Soham Patel (The Daughter Industry). Savor their opening lines: at.pw.org/PageOne2026x3

#PWPoetryPrompt: Whether from a favorite class in school, a sports team, or your community, write a poem about a beloved teacher of yours. #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/OurTeachers

#ClipOfTheDay: In this 2012 PBS NewsHour interview, the late Iranian French author Marjane Satrapi spoke about her autobiographical graphic novels and films Persepolis and Chicken With Plums, and why she felt comics were the best form for her writing. at.pw.org/Satrapi

The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a classic craft book of lectures and essays on writing by Richard Hugo, and #PWWritingPrompts on viewing images, teen life, and fictional memoirs. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN

How can a grant, fellowship, or residency help accelerate your progress? Led by author @shelleywong.bsky.social, this class can help writers find opportunities, craft artist statements, project descriptions, and other documents to build the foundation for your applications. Register: at.pw.org/wong

Jay Baron Nicorvo unpacks the ruling of fair use in the Anthropic copyright settlement regarding its AI model. “Our written language is our humanity writ large…gathered on pages tucked between the covers of our books…. It is where, and how, our humanity is best expressed.” at.pw.org/ClankerCreator

#ClipOfTheDay: For Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast, Natalie Adler talks about the loneliness she felt in New York City during the pandemic and how it inspired her to write her debut novel, Waiting on a Friend, which takes place at the height of the AIDS crisis in 1984. at.pw.org/Adler

For forty-plus years Julia Alvarez has told stories that have established hers among the biggest names in contemporary literature. With her new book, Visitations, she offers a personal and poignant look back while proving: “And now in age, I bud again.” Read on: at.pw.org/WildnessAndMystery

“You want your book to align with a publisher’s strengths not only to increase the chances of being published but most of all to successfully promote the book once it’s published.“ Midge Raymond, cofounder of Ashland Creek Press, discusses how a press selects what to publish: at.pw.org/AERRaymond

Make use of, and enjoy, our quick guide to forty of the most inspiring prizes for short work, environmental writing, work by older writers, and works-in-progress, as featured in our latest issue. Organized alphabetically and including links to the contest pages: at.pw.org/ContestIndex

#ClipOfTheDay: In this video, Lillian Li talks about her desire to write about friendships and friendship breakups, and the experience of growing up in a hypercompetitive Chinese American community in her second novel, Bad Asians, for this Politics and Prose event with Angie Kim. at.pw.org/BadAsians

“My final piece of armor in my battle against the bots is the softest and most vulnerable of all: an open heart.” Read best-selling author Alisha Fernandez Miranda’s practical, step-by-step, and personal tips for how to spot a phishing scheme targeted at writers: at.pw.org/SpotAScheme

Author Laura B. McGrath reveals how every first-time author’s dream of landing an agent is matched by the hunger of every young agent to land a successful debut and establish themselves. “Every new agent just starting out faces the same problem: how to build a list.” More: at.pw.org/DebutPhenomenon