New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Friday April 13, 2018
Publishes: Fiction; Interviews; Nonfiction; Poetry; Reviews;
Areas include: Literature;
Markets: Academic; Adult;
Preferred styles: Experimental; In-depth; Literary; Serious
An international, online literary magazine, focusing on the latest trends in literature. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, interviews and many more interesting articles can be found. New articles are welcome.
New Literary Agency Listing
firstwriter.com – Friday April 13, 2018
Handles: Fiction; Nonfiction
Markets: Adult
Treatments: Popular
Open to approaches from both new and established authors. Represents general and genre fiction and popular nonfiction. No poetry, drama, or genre SFF. Send query by email with synopsis and first chapter / 10 pages pasted into the body of the email (no attachments).
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Monday April 9, 2018
Publishes: Poetry;
Markets: Adult;
Preferred styles: Contemporary; Experimental; Literary; Satirical; Serious; Traditional
Established to support the arts through the sharing of poetry in our online journal, at readings, workshops and by making public the transformative power of poetic expression.
We hope to contribute to the expansion of a community of poets, to establish a creative outlet that does not discriminate by age, race, or sexual orientation in order to offer voice to all and to represent poetry in its many forms, styles, perspectives, and intentions.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Wednesday March 28, 2018
Publishes: Essays; Fiction; Nonfiction; Poetry; Reviews
Areas include: Arts; Culture; Literature; Philosophy; Short Stories; Translations
Markets: Adult
Preferred styles: Literary
Online literary journal publishing literary fiction and nonfiction, reviews, poetry, art and photographic essays. See website for submission guidelines.
New Publisher Listing
firstwriter.com – Wednesday March 28, 2018
Publishes: Fiction; Nonfiction
Areas include: Culture
Markets: Children's
Preferred styles: Contemporary
Publishes picture books and narrative nonfiction focused on diversity for 4 to 8 year olds up to 500 words (prefers 200-400 words). Particularly interested in contemporary writing with modern-day settings, especially if they feature Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic families. Publishes almost exclusively authors of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
9 tips for writing your own murder mystery, from a published author
cosmopolitan.com – Monday March 26, 2018
So, you’ve got a great idea for a murder mystery novel – what do you do next? Writing a book can feel daunting, but if you're dead set (wahey) on writing a thriller, AJ Waines, number one bestselling author on Amazon, shares the inside know-how on getting that brilliant story out of your head and on to the page below.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Monday March 26, 2018
Publishes: Poetry;
Markets: Adult;
Preferred styles: Literary; Traditional
Publishes rhymed verse in traditional forms, with an occasional piece of blank or free verse. Poems must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere. Send submissions by post with SASE if return required (not necessary if email response is sufficient). No submissions by email unless from outside the US.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Friday March 23, 2018
Publishes: Fiction; Poetry
Areas include: Short Stories
Markets: Adult
Preferred styles: Contemporary; Literary
Magazine of contemporary fiction and poetry, aimed at a UK audience. Submit up to six poems or up to one piece of fiction by email as attachments. No previously published material or simultaneous submissions. See website for full guidelines.
Why You Should Write for Free
lifehacker.com – Tuesday March 20, 2018
If you want to write for a living, you should write for free. Hell, if you already do write for a living, you should write for free. And that free writing should be some of your best work.
Unless you’re already famous for something else, you’ll write for free before you write for money. And if you try to make it your living, you might spend the rest of your life trying to make your paid writing look more like your free writing. Here’s the writing you probably should do for free, and the writing you probably shouldn’t:
Authors hit back at Self's claim 'the novel is doomed'
thebookseller.com – Monday March 19, 2018
Authors have hit back at writer Will Self's assertion that the novel is “doomed to become a marginal cultural form”.
Self’s interview in the Guardian, published on Saturday (17th March), featured insights into his thoughts on the Iraq war, e-readers, the future of fiction and female writers.
The headline of the interview with journalist Alex Clark, ‘The novel is doomed’, attracted much debate on social media with writers such as Colin Barrett, Roxane Gay and Joanne Harris disagreeing with Self.
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