Super-agent Andrew “The Jackal” Wylie may inherit another large chunk of the world’s literary talent
qz.com – Wednesday September 23, 2015
Andrew Wylie, one of the world's most powerful literary agents, may soon gain even more sway as the representative of three more Nobel Prize-winning authors.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Wednesday September 23, 2015
Publishes: Essays; Fiction; Nonfiction; Poetry;
Areas include: Short Stories;
Markets: Adult;
Preferred styles: Literary; Traditional
Publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. Submit up to three poems maximum per submission. $5 reading fee for non-subscribers. Submit online using online submission system. Closed to submissions during July and August.
“Keep Dying! Keep Writing It Down!” C.K. Williams’ Final Poems Capture the Velocity of Death
flavorwire.com – Tuesday September 22, 2015
C.K. Williams, whose poetry of moral and political probity spread outward from unsparing introspection, died at his home in Hopewell, New Jersey on Sunday at the age of 78. Williams is survived by his wife Catherine, who told the New York Times that he died of multiple myeloma.
The Women’s Podcast: Sexism in Publishing, Culture Night and Sex Apps
irishtimes.com – Monday September 21, 2015
New York-based writer Catherine Nichols sent her new novel to literary agents under a man's name and received over eight times the number of responses than she had under her own name.
Between the novel and the book
thebookseller.com – Monday September 21, 2015
What do Hard Times, Middlemarch, Crime and Punishment, War and Peace, and many more of the greatest novels ever published have in common?
When they were first published, they were not published as books. They were published serially.
People unfamiliar with the history of something tend to assume that what they've always known is the way things have always been. That's why most people think the 20th-century model of publishing, which favoured the publication of novels in book rather than serial format (I call it the "Doorstopper Model"), is a "traditional" form of publishing. It's not.
Poems for People: an anthology in solidarity with refugees
firstwriter.com – Saturday September 19, 2015
Poets in Solidarity with Refugees is a group of writers, artists and literature promoters who want to share and welcome stories in solidarity with refugees fleeing war-torn countries. Poems and fiction for the anthology will be selected by an experienced editorial panel and backed by a promotional campaign.
Build Your Own Blog New Writer Scholarship
firstwriter.com – Saturday September 19, 2015
Build Your Own Blog is looking for a talented writer to support through the New Writer Scholarship 2015.
The scholarship is open to anyone aged 16 or over, and any form of written material in English, including short stories, poems, and blog posts.
New Literary Agency Listing
firstwriter.com – Friday September 18, 2015
Send query by email with brief synopsis, first chapter, and a note about yourself, all pasted into the body of the email.
New Publisher Listing
firstwriter.com – Thursday September 17, 2015
Publishes fiction for children. Closed to approaches for chapter books, midgrade or YA novels as at September 2015, but open to anthology submissions of short fiction. See website for details.
How To Handle Rejection of Your Writing, Without Becoming a Basket Case
io9.com – Wednesday September 16, 2015
Rejection is part of being a writer. Unless you're that one-in-a-billion wunderkind who gets "discovered" while you're still in high school and goes on to become a literary sensation. Almost everybody who writes stories (or anything) has their work dismissed and sent packing, over and over. And learning to deal with rejection is a crucial part of getting better at this crazy game—both the writing part, and the selling part. But it never gets easy.
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