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The Writer's Chronicle

Now in its forty-first year, The Writer's Chronicle, published six times a year, presents essays, articles, news, & information designed to enlighten, inform, & entertain writers, editors, students, & teachers of writing. Our new issue, October/November 2008, is available now!

October/November 2008 Issue

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Newly expanded, the Chronicle lists information on grants, awards, fellowships, websites, conferences/centers/festivals, & publishing opportunities in every issue. Each issue of the Chronicle also features news on the national literary scene, including updates on AWP's Annual Conference and information on AWP's contests, such as the AWP Award Series.

View the Article Archives or the Article Indices to see what has previously appeared in the Chronicle.

Contact the Chronicle at chronicle@awpwriter.org or write to The Writer's Chronicle, AWP, MSN 1E3, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444.

Sample Articles

News & Commentary:

The Rich Get Richer-& Better Educated, Too
Rising Costs Diminish Accessibility to Higher Education
D.W. Fenza
February 2008

NEA Report Shows that Steep Decline in American Reading Skills will Have Significant Long-Term Negative Effects on Society
Matt Burriesci
February 2008

The Craft of Poetry:

Elegy for Desire: Luis Omar Salinas 1937-2008
Charles Buckley
October/November 2008

On Difficulty in Poetry
Reginald Shepherd
May/Summer 2008

Telescope, Well Bucket, Furnace: Poetry Beyond the Classroom
Jane Hirshfield
March/April 2003

Poetry and Survival
Gregory Orr
September 2002

Gertrude Stein's Grandaughters: A Reading of Surprise
Natasha Sajé
February 2002

The Craft of Fiction:

Time's Harrow: A Study in the Nature of Time and Fiction
Brian Tierney
December 2006

Bend Sinister: A Handbook for Writers
Alice McDermott
October/November 2000

From Long Shots to X-Rays: Distance & Point of View in Fiction Writing
David Jauss
September 2000

The Craft of Nonfiction:

The Art of Creative Research
Philip Gerard
October/November 2006

Peering at Privacy in Creative Nonfiction
Kaylene Johnson
September 2004

Ghost Writing
Barbara Feinman Todd
September 2002

Interviews:

An Interview with Rita Dove
Elizabeth Alexander
October/November 2005

An Interview with Nick Hornby
Tom DeMarchi
February 2003

A Conversation with Dorothy Allison
Renée Olander
October/November 2002

An Interview with Li-Young Lee
Marie Jordan
May/Summer 2002

Interview of T. Coraghessan Boyle
Liam Callanan
October/November 2001

View the Article Archives or the Article Indices