Join AWP in recognizing Pride Month and celebrating LGBTQIA+ writers this June!
On May 28 at 7:00 p.m. ET, poets, editors, and publicists take your questions about reaching readers.
AWP members can register for the 2026 Writer to Agent: Summer Edition package by July 15, 2026, for access to exclusive resources and a chance to meet with an agent.
“Leveraging the Asynchronous Classroom” premieres on Thursday, May 14, at 6:00 p.m. ET, with a live Q&A chat on YouTube.
Read about the communal spirit of Lasell University’s Solstice MFA Program in the latest CWC post.
Enjoy features on romantasy, lit mags, Substack, and much more!
Faculty and students from HBCUs are encouraged to apply to the #AWP27 HBCU Fellowship Program! Learn more today and apply by May 31, 2026.
Faculty and student applications for the #AWP27 TCU Fellowship Program are now open! Learn more today and apply by May 31, 2026.
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Posted on 6/1/2026 To celebrate Pride Month, AWP has gathered articles from The Writer’s Chronicle, events from past AWP conferences, online resources, and diverse upcoming events. Explore the resources below to learn more about Pride Month.
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Posted on 5/21/2026 AWP and The Writer’s Chronicle are excited to bring you our next TWC Live! conversation on Thursday, May 28, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. ET! Join poets, editors, and publicists for an expansion of last December’s conversation from The Writer’s Chronicle...
Posted on 5/11/2026 Join us for “The Writer’s Desk: Pedagogy in Practice—Leveraging the Asynchronous Classroom,” featuring educators Rebecca Bednarz and Johnny Damm, moderated by Travis Kurowski, AWP board chair and chair of the Professional Standards Committee.
Posted on 5/1/2026 Join AWP in recognizing Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month this May! Rewatch a past AWP event or reread an article from The Writer’s Chronicle. Don’t forget to check out AWP’s staff-curated Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month Bookshop.org list!
Posted on 5/1/2026 Join AWP in celebrating Jewish American Heritage Month! AWP has compiled articles from The Writer’s Chronicle, online resources, and upcoming virtual events. Be to also check out our staff-curated Jewish American Heritage Month Bookshop.org list!
Posted on 2/2/2026 Join The Writer’s Desk for a special live event this Black History Month! “The Stories We Carry: Writing Remembrance, Radiance & Resilience” premieres on February 19 with authors...
Posted on 2/1/2026 2026 marks one hundred years of formally celebrating Black History Month, which was established as Negro History Week by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Please join AWP in celebrating Black History Month this February. AWP is committed to...
Posted on 1/6/2026 Braille Literacy Month is observed every January. To recognize this month, AWP has compiled a brief history of braille, as well as online resources for learning more about the braille system, articles from The Writer’s Chronicle...
Posted on 1/6/2026 Transgender Awareness Week takes place on November 13–19 each year, with Transgender Day of Remembrance being held on November 20. AWP is committed to supporting writers and members of all life experiences and backgrounds.
Posted on 5/1/2026 Two decades after its founding, the Solstice MFA continues to challenge the competitive model of most graduate writing programs.
Posted on 4/1/2026 Morris Brown College Poetry Club student officers Olivia Wright, Donahvan Jones, and Zenobia Coltrane
Posted on 3/2/2026 Chatham University in Pittsburgh, whose low-residency MFA program, established in 2009 and deactivated in the fall of 2023, is once again open for applications.
Posted on 2/1/2026 The lives of writers have long been romanticized by the rest of the world. Hemingway in a Parisian café. Austen at her desk in the sitting room. My life, I think, doesn’t lend to glamorization…
Posted on 12/1/2025 In the spring of 2023, I unexpectedly found myself driving back and forth from my home in Sebastopol, California, to San Rafael, where one of my younger brothers was being hospitalized nearby. Each time I took the hospital freeway exit, signs…
Posted on 7/28/2025 Chatham University’s MFA program has launched an exciting new partnership with one of the world’s most famous and photogenic houses: Fallingwater.
Posted on 6/12/2025 Since the late 1990s, DePaul University has held the distinction of being the largest Catholic university in the United States.
Posted on 5/14/2025 When I was matched in the Writer to Writer program in 2022, I’d been trying to compile a poetry collection for a few years. “Compile” is really the right word.
Posted on 5/1/2025 Soon after springtime arrives in Grand Forks and the first prairie flowers break through the cold crust of the earth, flocks of Canada geese return to the coulee on the University of North Dakota campus.
Posted on 2/11/2025 In a city of constant juxtaposition like New Orleans, it can be hard to stand out. From world-class celebrations like Mardi Gras to devastating hurricanes (and freak blizzards) . . .
Indulge yourself (and your muse!) with this unique opportunity to focus on your writing at historic Weymouth, home to writers for over a century.
Spend an inspirational week at the base of Tinker Mountain on the campus of Hollins University, learning, writing and connecting with fellow writers.
Learn from Jane Friedman how to write a memoir or novel query letter that compels agents and editors to request your work. Register at pwnwriters.org.
Learn to write query letters that get agents asking for more, with Jane Friedman.
Writers Week is a five-day creative writing and theatre program for students entering 9th through 12th grade.
Why write at home when you can write in a castle? Find your je ne sais quoi at Chateau du Pin in the Loire Valley of France.
COMING SOON: August 9-14, 2026 in Grafton, VT. Combine an extended writing retreat with a relaxing summer vacation in the picturesque mountains...
A week-long intensive in nonfiction that is both exploratory and generative.
A week-long fiction intensive that includes reading and critiquing each other's work as well as issues of craft.
Choose to attend 1, 2 or all three days: community creative lab Thursday, writing workshops Friday, author presentations Saturday.
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