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Markets & Jobs for Writers

by Erika Dreifus on
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Background of a keyboard, mug of coffee, and wallet on a tabletop; text label indicating "Markets and Jobs for Writers: No fees to submit work/apply. Paying gigs only."

Each week in this space, Practicing Writing shares no-fee, paying markets for writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction: competitions, contests, and calls for submissions. The posts complement monthly issues of The Practicing Writer newsletter, where you’ll always find more listings, none of them limiting eligibility to residents of a single municipality, state, or province. (But this blog does share those more localized opportunities, including jobs.)

As always, if you’d like to share a specific opportunity listed here, please credit the blog for the find. Thanks for respecting the time and effort that I put into researching, curating, and posting this information!

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Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer

by Erika Dreifus on
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Recent updates haven’t focused much on the poetry side of things. This week, that changes!

1. It’s been a little more than 13 months since the release of Birthright, my poetry collection published by Kelsay Books. I’ve told publicity clients many times that you never know when various outreach efforts may yield a response. And it’s true.

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Midweek Notes from a Practicing Writer

by Erika Dreifus on
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Three quick updates from my desk.

1. New essay on The American Scholar‘s website: Back in May, I mentioned that I was about to take part in an online session devoted to a “classic” short story that was utterly new to me.

This past weekend, my essay about that story, “Address Unknown” by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor, went live.

Screenshot from The American Scholar's site.
Screenshot from The American Scholar’s site.
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