Congratulations to GK Daffu, first-place winner in the Genre Short Story category of the 94th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. Here’s their winning story, “Poison Pill.”
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Congratulations to Cathy Lepik, first-place winner in the Children’s/Young Adult Fiction category of the 94th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. Here’s her winning story, “The Order of Ordinaries.”
Congratulations to Don Michalowski, first-place winner in the Humor category of the 94th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. Here’s his winning story, “Burnt Toast.”
Author Deena ElGenaidi shares her lifelong love of reading and the importance of sharing stories for the full spectrum of human experience.
Congratulations to Alison Luterman, grand-prize winner of the 94th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition. Here’s her winning non-rhyming poem, “Charring Lemons.”
In this interview, author Tamar Shapiro discusses how fulfilling one life dream helped lead her to another: writing her debut novel, Restitution.
Congratulations to the winners of the 94th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition!
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OCT 1, 2025
Write the opening line to a story based on the photo prompt below. (One sentence only.) You can be poignant, funny, witty, etc.; it is, after all, your story.
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, write about a futuristic classroom.
In this interview, author Philip Fracassi discusses how a stay at an old hotel helped inspire his new horror novel, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre.
Author Philip Fracassi shares four tips for turning unexpected settings into horrific playgrounds, whether in a retirement home or DMV.
Author Natali Simmonds shares strategies for writing intimate scenes in fiction, regardless of genre or heat level, without the cringe.
In this week’s round up from Script magazine, Bryan Young dissects how Spike Lee put his own personal spin in adapting Kurosawa’s film High and Low.
In this interview, author Kelsey Miller discusses the challenges with writing her first work of fiction, Old Money.
Award-winning poet Aaron Poochigian shares his four best attractions in New York City’s Central Park for poets.
Author and former competitive ice skater Jocelyn Jane Cox shares four writing tips she learned from competitive ice skating.
In this interview, author Diana Quincy discusses the inspiration behind her new romance novel, The Earl That Got Away.
Journalist Alison Hill explains what soft news is in journalism and shares seven reasons why soft news is important.
Humor columnist Karim Shamsi-Basha shares seven tips to write funny headlines that will pull readers in to your articles.
Author and writing instructor Sherry Shahan shares three tips for writing effective emotions for pre-teen readers.
Clay Stafford has a conversation with bestselling author Lauren Myracle on writing for different ages, being banned, and more.
Artist and author (and translator) Diego Jourdan Pereira kicks off his new Craft of Translation series by sharing how he broke into the biz.
Award-winning author Tamar Hurwitz-Fleming shares five tips for writing what inspires you and makes your writing unique.
In this interview, author SenLinYu discusses writing about moral greyness in war in their debut fantasy novel, Alchemised.
Author, artist, and creative entrepreneur Louise Wannier shares how photography led her to write a children’s book about tree spirits.