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Annual Competition Writer’s Digest 94th Annual Competition Genre Short Story First Place Winner: “Poison Pills”

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.”

Genre How to Write in Different Genres Jennifer Chen

Writing Techniques Incorporating Nonfiction and True Crime Into a Genre Novel Cynthia Pelayo

Write Better Fiction The Importance of the Short Story for Genre Writers Donyae Coles

Write Better Fiction Literary Fiction or Genre Fiction: A Case for Both Tim Maleeny

Writing Techniques Off the Path Sarah J. Sover

Write Better Fiction 5 Tips for Using Genre Tropes to Generate New Work Halley Sutton

Writing Habits and Practices Writing Cross-Genre Fiction and Battling the Book Marketing Comp Title Michael Kaufman

Writing Techniques A Word About Writing Princesses and Fairy Tales Olga Grushin

Writing Genres Cross-Pollination: The Future Is Genre-Blending Paul Goat Allen

Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy The Writer’s Digest Podcast, Episode 6: Jeff & Ann VanderMeer on Anthologies, the Genre Fiction Divide, and Deep Reading Gabriela Pereira

Write Better Fiction How to Choose a Genre When Writing (Sometimes the Genre Chooses You)Catherine Ryan Hyde

Write Better Fiction Everything You Would’ve Asked About Steampunk, Had You Known It Existed Matt Betts

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