"Writing is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent elimination." ...

Editor’s note: Poynter announced that the newly renamed 2024 Poynter Journalism Prizes will feature a category honoring longtime writing coach Roy Peter Clark and recognizing compelling short writing ...

Denver author Nick Arvin is filling 2026 with a story a week, delivered free straight to readers.

In this exclusive interview from the Jaipur Literature Festival 2026, we speak with celebrated author and co-author of two bestsellers — The Leapfrog and The Leak Spark — Mukesh Sud, also known ...

Edwidge Danticat is this year’s winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, a lifetime achievement honor named for the late writer Bernard Malamud. Danticat, a Haitian-American ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The annual statewide short-story writing contest from Kent District Library is now open. Write Michigan Short Story Contest began accepting entries on Sept. 1 and is open ...

KENT COUNTY, Mich. – Writers in Michigan are encouraged to submit their short stories to the Write Michigan Short Story Contest for a chance to win a $500 prize. The contest is held by the Kent ...

"Hot Dog" by Barbara Kirsh is the story of a long-married couple who foster a shelter dog to relieve the boredom of being housebound during the pandemic. The dog tale is also the winner of The Delray ...