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Featured Client: C.W. Emerson
Writer’s Relief is proud to introduce featured client C.W. Emerson! A well-established poet whose pieces have appeared in such reputable journals as Forge and The MacGuffin, Emerson’s style...
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Free Workbook: Organize Your Writing Goals For 2013
This year, it’s time to: Get clear on your specific goals as a writer and then Make them happen! Our New Year’s gift to you: This totally FREE workbook will help you pinpoint your writing career goals...
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Featured Client: Paul Watsky
Congratulations to our featured client Paul Watsky! After impressing our Review Board in 2007 with his poetry, Paul Watsky proceeded to garner over 20 acceptances, including more than a few top-tier...
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Lit Mag Spotlight: RATTLE
Calling all poets! The first Lit Mag Spotlight of the year is shining on RATTLE. This wonderful poetry lit mag gave some thorough answers to our interview questions that can help all writers in their...
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Featured Client: Alison Hicks
Congratulations to Featured Client Alison Hicks! Since enrolling as a client in the spring of 2010, Alison has continued to impress us with the incredible poignancy of her language. She uses poetry to...
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Lit Mag Spotlight: Harpur Palate
Our Lit Mag Spotlight is shining its literary light on Harpur Palate! Their lovely staff took the time to talk to Writer’s Relief about what makes them swoon, what makes them tick, and what makes them...
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The One Thing You Must Know To Get A Poetry Collection Published
Write poetry for enough years, and you may discover a day when you have enough poems to publish a book. There are a number of ways to get your poetry collection published, but they all have one thing...
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The Power Of Pruning: 5 Tips For Editing Poems Down To Size
People love long poems. There are great, epic, long poems in the world. That said, Writer’s Relief oversees many poetry submissions over the course of a year, and this remains true: Shorter poems seem...
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Should A Poet Get A Literary Agent?
Occasionally, writers who submit their work for Review Board consideration request that we help them get a literary agent to represent their collection of poems. Certainly, there are famous poets who...
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Featured Client: Chanel Brenner
Please join us in congratulating our most recent Featured Client, poet and essayist Chanel Brenner! Chanel’s poetry is uniquely fluid and filled with unexpected, well-calculated metaphors that bring...
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Writers: Submit To The 2013 Peter K. Hixson Memorial Award
June 21 would have been writer Peter K. Hixson’s 66th birthday. And we at Writer’s Relief are honored to host the fourth annual Peter K. Hixson Memorial Award for creative writers. From now through...
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How To Come Up With A Great Title For Your Book (Or Story Or Poem)
Coming up with a killer book title is hard. There’s a lot at stake in a title: It’s your readers’ first impression of your work, and it’s got to be evocative, unique, and precise. The pressure can be...
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Featured Client: Ken Haas
Please join us in giving a warm welcome to our latest Featured Client, Ken Haas! As a poet, Ken has a unique narrative ability; that is to say, he is not only a master of verse, but also of...
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The 5 Rookie Mistakes Writers Make When Negotiating A Contract
When a writer is offered a contract—whether it’s for publication of a work or for representation by a literary agency—most writers are on their own. They feel flattered by being offered a contract....
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Featured Client: Bleuzette La Feir
We’re very excited to present our newest Featured Client, Bleuzette La Feir. Known affectionately as “Bleu” to her submission strategy team, her warm personality and passion for writing are obvious in...
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8 Publishing Lies (And The Truth Writers Might Not Know)
Have you fallen victim to any of these common lies that are spread throughout the publishing industry? These typical bits of misinformation may look harmless—but if you’re not aware of them, they can...
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The 8 Signs You’ve Written A Good Poem
It can be difficult to know whether or not you’ve written a good poem. And while every reader is going to respond to a poem in his or her own way, there are signs that indicate a poem is solid,...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaMKTjdbcQI Please help us celebrate our latest Featured Client, Betsy Martin! Betsy has mastered one of the most difficult skills in poetry (and all of writing, for that...
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How To Format Your Poetry Collection
Many poets dream of one day publishing a full collection of poetry, whether it’s a traditionally published best seller or a self-published manuscript shared with family and friends. But before you try...
View ArticleFeatured Client: Christopher Kuhl
We’re very excited to present our newest Featured Client, Christopher Kuhl! Christopher Kuhl has mastered the economy of language. Each of his poems is short, concise, and razor-sharp. In perfectly...
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