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AWP provides community, opportunities, ideas, news, and advocacy for writers and teachers of writing.
With #AWP26 merch, you’ll be looking good at the conference—so get your T-shirt today! Don’t forget, the proceeds from merch sales go toward our AWP fellowship programs, which send fellows from HBCUs and tribal schools to future conferences.
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T-shirts and more for the AWP Conference & Bookfair — #AWP26 sales benefit the AWP HBCU Fellowship Program and the AWP TCU Fellowship Program!
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November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
With #AWP26 merch, you’ll be looking good at the conference—so get your T-shirt today! Don’t forget, the proceeds from merch sales go toward our AWP fellowship programs, which send fellows from HBCUs and tribal schools to future conferences.
Happy pub day to DANGLING AND DANGEROUS by K.M. Krenik! Browse our AWP Member Bookshelf for more new releases.
AWP Member Bookshelf
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November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Happy pub day to DANGLING AND DANGEROUS by K.M. Krenik! Browse our AWP Member Bookshelf for more new releases.
In October’s issue of THE WRITER’S CHRONICLE, Brian Morton argues that envy “is the most serious occupational hazard of the writing life,” and offers possible remedies. Members and subscribers can read “‘A True Poet Can Have No Competition’” in full now.
“A True Poet Can Have No Competition”
Brian Morton shares remedies for the malady shared by most writers: comparing oneself with other writers.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In October’s issue of THE WRITER’S CHRONICLE, Brian Morton argues that envy “is the most serious occupational hazard of the writing life,” and offers possible remedies. Members and subscribers can read “‘A True Poet Can Have No Competition’” in full now.
It’s Friday! Time to get yourself a little treat: registration for #AWP26 in Baltimore, March 4–7. You deserve it!
Registration
An in-person registration to #AWP26 includes admission to all events, readings, panel discussions, meetings, the bookfair, and public receptions over the days of the conference, as well as all…
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November 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It’s Friday! Time to get yourself a little treat: registration for #AWP26 in Baltimore, March 4–7. You deserve it!
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors those lost in acts of anti-trans violence. Find resources for trans and gender nonconforming people and their allies, and learn about past and upcoming conference events that center trans writers.
Observing Transgender Awareness Week
Transgender Awareness Week takes place on November 13–19 each year, with Transgender Day of Remembrance being held on November 20. AWP is committed to supporting writers and members of all life…
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November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, which honors those lost in acts of anti-trans violence. Find resources for trans and gender nonconforming people and their allies, and learn about past and upcoming conference events that center trans writers.
Celadon Books is seeking a senior publicist with a track record of crafting compelling pitches, managing multistop author tours, and problem-solving in real time. If this sounds like you, learn more on our Job List, open to all AWP members!
Senior Publicist, Celadon Books
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November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Celadon Books is seeking a senior publicist with a track record of crafting compelling pitches, managing multistop author tours, and problem-solving in real time. If this sounds like you, learn more on our Job List, open to all AWP members!
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by picking up a new book from our staff-curated reading list!
Native American Heritage Month Reading List
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
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November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by picking up a new book from our staff-curated reading list!
Shopping around the holidays can be stressful! Did you know AWP has a fundraising partnership with Minted where you can save 20% and have 10% of your order donated to the literary community? Read our Writer’s News to learn more.
Holiday Gift Opportunity from AWP: Get 20% Off Minted Designs While Supporting AWP!
AWP is excited to announce a special fundraising partnership with Minted, a creative marketplace where independent artists from around the world sell beautifully designed stationery, art, and home…
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November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Shopping around the holidays can be stressful! Did you know AWP has a fundraising partnership with Minted where you can save 20% and have 10% of your order donated to the literary community? Read our Writer’s News to learn more.
In honor of Transgender Awareness Week, revisit our latest Writer’s News piece to find online resources, titles to add to your reading list, and events from past and future AWP conferences.
Observing Transgender Awareness Week
Transgender Awareness Week takes place on November 13–19 each year, with Transgender Day of Remembrance being held on November 20. AWP is committed to supporting writers and members of all life…
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November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In honor of Transgender Awareness Week, revisit our latest Writer’s News piece to find online resources, titles to add to your reading list, and events from past and future AWP conferences.
Hosting your own literary event during #AWP26? Submit your event to the #AWP26 off-site events schedule for other attendees to discover! Find full guidelines on our website.
Submit Your 2026 Off-Site Event
Off-site events are a popular and culturally vibrant addition to the AWP Conference & Bookfair. Each year AWP posts hundreds of off-site events taking place during the dates of our conference in the…
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November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Sea Crow Press is a woman-owned publisher seeking “eco-literature, historical fiction, poetry, and nonfiction with a strong voice and enduring heart.” Submit your work by November 24! AWP members can learn more on the Contests & Calls directory.
Sea Crow Press Open Submissions
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November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Sea Crow Press is a woman-owned publisher seeking “eco-literature, historical fiction, poetry, and nonfiction with a strong voice and enduring heart.” Submit your work by November 24! AWP members can learn more on the Contests & Calls directory.
There’s nothing cozier than curling up with a good book on a cold day! Members and subscribers can read sneak peeks of new releases in each issue of THE WRITER’S CHRONICLE. Check them out now and build your TBR!
The Writer's Chronicle
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November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
There’s nothing cozier than curling up with a good book on a cold day! Members and subscribers can read sneak peeks of new releases in each issue of THE WRITER’S CHRONICLE. Check them out now and build your TBR!
#QuestionTuesday What’s the last sentence you wrote in your WIP?
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#QuestionTuesday What’s the last sentence you wrote in your WIP?
Happy pub day to EXIT TICKETS by @kennethchanko.bsky.social and THE INVISIBLE HAND by Douglas Cole! Find these and more new releases on our AWP Member Bookshelf.
AWP Member Bookshelf
AWP Member Bookshelf
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November 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Happy pub day to EXIT TICKETS by @kennethchanko.bsky.social and THE INVISIBLE HAND by Douglas Cole! Find these and more new releases on our AWP Member Bookshelf.
Transgender Awareness Week takes place on November 13–19 each year, with Transgender Day of Remembrance being held on November 20. AWP is committed to supporting writers and members of all life experiences and backgrounds. Read our latest Writer’s News to find articles, events, and resources.
Observing Transgender Awareness Week
Transgender Awareness Week takes place on November 13–19 each year, with Transgender Day of Remembrance being held on November 20. AWP is committed to supporting writers and members of all life…
www.awpwriter.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Transgender Awareness Week takes place on November 13–19 each year, with Transgender Day of Remembrance being held on November 20. AWP is committed to supporting writers and members of all life experiences and backgrounds. Read our latest Writer’s News to find articles, events, and resources.
AWP is elated to announce Kiese Laymon, @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social, Justin Torres, and Weike Wang as judges for the 2026 AWP Award Series! Check out our website to learn more about each judge and award. Submissions open January 1, 2026.
AWP Award Series
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November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
AWP is elated to announce Kiese Laymon, @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social, Justin Torres, and Weike Wang as judges for the 2026 AWP Award Series! Check out our website to learn more about each judge and award. Submissions open January 1, 2026.
Book math: Get the early-bird discount for #AWP26 and use the money you saved to buy books. Then, those books are free! Baltimore, March 4–7. Register on our website.
Registration
An in-person registration to #AWP26 includes admission to all events, readings, panel discussions, meetings, the bookfair, and public receptions over the days of the conference, as well as all…
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November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Book math: Get the early-bird discount for #AWP26 and use the money you saved to buy books. Then, those books are free! Baltimore, March 4–7. Register on our website.
The #AWP26 merch is here, so what are you waiting for? Get your T-shirt today! And remember, all proceeds from merch sales go toward our AWP fellowship programs, which send fellows from HBCUs and tribal schools to the conference.
AWP Merch | Benefitting the AWP Fellowship Programs | Bonfire
T-shirts and more for the AWP Conference & Bookfair — #AWP26 sales benefit the AWP HBCU Fellowship Program and the AWP TCU Fellowship Program!
www.bonfire.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The #AWP26 merch is here, so what are you waiting for? Get your T-shirt today! And remember, all proceeds from merch sales go toward our AWP fellowship programs, which send fellows from HBCUs and tribal schools to the conference.
We are honored to host Diné writer, filmmaker & this year’s AWP TCU Fellowship Program creative advisor @reelindian.bsky.social for her lecture, “Writing the Things We Don’t Talk About.” Emerson will help us decide when to fill the silence & when to let it speak.
Writing the Things We Don’t Talk About: A Lecture By Ramona Emerson
As a writer, we always tackle things that are difficult to confront. But in Native communities, the things we are told not to share are even more consequential and can have ramifications far beyond…
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November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We are honored to host Diné writer, filmmaker & this year’s AWP TCU Fellowship Program creative advisor @reelindian.bsky.social for her lecture, “Writing the Things We Don’t Talk About.” Emerson will help us decide when to fill the silence & when to let it speak.
We are excited to welcome writer, filmmaker, recording artist, professor, and 2026 AWP HBCU Fellowship Program creative advisor @mkasante.bsky.social to #AWP26! Don’t miss Asante’s lecture on polyrhythmic storytelling, “Pages On-Beat: Rhythm & Prose.”
Pages On-Beat: Rhythm & Prose: A Lecture by MK Asante
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November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
We are excited to welcome writer, filmmaker, recording artist, professor, and 2026 AWP HBCU Fellowship Program creative advisor @mkasante.bsky.social to #AWP26! Don’t miss Asante’s lecture on polyrhythmic storytelling, “Pages On-Beat: Rhythm & Prose.”
Mizna is coming to #AWP26 with their featured event, “Translating Gaza, Problematizing Translation: On Urgency, Critique & Publishing.” Join Yahya Ashour, Huda Fakhreddine, and Mona Kareem for a nuanced look at the contrasts alive in literary translation.
Translating Gaza, Problematizing Translation: On Urgency, Critique & Publishing, Sponsored by Mizna
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November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Mizna is coming to #AWP26 with their featured event, “Translating Gaza, Problematizing Translation: On Urgency, Critique & Publishing.” Join Yahya Ashour, Huda Fakhreddine, and Mona Kareem for a nuanced look at the contrasts alive in literary translation.
“POETS LAUREATE!” is coming to #AWP26, presented by Cave Canem. Hear Poets Laureate Curtis Crisler, Regie Gibson, Natalie Graham, and Jacqueline Trimble share the community spirit and initiatives that shaped their tenures. And, of course, the poems that emerged from them.
Cave Canem Presents: POETS LAUREATE!
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November 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“POETS LAUREATE!” is coming to #AWP26, presented by Cave Canem. Hear Poets Laureate Curtis Crisler, Regie Gibson, Natalie Graham, and Jacqueline Trimble share the community spirit and initiatives that shaped their tenures. And, of course, the poems that emerged from them.
Kundiman and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop are coming to #AWP26 with their featured event, “Toward a Liberatory Literature: Palestinian Writers in Conversation.” Moderator Mohamad Saleh will host genre-bending writers and artists Sarah Aziza and Fargo Nissim Tbakhi.
Toward a Liberatory Literature: Palestinian Writers in Conversation, Sponsored by Kundiman and Asian American Writers' Workshop
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November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Kundiman and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop are coming to #AWP26 with their featured event, “Toward a Liberatory Literature: Palestinian Writers in Conversation.” Moderator Mohamad Saleh will host genre-bending writers and artists Sarah Aziza and Fargo Nissim Tbakhi.
Ever wonder what literary agents really look for? Join us and a panel of agents for “Ask an Agent Anything” at #AWP26! Heather Carr, Nicole Cunningham, Kayla Lightner, and Maeve MacLysaght will take your questions! Submit them via this form by 2/18/26.
Ask An Agent Anything, Sponsored by AWP
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November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Ever wonder what literary agents really look for? Join us and a panel of agents for “Ask an Agent Anything” at #AWP26! Heather Carr, Nicole Cunningham, Kayla Lightner, and Maeve MacLysaght will take your questions! Submit them via this form by 2/18/26.
Mark your calendars for “Present Tense: Writing Jewish Stories for Today,” a #AWP26 featured event sponsored by the Jewish Book Council. Esther Chehebar, Sam Sussman, Maya Arad, & Josh Rolnick will discuss the complex web that writing asks us to spin.
Present Tense: Writing Jewish Stories for Today, Sponsored by Jewish Book Council
Thursday, March 5, 12:10 p.m. to 1:25 p.m. ET Ballroom II, Baltimore Convention Center, Level 400 Why do Jewish stories matter? What are the unique challenges and responsibilities—and inspiring…
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November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Mark your calendars for “Present Tense: Writing Jewish Stories for Today,” a #AWP26 featured event sponsored by the Jewish Book Council. Esther Chehebar, Sam Sussman, Maya Arad, & Josh Rolnick will discuss the complex web that writing asks us to spin.