In the last twenty years or so, we’ve noticed a trend: literary journal editors are leaning toward shorter submissions of poems, stories, and essays. And we would know—at Writer's Relief, we’ve been closely monitoring the lit mag market since 1994 to ensure that our...
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Poets Reading Their Own Poems
Sometimes, the way you “hear” a poem in your head isn’t necessarily the way the author intended. Today—Great Poetry Reading Day—check out this article featuring links to poets reading their own poems aloud. You may be surprised by how once-familiar poems can become...
Before You Submit A Long Poem To A Literary Journal—Read This!
Currently, long poems seem to have fallen out of favor with literary journal editors, while shorter poems (complete on one page) are scooped up and published in print and online by the thousands. Why? Every literary journal is different, but we suspect the trend has...
15 Favorite Poems From Childhood
This April is the twentieth anniversary of National Poetry Month! For many of us, the love and appreciation of poetry started back when we were children first learning to read. The staff here at Writer's Relief has compiled a list of our favorite classic and...
The 17 Poetry Tools Free Verse Poets Should Master
[blocks-anywhere id="b2b5b966d6e43f1d"] Novice poets might think that creating free verse is as easy as writing a few sentences, then breaking them into separate lines. But veteran poets know that writing good free verse requires mastery of many different poetic...
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