Creative Writing: Web Resources

This online publication set out to entertain, educate and engage writers and readers of creative nonfiction. They also have a books division and bring their mission to life with an annual writing conference.

Each day, Lit Hub publishes original content and showcases an editorial feature from one of its many partners from across the literary spectrum: publishers big and small, journals, bookstores, and non-profits.

Dedicated to advancing literature in the digital age by supporting the finest writing talent and encouraging reading across generations, in schools, and around the globe.

An up-to-date list of both print and online literary journals and magazines. Also includes literary magazine reviews, as well as links to publication contests and creative writing programs.

Oldest independent monthly publication devoted to verse in the English-speaking world. Published the first important poems of T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Marianne Moore, Wallace Stevens, H.D., William Carlos Williams, Carl Sandburg, and other now-classic authors.

The bimonthly magazine publishes essays on the literary life, profiles of contemporary authors, and the most comprehensive listing of literary grants and awards, deadlines, and prize winners available in print. Some content is available through their website.

Find information, articles, and resources; connect with other writers; sign up for a free weekly e-newsletter; and discover weekly writing prompts, contests and competitions,

More than 2,000 classics, as well as study guides and reference materials, free online.

Borrow online books for free!

A library of over 60,000 free eBooks available as epub or Kindle eBooks. Can be downloaded or read online.

An overview of the major trade book publishing companies in the United States.

Excellent resources for writing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

New post every 3 months listing announcements of press and journal open reading periods (when they accept submissions), annual contests, etc.

This Literary Criticism Collection from Internet Public Library contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

Writing fiction is not as hard as it seems, as long as you follow these eight simple rules.

Find reviews, best sellers, children's books and more.

How to get a story or essay published if you’re not James Franco.

PW is a weekly news magazine focused on the international book publishing business, targeting publishers, booksellers, librarians, literary agents, authors and the media. It offers feature articles and news on all aspects of the book business, bestsellers lists in a number of categories, and industry statistics, but it is best known for its book reviews, publishing some 9,000 per year.