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Get ready for 2026 with our January/February issue! 🎉 Inside you’ll find tips for starting the new year with confidence, an essay on computer-free productivity for writers, a portfolio of our Inspiration Issue covers since 2010, our debut poets roundup, and so much more. at.pw.org/JanFeb2026
#ClipOfTheDay: Watch the trailer for the anticipated film adaptation of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, chronicling the journey and adventures of the legendary Greek king of Ithaca as he returns home after the Trojan War. at.pw.org/TheOdyssey
December 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ClipOfTheDay: Watch the trailer for the anticipated film adaptation of Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, chronicling the journey and adventures of the legendary Greek king of Ithaca as he returns home after the Trojan War. at.pw.org/TheOdyssey
The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend an expansive anthology of poetry edited by the late Jerome Rothenberg and Javier Taboada, and #PWWritingPrompts on friendly organisms, outsiders, and cheesy decor. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN
December 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend an expansive anthology of poetry edited by the late Jerome Rothenberg and Javier Taboada, and #PWWritingPrompts on friendly organisms, outsiders, and cheesy decor. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN
“No, you aren’t imagining things—Americans are, in fact, reading less than they used to,” begins Michael Bourne’s article for our new issue. A recent study has found a 43 percent drop in the number of Americans who report reading for pleasure daily over the last 20 years. at.pw.org/DeclineInReading
Study Shows Reading on the Decline
A study in iScience found a 43 percent drop over the last twenty years in the number of Americans who report reading for pleasure daily.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“No, you aren’t imagining things—Americans are, in fact, reading less than they used to,” begins Michael Bourne’s article for our new issue. A recent study has found a 43 percent drop in the number of Americans who report reading for pleasure daily over the last 20 years. at.pw.org/DeclineInReading
#ClipOfTheDay: Watch authors Malcolm Gladwell, Meg Rosoff, Emma Thompson, Colm Toibin, and others read the classic poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore in this Penguin Books video from 2013. at.pw.org/TwasTheNight
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ClipOfTheDay: Watch authors Malcolm Gladwell, Meg Rosoff, Emma Thompson, Colm Toibin, and others read the classic poem “A Visit From St. Nicholas” by Clement Clarke Moore in this Penguin Books video from 2013. at.pw.org/TwasTheNight
#PWCreativeNonfictionPrompt: Spark your creativity and gratitude this weekend with a creative nonfiction prompt from our weekly series, The Time Is Now. And sign up for our newsletter to get original writing prompts delivered to your inbox every Friday: at.pw.org/TTIN
December 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
#PWCreativeNonfictionPrompt: Spark your creativity and gratitude this weekend with a creative nonfiction prompt from our weekly series, The Time Is Now. And sign up for our newsletter to get original writing prompts delivered to your inbox every Friday: at.pw.org/TTIN
Looking for a last-minute gift? Gift a Poets & Writers membership to the writers in your life and provide inspiration, community, and writing tools beyond the holiday season. Learn more: at.pw.org/membership
December 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Looking for a last-minute gift? Gift a Poets & Writers membership to the writers in your life and provide inspiration, community, and writing tools beyond the holiday season. Learn more: at.pw.org/membership
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I am still getting over this. Have been a P&W reader for over 30 years! Anyway, long live flash fiction!
@smokelong.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
@smokelong.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
"With vivid, biting images and telling details, Bidar gestures at the deeper currents guiding her characters' lives." Lovely article @pw.org Literary MagNet about terrific writer @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & 5 lit mags she's in. Can't wait to receive my copy of her book Pardon Me For Moonwalking.
December 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I am still getting over this. Have been a P&W reader for over 30 years! Anyway, long live flash fiction!
@smokelong.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
@smokelong.bsky.social @fracturedlit.bsky.social @flashfrog.bsky.social @brettpribble.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social
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Excited to have our podcast The People’s Recorder featured in this issue, and our host Chris Haley!
December 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Excited to have our podcast The People’s Recorder featured in this issue, and our host Chris Haley!
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"With vivid, biting images and telling details, Bidar gestures at the deeper currents guiding her characters' lives." Lovely article @pw.org Literary MagNet about terrific writer @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & 5 lit mags she's in. Can't wait to receive my copy of her book Pardon Me For Moonwalking.
December 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"With vivid, biting images and telling details, Bidar gestures at the deeper currents guiding her characters' lives." Lovely article @pw.org Literary MagNet about terrific writer @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & 5 lit mags she's in. Can't wait to receive my copy of her book Pardon Me For Moonwalking.
Since 2018, we've published Ten Questions, a weekly series of interviews with authors of new works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Each week, the tenth question asks "what’s the best piece of writing advice you’ve ever received?" Here are some of our favorites from 2025: at.pw.org/10q25
December 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Since 2018, we've published Ten Questions, a weekly series of interviews with authors of new works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Each week, the tenth question asks "what’s the best piece of writing advice you’ve ever received?" Here are some of our favorites from 2025: at.pw.org/10q25
Looking for poetry collections to curl up to while staying warm this winter? Visit our latest #PageOne installment and read the opening lines of Indifferent Cities by Ángel García, The Palace by Andrés Cerpa, and The Near and Distant World by Bianca Stone. More: at.pw.org/PageOne2026x1
December 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Looking for poetry collections to curl up to while staying warm this winter? Visit our latest #PageOne installment and read the opening lines of Indifferent Cities by Ángel García, The Palace by Andrés Cerpa, and The Near and Distant World by Bianca Stone. More: at.pw.org/PageOne2026x1
#ClipOfTheDay: Nadia Alexis reads from her debut collection, Beyond the Watershed (CavanKerry Books), and talks about her process of writing poetry and compiling photography around the Haitian American experience with Melissa Ginsburg in this event at Square Books. at.pw.org/Alexis
December 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ClipOfTheDay: Nadia Alexis reads from her debut collection, Beyond the Watershed (CavanKerry Books), and talks about her process of writing poetry and compiling photography around the Haitian American experience with Melissa Ginsburg in this event at Square Books. at.pw.org/Alexis
ICYMI: Our thrilling Inspiration Issue features craft lessons to be learned from across the literary landscape, from horror to fairy tales and science fiction; our 21st annual look at ten of the year’s best debut poets; and an interview with U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze: at.pw.org/JanFeb2026
January/February 2026
In the Inspiration Issue we present our twenty-first annual look at ten of the year’s best debut poets; craft lessons from five authors exploring genres...
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December 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ICYMI: Our thrilling Inspiration Issue features craft lessons to be learned from across the literary landscape, from horror to fairy tales and science fiction; our 21st annual look at ten of the year’s best debut poets; and an interview with U.S. Poet Laureate Arthur Sze: at.pw.org/JanFeb2026
“To live, to strive to understand—is an essayistic gesture.” In this week’s Craft Capsule, Lars Horn, author of Voice of the Fish: A Lyric Essay (@graywolfpress.bsky.social), considers what it would mean for the essay to embrace new kinds of meaning-making. Read more: at.pw.org/HornCC2
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“To live, to strive to understand—is an essayistic gesture.” In this week’s Craft Capsule, Lars Horn, author of Voice of the Fish: A Lyric Essay (@graywolfpress.bsky.social), considers what it would mean for the essay to embrace new kinds of meaning-making. Read more: at.pw.org/HornCC2
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@kalekim.bsky.social is featured as one of the 2025 Debut Poets in the new issue @pw.org print and online! Read her interview and listen to Kale read a poem, too. 💛💜💛💜
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December 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
@kalekim.bsky.social is featured as one of the 2025 Debut Poets in the new issue @pw.org print and online! Read her interview and listen to Kale read a poem, too. 💛💜💛💜
www.pw.org/content/new_...
www.pw.org/content/new_...
Do you play with multiple languages in your writing? Join award-winning author @joseolivarez.bsky.social for a poetry course exploring themes of hybridization, multiplicity, form, and the breaking of form. Register before January 8 for an early-bird discount (while space remains!): bit.ly/4phRdc2
December 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Do you play with multiple languages in your writing? Join award-winning author @joseolivarez.bsky.social for a poetry course exploring themes of hybridization, multiplicity, form, and the breaking of form. Register before January 8 for an early-bird discount (while space remains!): bit.ly/4phRdc2
In our new issue, writer Patricia Q. Bidar highlights journals that have published her work, including Ghost Parachute and Flash Frog, noting “with journals focusing on flash, I’ve seen astounding passion and expertise on flash fiction as a literary art form.” Learn more: at.pw.org/PatriciaQBidar
December 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In our new issue, writer Patricia Q. Bidar highlights journals that have published her work, including Ghost Parachute and Flash Frog, noting “with journals focusing on flash, I’ve seen astounding passion and expertise on flash fiction as a literary art form.” Learn more: at.pw.org/PatriciaQBidar
Talk to agents and editors directly during our next edition of Mapping the Maze for fiction writers, taking place January 26 & 28. Learn more and register now for an early-bird discount—while space remains! at.pw.org/fiction26
Mapping the Maze for Fiction Writers: Chart Your Path to Publication — Poets & Writers
Trying to get your work published can feel like wandering in a maze. If you're running into one dead end after another, not sure which way to turn, this workshop can demystify the process and help…
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December 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Talk to agents and editors directly during our next edition of Mapping the Maze for fiction writers, taking place January 26 & 28. Learn more and register now for an early-bird discount—while space remains! at.pw.org/fiction26
”I think it’s important to strive for your work to have lasting power, for it to be clear-eyed and brave with a singular vision and voice, in whatever way that means to you.“ Rasheeda Saka, editor at Seven Stories Press, celebrates artistry over careerism: at.pw.org/AERSaka
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
”I think it’s important to strive for your work to have lasting power, for it to be clear-eyed and brave with a singular vision and voice, in whatever way that means to you.“ Rasheeda Saka, editor at Seven Stories Press, celebrates artistry over careerism: at.pw.org/AERSaka
#PWNonfictionPrompt: Write a personal essay about a woman who has had a powerful presence in your life, who inspired you to persevere and overcome obstacles. #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/WondrousWomen
December 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#PWNonfictionPrompt: Write a personal essay about a woman who has had a powerful presence in your life, who inspired you to persevere and overcome obstacles. #FromTheArchive: at.pw.org/WondrousWomen
#ClipOfTheDay: As the end of the year approaches, Ann Patchett, author and owner of Parnassus Books, and Maureen Corrigan, professor and book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, reveal their favorite books of 2025 for PBS Newshour. at.pw.org/FavBooks2025
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
#ClipOfTheDay: As the end of the year approaches, Ann Patchett, author and owner of Parnassus Books, and Maureen Corrigan, professor and book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, reveal their favorite books of 2025 for PBS Newshour. at.pw.org/FavBooks2025
The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a new craft book on the writing life and writing fiction by Elizabeth McCracken, and #PWWritingPrompts on AI poetry, journaling, and loneliness. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN
December 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Time Is Now to spark your writing! This week we recommend a new craft book on the writing life and writing fiction by Elizabeth McCracken, and #PWWritingPrompts on AI poetry, journaling, and loneliness. Read more: at.pw.org/TTIN
Read it here: at.pw.org/LitOfIllnessAndHealing 🫶
December 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Read it here: at.pw.org/LitOfIllnessAndHealing 🫶
#ICYMI: Our new issue includes steps to take a three-day writing detox; articles on how to revise your manuscript for symmetry and writing as a multi-tool; and reports on the People’s Recorder podcast as well as Bellevue Literary Review’s literature of illness and healing. More: at.pw.org/JanFeb2026
December 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#ICYMI: Our new issue includes steps to take a three-day writing detox; articles on how to revise your manuscript for symmetry and writing as a multi-tool; and reports on the People’s Recorder podcast as well as Bellevue Literary Review’s literature of illness and healing. More: at.pw.org/JanFeb2026