Simultaneous Submissions Definition: Simultaneous submissions happen when a writer submits a given work to more than one market (like a literary agency or literary journal) at one time. In other words, if you prepare a short story and send it out to 25+ markets at the same time, you’re making simultaneous submissions. Simultaneous submissions are… Continue Reading
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 to be more readily picked up by editors than longer poems. In poetry contests, tight line restrictions can mean many words… Continue Reading
It’s the beginning of the year, and we know you’re looking at the calendar on our writers classifieds pages to see which writing conferences you’ll be attending in 2013. But before you plunk down your hard-earned dollars for a conference that’s less than helpful, ask yourself these 5 questions! Writers Conferences: 5 Key Questions What… Continue Reading
November is election season (wait—you knew that? Silly us!). And yet, even as real life politics is hitting its yearly peak, people are tuning in to fictional stories about politicians. From mysteries to romances to literary novels, characters who are politicians show up with such regularity that it’s more than just coincidence. Have you ever… Continue Reading
These days, most writers know that posting your short prose and poetry online means that editors will consider the work to be previously published and therefore ineligible for publication in most literary journals. (Note: “Previously published” means something different for books. See our post: What is previously published writing?) Naturally, writers want to share their work online because… Continue Reading
