Resources for Poets & Writers
Poems, Newsletters, Blogs, Submission Resources, & sources of potential inspiration
~ Poems, Newsletters, Blogs, Submission Resources, & sources of potential inspiration ~
The Slowdown
-Created by Tracy K. Smith
-Wonderful period hosted by Ada Limón
Poets.org – poem-a-day
Poetry Foundation – Poem-of-the-Day
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/poem-of-the-day
Verse Daily
http://www.versedaily.org/
J. P. Dancing Bear, Editor
Poets.com – Poetry Daily
The Writer’s Almanac
https://www.garrisonkeillor.com/subscribe/
LitHub
https://lithub.com/
Daily News from Poets & Writers
~ Cherry Picking interesting tidbits of news & hearsay ~
Pocket Hits
https://getpocket.com/explore/pocket-hits
-trending notable articles
Harper’s Findings
Harper’s Index
https://harpers.org/harpers-index/
The Marginalian (previously Brain Pickings)
https://www.themarginalian.org/
Robert Lee Brewer’s Poetic Asides (Writer’s Digest blog)
https://www.writersdigest.com/poetic-asides
Anu Garg’s ‘A Word A Day’
https://wordsmith.org/awad/index.html
-my favorite part is the daily quote
InspiroBot (nihilist AI randomized “inspiration” quote + image)
Aphorisms / Proverbs / Famous Quotes & Sayings
https://www.brainyquote.com/profession/quotes-by-poets
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proverbial_phrases
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes
https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/famous-quotes
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/proverbs.html
http://www.aphorism4all.com/all_aforism.php?all=all
ZenHabits
https://zenhabits.net/
The Guardian – The Best Photos of the Day
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/ten-best-photographs-of-the-day
Vox newsletters (& podcasts & videos)
https://www.vox.com/pages/newsletters
ScienceDaily
News of the Weird
(before easy access to daily info about “Florida Man”)
https://shepherdexpress.com/topics/chuck-shepherd-s-news-weird/
Googlism
-thanks to Chad Frame for sharing this one
WikiQuote – common misquotations
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Misquotations
WikiQuote – quotes from literary works
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Category:Lists
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_regional_and_fusion_cuisines
~ submission references ~
ChillSubs
Duotrope
The Submission Grinder
https://thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com/
Poets & Writers
https://www.pw.org/literary_magazines
Cliff Garstang’s annual rankings
https://cliffordgarstang.com/2022-literary-magazine-ranking-poetry/
Erika Kraus – Fiction Lit Mag Rankings
Becky Tuch – Lit Mag News Roundup (substack)
https://substack.com/profile/6631562-becky-tuch
*Note: Becky Tuch created The ReviewReview in 2008
https://www.thereviewreview.net/
NewPages
CRWROPPS is a list of writing opportunities hosted by poet Allison Joseph –
https://creativewritersopps.blogspot.com/
Trish Hopkinson is another response for places to submit, prompts, and other literary community info —
Erika Dreifus – The Practicing Writer – https://www.erikadreifus.com/newsletter/
~ additional ideas ~
-podcasts
-links to audio/video writing archives
-PennSound
http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/
-Naropa
https://cdm16621.contentdm.oclc.org/
-Library of Congress
https://www.loc.gov/programs/poetry-and-literature/audio-recordings/
The Poet and the Poem (hosted by Grace Cavalieri)
-OpenCulture
https://www.openculture.com/audio_books_fiction
https://www.openculture.com/audio_books_non-fiction
https://www.openculture.com/category/poetry
-consider obtaining a ‘Visual Dictionary’
https://bookshop.org/books/merriam-webster-s-visual-dictionary/9780877791515