Writer's Digest

Writer's Digest is a magazine in the United States designed for both new and experienced writers. It features interviews, listings of markets for writing, calls for submissions, and articles that provide guidance on various writing topics. The magazine is part of F+W Media, which also produces the yearly Writer's Market, a resource that includes information on paying opportunities such as magazines, publishers, and writing contests, along with an index and helpful advice for novice writers. Writer's Digest is released eight times a year.

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2025 April PAD Challenge: Day 23

1 day ago | writersdigest.com | Robert Brewer

I can't believe how fast we're breezing through this month. One week of poeming after today!For today's prompt, write a book poem. Today is World Book Day, which may be one of my favorite holidays moving forward, because I love books. Your poem could be inspired by a book, an author, a character, a scene, and/or however you'd like to come at this one. Heck, write about a bookstore, library, card catalogue, or any other bookish thing you can imagine.
2025 April PAD Challenge: Day 22

2 days ago | writersdigest.com | Robert Brewer

It's time for the fourth (but not final) Two-for-Tuesday prompt:Write a tell me poem and/or... Write a don't tell me poem. You get to decide what that means; you might even tell me in your poem. Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them. Note on commenting: If you wish to comment on the site, go to Disqus to create a free new account, verify your account on this site below (one-time thing), and then comment away.
2025 April PAD Challenge: Day 21

3 days ago | writersdigest.com | Robert Brewer

We're now three weeks deep into this challenge; way to bring it. Let's finish strong!For today's prompt, take the phrase "(blank) Day," replace the blank with a word or phrase, make the new phrase the title of your poem, and then, write your poem. Possible titles might include: "Opposite Day," "Green Day," "Earth Day," "The Last Ever Day," and/or "The Day Before Yesterday." Even "Holiday" would work honestly. Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity.
2025 April PAD Challenge: Day 18

6 days ago | writersdigest.com | Robert Brewer

For today's prompt, write a response poem. In many ways, every poem is a response poem as it's a response to something, even if it's that hard-to-explain sense of inspiration many poets feel. For the purposes of this prompt, your poem could respond to a story in the news (or just a fictional story, for that matter), a conversation you overheard in public (also called eavesdropping), or another poem (written by you or another poet).
2025 April PAD Challenge: Day 11

1 week ago | writersdigest.com | Robert Brewer

For today's prompt, write a nature poem. Your poem could be about natural nature (think flowers, rivers, mountains, pebbles, weeds, trees, insects, fish, etc.), but don't neglect other iterations of nature (like human nature or the nature of baseball and so on). Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
2025 April PAD Challenge: Day 8

2 weeks ago | writersdigest.com | Robert Brewer

It's that time again; time for another Two-for-Tuesday prompt. For the second Two-for-Tuesday prompt:Write a love poem and/or... Write an anti-love poem. Regulars know, this is one I always include. This year, I decided to offer it sooner than later. Whether you love it or anti-love it, let's all poem it now. Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
2025 April PAD Challenge: Day 7

2 weeks ago | writersdigest.com | Robert Brewer

Wow! We've made it a week into this challenge already. Let's keep the momentum going. For today's prompt, write a tense poem. It could be past tense, present tense, and/or future tense. Or it could be about a tense feeling. Or the tension in an object (like the strings of a guitar). Remember: These prompts are springboards to creativity. Use them to expand your possibilities, not limit them.
How Journalism Helps Me Write Fiction (and Vice Versa)

2 weeks ago | writersdigest.com | Bryan Gruley

Question: Is it harder to write nonfiction or fiction? Answer: Yes. But one can help the other. (Tips for Writing About Controversial Topics in Fiction.)I’ve written thousands of nonfiction articles and six novels. I think of both as sculpture. In nonfiction, you start with a mound of clay consisting of interviews, documents, and observations. Constrained by the pile’s contents, you carve it away until what remains is your story.
2025 April PAD Challenge: Day 4

2 weeks ago | writersdigest.com | Robert Brewer

Before we jump into today's prompt, I just want to let everyone know that these are not timely at all. While I write my poems in April, I created all these prompts before the calendar flipped from March. So any "hidden meanings" are just (if anything) serendipity. Soo... For today's prompt, write an unexpected mess poem. Like maybe somebody spills their milk or forgets to put away the groceries. Or maybe the dog leaves a present. Or perhaps the cat is in a gift-giving mood as well.
4 Reasons We Need Diverse Books-and Why We Need Them Now

2 weeks ago | writersdigest.com | Caroline Richmond

When I was in the ninth grade, my English teacher introduced me to a book that would change my life. For one of our units, Mrs. Wilkerson assigned the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. We only had to read a few specific chapters for our class discussions, but as soon as I opened the book I simply inhaled it. From the very first sentence, it felt as if Tan had peered into my brain and typed up all the tangled emotions that I felt as the daughter of Chinese immigrants in America.