Winning the PEN Literary Award for her poetry book, "Sugar Zone," was an incredible honor for poet Mary Mackey, but more importantly, it was validation that her work moved people. She describes the history of the Pen Award, its rank alongside Nobel...

How do you know what genre your book is? What if there is no genre for your book? Author Shannon Dorsey Johnson discusses facing the challenge of writing a book that didn’t naturally fit into a typical genre. She was writing a poetry memoir and worried...

How do you know what genre your book is? What if there is no genre for your book? Author Shannon Dorsey Johnson discusses facing the challenge of writing a book that didn’t naturally fit into a typical genre. She was writing a poetry memoir and worried...

Based on real life events, The Legacy Series follows the struggles of a terminally ill, abused teenager growing up in the early nineties. Author Brandyn Cross was compelled to write the heartbreaking story after reading the thousands of online conversations...

Annette Leach, Publisher of Uriel Press and Vice President of UMI Book Division, shares the mission of UMI’s self-publishing imprint, Uriel Press, and why it was created. UMI’s goal is to publish books by people of color and to build a community of reader...

Publishing your short work in literary magazines and anthologies is an excellent way to develop your craft and expand your credentials as a writer. These markets range from no payment to significant compensation. Many of them also nominate their contributors...

Finding a wide audience for a book is difficult, particularly when an author writes in a niche genre. Part of the effort to attract new readers happens in the marketing process. Part of the effort happens, though, in the writing process itself. M....

While there has been an explosion of local writers and manuscripts emerging in the Singapore literary environment, there are not enough local publishers to support bringing all of the books to market. Marc Nair, poet and partner at The Creative Voice...

Singaporean journalist, broadcast personality, and National Reading Movement Ambassador Michelle Martin was a judge for the Singapore Literature Prize in 2016 and 2017. Two prize-winning books that have made an impact on Martin include the 2016 Young...