Talking books, writing & literary magazine publishing. By Monica Benevides, the editor of Talk Vomit.

How to rebuild your life after serious trauma. I share intimate essays and actionable resources to help survivors feel less alone. 📍 Made (with love) in Dublin, Ireland.

EBB & Flow Substack dips into craft and creativity and the accompanying commotion and chaos that comes along with these.

Join me on my journey to write more, read more, and share my experiences while I travel with my speaking business

This is heart work

Every story has a twist. Here's mine.

SWWIM Every Day publishes a poem a day by women writers (she/they).

A memoirist reflects on what happens when relationships break, people die, your life turns upside down and you want to keep on living well.

Motherhood | Literature | Art

Literary, journalistic, irreverent yet oddly serious, Journal of the Plague Years gets the story behind the story.

For people who do language. Writing saved my life—so I teach writing as if it can save yours.

Four verticals edited by Sari Botton: MEMOIR MONDAY, collab w/ Granta, Narratively, The Rumpus, Orion, The Walrus, Electric Lit, LitHub, Oldster; FIRST PERSON SINGULAR original essays; THE LIT LAB interviews + craft; GOODBYE TO ALL THAT, NYC stories.

We're an arts and lit mag advocating for FLINTA* health equity. Subscribe to receive updates about open submissions, award cycles, and more. Become a paid supporter and receive the biyearly print copy, critique support, and more. Thank you!

Honoring the full range of human experience with empathy and zero shame. I gather and elevate diverse voices that remind us of our shared humanity.

Trauma-informed memoir coach and teacher of expressive writing practices. I’ve studied the research, taught the method, and lived the outcomes.

An award-winning, independent, nonprofit publisher of curated short story fiction every Thursday from our monthly magazine. Paid subscriptions support writers!

A newsletter about writing & other things that make this life dear—from the poet, not the dame

Consequence addresses the realities and experiences of war and geopolitical violence through literature and art in order to promote a more nuanced understanding of what’s at stake in choosing to wage war or engage in conflict.

My monthly take on what I'm writing, reading, watching, and what new things I've tried. May include some writing tips for fun.

Project updates and book recommendations from author Gwen Tolios

Connecting to the simple in a complicated world

Curated articles on craft, events and news compiled by, for and about our community of writers in all genres.

Submission opportunities for creative and professional writers.

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Short form writer and unsettled artist. I write stories for books, websites, and the big screen. Still googling restaurant menus ahead of time, aiming to impart one good thing today.

Gardening to cultivate crops and community

What happens after the silence breaks. That is the question I keep returning to. Not just what happened. Not just who knew. But what follows disclosure, when institutions close ranks, when justice is delayed or denied, and when survivors are left to make

Anne E. Beall, an award-winning nonfiction author who writes about the emotional undercurrents that shape our lives. She has published in many literary journals and is the founder and editor of Chicago Story Press Literary Journal.

If you love books, then you're going to love Red Hen Press! We are a nonprofit indie press devoted to uplifting the literary community by creating opportunities for writers, publishing unheard stories, teaching kids poetry, and offering 9 annual awards.

Just a nerdy writer and artist... sharing her writing journey, short stories, serial novels, and thoughts!

All memoir, all the time. Welcome to our book club + writing community devoted to memoir. Reading. Writing. Memoiring.

Award-winning author dedicated to badass women in history. Join me!

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The newsletter for people who long to say no

Exclusive writer interviews, republications from the archives, and other literary bits and bobs

Chicago-based writer, bartender, and traveler with a degree from Columbia College Chicago. Known for crafting work that is “kind of funny, wildly unsettling,” she explores themes of loss, love, and the unrelenting beauty of human resilience.

Lessons in Perseverance: Recovering joy and celebrating life after a legacy of homelessness, sex trafficking, and people pleasing.

Wendy L. Parman is a Chicago based performer, author, and voice teacher. Her work has been published by Chicago Story Press, Dorothy Parker’s Ashes, and appears in the anthology "Awakenings: Stories of Body and Consciousness.”

The journey through my never-ending metamorphosis: the death + rebirth of the women inside us all.

Field Notes from the intersection of data and neighborhood life