Substacks recommended by Dave Madden

Recommended by Dave Madden

Curating fee-free (AND paying/funded) calls and competitions—plus other resources—for writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Outstanding resource of upcoming fellowships, residencies, and publication calls.

- Dave Madden

Monthly posts from a nonfiction & true crime professor about what I'm reading, watching, and listening to.

Smart newsletter from a much better-read writer of NF than I

- Dave Madden

Occasional notes from Elizabeth McCracken

Funny and beautiful daily swim reports from one of our best novelists.

- Dave Madden

a twice-monthly trove of marvelous artworks

Curated newsletter of great contemporary art

- Dave Madden

From me to you.

From Beth Sullivan, who helped with much of Shenny's look and feel. Smart, intimate, consistent.

- Dave Madden