THE WORD DAILY

Do you have a publishing question for a literary agent? Send it in here, and we'll try to answer! This month's question from @w4freedom...

Here are a few links to places looking for submissions. Best of luck, aspiring authors! Check out these Writing Contests, Grants & Awards...

Our Editor-Writer Mentorship is an annual program that pairs upcoming writers from underrepresented groups with experienced book...

Our Editor-Writer Mentorship is an annual program that pairs upcoming writers from underrepresented groups with experienced book...

Our Editor-Writer Mentorship is an annual program that pairs upcoming writers from underrepresented groups with experienced book...

Our Editor-Writer Mentorship is an annual program that pairs upcoming writers from underrepresented groups with experienced book...

Thanks to our friends Olivia Abtahi (2021 debut author of Perfectly Parvin) and Jim McCarthy (agent at Dystel, Goderich & Bourret), who...

Getting more stories from the margins means understanding the huge variety of publishing options in the world. Today we take a look at...

(*Want to know about digital publishers? Read more in our blog post!) Bookouture is excited to partner with The Word in January 2021 to...

In November, thanks to our friends at Friesen's Press, we were able to connect an upcoming writer with an editorial evaluation to help...

Welcome to Liza's Healing Reads List; a reading list that goes beyond anti-racism books. This list is all about healing and uplifting...

What: Literary Agent Assistant Who: Root Literary Where: All Root Literary employees are currently and for the foreseeable future working...

Here are a few publishers/editors accepting unagented submissions from Black authors for the next few months: Author Grace Li has put...

Our friends at Duende District Bookstore (@duendedistrict) put together this list of Black-owned bookstores. It's always been important...

We are excited to catch up with our 2019 Young Adult Fiction Mentee Rosario Martinez, who worked with Editor Nikki Garcia over the past...

Samuel Kóláwolé was born and raised in Ibadan, Nigeria and his work has appeared in AGNI, Gulf Coast, Washington Square...

Last year, our 2019 Adult Fiction Mentee Samuel Kóláwolé embarked on a journey with Editor Amber Oliver. He's learned how one story can...

As we get ready for another year of amazing mentorship in The Editor-Writer Mentorship, we are excited to hear from our 2019 Middle Grade...

Meet Laura M. Gonzalez. She has lived most of her life in Edinburg, TX, a (great) city in the lower Rio Grande Valley, and has been a...

We're celebrating a second year of our Editor-Writer Mentorship, and opening the publishing pipeline to new stories. Read all about it at...