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

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

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

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 Fiction Mentee Dion...

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 self-proclaimed writer ...

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

If you've got three minutes, you can get the quick but deep dive into The Word's take on how to unclog those publishing pipelines to let new voices through. ...

Writer Maria Ramos Chertok found a fairy godmother in Editor-Mentor Nan Gatewood Satter, as the recipient of the Adult Fiction Mentorship in The Word's Edito...

From panster to a plotter, writer Maleeha Siddiqui shares some of the knowledge dropped by Editor-Mentor Taylor Norman, during her 2018 Young Adult Fiction M...

Last spring, writer Nadine Johnson opened her work and her soul to Editor-Mentor Andrea Davis Pinkney, as the recipient of the Middle Grade Fiction Mentorshi...

What is happening in the publishing world that keeps the industry from changing? This article is a must read to get a better sense: How 10 Women Of Color Act...

Another board introduction is here! Meet the effervescent Bunmi, Board Member and Editor-Writer Mentorship Chair! You know you want to know more... Five book...

We're starting off 2019 by introducing you to another team member: Olivia Abtahi. Olivia is not only a board star, but is our new Grants Chair. Want to add t...

Marketing and publicity assistant needed! Could it be you? Details: https://www.chroniclebooks.com/jobs

Dream those big publishing dreams! Want some one-on-one mentorship that will help you make your way in the industry? Check out this opportunity and apply by ...

Aida Dabit is helping all of us see the forest and the trees, one tweet at time, in her days as The Word's Communications Fellow. So what bookish loves got A...

Chronicle Books is looking for new hires! There are some amazing opportunities here: Senior Editor Marketing Photographer and Visual Content Coordinator Asso...

The Word was recently featured in 5280 Magazine as trailblazing organization helping to redefine and open the literary world. Read it all here.

Radish Fiction is looking to pay writers! Could it be you? Here are the details! Serial Fiction Paid Opportunity for Writers:Radish Fiction, a mobile app for...

Today we hear from Nishat Firdous Jehan Ali, creator of My Loving World, on her first book love and inspiration, The Giving Tree: From Nishat: My favorite bo...