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Community Artist Spotlight: Alejandro Jimenez

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

Catching up with 2019 Editor-Writer Mentee Rosario Martinez

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

Behind-the-scenes with 2019 Adult Fiction Mentee Samuel Kóláwolé

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

Catching up with 2019 Editor-Writer Mentee Samuel Kóláwolé

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

Catching up with 2019 Editor-Writer Mentee Dionna Mann

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...

Publisher's Weekly spotlights our Editor-Writer Mentorship

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

The Word on KGNU: Three-minute quickie on escaping publishing black holes

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...

Women of Color in Publishing - Board Member Bunmi Ishola shares with Bustle

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...

Denver's 5280 Magazine highlights The Word's "innovative projects"

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

A shoutout from Chronicle Books & Diversity orgs you should know

Want to know who's out there fighting for new faces in books & lit? Thanks to the Chronicle Books blog for putting together this list,...