Resources for writers:
Resources for writers include educational opportunities, poetry communities, a list of presses and of literary magazines, poetry listservs, and poetry blogs. Scroll down for the complete list of what the Internet can offer you.
Educational opportunities
- Colrain manuscript conference
- Frost Place
- Grub Street, Inc.
- Joiner Center Annual Writer’s Workshop
- MFA Programs for Writers in the Massachusetts Area
- PoemWorks
Barbara Helfgott Hyett has conducted the Workshop for Publishing Poets at her home in Brookline, MA since 1984. The workshop is a gathering of poets who each bring work to the table for reading and critique. The workshop operates currently in 4 sections, meeting on Tuesday morning, Wednesday evening and Thursday morning and evening in 3, twelve week sessions throughout the year (eight weeks in summer). - Woodberry Poetry Room
The Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard University announces the creation of a new website that offers scholars and poetry-readers worldwide the opportunity to encounter rare and heretofore inaccessible recordings from its historic archive.
Poetry Communities in the Massachusetts Area
The poetry communities of Massachusetts often offer workshops as well as support and community for local poets.
- Concord Poetry Center
- The Poetry Society of New Hampshire
- Powow River Poets
- Worcester County Poetry Association
Presses
- Adastra Press — Easthampton, MA
- Alice James
- Anhinga
- Biblioasis
- Black Ocean
- BOA Editions
- CavanKerry
- Cervená Barva – press for women over 70
- Copper Canyon
- Four Way
- Graywolf
- Greying Ghost
- Hobblebush Books
- Marsh Hawk
- Mid-List Press
- Milkweed Editions
- Off the Grid
- Orchises
- Oyster River
- Pavement Saw
- Perugia – press for women
- Quale
- Sarabande Books
- Slate Roof – for Western Mass poets
- Story Line
- Tupelo
- Ugly Duckling Presse
- Wesleyan University
- Word Works
- Yileen
- Zephyr
- Zoo Press
Literary magazines
Agni Magazine—poetry, fiction, essay, interview, review
The American Dissident—poems, essays, cartoons
Appalachia Journal—articles and poetry
Askew Review—flash fiction/nonfiction, columns and reviews
Bateau Magazine—poems, flash fiction, playlets, mini reviews, black and white comics
Boston Literary Magazine—quick fiction and poetry
Boston Review—poetry, fiction, nonfiction and book reviews
Bust Down The Door And Eat All The Chickens—fiction
Eastgate Quarterly Review of Hypertext—hypertext fiction, nonfiction and poetry
Happeningnow!everywhere—youth poetry
The Harvard Advocate—poems, fiction, essays and art
Harvard Review—short fiction, poetry, essays, drama, and book reviews
Hawk & Whippoorwill—poetry
Ibbetson—poetry
Jubilat—poetry, art, nonfiction dealing with poetry
Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet—fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and black and white art
Literary Imagination—fiction, poetry, articles and essays
The Massachusetts Review—articles and essays, fiction, poetry, translations
Meat for Tea: The Northampton Review—art, poetry and prose
The New Renaissance—articles, fiction and poetry
Night Train—literary fiction and poetry
Peregrine—poetry and prose
Ploughshares—fiction, poetry and some nonfiction
Provincetown Arts- fiction and poetry
Redivider—previously unpublished fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry, and visual art
Salamander—memoir, poetry and fiction
Soundings East—poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction
Spare Change News—journalistic, fiction, creative and opinion writing, illustration, and cartooning
Teen Voices— artwork, poetry, essays, photographs and/or performances
Upstreet—fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction
The Worcester Review—poetry, fiction, literary articles, photography and graphic art
Listservs for writers
- WOMPO — Listserv dedicated to a discussion of women’s poetry
- CRWROPPS – Daily features publishing opportunities and other activites for writers. (Scroll to bottom of the page to sign up for the service.)
Poetry blogs:
- Art Throb
- Ron Silliman
- The Best American Poetry
- Ron Slate
- Edward Byrne
- The Poetry Foundation’s Harriet Blog
- Poet Mom
- Poetry News
If you know an organization that should be listed here, please contact jackie@masspoetry.org.



















