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Is a Story Yours to Tell? The AWP Panel on Disabilities & Writing Diverse Fiction

Is a Story Yours to Tell? The AWP Panel on Disabilities & Writing Diverse Fiction

A surprising statement from a panelist at #AWP15 launches a debate about who has permission to write about disabilities.

Caroline Casper's "Eminence" a Finalist for Million Writers Award

Caroline Casper's "Eminence" a Finalist for Million Writers Award

UPDATE: The votes have been tallied and Caroline placed first in the contest. Thank you to all who voted to make Carve stories win first place two years in a row

Four Carve Stories Recognized for the Million Writers Award 2014

Four Carve Stories Recognized for the Million Writers Award 2014

Big congratulations to the four Carve contributors whose stories have each been recognized as a “Notable Story” of 2013 by the Million Writers Award.

7 Ways Writers Can Benefit from Twitter

7 Ways Writers Can Benefit from Twitter

If you're only tweeting about how annoying it is to stand in line at the post office, it may be time to reconsider how you use this social media tool.

Travel the World with a New Anthology: Everywhere Stories

Travel the World with a New Anthology:  Everywhere Stories

On October 1, Press 53 will publish Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet, an anthology of twenty stories by twenty authors set in twenty different countries.

Mistakes Writers Make When Submitting to Literary Magazines

Mistakes Writers Make When Submitting to Literary Magazines

Are you guilty of making one of these mistakes?

Bringing Together Writers at Every Level: The Hands On Festival

Bringing Together Writers at Every Level:  The Hands On Festival

The founder of Burlesque Press, Jennifer Stewart, wants writers at all levels to get involved in the literary community. 

10 Tips for Writing Revealing Dialogue

10 Tips for Writing Revealing Dialogue

Screenwriter John Trubly says, “Dialogue is not real talk; it is highly selective language that sounds like it could be real.”

Doug Benerofe

Doug Benerofe

Doug Benerofe is a fiction writer and high school English teacher. He has been reading Carve since 2005.

10 Tips for Writing Physical Descriptions of Your Characters

10 Tips for Writing Physical Descriptions of Your Characters

How can you best describe your characters’ physical features? Learn from others.

Rita Juster, Reading Committee

Rita Juster, Reading Committee

Rita tells us how she found her way to literature and what she loves about being a reader for Carve.

Writing Lessons I Learned from Yoga

Writing Lessons I Learned from Yoga

Here are a few truths about yoga and writing (and probably about life in general).

Three Raymond Carver Contest Alums Go to Iowa

Three Raymond Carver Contest Alums Go to Iowa

Hannah Horvath, Lena Dunham’s character on the HBO series Girls, isn’t the only one who has gotten accepted to the prestigious Iowa Writers’ Workshops. 

"Eminence" by Caroline Casper

"Eminence" by Caroline Casper

It is not so much the story itself, but the way it is told that fascinated me.