Craft handouts, submission guides, and literary-analysis workbooks for student writers.
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Teaching Resources
Guides, handouts, and tools from three decades in the classroom, gathered in one place. Most are free to download.
For Students & Writers
Guides and Tools
Twelve short stories every student writer should read closely, with notes on what each teaches about voice, structure, subtext, and craft.
Browse the storiesPlain definitions of 192 literary and writing terms, from allegory to zeugma, with examples.
Open the glossaryEnter a story’s word count and genre to see which magazines accept that length and where the decisive turn should fall.
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For Teachers
For the Classroom
Short-story templates, the word counts magazines accept, novel guides, course handouts, and links to free places to read and learn.
Browse the shelfTeachers considering one of the books for a course can request a review copy.
Request a desk copyFree writing guides, workbooks, studies, and classroom handouts, together with the books.
Visit the storeReading-group guides for each of the books, from Crossings to A Prayer for Home.
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