Whether you are part of the Good e-Reader community, or new to our page, its fair to guess you are a book lover. Have you ever thought about transitioning from reader to writer? Many renowned authors ...

Writing short stories presents a unique challenge, requiring a careful balance of creativity, structure, and brevity. With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), writers now have access to tools ...

THE plot of a short story in many instances is quite openly a projection of character. In a highly specialized instance, but a good example, the whole series of ghostly events in The Turn of the Screw ...

When the Exxon Valdez dumped more than 10 million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound, “Yellowfish” author John Keeble received a call from his then-Harper & Row editor Ted Solotaroff asking ...

Edwidge Danticat is this year’s winner of the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story, a lifetime achievement honor named for the late writer Bernard Malamud. Danticat, a Haitian-American ...

Denver author Nick Arvin is already a pretty busy guy. For most of the 9-to-5 workweek, he’s a forensic engineer working in the design of power plants, oil and gas facilities, and renewable energy ...

Dan was a writer on CNET's How-To and Thought Leadership teams. His byline has appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, NBC News, Architectural Digest and elsewhere. He is a crossword junkie and is ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The annual statewide short-story writing contest from Kent District Library is now open. Write Michigan Short Story Contest began accepting entries on Sept. 1 and is open ...

THE initial difficulty in discussing the Short Story is that old danger of taking one’s subject either too seriously or else not seriously enough. If one could but hit upon the proper key, at the ...

Entries to Mansfield’s Short Story Competition 2025 can explore any subject, theme, or genre up to a maximum of 3,000 words. The competition is open to anyone aged 16 or over and all stories must be ...