Worth your time
Resources
A short, annotated list — not a link dump. Everything here earns its spot.
Submission opportunities
We'll list a few markets and calls-for-submission here as the group settles on favorites. In the meantime, Duotrope and Chill Subs are solid general-purpose trackers for short fiction and poetry markets.
Pittsburgh-area literary organizations
- Pittsburgh Writers Project — workshops and events for local writers of all levels.
- City of Asylum — readings and events focused on writers facing persecution, plus a great community reading series.
Craft & process
- The Milford Writer's Workshop process — the loose model our own critique format is based on.
- Self-Editing for Fiction Writers, Browne & King — the book most of us recommend first when someone asks about revision.
Tools
Need to randomize a reading order for your own group's meeting? Try our list shuffler — it's the same trick we use to decide who goes first.