Author: Melissa Duclos
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Community Survey Results, 2022
Explore the full results of our 2022 survey into the types of career support writers in our community need, the barriers to access they’ve experienced, and their preferred formats for receiving support.
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A Forum to Discuss Survey Results
Explore highlights from our survey into writers’ access to support for their career development and join us for a community forum to discuss the results in more detail.
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What Does Your Writing Career Need?
Take Amplify Writer’s survey to share your experiences with and need for support to develop your writing career.
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How Easy Is It For Writers to Access Career Support?
Observations from members of Portland literary community, including Liz Eslinger, Domi Shoemaker, and Neil Cochran, helped to shape our survery on writers’ access to career support.
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Learning With & From Community
Writers have all kinds of ways to measure success. None of these paths toward success are easy, but some are less winding than others.
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Add Your Voice
Before we design programs to support writers in their career development, we need to learn what kind of community YOU want us to build.
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New Name, New Mission
We’re building a community, and we need you to be a part of it. Sign up for our newsletter, follow us on Twitter, buy books from our shop, and tell your friends about our work.
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Shade Literary Arts Empowers and Supports Queer Writers of Color
Founded by author Luther Hughes, Shade Literary Arts is a literary organization focused on the empowerment and expansion of queer writers of color.
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Insights on Book Promotion from a Small Press Publicist
Small press author Melissa Duclos and freelance publicist Lori Hettler discuss the challenges of marketing small press books and what authors should ask when considering hiring a publicist.