Publishing & Writing: Recommended Websites

805 Lit + Art is an award-winning literary magazine that publishes debut and emerging writers, poets, and artists on its website. It also publishes special online issues throughout the year and occasional print anthologies. Free to read and submit.

Driftwood Press is an independent publisher and literary magazine founded in Tampa, FL in 2013. They publish chapbooks, full-length poetry collections, comics, novellas, and a robust literary magazine yearly. They have also compiled a list of hundreds of other litmags and small presses, which they update monthly.

Champions vibrant and eclectic literature and art. Based in Miami, Florida, it publish emerging and established writers from the USA and beyond.

View this list for even more Florida Literary Magazines, plus a list of Publishing Houses, Conferences, Book Fairs and Festivals, Literary Organizations, Online Booksellers, Associations, MFA Programs, etc.

An online gallery of visual and literary art which includes news, reviews, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, conversations, and art.

An educational podcast that provides short, friendly tips to improve your writing and feed your love of the English language. Listen on the Grammar Girl website or on podcast apps such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Amazon Music.

November has become known as National Novel Writing Month, and the NaNoWriMo website provides tools, advice, and community to help writers achieve their writing goals in November and beyond.

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (the Purdue OWL) houses both general writing resources and subject-specific resources. You will find advice on grammar, punctuation, and writing mechanics, as well as resources for writing poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

WritersDigest.com is the one-stop shop for information, resources, and writing community. Features writing advice, author interviews, weekly writing prompts, contests and competitions, conference listings, and more.

A daily journaling tool that encourages you to write 750 words (3 pages) every day, without any distractions.

Contains the Merriam-Webster dictionary and thesaurus as well as grammar guides, word games and quizzes, and a word finder tool.

A reverse thesaurus and brainstorming tool for writers. Can't remember the word for something? Enter a phrase to find matching and related words.

The internet's go-to source for quick and reliable accounts of the origin and history of English words.

A rhyme dictionary that helps you find find rhymes, synonyms, adjectives, and more.