Poets & Writers, By the Numbers
Poet Jane Hirshfield describes Poets & Writers as “the deep aquifer the entire writing community drinks from.” Each day, writers throughout the United States and beyond turn to us for inspiration, insight, and trustworthy guidance about navigating the literary marketplace; they look to us to discover professional opportunities and to connect with other writers. The numbers below summarize the many ways we have nurtured the literary community over the past year.
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Issues of Poets & Writers Magazine published: 6
Readers of each issue of Poets & Writers Magazine: 100,000
Complimentary copies of Poets & Writers Magazine distributed to writing programs, conferences,
high school students, and high school creative writing teachers: 2,500
Unique visitors to pw.org: 1,700,000
Databases of carefully vetted resources for writers on pw.org: 8
Total writing contests, literary magazines, small presses, and more listed in these databases: 3,040
Upcoming deadlines featured in the first ten editions of Grants & Awards: The Writing Contest Newsletter, a recently launched newsletter for Poets & Writers Magazine subscribers: 74
Writers who have created profiles in Poets & Writers Groups, a peer-to-peer networking platform on pw.org: 3,000
Writers groups they have formed: 150
Published authors listed in the Poets & Writers Directory: 13,000
Subscribers to the Weekly Update, a free e-newsletter for writers: 90,000
Writers who attended our online classes on the business and craft of writing: 574
Number of these writers who received a fee waiver: 90
Writers selected to participate in Get the Word Out, a publicity incubator for emerging authors: 20
Number of Get the Word Out alums selected as the inaugural Poets & Writers Fellow at Vermont Studio Center: 1
Writers who received Readings & Workshops mini-grants: 750
Dollars distributed to these writers: 263,000
Literary events these writers participated in with our support: 1,460
Audience members who attended these events: 90,000
Native American writers who received the 2024 Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award: 2
Dollars awarded to Fady Joudah, eighteenth winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize: 100,000
Staff members who made all of this happen: 22