TOP 25 LITERATURE NEWSLETTERS ON SUBSTACK
Top Literature Substacks
A full list of the top 25 literature newsletters and podcasts on Substack. Includes insights and analysis into the process of writing and publishing, reviews and analysis of current and historical works, along with original poetry, short stories and longer form pieces.
A place to explore the way the short story works.
Sub Club is the leading cause of well-published among writers. Active ingredients include: up to date submission calls from literary magazines (every week); details on top agents and open indie presses for book authors (every week); where to pitch your nonfiction and get paid for your essays (every week), and other insights, interviews, and opportunities for writers (you guessed it).
92 Lit Mags To Make Agents Notice You
Literary magazines that agents love to read (we asked & researched & asked again)
72 Writing Jobs, Internships, Lit Mag Opps, Fellowships, Pitch Calls, and More
Jobs for Writers (7.18.25) | Remote roles at HarperCollins and Hachette, pitch calls paying up to $600, and more than a few gigs across the pond
Grow your Substack, earn an income, and produce your best work with guidance from Sarah Fay (PhD, MA, MFA), the leading Substack Strategist. Proven, tested strategies for those who want real, meaningful growth.
Slow reads of great books. Join read-alongs at a gentle pace with resources and community to enrich your reading.
Off the cuff MJ writing/videos/picts/audio for paid subscribers and an ongoing All Fours Group Chat for everyone (not a book club! A place to talk about your own life.)
Kronikos ir Echoskopijos. Podcastai. Paveikslų analizės. Rašomo romano fragmentai ir komentarai. Knygų draugija. Ir dar daug visko
A Pandora's Box of books and culture recs
New work from award-winning and internationally bestselling author, psychologist and mythologist Dr Sharon Blackie. A gathering place for lovers of myth, fairy tales and depth psychology, focused around reclaiming women's stories. Exclusive monthly Myth & Fairy Tale Salons, On the Couch advice column, articles, podcast and other resources for living meaningfully in a challenging world.
Happiness, sadness, and everything in between.
No recipes.
✨ a cosy online space for curious readers ✨ from Sunday Times Bestselling author Emma Gannon. On books, work, wellbeing & creativity. 5th literature Substack globally. "One of Britain’s most prominent Substack writers" —The Times
How I make six figures on Substack
It's been a surprising/thriving 18 months on here, so here's some stuff I know.
What's next for Substack? Here’s my interview with the founders
Watch now (27 mins) | Exclusive interview: I interviewed the Substack founders on securing $100 million funding & building "the plumbing that enables a renaissance"
The Weekly Muse is the ultimate resource to help poets write & publish more poems. Weekly prompts, writing exercises, publishing opportunities, insider tips from editors, & more! Includes FREE Zoom classes with award-winning poets with paid subscription!
I write gift guides for people who read books. I link to all sorts of things.
Poems, essays and commentaries as well as insights from my Three Sundays Series.
New writing on landscape, music, books, folklore, psychedelia, the natural world and other misty magical things outside the mainstream.
Lots Of People Will Unsubscribe As A Result Of This, Solely Because It's My Second Post In Consecutive Days, But The Fact Is My Cat Died And I Needed To Write About It
Back when I lived on the Norfolk-Suffolk border, a little over a decade ago, there was a running joke amongst people who knew me that my house was a kind of after-hours youth club for cats.
Edwin Starr's Redemptive Jellyfish Journey And How It Helped Him Learn To Be A Person Again
The big mistake people who’ve never had writer’s block usually make in their assumptions about writer's block is thinking that it must be about having no ideas.
A newsletter and community for wild minds, winterers and enchantment-seekers with internationally bestselling author Katherine May.
Writing in the Dark is for people who do language. Based on Jeannine Ouellette's popular writing workshop by the same name, Writing in the Dark is a vibrant home for writers & creatives exploring the nexus of language, art & truth. Content celebrates the rigorous craft of writing while embracing the unknown, because writing should be a discovery, a profound unearthing and grand surprise, not a recitation. More than a newsletter, Writing in the Dark is a thriving artistic community.
How I Grew My Substack from Zero to 40K Annual Income in Just 12 Months
Part One of Two: Where I Started, What I've Done, What Worked Best & What Didn't Work (& tomorrow, the more philosophical "Eleven Urgent & Possibly Helpful Things I've Learned Along the Way")
🧵 Thursday Thread: It's Time for Another Book Thread!
What are you all reading right now? And why is it holding your attention? And most importantly, why should the rest of us be reading it too?!
Imagination, Faith, and Good Books
Your life is a love story, just not the kind you think. An honest look at relationships, recovery, and writing from the bestselling author of We Are The Luckiest and Push Off from Here.
CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day together for two weeks straight. (In 2025 it begins 5/31!)
Real talk about the writing + publishing industry from an author who doesn’t want you to feel confused, bewildered, or alone. Plus: craft tips, reading recommendations, writing support + solidarity (unless you are a jerk to people in the comments).
When a debut author acts abysmally—how complicit is their publishing team?
Thoughts on the Cait Corrain scandal—plus the one thing that publishers need to do to make their authors better people.
Editing under pressure and cheating on Track Changes
How I'm tackling a second round of edits on a tight timeline and working around Track Changes, a feature I can't stand.
Discover extraordinary true stories celebrating the diversity of humanity.
I Was Taught to Hate My Lesbian Neighbors. They Took Me In Anyway.
The summer my parents’ marriage was falling apart, my best friend’s two moms saved me—even though my dad said they were going to Hell.
The Man Who Betrayed Me Was Also the Man Who Loved Me
I came out of the closet in the throes of the AIDS epidemic and fell for someone I thought was a safe harbor. The blurred lines between his love and his lies have haunted me the rest of my life.
Open your world with poetry
Close Reads is a book club podcast for the incurable reader.
The Warden: Q&A Episode
And so we come to the end of our conversations on Anthony Trollope’s The Warden, focusing, as always, on your questions.
Monthly Mystery: Some Buried Caesar
Join in as we discuss this month’s mystery novel: Rex Stout’s Some Buried Caesar, a 1930’s classic from one of the most popular of all American mystery writers.
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