Living databases of contests, magazines, residencies and conferences, word banks for every mood, an editing sandbox, and a fast rhyme finder. Free, and built for working writers.
Browse the toolsCurrent deadlines, fees and prizes for poetry, fiction and essay contests, always up to date and searchable
Open tool→Vivid words for characters and scenes, plus a live generator
Open tool→Paste your draft and see filler words and weak adverbs light up
Open tool→Type any word, get perfect and slant rhymes by syllable
Open tool→Living databases of writing opportunities, checked and refreshed on a schedule. Find an open door, put the deadline in your calendar, and track what you sent where.
Every dated deadline we track, in one chronology, soonest first.
Open tool→Every open contest and grant in one list, soonest deadline first.
Open tool→Which magazines are open for submissions, what they pay and how long they take.
Open tool→Residencies and fellowships with deadlines, stipends and costs.
Open tool→Conference dates, costs, scholarships and agent pitch sessions.
Open tool→Subscribe to writing deadlines in your own calendar app, free ICS feeds.
Open tool→Get your genre's deadlines by email once a week. Free, and nothing goes out when nothing is closing.
Pick your genre→Track what you submitted where, privately in your browser.
Open tool→Databases last verified 2026-08-24. See what was checked in the last 30 days.
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Paste a chapter, get a full style report: cliches, echoes, passive voice and rhythm.
Open tool→Era-accurate character names from real birth records, 1880s to 2020s.
Open tool→Paste a line or stanza to see its stress pattern, meter and rhyme scheme.
Open tool→A searchable anthology of public-domain poems, filterable by theme and form.
Open tool→What writers, authors and editors earn by US state, from BLS data.
Open tool→Build an itemised client quote priced against EFA rate benchmarks.
Open tool→Score a headline on length, structure and clarity, with every rule shown.
Open tool→Compare KDP, KDP Select, IngramSpark and Draft2Digital for your book.
Open tool→Type a word or phrase to check if it reads the same backwards.
Open tool→Study each word, hide it, then type it from memory.
Open tool→Type two words to generate portmanteau candidates.
Open tool→Search or browse homophone sets. Click any word to copy it.
Open tool→Start with a core emotion and drill down to the precise word you need.
Open tool→Search a root, its meaning, or a word built from it.
Open tool→Paste your draft to highlight filler words and weak adverbs in real time.
Open tool→Paste a draft to flag stiff words, passive voice and quotation slips.
Open tool→Filter free writing software by what you write, platform and price.
Open tool→Draw a plot twist from a curated list, then shuffle for more.
Open tool→Click traits to build a character profile, saved in your browser.
Open tool→The free tools above cover the writing. When it is time to pay for software, these reviews and comparisons help you spend on the right one.
The paid tools worth your money, in one place: AI writers, grammar checkers, Grammarly up close, and two finders.
Open the hub→ChatGPT, Jasper, Copy.ai and the niche tools, tested and compared.
Read the guide→Grammarly, ProWritingAid, QuillBot and more, matched to how you write.
Compare checkers→The same tools, sorted by the kind of writer you are and the job in front of you.
Finish the book, then price it and publish it.
Start here→Price the work, ship it clean, and get paid.
Start here→The checks that run before you publish.
Start here→Write the line, hear it, and get it submitted.
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