Writer's Digest Presents

About Writer's Digest Presents

Writer’s Digest Presents is the official podcast of Writer’s Digest, where we’re writers helping writers since 1920. Hosted by the editors of Writer’s Digest, this monthly podcast features interviews with writing and publishing experts whose insights will help ignite your creative vision, hone your skills, build your platform, and get your work out into the world. Join us on the third Tuesday of each month for conversations, interviews, book recommendations, and a writing prompt connected to our episode theme.

Publisher

Writer's Digest

Category

arts · education · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Jan 2022

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

53 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   Book Cover Design 101 with Elisha Zepeda

   Book cover design has evolved over the long and rich history of storytelling, and will continue to change as readers change and as design changes. In this episode of "Writer's Digest Presents," senior editor Michael Woodson revisits the topic of book cover design with designer Elisha Zepeda. Elisha talks about his creative process, the differences in working with traditional publishing and self publishing, what he's loving in the design world right now and what he thinks could use a refresh, and more.

2. 

   15 Sept 2026

   How Poetry Can Help Our Fiction

   Many writers who feel comfortable writing fiction feel intimidated by experimenting with poetry. But the truth is, poetry can teach us so much about what works in our fiction. In this episode of "Writer's Digest Presents," senior editor and poet Robert Lee Brewer joins senior editor Michael Woodson to discuss the diversity within poetry, how writing poetry can help inform our fiction, and more.

3. 

   18 Aug 2026

   What Is Literary Criticism? (featuring Grace Byron)

   When you hear "literary critic," what comes to mind? Book reviews? Literary deep dives? Discourse? Hot takes? Literary criticism has evolved over our long history of storytelling, and the role of the literary critic is both more broad and more nuanced than ever before. In this episode of "Writer's Digest Presents," senior editor Michael Woodson chats with author and literary critic Grace Byron about defining literary criticism, if authors should pay attention to critics, how to break into literary criticism, and more.

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

797,694

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

11 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

51

Social presence

97

YouTube

93

Engagement

51

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