Drunk Monkeys Founding Editor Matthew Guerruckey looks back on five years of the magazine, and ahead to the future.
LETTER FROM THE EDITORMatthew Guerruckey
Drunk Monkeys responds to the shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida by dedicating an issue to the violence sweeping the globe, and by donating to the families of the victims. https://www.gofundme.com/PulseVictimsFund
ONLINE READINGSDigging Through the FatGessy Alvarez, Heather Dorn, Krystal SierraFebruary 26th 2016
Join us February 26th, 2016 at 7pm EST for our Online Reading event, featuring the writers and editors of Digging Through the Fat, Ripping Out the Heart.
Featuring Gessy Alvarez, Heather Dorn, and Krystal Sierra.
Scott Waldyn, Editor-in-Chief of Literary Orphans, and member of the Drunk Monkeys Film Department, shatters the greatest myth about those who create myths: they never do it alone.
Come celebrate Thanksgiving with us and poet Kevin Ridgeway on Tuesday, November 24th, at 7pm for the finale of our Fall Reading Series.
Tickets available for $2, or FREE for all of our Patreon donors!
Jack Caseros brings the ruckus with a set of writing tips inspired by the Wu-Tang Clan.
Join us this Wednesday, November 11th, as author James Claffey joins us for our Online Reading Series.
Tickets available for $2, or FREE for all of our Patreon donors!
Join us on October 29th at 8pm PST as our Online Reading Series continues with erin Parker, author of the short story collection The Secret and the Sacred!
Tickets are available for a $2 donation to Drunk Monkeys, and are FREE with your ongoing Patreon donation.
Gessy Alvarez of Digging Through the Fat delivers a fierce message to young writers: never ask for permission.
Writing is about power. It is not about permission or acceptance. It is not pointless. It can be vain and arrogant. It is inconsistent. When my writing fails to gain an audience, I wallow for a bit, but I don’t give up. I begin a new writing project and work to gain a modest audience. But what drives me to write is not the prestige or accolades that may follow, it’s the challenge to create something that will outlive me.
Here's your chance to receive an mp3 copy of our Online Reading Series, featuring Lise Quintana of Zoetic Press!
Join us on October 8th, 2015 at 5pm Pacific time for the latest edition of our Online Reading Series, featuring Lise Quintana of Zoetic Press! Tickets are available for $2, or FREE with your ongoing Patreon donation.
Have a story idea, but you're not sure what length will work best for it? Acclaimed novelist Anne E. Johnson has some advice for you.
WRITING TIPSThe Bunny Clock
Erin Parker shares writing tips on not giving up, based on her own family history, in her beautiful essay, "The Bunny Clock".
Nathaniel Tower, Managing Editor of the literary magazine Bartleby Snopes, explains why you should never, ever, ever (ever) withdraw your work.
Our Fall Reading Series kicks off with an online reading and Q & A from Bud Smith, author of the novel F 250!
Join us next Wednesday, September 9th at 8pm Eastern.
Drunk Monkeys founder Matthew Guerruckey offers tips for fiction writing based on lessons learned from Stan Lee and John Buscema's classic art instructional book, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way.
James Patterson, Daniel Silva, Patricia Cornwell, David Baldacci, Jeffrey Deaver, and Dan Brown are all New York Times bestselling writers. At any time you’re almost guaranteed to see one of them on the current NYT bestselling list. As I glance down the current list I see descriptions that are similar: federal agents, hit men, police detectives, and medical examiners. Almost all are part of a series based on a character. Almost all are about people who are settled in important jobs from which little tension is garnered about their future career prospects.