As of March 2024, Brevity has folded our Craft Essay section into The Brevity Blog, side-by-side with an active daily discussion of craft and the writing life.

The Brevity Blog reaches thousands of readers each month, with the aim of publishing quality essays that include the arc and movement found in all good essays. Appropriate topics for the Blog include the craft of writing nonfiction, issues in editing and publishing, writing conference and creative writing classroom experiences, interviews with writers or editors, prompts, close readings of essays or essayists, or specific issues that challenge us as we attempt to capture true experiences on the page.

Our extensive resource of previous Craft Essays will remain available here along with this useful guide to Searching Brevity Essays by Craft Element .

Thanks, as always, for your understanding and for trusting us with your work.