Rachel is a freelancer based in Echo Park, Los Angeles and has been writing and producing content for nearly two decades on subjects ranging from tech to fashion, health and lifestyle to entertainment ...

Courtney Peña-Lima is an associate director at the Biosciences Grant Writing Academy at Stanford University in California and a writing instructor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Troy ...

The group of preteens uncapped their markers and began practicing how to capitalize two new letters: “B” and “Q.” The lesson felt like a return to the basics. Only this time, the middle-schoolers were ...

Millions struggle with depression and anxiety, often enduring long waits for effective treatment. Scientists in Sweden, Denmark, and Germany are developing a genetic test to predict which medications ...

AFCEA International’s The Cyber Edge Writing Award is back for its seventh cycle and is now open for submissions until February 23, 2026. With the theme of “Securing the AI-Driven Future: Defense and ...

Story Prize winner McCracken (The Souvenir Museum) distills decades of personal experience into 280 idiosyncratic reflections on writing. She eschews rigid, step-by-step advice in favor of “vague ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Miami University professor Elizabeth Wardle says technological advances won’t replace the need for skilled writing—and that you’re writing more than you think. In an era where communication happens ...

Upon reaching a certain level of renown, an author can expect to be asked why they write. Blame George Orwell, who in 1946 famously published “Why I Write,” an essay contending with the motives of ...