An English Major’s Guide to Twitter

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As an English major, who should you be following on Twitter?

Whether you’re looking for inspiration, motivation, or just some humor to get you through the day, here’s our round-up of Twitter accounts that are either relevant or beneficial to English majors:

Note: This is by no means a comprehensive list, but instead showcases a sampling of the great Twitter accounts out there that can be appreciated by English majors. 

Writing Resources

Looking for writing prompts, writing advice, and other writing-related things? Give these accounts a follow! They might just help you start your next great piece of writing.

Advice to Writers @AdviceToWriters

https://twitter.com/AdviceToWriters/status/1063793882624778240

AP Stylebook @APStylebook

Grammar Girl @GrammarGirl

https://twitter.com/GrammarGirl/status/1067117608699215872

Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster

NaNoWriMo @NaNoWriMo

Poets & Writers @poetswritersinc

Writer’s Digest @WritersDigest

Writer’s Edit @WritersEdit

Writer’s Relief @WritersRelief

https://twitter.com/WritersRelief/status/1067553720358047744

Literary Organizations & Libraries (& Related Resources)

Keep up with the latest book and author news by following accounts that are run by literary organizations and blogs, as well as libraries.

American Library Association @ALALibrary

Book Riot @BookRiot

Dear English Major @DearEnglishMjr

Electric Literature @ElectricLit

Goodreads @goodreads

L.A. Public Library @LAPublicLibrary

Library of Congress @librarycongress

Literary Hub @lithub

The Millions @The_Millions

NY Public Library @nypl

Poetry Foundation @PoetryFound

Literary Journals & Related Resources

If you’re interested in seeing your work published in a literary journal someday, following these accounts might be a good place to start. You’ll gain greater insight into what kind of work they publish and be able to stay updated on various deadlines.

Creative Nonfiction @cnfonline

Indiana Review @IndianaReview

The Iowa Review @IowaReview

Kenyon Review @kenyonreview

The Missouri Review @Missouri_Review 

New Pages @newpages

The Paris Review @parisreview

Ploughshares @pshares

The Review Review @TheReviewReview

Submittable @submittable 

https://twitter.com/submittable/status/1067178222373212161

Tin House @Tin_House

Publishing Houses

Keep up with the publishing houses behind some of your favorite books – all while learning more about the publication process and discovering some new books and authors.

HarperCollins @HarperCollins

Little, Brown and Co @littlebrown

Penguin Books @PenguinBooks

Random House @randomhouse

Simon & Schuster @SimonBooks

UW-Green Bay English

Last but not least, the UW-Green Bay English Department is active on Twitter in several different forms. We might be a bit biased, but we think these accounts deserve a follow!

Sheepshead Review @sheepsheadrev

UW-Green Bay English @UWGBEnglish

UW-Green Bay Novelists @uwgbnovelists 

Other Twitter Suggestions

  • Your favorite authors
  • Your local library
  • Librarians and other literary advocates
  • Reading and literacy organizations