Short third person biography

When you read submission guidelines, which vary from literary journal to literary journal, almost all of them will require that you include a brief biographical statement (or bio). Usually they require that the bio is in the third person and to be 50 words or less.

These bios are tricky to is hard to describe ones life using 50 words or less.

And frankly, you are better off not doing it. The editor of the journal does not care if you have been twice divorced, and neither does the reading public.

I am all for including one or two personal details, but I prefer that they relate indirectly to your writing. For example when I was submitting a lot of geographically themed poems I included the line &#;Emily Harstone just moved for the 18th time&#;.

Another fact worth considering including is what you actually do for a living.

How to write a bio about yourself for work

Most writers don&#;t write for a living. They do something else to pay the bills. Mentioning what that is