<i>The Writer</i> was first established by William H. Hills and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Luce" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Robert Luce</a>, two <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Globe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Boston Globe</a></i> reporters, as "a monthly magazine to interest and help all literary workers", in April 1887.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Writer#cite_note-1" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">[1]</a> Until the November 2000 issue, it was published in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Boston</a>. It is the oldest magazine for writers currently being published, and one of the oldest continually published magazines in the U.S. It is targeted at writers, and includes articles offering advice for writing and resources for publishing.