Vivien Shipley Award
$15 entry fee. Deadline September 30, 2023. Submit up to three poems per entry fee. First prize $1,000. Second prize $100. Third prize $50. Winning poems published in Connecticut Review.
Opportunities
Event listings and opportunities of interest to writers, publishers, artists and illustrators
Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America Best First Novel Competition
No entry fee. Deadline December 15, 2023. The competition is open to any writer, regardless of nationality, age 18 or older, who has never authored any published novel in any…
A Winter Promise (Rated R)
Deadline –October 31, 2023 Publication – December 2023 Word Count: 3,000-20,000 Theme: All Christmas stories. If Christmas is involved, the story qualifies. All genres. Happily Ever After (HEA) not required.
Artificial Intelligence: Revolution and Opportunity in Trade Publishing
Starts September 27, 12:00 p.m./Ends September 27, 4:30 p.m. $49 Provides an intimate glimpse of where AI may be taking the publishing industry. This half-day online program gathers the industry’s…
IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award
Publishers of print and audiobooks with a copyright date of 2023 may enter the current competition. Qualifying publishers include: independent publishers hybrid publishers self-published authors university presses association presses PERIODS…
Conferences, book fairs, festivals, workshops, and retreats
Inkers Con Author Conference for fiction writers who want to self-publish. Already in progress but you can get recordings of the sessions. You’ll also gain access to 27 brand new…
New England Crime Bake
New England Crime Bake November 10–12 In Person Boston, Massachusetts, Dedham Hilton Agents and editors, craft, workshops, conference, a community of crime-loving authors and fans.
The 60th Cape Cod Writers Center Conference
Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis/Emerald Resort, Massachusetts | August 3-6 The Cape Cod Writers Center Conference is open to writers of all ages and genders from beginners to published…
Writer’s Digest’s Self-Published E-book Awards
Writer’s Digest’s 11th Annual Self-Published E-book Awards honors the best self-published e-book(s) in eight of the most popular categories with $5,000 in cash, a featured interview in Writer’s Digest magazine,…
The Chilling Pen Award
Unveil the complexities of betrayal in this year’s Chilling Pen award, the theme of the award. We invite writers from around the globe to submit their original unpublished works of…