Squatchcon
March 30 – April 2, 2023 Squatchcon is a comic, cosplay, gaming, and fan culture event with a uniquely Olympic Peninsula twist. Part comic and cosplay convention, part local arts…
Opportunities
Event listings and opportunities of interest to writers, publishers, artists and illustrators
March Writers Conferences
March 4, 2023 Bay To Ocean Writers Conference at Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, Maryland March 4 -5, 2023 Tucson Festival of Books, Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona Campus plans an…
Creatures, Crimes & Creativity Con
You’ll want to meet Jackie Sherbow, Managing Editor, Alfred Hitchcock’s & Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazines at next year’s Creatures, Crimes & Creativity Con in Columbia, Maryland, September 8-10. Readers and…
Murderous March 2023
March 10 & 11, 2023 Guest of Honor: New York Times Bestselling Author Deborah Crombie Hosted by The Upper Hudson Chapter of Sisters in Crime, The Mavens of Mayhem SCHEDULE…
The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize
The Clay Reynolds Novella Prize highlights one book a year that excels in the novella format. First prize: $500, a standard royalty contract, and 20 copies of the published book.…
7 DAY STORY WRITING CHALLENGES
NO ENTRY FEE. Ongoing contests. Each challenge runs for exactly 7 days. Before a new challenge begins, all those who have registered will be randomly divided into 12 GROUPS. Each…
Santa Barbara Writers Conference
Join us at SBWC June 18-23, 2023 Improve your craft • Find your tribe • Make lifelong connections Six days & nights of 30+ writing workshops, panels, speakers, agents, and…
February Writers Conferences
February 3 – 4, 2023 Rhode Island Romance Writers Retreat, in Middletown-Newport, Rhode Island will be a Zoom event. February 4, 2023 Murder in the Magic City, Homewood Library, Birmingham,…
Writer’s Digest’s Self-Published Book Awards
Writer’s Digest’s Self-Published Book Awards is currently accepting submissions. DEADLINE: April 3, 2023. Whether you’re a professional writer, a part-time freelancer or a self-starting student, here’s your chance to enter…
The Hudson Poetry Prize
Each year Black Lawrence Press will award The Hudson Prize for an unpublished collection of poems or prose. The prize is open to new, emerging, and established writers. The winner…