Pikes Peak Writers
Each year, the Pikes Peak Writers organization offers a limited number of scholarships to aspiring writers who could not otherwise afford to attend the Pikes Peak Writers Conference. Deadline: February…
Opportunities
Event listings and opportunities of interest to writers, publishers, artists and illustrators
2024 Columbus Book Festival
July 13 & 14 2024 Columbus Book Festival will feature a whole new lineup of 200+ national and Columbus-based authors, panel discussions author talks, book signings and more! The Festival Marketplace…
Conferences and Book Festivals
The Miss Demeanors blog (Keenan Powell) supplied a number of tips on conferences, as did Sisters in Crime Chesapeake chapter, thanks! Reprinted with permission –
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
The 23rd annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest offers $3,750 in prizes, with a first prize of $2,000, a second prize of $500, and a third prize of $250. The…
Contest for Kids!
Deadline April 15, 2024 The AHAF (American Handwriting Analysis Foundation) Campaign for Cursive sponsors the annual Cursive is Cool contest. Any grade-school-age child is welcome to enter in the U.S.…
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.
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…