2024 Orchard Street Press Poetry Contest
Offered by The Orchard Street Press, its mission to support and advance poetry as an essential art form in our world. Prize-winning and other submitted poems will appear in Quiet…
Opportunities
Event listings and opportunities of interest to writers, publishers, artists and illustrators
Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
Submissions are now open for the 2024 prize and will close on April 5, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST. On April 17, 2024, Rakuten Kobo will announce the shortlist of its…
SelfPubCon
Alliance of Independent Authors October 21-22, 2024 Virtual Only How much? The event is free and open to everyone on the day of the conference and for 48 hours afterward.…
Moonlight & Magnolias for Romance Writers
October 3-5, 2024 Atlanta, Georgia How much? $295-$420 Who typically attends? Romance Writers About: Crowne Plaza Atlanta, NE Norcross, October 3-5, 2024. This year’s theme, “Soar into 2024,” invites writers…
Inkers Con
June 7-9, 2024 Dallas, Texas, but online access to the event will be released on July 20, 2024. $649. Who typically attends? Any and all indie authors are welcome! If you’re…
Pikes Peak Writers Conference
April 25-28, 2024 Colorado Springs, Colorado $474 Who typically attends? Authors, agents, editors, publishers, indie professionals. About: A 3-day fiction-writing conference for writers of all levels, indie and traditionally published,…
Chicago Spring Fling 2024
Thursday, Apr 18, 2024, 7:00 a.m. Saturday, Apr 20, 2024, 11:55 p.m. (CST) Three-day hybrid writing conference hosted by Chicago-North Romance Writers featuring Pre-conference half-day masterclass taught by Lani Diane…
New Orleans Book Festival
New Orleans, Louisiana March 14–16 March 16th at FAU Campus in Boca Raton, Florida. Honoree Joyce Carol Oates. Authors Guild members are FREE with code word: LIBRARIAN, but you’ll need…
Murderous March 2024
March 8 @ 1:00 p.m.-March 9 @ 6:30 p.m. All Virtual Event Guest of Honor: Edgar Award-Winning and Best-Selling Author Naomi Hirahara
The Women In Publishing Summit
March 6-9, 2024 Virtual Open to authors, aspiring authors, and publishing professionals alike across a variety of genres. The biggest 4-day online conference for women and those who identify as…