Events & Writing News
Events
March 31 SIC Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Award
March 31 Restless Books Prize: New Immigrant Writing
April 15 Ritmo Y Revenge Crime Fiction Anthology Submissions for Latinx Authors
April 15 A Rally of Writers
April 19 Podcasting with Purpose and Panache hosted by Desert Sleuths
April 28- 30 Malice Domestic in Bethesda, Maryland
April 30 Wolfsbane, Best New England Crime Stories submissions
April 30 Al Blanchard Award for Short Stories
May 4 Grand Canyon Fireside Chats, Revising Your First Drafts: All the Tools You'll Need
May 11-14 CrimeFest UK
May 23 US Book Show
June 6 Men Matters Online Journal Submissions
June 10 -11 California Crime Writers Conference
June 16- 18 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishers accepting submissions
July 6- 9 Sleuthfest Conference for mystery writers and fans
July 21 Book Passage, Mystery Writers Conference in California
August 2-6 Willamette Writers Hybrid Conference
August 17-20 Killer Nashville Annual International Writers Conference
August 30 Bouchercon 2023: Murder at the Marina in San Diego
September 23 Elk Grove Writers Conference
Resources
- QueryTracker is a resource to search for literary agents and record your query submissions.
- Mystery Writers of America provides a list of their approved publishing companies.
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has a wealth of information, including Writer Beware.
- Writer’s Digest provides an informative list of 100 Common Publishing Terms.
- The Alliance of Independent Authors, ALLi, rates the best and worst self-publishing services.
- Authors Guild provides a multitude of resources for writers.
- Horror Writers Association
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Writing News
The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World
Authors Guild Recommends Clause in Publishing Contracts Preventing AI Training
Reedsy Self-Publishing Calculator in 2023
How to Save on Your Self-Publishing Budget
ALLi The First Process of Publishing: Editing
ALLi Blog Announcements: What's Coming in 2023
ALLi Book Advertising for Independent Authors
A Media Operator: Substack Can Grow Into Its Valuation
Princeton University Press: What Your Publisher Wishes You Knew
Benedict Evans: Retail, search and Amazon's $40B 'advertising business'
The Hollywood Reporter: Pivot to... Something? The Blurry Future of Podcasting
BookSmart: Women are publishing more books than men... and it's good for business
The Guardian: Things are definitely opening up, the rise of older female writers
The Millions: Beware of Book Blurbs
Berrett-Koehler Publishers: 10 Awful Truths About Book Publishing
Stamp Honoring 'Strega Nona' author Tomie dePaola
- Advanced Self-Publishing with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn on first Fridays at 1 pm GMT
- Member Q&A with Orna Ross and Michael LaRonn on second Fridays at 1 pm GMT
- Foundational Self-Publishing with Dan Parsons and Orna Ross on third Fridays at 1 pm GMT
- Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy on fourth Fridays at 1 pm UTC
- Inspirational Indie Authors Interviews with Howard Lovy on second Sunday at 1 pm GMT