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Events July 7-Sept 19 Events from Queensland Writers Centre August 29 Harlem Book Fair August 31 The Jan Michalski Foundation Residency Program, Jan Michalski Foundation August 31 The Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize, Utica University September 1 2026 Black List Parenthood Writers Fellowship September 9 Inventing the Page, SoCal MWA September 10 MacDowell Fellowship July 15-Sep 15 The Brittingham and Felix Pollak Prizes in Poetry, Creative Writing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison September 15 Anne Spencer Fellowship, Virginia Center For The Creative Arts September 15 Ambroggio Prize, Academy of American Poets September 16 Mastering the Art of the Synopsis, Jane Friedman September 18-20 Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity Con September 19 RLAW: A Deep Dive into STORY GENIUS by Lisa Cron, Sisters in Crime September 21 Working with Libraries: Everything Librarians Want Authors to Know, Sisters in Crime September 23 Find and Sharpen Your Memoir's Voice, Jane Friedman September 24 Improve Your Author Webiste, Writer's Digest University September 25 The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, New York Public Library September 25-26 Central Coast Writer's Conference September 26 Central Coast Writers' Conference, Cuesta College September 25-27 James River Writers Conference September 27 Chicago Urban Book Expo March 1-Sep 30 Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction, Dzanc Books March 1-Sep 30 Fiction Program-Reader Views Literary Awards, Reader Views July 1-Sep 30 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry, Fresno State Aug 1-Sep 30 Juniper Prize for Creative Nonfiction, University of Massachusetts Press Aug 1-Sep 30 Juniper Prize for Fiction, University of Massachusetts Press September 30 AALA People of Publishing Conference October 2 Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, GA October 3 SinC Into Great Writing: Writing Funny, Sisters in Crime October 6 Ask Me Anything with Jane Friedman, Sisters in Crime October 7 Find Your Voice as an Essayist, Jane Friedman October 13 The Antagonistic Beats of a Story, Sisters in Crime October 14 Specificity & Context, Jane Friedman October 16 What Platform Means for Literary Artists and Skeptics, Jane Friedman October 17 Atlanta Book Festival, Atlanta Book Festival October 15-Nov 30 Fiction Prize, Indiana Review October 21-25 Bouchercon in Calgary Canada October 23-25 Florida WritersCon 2026, Florida Writers Association October 2026 Black List Annual Labs in Ojai, CA November 6-8 New England Crime Bake November 8 What Writers Get Wrong with Forensic Pathologist Dr. Erica WIlliams, Sisters in Crime November 10-13 Author Nation 2026 November 15 Stealing Rembrandts, Sisters in Crime November 15 What Writers Need to Know About AI, Jane Friedman November 15-22 Miami Book Fair December 4 2027 NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship December 15 2027 Black List X WIF Episodic Lab March 1 Art Organizations, Delaware Division of the Arts March 17-20 2027 AWP Conference & Bookfair Sep 1-March 31, 27 Non-Fiction Program-Reader Views Literary Awards, Reader Views May 1, 2028 The Black List X TRW Collection Lambda Literary Special Awards Monthly submissions due by the 26th of each month for Andromeda magazine short story contest. Monthly submissions due by the 28th of each month for Future Scholars Foundation, click for monthly story prompts.

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