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Events & Writing News
Events
July 18-20 Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference 2025
July 24 Writers Digest Annual Conference
July 24- 27 NC Squire Summer Writing Workshops 2025
July 31 Anthology Short Story Competition
July 31 Pride Award for Emerging LGBTQIA + Crime Writers, Sisters in Crime
August 1 International Best Indie Book Award
August 1 Rock & Roll Short Story Contest
August 1 Prairie Schooner Non-Fiction Contest
August 1 The Los Angeles Review Poetry Submission
August 6 Onyx Collective Manuscript Initiative Program, The Black List
August 13 How to Self-Publish Your Book: Primer for First Timers, Jane Friedman
Aug 21 - Aug 24 Killer Nashville writers conference
Aug 27 - Sep 3 Craft & Publishing Voyage
August 31 American Book Fest Award
August 31 The BookLife Prize Award
September 3-7 Bouchercon
September 5-7 CrimeCon: The World's #1 Event for True Crime & Mystery
September 10 Mastering the Art of the Synopsis, Jessica Strawser
September 11- 14 PNWA 2025 Fall Conference
September 13 Tin House short story collections
September 13- 21 International Agatha Christie Festival
September 19-20 Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity Con
September 25- 28 WIT 2025: Words, Ideas, and Thinkers Festival
September 25 Effective Book Marketing for Any Author, Jane Friedman
September 27-28 New Frontiers in Writing
October 1 The Missouri Review Editor's Prize
October 18-19 The Morristown Festival of Books
October 22- 26 Tremont Writers Conference in Townsend, TN
November 3-7 Author Nation Live, Las Vegas
November 7-9 New England Crime Bake
November 8 Red Pencil Conferences
November 9 Midwest Mystery Conference
November 15 Pangyrus LitMag Submissions
December 31 Barrow Street Poetry Book Prize
January 21 Eric Hoffer Book Awards
February 12 Next Generation Indie Book Award
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.
Resources
- QueryTracker is a resource to search for literary agents and record your query submissions.
- Independent Book Publishers Association
- 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
Flowers By Blair Flowers and Gift arrangements for any occasion. Find her on Instagram and Facebook @FlowersbyBlair
- 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
- ALLi: FAQs Answered