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Events February 12 Next Generation Indie Book Award February 12 Get Your Author Brand in Order, Jane Friedman February 13 Business Clinic: Should Successful Authors Pursue an Agent, Jane Friedman February 20-21 Independent Publishers of New England Conference February 25 Revise Your Memoir Series with Lisa Cooper Ellison February 26 Left Coast Crime February 26 Next Generation Short Story Award February 28 AWP Awards submission deadlines February 28 BCALA Self-Publishing Literary Awards March 4-7 AWP26 Conference and Bookfair March 11 Making Time & Space for Your Writing, Jessica Strawser March 18 Story Structure & Momentum, Tiffany Yates Martin March 19 Platform Building When You'd Rather Write, Jane Friedman March 21 Create Live or Virtual Retreats That Sell, Allison K Williams March 26 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop March 31 Narrative Winter 2026 Story Contest April 7-14 Writer's Digest Writing Retreat in Tuscany April 19 Sacramento Book Festival April 24 Publishing Professionals Conference, Jane Friedman May 24- 30 Martha Stewart Institute of Creative Writing Writers Conference June 6 ShortCon by East Coast Crime June 9 The Blackstone Publishing Novel Initiative June 13 Stockholm Writers Festival June 14- 20 Martha Stewart Institute of Creative Writing Writers Conference August 20-23 Killer Nashville August 21-23 Queens of the Desert, Romance Writers of Australia Conference September 25-27 James River Writers Conference October 21-25 Bouchercon in Calgary Canada October 2026 Black List Annual Labs in Ojai, CA 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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