Events & Writing News
Events
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 , 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 13 Tampa Chapter: Improve Your Chances to Get Your Manuscript Read, The Authors Guild
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
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 10 Hybrid Publishing Versus Self-Publishing, Writer's Digest University
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.
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