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Carthew and Pickering announce LBF industry and writers mixer
Lead Story: The British Book Awards 2023; Opinion: Lennie Goodings; Author Profile: Helen Czerski; Author Profile: Emma T=C3=B6rzs; Children’s Previews: ...
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Entrepreneur shortlisted for business book awards
The Nailsea business consultant’s book is one of six finalist books within ... The winners of the awards will be announced in London on May 16.
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AutHer Award 2023: Complete list of winners
The winners of the fourth edition of the AutHer Awards were announced at ... The book follows the story of four people, who are separated by time ...
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Check Out This Year’s 35th Annual Lambda Literary Awards Finalists
The 2023 Lambda Literary Awards nominations are out and there’s plenty to celebrate in queer and trans literature.
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’The Terrible We’ by Cameron Awkward-Rich Named Finalist for 35th Annual Lambda ...
... Studies Cameron Awkward-Rich has been named a finalist in the Transgender Nonfiction category for the 35th Annual Lambda Literary Awards.
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Upcoming Contest Deadlines

IACP Cookbook Awards
The IACP Cookbook Awards honor the authors, publishers, and other contributors behind the best cookbooks published each year.

Being ack...
Deadline: 2023-03-23

Portico Sadie Massey Awards for Young Readers and Writers
Competition 1: Write a short story set in the North of England
Write a story set in the North of England: based in your home, community, or som...
Deadline: 2023-03-24

Daisy Utemorrah Award
The Daisy Utemorrah Award is for an unpublished manuscript of junior or YA fiction by a First Nations author. The 2023 Daisy Utemorrah Award is open t...
Deadline: 2023-03-30

National Indie Excellence Awards
The National Indie Excellence Awards is open to all English language books available for sale, including small presses, mid-size independent publisher...
Deadline: 2023-03-31

Spirit First Poetry Contest
Poetry submissions may be of any length and any style but must have a theme of Meditation, Mindfulness, Silence, Stillness, or Solitude (we are referr...
Deadline: 2023-03-31

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