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Florida Children's Book Festival
Calling all book lovers, dreamers, and storytellers — big and small! Families, educators, authors, playwrights, and community members are invited to a weekend filled with wonder, creativity, and connection...
Ends: 2026-02-22   [Read More]

GenreCon
GenreCon is the leading conference for genre writers, featuring an impressive line-up of leading names in Australian and international genre fiction across a spectacular weekend of panels, workshops and special events. ...
Ends: 2026-02-22   [Read More]

Granite Noir
Granite Noir is inspired by the incredible popularity of crime fiction in all its forms, by the fantastic contribution that Scottish writers make, by our love affair with Nordic Noir, on the page and on screen, and most of all inspired by Aberdeen, which ...
Ends: 2026-02-22   [Read More]

Sunshine State Book Festival
Florida has an amazing literary history dating back to William Bartram nearly 250 years ago. Today, Gainesville is a leading center of literary culture and home to hundreds of writers, novelists, playwrights, and poets, many of whom you can meet at the Su...
Ends: 2026-02-24   [Read More]

Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival
The Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival is one of Vancouver’s leading cultural and literary events, attracting a large and varied audience of over 5,000 people of all ages....
Ends: 2026-02-26   [Read More]

Perth Festival
Perth Festival is a not-for-profit multi-arts festival that brings world class performance, music, film, visual arts and literary events to Perth, Western Australia, every summer. ...
Ends: 2026-03-01   [Read More]

Greater Naples Jewish Book Festival
The Jewish Book Festival brings a showcase of Jewish authors and books to our community. We strive to enrich and engage the members of our community and provide opportunities to come together for education and social experiences. ...
Ends: 2026-04-03   [Read More]

Cleveland Jewish Book Festival
This annual festival celebrates Jewish authors, books and ideas. Featuring books written by nationally and internationally acclaimed authors, participants will hear the stories behind a broad range of topics including Jewish life, historical fiction, Isra...
Ends: 2026-04-30   [Read More]

Ledbury Poetry Festival
Ledbury Poetry Festival is an inclusive, international and inspirational celebration of poetry and spoken word over ten fabulously busy days, live in Ledbury and online to the world....
Ends: 2027-07-06   [Read More]

Festival News

Louisiana Book Festival sets a date for 2026. See when, where.
The Louisiana Center for the Book is gearing up for the 22nd annual Louisiana Book Festival, slated for October 31, 2026, in Baton Rouge.
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Inaugural Laguna Beach Literary Festival Announced
Third Street Writers has announced the inaugural Laguna Beach Literary Festival will be held Jan. 9-10, 2026.
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Headliners announced for the 19th Savannah Book Festival
The 19th annual Savannah Book Festival is gearing up for a literary celebration from February 5-8, 2026, featuring a diverse lineup of authors and ...
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The 2026 Santa Fe International Literary Festival announces its 2026 author lineup
Megan Mulry is the festival’s executive director. She took on that role in 2024 and said it’s her dream job in the literary world. "We create an event ...
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Hay Festival launches The Pleasure List for National Year of Reading with Stephen Fry
Recommendations from supporting writers, influencers and public figures across the year’s Hay Festival programmes will be shared weekly online. In ...
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Upcoming Events

Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival
The Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival is one of Vancouver’s leading cultural and literary events, attracting a large and varied audience of...
Starts: 2026-02-21   [Read More]

Left Coast Crime
Left Coast Crime is a convention of fans and authors who gather during the first quarter of the calendar year in Western North America (as define...
Starts: 2026-02-26   [Read More]

Monroeville Literary Festival
Meet renowned writers, enjoy delicious food, discuss thought-provoking literary works and more--all in the courtroom made famous in To Kill a Moc...
Starts: 2026-02-26   [Read More]

Asheville Christian Writers Conference
Join us in person or virtually at the Billy Graham Conference Center for the Asheville Christian Writers Conference at The Cove. Space is limited...
Starts: 2026-02-27   [Read More]

Adelaide Writers’ Week
Adelaide Writers’ Week, known locally as Writers’ Week or WW, is a large and mostly free literary festival held annually in Adelaide, the cap...
Starts: 2026-02-27   [Read More]

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Book Awards News

Dr. Juan P. Chisholm ends 2024 as a ’Finalist’ for the eminent American Legacy Book ...
Award-Winning Author, Dr. Juan P. Chisholm is an American Legacy Book Award "Finalist." Mission Possible: How to Graduate from College Debt-Free by Dr ...
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Voting open for the 2025 Nene Award
Every spring, fourth through sixth graders across the state get to choose the best chapter book and graphic novel from a list of 30 nominees, ...
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North Carolina Book Awards Announced
The annual awards recognize significant works by North Carolina writers. The 2024 North Carolina Book Award winners are: ×. This page requires ...
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Story Monsters®? LLC Announces Winners of the 2024 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards
Story Monsters®? proudly announces the 2024 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards winners, celebrating excellence in adult and children’s literature ...
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’Best Thrillers Book Awards’ Names ’All Mortal Greatness’
New Ipswich, New Hampshire, November 06, 2010 -- NABE announced, just recently, the winners of the Fall 2010 Pinnacle Book Award. Friends of Choice ...
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Upcoming Award Deadlines

Briarpatch Northern Writing Prize
The Northern Writing Prize was established in 2018 to help writers, photographers, and artists tell stories about the North. The winner will be select...
Deadline: 2026-03-01

Jacob Zilber Prize for Short Fition
Maximum word count: 4,000 words. Please submit only one piece per submission. Entries must be original, previously unpublished in print or online. PRI...
Deadline: 2026-03-01

CBC Nonfiction Prize
Submit your original, unpublished works of nonfiction up to 2,000 words. There is no minimum. Open to all Canadian citizens and permanent residents of...
Deadline: 2026-03-01

Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize
The Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize is a writing competition sponsored by the stage and radio series Selected Shorts. This long-running s...
Deadline: 2026-03-06

Ellen S. Jaffe Humanist Award for Poetry
Open to Everyone in Canada and the U.S. Accepting 12 poems and no less and no more on one of the following humanist themes of family, community, tradi...
Deadline: 2026-03-15

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