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WCU Spring Literary Festival
Western Carolina University's annual Spring Literary Festival has a long tradition of bringing established and emerging literary talent to our campus and region. It reflects WCU's commitment to providing the best humanities education possible to...
Ends: 2023-03-23   [Read More]

Voices on the Coast
Voices on the Coast is a youth literature festival presented by Immanuel Lutheran College and the University of the Sunshine Coast....
Ends: 2023-03-24   [Read More]

Brimbank Writers and Readers Festival
The Brimbank Writers & Readers Festival (BWRF) is an annual event that encourages a love of reading and literature, celebrates creativity and diversity, as well as promoting lifelong learning for the Brimbank community. The 10 day festival program incl...
Ends: 2023-03-25   [Read More]

Virginia Festival of the Book
The Virginia Festival of the Book brings together writers and readers to promote and celebrate books, reading, literacy, and literary culture. Featuring the annual Festival in March plus the year-round Shelf Life virtual event series, our programming offe...
Ends: 2023-03-26   [Read More]

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival
The Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival is a five-day New Orleans affair for writers, readers, and theater lovers. ...
Ends: 2023-03-26   [Read More]

Algonkian Writer Retreat and Novel Workshop
In keeping with the spirit of this place and the goals of this unique workshop retreat, you can be as goal-oriented or as hesitant in approach as you wish. You can show us your manuscript, improve your skills, have your work read by our writer mentors, at...
Ends: 2023-03-26   [Read More]

Festival News

Decatur Book Festival confirms pause for 2023 after founder’s social media post
This story has been updated. Decatur, GA - A social media post by the founder of the Decatur Book Festival made it sound like the festival will ...
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The Cuba Book Fair in Pinar del Rio - Havana Times
A fair like any other, where books - the fake star of these events - was cast to the back of our collective consciousness, like it always has.
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Decatur Book Festival cancels 2023 event, plans to resume in 2024
The free festival also became a prestigious launching pad for writers, drawing such national figures as Pat Conroy, Natasha Trethewey, Jonathan ...
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New River Community and Technical College to plan ’Fantastic Fridays’’ writing workshop’
Fantastic Fridays is a new writing workshop addition to author Belinda Anderson’s "Fun Fridays" series offered by New River Community and ...
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Featured authors at Highlands Writer’s Conference: ’Write what you know’
And the conference [is a] useful opportunity to meet other writers and how to develop your own work, Abir said. Young-adult fiction author Mayra ...
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Upcoming Events

Virginia Festival of the Book
The Virginia Festival of the Book brings together writers and readers to promote and celebrate books, reading, literacy, and literary culture. Fe...
Starts: 2023-03-22   [Read More]

Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival
The Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival is a five-day New Orleans affair for writers, readers, and theater lovers. ...
Starts: 2023-03-22   [Read More]

Algonkian Writer Retreat and Novel Workshop
In keeping with the spirit of this place and the goals of this unique workshop retreat, you can be as goal-oriented or as hesitant in approach as...
Starts: 2023-03-22   [Read More]

Lichfield Literary Festival
The Lichfileld Literary Festival is an annual celebration of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and more. Held in March, Lichfield Literature Festival ...
Starts: 2023-03-23   [Read More]

Huddersfield Literature Festival
Huddersfield Literature Festival (HLF) is an award-winning 10-day Festival held annually in March. A blended Festival of 50+ digital, outdoor and...
Starts: 2023-03-23   [Read More]

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Book Awards News

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 Award 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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