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Abraham Verghese has won the 2023 Writer in the World Prize
The Sun Valley Writer’s Conference has announced the third annual ... Physician, author, and Stanford professor Abraham Verghese has taken the ...
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Nominate a Book for the 2024 Christianity Today Book Awards
The CT Book Awards will be announced in December at christianitytoday.com ... If your book is chosen as one of the four finalists in any category, ...
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2023 EGL Award Winners Announced
Middle-Grade Award Finalists - Fiction: - `Frizzy` by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra (First Second Books). - `Ghosts of Science Past` by ...
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Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award winners announced
The winners of the 24th Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award were announced at the Charlottetown Library Learning Centre on June 2.
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia among finalists for Aurora Awards for Canadian sci-fi and fantasy writing
The winners are decided upon by a vote by CSFFA members. The winners will be announced on Aug. 19, 2023. The finalists for the best novel are:.
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Upcoming Contest Deadlines

ARA Historical Novel Prize
With prize money of $100,000, the ARA Historical Novel Prize gives Australian and New Zealand historical novelists the chance to be recognised in a cl...
Deadline: 2023-06-14

The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award
The Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award seeks to discover and honor the best books of the previous year (novels, novellas, collections and antholog...
Deadline: 2023-06-15

HeartWood Poetry Prize
Submit one poem (of any form) or flash prose piece (fiction or nonfiction) per entry; regardless of genre, the entry must be 200 words or less. There ...
Deadline: 2023-06-15

Windham-Campbell Prizes
The Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes call attention to literary achievement and provide writers the opportunity to focus on their wo...
Deadline: 2023-06-15

NAIWE 1st Annual Book Awards 2023
Winning a respected book award helps an author reach new audiences and boost sales. It also delivers a satisfying cap for all the hard work that goes ...
Deadline: 2023-06-15

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