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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 Contest 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 Entries must be original, previously unpublished in print or online.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Submit your original, unpublished works of nonfiction up to 2,000 words.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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