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Denver Lit Fest
Lit Fest is an eight-day celebration of writers and readers, an extravaganza of weeklong and weekend advanced workshops, craft seminars, readings, salons, business panels, agent meetings, and parties. ...
Ends: 2025-06-13   [Read More]

Write-to-Publish Conference
Since 1971, Write-to-Publish has been training, inspiring and encouraging Christian writers, connecting them with editors to help them improve their craft, with publishers who are looking for good books to publish, and with literary agents who can represe...
Ends: 2025-06-13   [Read More]

St. Andrews Literature Festival
Hosted across multiple church venues and the St Andrews Bookshop, this festival celebrates Christian literature, showcasing much-loved Christian authors. Each author takes the stage for one hour to engage in thought-provoking conversations with the hosts,...
Ends: 2025-06-14   [Read More]

Cedar Falls Christian Writers Conference
The Cedar Falls Christian Writers Conference welcomes both new and established writers, as well as anyone interested in the writer’s craft. Their purpose is to glorify God and His Son Jesus Christ through all their endeavors while encouraging others in ...
Ends: 2025-06-14   [Read More]

Dalkey Book Festival
The Dalkey Book Festival is an annual literature festival held in Dalkey, County Dublin, Ireland, for four days in June. The festival includes 60+ events celebrating Irish and international writing, welcoming some of the world’s leading thinkers to the ...
Ends: 2025-06-15   [Read More]

Poetry International Rotterdam
Poetry International Rotterdam presents the most noteworthy poetry of the groundbreaking great masters, alongside that of new and original poetic talents from around the world. ...
Ends: 2025-06-15   [Read More]

Nantucket Book Festival
The Nantucket Book Festival has established itself as a major summer destination for booklovers with impressive and eclectic line-ups of award-winning authors. The multi-day festival offers author readings, panel discussions and social events in an infor...
Ends: 2025-06-15   [Read More]

Children’s Art + Literacy Festival
The Abilene Children’s Art + Literacy Festival (CALF) is a three-day family experience held in the Abilene Cultural District. It was started in 2012 by the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council and other community leaders to emphasize the importance of f...
Ends: 2025-06-15   [Read More]

StokerCon
StokerCon has been a long-celebrated convention for authors of the horror genre. It is an all-inclusive event where writers of the horror world’s many subgenres may convene to share ideas, pitch their new projects, and revel in their weirdness. ...
Ends: 2025-06-15   [Read More]

Borders Book Festival
The Borders Book Festival has established itself as a key national literary and arts event. From an audience of just 400 in 2004, it now draws some 34,000 visitors to the magical Harmony Garden and its orchard in Melrose each year. Tranquil herbaceous ...
Ends: 2025-06-15   [Read More]

Festival News

Bloody Scotland: Full line up of crime writing festival revealed, including author behind hit TV show
Kate Atkinson will be appearing at this summer’s Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival. Picture: Helen Clyne. The Stirling-based festival is ...
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First Mayberry Book Festival offers something for readers and writers
Tom Perry, organizers of the upcoming Mayberry Book Festival, will debut his latest work, "Little Chicago: Murder in Mount Airy and the Surrounding ...
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Byron Writers Festival announces 2025 program
The program for the Byron Writers Festival has been announced, with the 2025 event set to run 8–10 August on Bundjalung Country.
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2025 David R. Collins Writers Conference, June 26 through 28
Brett Biebel’s "Writing Place: Geography in Short Fiction" (8:45 - 10:15 a.m.). This workshop will feature readings and prompts about the role of ...
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Kentucky Book Festival adds Louisville Edition
Kentucky’s oldest literary event is expanding to Louisville this summer ... Kentucky Book Festival adds Louisville Edition. Updated: 8 hours ago.
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Upcoming Events

Crossing the Tees Book Festival
Crossing the Tees Book Festival is an annual event that takes place in the Tees Valley region of England. The festival is organized by the librar...
Starts: 2025-06-13   [Read More]

St. Andrews Literature Festival
Hosted across multiple church venues and the St Andrews Bookshop, this festival celebrates Christian literature, showcasing much-loved Christian ...
Starts: 2025-06-13   [Read More]

Rose Scott Women Writers’ Festival
The Rose Scott Women Writers’ Festival was established in 2013 as an annual flagship event for The Women’s Club. Named after Rose Scott, ...
Starts: 2025-06-14   [Read More]

Emerald City Romance Author and Reader Event
Emerald City Romance Writers holds its Emerald City Romance Author and Reader Event at South Seattle College inside the Brockey Student Building ...
Starts: 2025-06-14   [Read More]

White County Creative Writers’ Conference
Attend workshops about writing, editing and getting published. Also featured are several writing contests, with contest awards presented during t...
Starts: 2025-06-14   [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

NAIWE 1st Annual Book Awards
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: 2025-06-15

International Prize for Arabic Fiction
The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) is an annual literary prize run with the support of the Booker Prize Foundation in London and funded...
Deadline: 2025-06-30

May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize
The May Sarton New Hampshire Poetry Prize is named for May Sarton, the renowned novelist, memoirist, poet, and feminist (1912-1995).<p>The winne...
Deadline: 2025-06-30

Drue Heinz Literature Prize
Drue Heinz Literature Prize for a collection of short fiction. The prize carries a cash award of $15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsbur...
Deadline: 2025-06-30

Moth International Short Story Prize
The Prize is open to everyone, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished.
There is a 6,000 word limit. ...
Deadline: 2025-06-30

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