gritLIT - Hamilton’s Readers and Writers Festival
gritLIT was established in November, 2004, by Hamilton writer and writing teacher Krista Foss. It started as a small, intimate festival, with readings taking place in the Staircase Theatre. Over the past seven years, gritLIT has evolved into a larger-scal...
Ends: 2025-04-27 [Read More]
Blue Metropolis Montreal Literary Festival
Blue Metropolis Foundation is a not-for-profit and charitable organization founded in 1997 that brings together people from different cultures to share the pleasure of reading and writing. The Foundation produces multilingual literary activities, such as ...
Ends: 2025-04-27 [Read More]
Edmonton Poetry Festival
The Edmonton Poetry Festival is staged annually in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Hundreds of word artists from Edmonton and across the country come together to celebrate written and spoken verse. ...
Ends: 2025-04-27 [Read More]
Cambridge Literary Festival
Cambridge Literary Festival (CLF) began as Cambridge Wordfest in 2003, when we had our first annual Spring Festival. We began hosting Winter Festivals in 2008. Cambridge Literary Festival soon became a much-loved and regular highlight drawing large audien...
Ends: 2025-04-27 [Read More]
Sorrento Writers Festival
The brainchild of award-winning journalist, podcaster, former bookshop owner and Festival Director Corrie Perkin, the not-for-profit event will encourage deep thinking and compelling conversations via meet the author events, keynote speeches, panel discus...
Ends: 2025-04-27 [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: 2025-04-30 [Read More]
City of Writers Poetry Festival
In honor of National Poetry Month, Gloria Muñoz, the City of St. Petersburg Poet Laureate, has partnered with community organizations and businesses to host events in all pockets of St. Pete to highlight and celebrate the poetry influence in the Sunshine...
Ends: 2025-04-30 [Read More]
Frye Festival
The Frye Festival is Canada’s only bilingual international literary festival and the largest literary event in Atlantic Canada. The Frye Festival offers the best of local, Canadian and international authors, including children’s authors, graphic novel...
Ends: 2025-05-04 [Read More]
Drexel Writing Festival
Since 2011, the Drexel Writing Festival has explored rock music, ritual, play, hunger and empowerment. Guests represent esteemed authors and editors of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, news media and comic books. The event has also spotlighted Young Adult (YA...
Ends: 2025-05-15 [Read More]
Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival
The Southern Highlands Writers’ Festival features a stellar lineup of Australia’s best writers of books, poetry, TV and plays....
Ends: 2025-07-27 [Read More]
Blue Metropolis Montreal Literary Festival
Blue Metropolis Foundation is a not-for-profit and charitable organization founded in 1997 that brings together people from different cultures to...
Starts: 2025-04-24 [Read More]
Frye Festival
The Frye Festival is Canada’s only bilingual international literary festival and the largest literary event in Atlantic Canada. The Frye Festiv...
Starts: 2025-04-24 [Read More]
Sorrento Writers Festival
The brainchild of award-winning journalist, podcaster, former bookshop owner and Festival Director Corrie Perkin, the not-for-profit event will e...
Starts: 2025-04-24 [Read More]
Bournemouth Writing Festival
A weekend extravaganza of free and ticketed talks, walks, seminars, panels, performances and workshops for writers wanting to write....
Starts: 2025-04-25 [Read More]
Malice Domestic
Established in 1989, Malice Domestic is an annual fan convention that takes place each year in Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C. Malice ...
Starts: 2025-04-25 [Read More]
Anthony Awards
The Anthony Awards are literary awards for mystery writers presented at the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention since 1986. The awards are named for ...
Deadline: 2025-04-30
FAPA President’s Book Awards
Each year the Florida Authors and Publishers Association (FAPA) sponsors the FAPA President's Book Awards, which recognizes book publishing excel...
Deadline: 2025-04-30
The Whistler Independent Book Awards
Established in 2016 to recognize excellence in Canadian independent publishing, the Whistler Independent Book Awards offers prizes in two categories: ...
Deadline: 2025-04-30
HWA Crown Awards
The Crown Awards celebrate the best historical writing of the year, fiction and non-fiction! Three awards are offered: the Gold Crown for the best wor...
Deadline: 2025-04-30
Vallum Chapbook Award
Vallum is accepting original and previously unpublished chapbooks for this contest. Poems may be on any theme or subject, but must be original and not...
Deadline: 2025-04-30
