Events & Writing News
Events
May 1 December Magazine submission deadline
May 1 Curt Johnson Prose Award submission deadline
May 1 Foglifter Journal submission deadline for fall edition
May 1 The Last Girls Club feminist fiction journal submission deadline
May 1 Storm Cellar Force Majeure Flash Fiction submission deadline
May 4 Toronto Indie Author Conference
May 7 Editing for Style: A Hands-On Lesson in Copyediting by Write or Die
May 15 Self-Publishing Foundations for Long-term Success by David Wogahn
May 16 Murder and Margaritas with Harlan Coben, Bookmarks in Winston-Salem, NC
May 26-19 Meet Me at the Carolina Table by Greensboro Bound Literary Festival
May 19 Santa Fe Literary Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico
May 19 A Writer Walks Into a Bar: The Nuts and Bolts of Writing Humor by Write or Die
May 25 Write Messy: Bucking Perfectionism by Write or Die
May 30 Authors Guild 32nd Annual Foundation Gala with LeVar Burton, Walter Mosley, and Ken Burns
June 10 Leverage Your Author Brand at Every Step of Publishing with Andrea Guevara
June 11 - 14 Write to Publish Conference
June 13-27 Lakeshore Writer Friends retreat in Michigan
June 15 Catamaran Poetry Prize submission deadline
June 15 Narrative Literary submission deadline
June 29 Writing & Pitching Hybrid Memoir in Today's Market with Courtney Maum
June 30 Daniel Boone Footsteps Publishing's Personal Story submission deadline
July 1 BLR Literary Prizes deadline
July 3 How Authors Can Unlock Brand Recognition with Andrea Guevara
July 8-15 Summer Writing Workshops
July 11 Midwest Writers Conference
July 13 Reading Like a Writer, Strangers on a Train, Sisters in Crime
July 15 Able Muse multigenre submission deadline
July 19-21 Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference
July 31 Claire Harris Poetry Prize Submission deadline
July 31 - Aug 4 Williamette Writers Conference, registration opens March 1
August 1 Table Rock Writers Workshop, NC Writers Network
August 1 Arts & Letters Submission
August 22-25 Killer Nashville writers conference
Aug 28 - Sept 1 Murder and Mayhem in Music city Bouchercon, Nasville
October 1 Nimrod International Journal poetry, nonfiction, and creative nonfiction submission deadline
Year round Typehouse submissions
Resources
- QueryTracker is a resource to search for literary agents and record your query submissions.
- Independent Book Publishers Association
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has a wealth of information, including Writer Beware.
- Writer’s Digest provides an informative list of 100 Common Publishing Terms.
- The Alliance of Independent Authors, ALLi, rates the best and worst self-publishing services.
- Authors Guild provides a multitude of resources for writers.
- Horror Writers Association
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Writing News
Hybrid Publishers and Paid Publishing Services: Red Flags to Watch For, Jane Friedman
When Writers Get Stuck, Florida Writers Association
Latino Book Chat, Christianne Meneses Jacobs
Double Trouble, or Making the Same Statement Twice, Florida Writers Association
AI is Driving a New Surge of Sham Books on Amazon, Authors Guild
The Top 10 Tips for Plotting and Finishing a Book, by Writers Write
Six Practical Ways to Handle the Passage of Time in Fiction, by Aliventures
How to End a Story: A Guide for Novelists, by the Novel Factor
POV: Choosing Between First-Person and Third Person, by Writers Digest University
How to deal with social media burnout as an author, The Fussy Librarian
Where Does Your Story Begin?, by Florida Writers Association
Stress Management for Indie Authors, by ALLi
Authors Guild Stands with Liberty Station: Condemning Harassment and Threats against the Black-Owned Bookstore
To Repeat or Not to Repeat: How Much Regrounding in a Series, by Florida Writers Association
Book Tours in 2024: Eight Options for Indie Authors
Is Your Story Drowning in Details?, Florida Writers Association
Small Press Distribution Closes Its Doors, Authors Guild
Amazon Reveals Kindle Weaver
What Writers Should Know About Creating an Autistic Character, by Writers Digest
A People's Guide to Publishing, Apple Podcasts
- Advanced Self-Publishing with Orna Ross and Joanna Penn on first Fridays at 1 pm GMT
- Member Q&A with Orna Ross and Michael LaRonn on second Fridays at 1 pm GMT
- Foundational Self-Publishing with Dan Parsons and Orna Ross on third Fridays at 1 pm GMT
- Self-Publishing News with Dan Holloway and Howard Lovy on fourth Fridays at 1 pm UTC
- Inspirational Indie Authors Interviews with Howard Lovy on second Sunday at 1 pm GMT
- ALLi: FAQs Answered