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Events & Writing News
Events
April 7 Authors Guild Foundation Gala
April 8 The Business of Being a Writer with Jane Friedman
April 8 Co-Writing a Novel Three Experiences, Sisters in Crime
April 10-13 Hamptons Whodunit
April 17 Build a Better, More Profitable Editing or Coaching Business, Jane Friedman
April 23 Creative Nonfiction Grant
April 25-27 Malice Domestic
Apr 29 - 30 ECPA Leadership Summit
April 30 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
April 30 Oxford 42/ New Writing Prize
May 1 Readers Views Literary Awards
May 1 Annual Book Award Contest
May 2- 4 North Carolina Writers 2025 Spring Conference in Asheville, NC
May 3 - 10 Writer's Digest Writing Retreat in Florence and Tuscany
May 10 Tin House poetry collections
May 10 Workshop: Marketing Before and After the Book Deal with Jane Friedman
May 14-18 Sleuthfest
May 15 Pangyrus LitMag Submission
May 15-18 Crimefest
May 17 Gaithersburg Book Festival
May 29 Will Your Nonfiction Book Sell, Writers Digest University
May 31 Sacramento Book Festival
May 31 - June 1 Bay Area Book Festival
June 7 ShortCon
June 11- 13 Nonfiction NOW 2025
June 13-14 Capital Crime Festival
June 14-15 Maine Crime Wave
June 30 To Hull And Back Humorous Short Story Competition
July 8 Spotify X JED Impact Award
July 9 Mastering Character Inner Life, Tiffany Yates Martin
July 10 MWW25 Summer Conference
July 18-20 Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference 2025
July 24- 24 Writers Digest Annual Conference
July 31 Anthology Short Story Competition
August 1 International Best Indie Book Award
Aug 21 - Aug 24 Killer Nashville writers conference
Aug 27 - Sep 3 Craft & Publishing Voyage
August 31 American Book Fest Award
September 3-7 Bouchercon
September 5-7 CrimeCon: The World's #1 Event for True Crime & Mystery
September 13 Tin House short story collections
September 13- 21 International Agatha Christie Festival
September 19-20 Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity Con
September 20-22 StoryFest 2024
September 27-28 New Frontiers in Writing
October 18-19 The Morristown Festival of Books
October 22- 26 Tremont Writers Conference in Townsend, TN
November 7-9 New England Crime Bake
November 9 Midwest Mystery Conference
November 15 Pangyrus LitMag Submissions
January 21 Eric Hoffer Book Awards
February 12 Next Generation Indie Book Award
Monthly submissions due by the 26th of each month for Andromeda magazine short story contest.
Monthly submissions due by the 28th of each month for Future Scholars Foundation, click for monthly story prompts.
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
Flowers By Blair Flowers and Gift arrangements for any occasion. Find her on Instagram and Facebook @FlowersbyBlair
- 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