The Mokulē‘ia Writers Retreat is an annual gathering that brings three dozen writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, essays, and memoir to the North Shore of … Read More “Writers Retreat at Camp Mokule’ia (7th Annual!)”
1. Flash Fiction: 750 words or less. 2. Fiction: 3,000 words or less. May be a short story or excerpt from a book. Multiple entries … Read More “2019 Carteret Writers Contest”
The Chanticleer Genre Writing Competitions for Novels & Manuscripts. Winning a book award is an effective way to distinguish your work in the eyes of … Read More “Chanticleer Book Reviews – The Gertrude Warner Awards – Middle Grade Novel Writing Contest ~2019”
The Chanticleer Genre Writing Competitions for Novels & Manuscripts. Winning a book award is an effective way to distinguish your work in the eyes of … Read More “Chanticleer Book Reviews – The 2019 Dante Rossetti Awards – Young Adult Novel Writing Contest”
The 19th Atlanta Writers Conference features 16 literary agents and acquisitions editors for manuscript critiques, query letter critiques, and pitches; bestseller Jenny Milchman’s workshop on … Read More “Atlanta Writers Conference”
DFWCon is the premier multi-genre writers conference in the Southwest. We welcome writers in all genres, both fiction and non-fiction, and we provide a top-notch … Read More “Dallas-Fort Worth Writers Conference (DFWCon)”
The North Carolina Writers’ Network Spring Conference will be held on April 27 at the Moore Humanities and Research Administration Building on the campus of … Read More “North Carolina Writers’ Network 2019 Spring Conference”
Submit your ISBN and the first 500 words of your novel. Judges will be evaluating how engaging the first few pages of your book are. … Read More “‘Grand Opening’ Novel Contest”
| Theme: Beauty, allure, style, refinement, symmetry, perfection. People are drawn to others or things that are attractive and visually pleasing. Beauty is studied as … Read More ““Beauty” International Call For Artists and Writers by ArtAscent – Deadline February 28, 2019”
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop on Saturday, March 9, 2019, at the Wyndham Grand Downtown Pittsburgh. In other words, … Read More “Pittsburgh Writing Workshop”
Working on a book for young readers? Here’s what not to do. Read More “5 terrible, horrible, no good, very bad children’s book mistakes”
Before your novel is ready for publication, it should endure each of these draft phases first. Read More “Drafting those many drafts: The 10 revision phases”
Fully developing the setting of your work can lead to richer characters and deeper plotlines. Read More “Beyond the backdrop: Mastering setting in fiction”
