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For poets and creative writers seeking publication, Trish Hopkinson shares writing tips. She keeps you abreast of the latest opportunities for writing contests, journals and other publications that pay.

Grammar Girl, a weekly five-minute podcast on grammar by Mignon Fogarty.

We help you save time finding publishers or agents for your work, so you can focus on creating.

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Young Lions Fiction Award is a $10,000 prize awarded each spring to a writer age 35 or younger for a novel or a collection of short stories.

Black Orchid Novella Award? - Seeks mystery novellas in the tradition of the Nero Wolfe series.

AALBC is the oldest, largest, and most popular online bookstore dedicated to African American literature .

With Storybird.com writers can create stories using images on the site.

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We are seeking beautifully-written, imaginative, and original short stories by new and veteran writers.

SleuthFest is an annual conference for mystery, suspense and thriller writers.

Uniting Readers & Writers Through Books, Libraries & Literary Culture April 2020.

14TH GIVAL PRESS NOVEL AWARD for best original previously unpublished literary novel in English, approximately 30,000 to 100,000 words. Prize: $3,000,Deadline: May 30, 2020

In the Rocky Mountains from April 2-5, 2020, it offers workshops, critiques and readings.

The 17th Celebration of Craft, Commerce & Community for all writers. Hyatt Regency Presidents Day Weekend Feb. 13-16, 2020.

Join its annual conference for writers at all levels for breakout sessions and masterclasses covering the craft and business of creative writing.

Let autumn in New England be your muse on this retreat with Page Lambert, October 4-8, 2020.

$20 ENTRY FEE. Deadline January 1, 2020. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Nowhere Magazine is given twice yearly for a travel-specific short story, long-form creative nonfiction piece, poem, …

Is a news, information, and guides to literary magazines, independent publishers, creative writing programs, alternative periodicals, indie bookstores, writing contests, and more.

Over three days, more than 130 interactive sessions on the craft of writing are put on by emerging and established author.

ThrillerFest is the annual conference of the International Thriller Writers.

Self-published authors go it alone and publish a book without the help of a traditional publisher. A self-published author can pay for any service that a publisher typically might provide, …

offering self-publishing guidance and marketing support.

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