both authored by an African American writer. These awards celebrate works that vividly portray the “cultural, historical, and sociopolitical aspects of the Black Diaspora.” Submissions, limited to e-books self-published in 2023, must
By Robert Lee BrewerFeb 12, 2025 Wednesday Poetry Prompts Wednesday Poetry Prompts: 730 Every Wednesday, Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a valentine poem. By Robert Lee BrewerFeb 12, 2025...
The Carolyn Readers Choice Award contest is open to all authors of traditional, e-published, and self-published books. Romances featuring characters of all races, creeds, ethnicities, genders, and sexualities or with disabilities or containing spiritual/religious elements are welcome to enter. Please...
Prerequisites for Contest Entry Published authors (self-published books excluded) Submission Deadline Not yet open (previous year’s deadline was December 31) Cash Prize $10,000 Who Should Enter This Contest Book authors who wish to compete for a generous book award. Your book must be wri...
Manuscripts may include poems that have been previously published in periodicals, anthologies chapbooks, or on the web, but the manuscript may not have been published as a larger body of work. RUMPUS PRIZE FOR POETRY, FICTION, AND CREATIVE NONFICTION https://therumpus.net/the-rumpus-prize/ $...
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Trio Award for First or Second Book Trio House Press Genres:Poetry The Trio Award is for emerging poets with less than two books published. It includes a reading fee of $25 and is part of the submissions period from November 1 to March 31 each year. The contest features a judge, Sierra...
Sponsor: Minotaur Books and Mystery Writers of America From Website: “Open to any writer, regardless of nationality, aged 18 or older, who has never been the author of any published novel and is not under contract with a publisher for publication of a novel. All Manuscripts submitted must ...
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