Nautilus Book Award for books published in 2011 and 2012.
The Director, Staff and Judges of the Nautilus Book Awards have announced that the 2013 Nautilus awards is now open for submissions. We appreciate your comments and are happy to answer your questions.
Cool contest with cash AND a glass of wine a day for a year as the prize!
Taking a page from the famous literary cafés of Paris, Crook’s Corner Café & Bar in Chapel Hill, North Carolina announces the first annual Crook’s Corner Book Prize, to be inaugurated with an award for best debut novel set in the American South.
Writing Tomorrow is a brand new magazine. We launched our first edition October 1, 2012. We are seeking all types of quality literature and welcome submissions of original, unpublished short stories, novel excerpts, and poems. Our next issue will be out in early February.
Writing workshop and retreat.
WOMEN, WRITING, AND SOUL-MAKING: A TWO-DAY FEARLESS WRITING RETREAT
This two-day, non-residential writing retreat for women in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville, North Carolina, inspires women writers to explore creativity and give voice to their truth in a safe circle.
Writing workshop from Alice Osborn
Immerse yourself in a weekend of writing without interruption in the mountains of Western Carolina. This is your answer to, “I’ll write when I can find the time!” Empowered women are powerful writers—grab your power so you can dream and accomplish your dreams of writing your story! Together over the course of this weekend, we’ll delve into our stories of defining moments, healing and self discovery.
PAMLICO WRITERS CONFERENCE
When: Saturday, March 2
Where: Washington Civic Center, 116 N. Gladden St.
Information: Marni Graff, bluevirgin.graff@gmail.com
Writing in Our Time is the conference theme. The Saturday conference keynote speaker will be Bland Simpson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at UNC-Chapel Hill. An author and playwright/composer/lyricist, he is a longtime member of the Tony Award-winning Red Clay Ramblers and is a recipient of the North Carolina Award in Fine Arts (2005), the state’s highest civilian honor. The conference will start with a panel discussion on Publishing in our Time. Three morning and three afternoon writing workshops/lectures will follow, each with timely writing themes. Leading local and area writers will participate in the discussion and host the working sessions. A box lunch will be served before the keynote speech. A Pamlico Writers Competition awards ceremony and reception will be held at 6:30 pm following the conference.
The Blotter is one of the few literary magazines that still has a print run of 8,000 copies…and that’s every month! They’re reaching for 10,000 so they’re a great place to submit.
Their annual contest is still running. Submit any book-length fiction, including young adult, short story collections, literary novels, commercial novels (like sci-fi, horror, mystery, thrillers, romance, etc.), mainstream, and novellas.
Shelf Unbound is a magazine that is distributed to booksellers nationwide. They accept books from independent, small and self-publishers, which is can still be difficult to find.
Great blog entry from Camille Dungy on one very important aspect of writing.
The New York Times has a great article about how some self-publishers are making it. Nowadays authors have two general routes to follow: sending to traditional publishing houses or self-publishing. Often I recommend that my clients take both paths at once. That recommendation can depend on the genre in which they’re writing but for many, it reduces the time and frustration of publishing.
This contest specifies that you must submit a collection of short fiction. You can submit a novella for the award but it can’t stand alone; you must submit more than that one work.
Check out these 10 writing tips that are useful no matter what you’re writing. From author Janet Fitch.
Beth Hayden, a social marketing expert, offers ideas on how to sell books with Pinterest.
For book authors, here are 20 low-cost ways to market your books.
GalleyCat’s list of 20 places to market your book for free.
Writer's Resource/Sunspot Lit 