Final Month. Deadline: Tues., March 31, 11:59 PST. The Winter Story Contest is open to all writers, and all entries will be considered for publication. https://shorturl.at/53fpF
#booksky #booktour
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More like Real School
You won't be able to put this down.
#Romance #MustRead #Fiction
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This award opportunity is from the Black Caucus - submissions close Feb. 28. (African American self-published ebook authors.) Each genre prize winner shall receive: $2,500.00.
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#blackwriters #BlackCaucus
Collage of ALA Youth Media Award honorees. ALA Youth Media Awards: The top books and digital media for children and young adults. The 2026 ALA Youth Media Award honoreesβfeaturing the Newbery, Caldecott, Coretta Scott King, Printz, and moreβhave been announced Check out the books young readers will be talking about all year
Dear young readers,
Sorry not sorry for all the extra reading, but you aren't going to want to miss any of these winning YMA titles. Check out the full list and max out your library holds.
Sincerely, ALA
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#ALAyma
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Congrats, Gina!
#books #indiebooks #writingcommunity #ebooks #audiobooks #DarkFantasy #HighFantasy #Satire #HistoricalFantasy #KinkNoir #MagicalRealism #scifi #booksky #bookblog #writers #KU #KindleUnlimited #Audible #Kobo
#science #history #historicalfiction
#indieauthor #poet #poems #poetrysky #histfic #truecrime
Mixed signals from the Trump administration post-Pretti killing. Itβs important that we not back down.
Winter 2026 Story Contest
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An International prize run by @desperatelit.bsky.social in Madrid #prize #literature #fiction All the details:
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future β a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
The most famous words in "I have a dream . . ."
A minute for peace.
Final Call -- Send by Feb. 1. BLUE LIGHT PRESS Book Award for a full length manuscript of poems, prose poems, or microfiction. We publish imagistic, inventive, honest poems that push the edge. For guidelines send an email to bluelightpress@aol.com.
#books #writers #poets
INTERNATIONAL LITERARY PROGRAM
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ONE MORE WEEK
Happy New Year!
Congrats! : )
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SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY STEINBECK FELLOWSHIPS
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Deadline January 4, 2026. Offers emerging writers of any age and background the opportunity to pursue a significant writing project during their fellowship tenure.
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Dear God,
Bless those who were shot today
in service to their country.
Bless their families
at this agonizing hour.
Bless this country
in this moment of pain.
May peace prevail
on our streets and in our hearts.
Do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.
Amen
fiction & nonfiction (although nf is like writing with my left hand and I am right-handed).
Love this guy
Book cover: When the Sky Breaks (sailboat under a large moon)
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"When the Sky Breaks is a vibrant biopunk science fiction novel that brings us on an incredible odyssey."
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