Upcoming Writing Contest
New Ohio Review Literary Prizes
- $1500 prize in each genre
- Deadline: April 15, 2026
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Upcoming Writing Contest
Fish Poetry Prize
- 1,000 Euro 1st prize.
- Deadline: March 31, 2026

The Fish Poetry Prize is an annual poetry contest that was established in 2006 by Fish Publishing.
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2025 Hugo Award Winners Announced. The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett won for Best Novel. www.writerswrite.com/hugo-award-w...

HarperCollins Children's Books is celebrating the 75th anniversary of C. S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with new books and reissues www.writerswrite.com/lion-witch-w...

AI Story Generators for Writers AI Story Generators are tools that can help write, tweak and edit stories, novels and screenplays. Here's a list of some of the best ones!

AI Story Generators List: AI Story Generators are programs that will help write a story based on your inputs. They can also help with developing dialogue, character development and more. www.writerswrite.com/fiction/ai-s...

Scholastic to Publish Manga Version of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants Scholastic will publish a version of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants in a manga stle with illustrations by Japanese manga artist Motojiro

Scholastic to Publish Manga Version of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants www.writerswrite.com/manga-captai...

The New York Post Media Group has announced plans to launch The California Post in early 2026 www.writerswrite.com/california-p...

Upcoming Writing Contests
- Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition: September 1
- Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize: October 1
- Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival: October 15
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Sierra Greer Wins 2025 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Annie Bot www.writerswrite.com/sierra-greer...

2025 ITW Thriller Award Winners Announced The winners of the 2025 ITW Thriller Awards have been announced. There are categories for novels, audiobooks, short stories and more.

The winners of the 2025 International Thriller Writers (ITW) Awards have been announced. www.writerswrite.com/2025-itw-thr...

Upcoming writing contests from Black Warrior Review, Reed magazine, Zoetrope, Writer's Digest and more www.writerswrite.com/contests/

Penguin Random House Acquires Personalized Gift Book Publisher Wonderbly www.writerswrite.com/penguin-rand...

2024 Nebula Award Winners Announced www.writerswrite.com/2024-nebula-...

Merriam-Webster Names Polarization 2024 Word of the Year Merriam-Webster has named Polarization the word of the year for 2024.

Merriam-Webster Names Polarization the 2024 Word of the Year www.writerswrite.com/polarization...

LG Display Creates Stretchable Display, Expands up to 50% LG Display has announced the creation of the world's first stretchable display. It expands by up to 50%.

LG Display has announced it has created the world's first stretchable display. A prototype expands from a 12-inch display to an 18-inch. LG says it be stretched over 10,000 times and maintain image quality. www.sciencespacerobots.com/lg-display-s...

The winners of the 2024 Kirkus Prizes have been announced. The categories include Fiction, Nonfiction, and Young Readers' Literature. www.writerswrite.com/2024-kirkus-...

Amazon Launches First Color Kindle Called Kindle Colorsoft Amazon has announced the launch of the first Kindle. It is called the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition

Amazon has launched the first color Kindle called the Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition www.shoppersshop.com/products/kin...

Han Kang Wins The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024 Han Kang has been awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024. The Vegetarian is her best known work.

Writer and poet Han Kang has been awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2024. www.writerswrite.com/han-kang-nob...

New in Books to Film
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The first trailer for Cross based on the Alex Cross novels by James Patterson. Aldis Hodge plays Alex Cross youtu.be/GOupIB773tI

2024 National Book Awards Finalists Announced The finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards have been announced. The categories include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature and young people's literature.

The finalists for the 2024 National Book Awards have been announced by the National Book Foundation. www.writerswrite.com/2024-nationa...

Romance novelist writes a math textbook in this funny SNL skit starring Jean Smart. "William has five apples and the body of a god." www.writerswrite.com/videos/snl-t...