2026 Write the World Personal Essay Competition Deadline: June 22 Categories: Non-fiction, Essays Prizes: Winner receives $100 writetheworld.org #writetheworld The 2026 Write the World Personal Essay Competition invites young writers (ages 13-19) to share personal stories, focusing on the theme ‘Build a bridge.’ Participants are encouraged to include characters, descriptions, and narrative details. share a…
Books by Hippocampus (Creative Non-fiction, Memoir, Essay, Bio) booksbyhippocampus.com booksbyhippocampus.com/about info@hippocampusmagazine.com Submissions open Feb. 1 Books by Hippocampus is an imprint of Hippocampus Magazine. Hippocampus Magazine is an online publication set out to entertain, educate and engage writers and readers of creative non-fiction. Books by Hippocampus aims to publish compelling, thought-provoking works of creative non-fiction…
Bookouture (Novels, Commercial Fiction) #Bookouture bookouture.com bookouture.com/submission-guidelines enquiries@hachette.co.uk WINNER – British Book Awards/Imprint of the Year, 2025 75 million copies sold worldwide Bookouture is a full-service publisher. They are also digital-first. They win a lot of awards and make a lot of sales. They’re kinda owned by Hachette, and then again they’re kinda not. They…
Bookcraft Africa (Literary Fiction, Non-fiction, Memoir, Bio) #bookcraftafrica bookcraftafrica.com bookcraftafrica.com/about info@bookcraftafrica.com Bookcraft Africa is an established publishing house with a distinctive presence in the Nigerian and African book market. Headquartered in Ibadan, Nigeria, it has established itself as a major force in African publishing, producing academic, literary, and general-interest books for Africa and beyond. Bookcraft…
Bay Area Book Festival Berkeley, CA May 29-31, 2026 Bay Area Book Festival info@baybookfest.org #bayareabookfestival The Bay Area Book Festival unites readers, writers, and changemakers through three cornerstone programs—the flagship Bay Area Book Festival, the Merritt Dialogues, and the Affinity Lit Collectives. The goal is to build genuine relationships among communities that foster understanding, resilience,…
The Colrain Classic Poetry Conference MAY 16—19, 2025 colrainpoetry.com A select group of poets will bring their completed or in-progress manuscripts to the The Arlington Inn in Arlington, Vermont, a village estate built in 1847 that was later turned into a summer hotel. In this beautiful setting, poets will work closely with conference faculty. Faculty:…
Book*hug Press( (Literary Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Translations) #bookhugpress bookhugpress.ca bookhugpress.ca/bookthug-submission-guidelines info@bookhugpress.ca, jay@bookhugpress.ca Celebrating adventures in literary publishing since 2004, Book*hug Press is a Canadian-owned and operated, radically optimistic independent publisher working at the forefront of contemporary book culture. Book*hug specializes in bold and dynamic literary fiction, literature in translation, poetry, and narrative non-fiction. They publish…
YLB? What the heck are you talking about? Well, I tried everywhere I could find. I had about half a dozen offers from indie publishers, but none that seemed right. I got a reading with the biggest lit agent in the world. he said he liked it, but no Big 5 would ever come near…
Maya International Poetry Book Awards Deadline: May 31 #mayapoetryaward This contest celebrates independent and self-published poets, allowing them to showcase their poetry books and pamphlets. Open to self-publishers and indie authors worldwide who have a book written in English, still in print, from any date. Deadline: May 31 Categories: Open to all Prizes: First Prize is £800; Second…
Bombay Circle (Novels, Non-fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Drama) #bombaycirclepress thebombaycirclepress.com thebombaycirclepress.com/our-story team@thebombaycirclepress.com In 2020, Aakriti and Pranika, two friends united by a love for storytelling, launched Saga Fiction, an app that fostered a thriving community of readers. They saw untold narratives, and their vision expanded. Saga Fiction then evolved into a traditional publishing house, Bombay Circle…
