The Older Writers Grant from the Speculative Literature Basis (SLF) is now open for functions. With a $1,000 money award, this grant helps writers aged 50 and above who’re simply starting their careers in speculative fiction. Whether or not you write fantasy, science fiction, horror, or magical realism, this grant is designed to present…
Apply for the Pulitzer Heart’s International Reporting Grants The Pulitzer Heart presents international reporting grants to assist the laborious prices of bold journalism initiatives. These grants are open to journalists worldwide—writers, photographers, radio producers, and filmmakers, whether or not freelance or on employees. The Heart backs each seasoned professionals and early-career reporters, with a robust…
Create an Unique Faith for Your Story – How To Write the Future podcast, episode 152 *** “A effectively crafted faith can actually add depth to your world constructing and create some unimaginable conflicts and tensions that may transfer your story ahead.” On this How To Write the Future podcast episode, host Beth Barany discusses…
Defenestrationism.web !Brief Story Contest! 2025 Defenestrationism.web has launched the 2025 version of its !Brief Story Contest!, following the explosive success of The Artwork of Throwing Individuals Out Home windows. This isn’t a contest for passive prose or quiet resolutions. Writers should ship narratives pushed by sudden, dramatic transformation—tales that defy gravity and fling characters…
Let’s welcome again Laurel Osterkamp as she shares with us “5 Strategies For Giving Romantic Heroines Company (Delivered to you by Emily Henry).” Take pleasure in! *** 1000’s of readers on Bookstagram will inform you: spring means a brand new Emily Henry novel. Personally, I’m hooked. Her work impressed me to jot down up to…
Undergo the 2025 Dream Foundry Rising Writers Contest The Dream Foundry Rising Writers Contest is again for its 2025 version, providing speculative fiction writers firstly of their careers an opportunity to win money prizes and achieve trade publicity—with no submission charges. This annual contest goals to find and uplift recent voices in science fiction, fantasy,…
Twelve days after the shortlist was launched, Chinaza James-Ibe was named the 2024 Awele Artistic Belief Award winner for her story, Fly and Corpse. Described on the award’s social media web page as “a haunting exploration of grief, denial, the supernatural, & the risks of holding on too tightly to what has been misplaced,” the…
Simon & Schuster UK has launched an thrilling new initiative to uplift underrepresented voices in fiction publishing. The New Chapter Writing Contest provides a life-changing alternative for writers of color who’re unagented and never presently beneath contract. With a six-figure publishing deal on the road, it is a name for daring new voices able…
NOT *Le Be Bop Cafe (which seems to be, hm, gone) Since I’m deep into preparations for a while this summer season on “the Continent” — and never but completed with that ultimate, ultimate installment of Motive for Being within the World — and Julia simply loved a rousing success with the grand finale of…
Immediately we welcome a brand new visitor author to Author’s Enjoyable Zone, Sarah Ramsey who’s stopping by to talk with us about “How Authors Can Get Extra Media Protection.” Get pleasure from! *** Placing phrases collectively is one thing writers do as a result of it’s what we really feel compelled to do. Publishing these…