• Residency: Jaunpils Writers’ Castle Residency (Latvia 2026)

    The National Centre for Writing

    The Tukums UNESCO City of Literature Writer-in-Residence Programme will be based at Jaunpils Castle in the Tukums region of Latvia. Traditionally published writers, poets, playwrights and screenwriters connected to UNESCO Cities of Literature are invited to apply. The residency will take place in October 2026 and will run for 2-4 weeks. The application deadline is...

  • Event: Sara Baume & Emily LaBarge discuss Opening Night

    London Review Bookshop 14 Bury Pl, London

    Shortly after the pandemic lockdown Sara Baume came across a painting in a pop-up exhibition in a renovated West Cork shed. Fascinated by it, she became determined to make the painter’s acquaintance – although a native of North Dakota the artist Mollie Douthit was now living and working in rural Ireland. Bonded by a common...

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  • Competition Deadline: The Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction

    From the competition website: The Letter Review Prize is an internationally celebrated event, offered every four months in the categories of Short Fiction, Poetry, and Books. We publish our winners, maintain shortlists, submit to The Pushcart, and award over $16,000 USD annually to writers, meaning our prize is among the highest paying literary prizes administered by a literary...

  • Competition Deadline: Anthology Short Story Competition

    From the competition website: Established to recognise and encourage creative writing and provide a platform for publication, the Anthology Short Story Competition is open to original and previously unpublished short stories in the English language by a writer of any nationality, living anywhere in the world. There is no restriction on theme or style. Stories submitted must...

  • Competition Deadline: Southlands Creative Writing Competition 2026

    From the competition website: Southlands Arts Centre is excited to announce the launch of our annual creative writing competition. We are open for submissions from Sunday, 22nd February.  We are taking entries from over 18s and under 18s. There are life writing and fiction categories.  Continuing with our tradition the fiction category is themed. This year’s...