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  • Mon 12

    The Louisville Review’s National Poetry Book Contest

    June 1, 2024 - August 31, 2024
    Online Submissions only The Louisvilel Review, 1436 St. James Court, Louisville, KY, United States

    The Louisville Review is thrilled to announce that Jeanie Thompson [...]

    $25
  • Mon 12

    Call for Submissions: The George Garrett Fiction Prize

    July 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024
    TRP: The University Press of SHSU , United States

    Winner Receives: $2,000 + Publication Judge's Selection Receives: $1,000 + [...]

    $28
  • Mon 12

    Call for Submissions: The X. J. Kennedy Poetry Prize

    July 1, 2024 - September 30, 2024
    TRP: The University Press of SHSU , United States

    $10,000 + Publication + Residency at Vermont Studio Center 2024 [...]

    $28
  • Mon 12

    The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture (LCLC) – Call for Papers

    July 9, 2024 @ 8:00 am - October 18, 2024 @ 11:59 pm CDT
    University of Louisville 2301 South 3rd Street, Louisville, KY, United States

    2025 CALL FOR PAPERS 52nd Annual Louisville Conference on Literature [...]

  • Mon 12

    Southern Humanities Review Open for Submissions

    August 5, 2024 @ 8:00 am - October 15, 2024 @ 5:00 pm CDT

    Southern Humanities Review is seeking poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for [...]

  • Mon 12

    Ghost Ranch Writer’s Retreat

    August 11, 2024 - August 15, 2024
    Ghost Ranch 280 Private Drive 1708 Highway, US-84, Abiquiu, NM, United States

    Austin Film Festival hosts a yearly screenwriters and filmmakers’ retreat [...]

    $725
  • Sat 17

    Ken Autrey Reading at Auburn Oil Company August 17 at 4:00 p.m.

    August 17, 2024 @ 4:00 am CDT
    Auburn Oil Booksellers 169 East Magnolia Ave., Auburn, AL, United States

    Join Ken Autrey, Saturday, August 17, at 4 p.m. at [...]

  • Sat 17

    It’s Local Author Day at The NewSouth Bookstore on Saturday, August 17 at 2pm!

    August 17, 2024 @ 2:00 pm CDT
    The NewSouth Bookstore 105 S. Court St, Montgomery, United States

    The NewSouth Bookstore is hosting a local author event — [...]

  • Thu 22

    Announcing a group read of Ivan Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons: Thursday, August 22, at 5:30pm at The NewSouth Bookstore!

    August 22, 2024 @ 5:30 pm CDT
    The NewSouth Bookstore 105 S. Court St, Montgomery, United States

    Off the smashing success of our three-part program on the [...]

  • Mon 26

    Alabama State Poetry Society Online Open Mic

    August 26, 2024 @ 6:30 pm CDT Online Open Mic
    Zoom

    Join us for online poetry open mics the 4th Monday [...]

    Free
  • Mon 26

    BRITTANY HOWARD & JASON ISBELL: IN CONVERSATION

    August 26, 2024 @ 6:30 pm CDT
    Mark C. Smith Concert Hall, Von Braun Center 700 Monroe St SW, Huntsville, United States

    Part of the 2024 Alabama Colloquium series, this event features [...]

    $75 – $100
  • Thu 29

    Third Thursday Reading to Feature Auburn Writers: Ernest Gibson (poetry), Maria Kuznetsova (fiction), & Ken Autrey (poetry)

    August 29, 2024 @ 6:30 pm CDT
    Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities 101 S. Debardeleben St., Auburn, AL, United States

    This month's Third Thursday reading will begin at 6:30 on [...]

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