A Few of My Favorite Things

(AFOMFT archive)

Jazz Messenger -- an essay on becoming a novelist by Haruki Murakami in the NYT.

Titlepage.tv -- roundtable discussions with authors hosted by Daniel Menaker -- check it out!

Luna Park -- a Quarterly and Occasional Review of Literary Magazines.

Contests and More

First book awards

• Kore Press First Book Award, deadline: July 31 (poetry by female poets)
• Northeastern U Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize, deadline: September 15 (first or second book)
• Pavement Saw Press Transcontinental Poetry Award, deadline: August 15

Awards for new and emerging writers

• PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Rosenthal Fellowships, deadline: September 5

Notable contests for all writers

• Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction, deadline: August 29. The winner of this annual award will receive $1000 and publication by UNT Press.
• Opium Mag Shya Scanlon Prose Award, deadline: August 15. Write 7 lines, win $1,000, be featured in Opium7! Judged by Brian Evenson.

Please send calls for submissions and awards notices to info[at]writehabit[dot]org.