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My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books

PSA to send Adi your poems before 5/31! There's no cost to submit and we pay $150 per accepted poem. We can't wait to read your work! adimagazine.submittable.com/submit

‘Incantatory, spell-binding and resonant’ – announcing the 2025 Society of Authors’ Awards shortlists The seven shortlists celebrate prose, poetry and children’s literature, ahead of the winners’ announcement on 18 June /cont

Exciting news of our short story winner Paula Lennon from last CWIP - there’s only a stonking novel about to be published! Well done we saw you first! ‘The Case of the Mad Doctor’ - available to preorder amazon.co.uk/Case-Mad-Docto…

⭐️ UPDATED ⭐️ To connect + share 👉 #Calabash2025 Visit calabashfestival.org

CFP: Are you working on any aspect of folklore and want to publish your research as a short book of 20-30k words? Cambridge Elements' new series Elements in Folklore is now seeking proposals - please email me [email protected] if you'd like a proposal form #cfp #folklore

We're hiring a Senior Editor to join our Publishing team! We’re seeking a highly experienced editor with at least four years of in-house experience commissioning and delivering successful fiction titles. Apply by 9 June 2025: tinyurl.com/SeniorEditorBL🗓️

🔔 Are you an unpublished Black author looking to break into the publishing industry? Good news! Applications for our 2025 Black Creatives Revision Workshop will be open starting June 1st! Apply below ⬇️ Applications will close on July 1st, 2025. 💻 bit.ly/BCRW2025

Are you a writer? Three of our prizes are currently open for submission: ⭐ Literature Matters Awards ⭐ V. S. Pritchett Short Story Prize ⭐ Giles St Aubyn Awards for Non-Fiction For more information about each award or to apply, visit our website: rsliterature.org/join-in/awards…

“Kwame Dawes (Kwame Dawes), Jamaica’s poet laureate and co-founder of the Calabash Literary Festival, says this year’s event — held in Treasure Beach, St Elizabeth, May 23-25 — was the biggest in terms of attendance.” Read more: jamaicaobserver.com/2025/05/29/cal… #calabash2025

June is Crime Reading Month! Readers, check out what's happening in your area, and writers, if you have an author event coming up, let us help you promote it! crimereading.com #pickupapageturner #ncrm #nationalcrimereadingmonth #thecwa #thereadingagency

We are delighted to announce the launch of our free digital resource, designed for authors at all stages of their careers. The principles of good author care – transparency, support & inclusion, & respectful communication – can empower authors on their publication journey. 🧵

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Beautiful and Damned

The Frazzled Lit *Open! Short Story Award* Short Story Award has just opened for entries! #shortstories #WritingCommunity

While most Caribbean reefs are fading fast, this one in Honduras is thriving—with more than 68% live coral cover. Now, scientists think it could hold the key to saving the Caribbean’s vanishing reefs. 🔗 on.natgeo.com/4kj5piH

We asked the 2025 #CWprize regional winners for the songs that inspire them. Which songs inspire your writing? We have compiled a playlist of all 15 songs. Listen here: youtube.com/watch?v=CfTNpb…

The Case of The Mad Doctor is now available on NetGalley! Have a read before 1st July 2025. Set in 1772, and inspired by the true story of Jamaica's first serial killer... netgalley.com/catalog/book/6…

Delighted to announce our 2025 winners: 1. Jhalak Children's & Young Adult Prize: Nathanael Lessore for #KingofNothing (Hot Key Books ✨📚) 2. Jhalak Poetry Prize: Mimi Khalvati for #CollectedPoems (Carcanet Press) 3. Jhalak Prose Prize: N.S. Nuseibeh for #Namesake (Canongate (has left))

📚 The 2025 Queen Mary  Wasafiri New Writing Prize is open worldwide. £1,000 cash prize and publication in Wasafiri £12, or £6 subsidised entry for those who would otherwise not be able to enter. Deadline: 30 June Learn more:🔗 commonwealthfoundation.com/opportunity/qu…

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