In this Penguin Random House video, Andy Weir talks about how his novels often emerge from daydreaming, and the origins of his 2021 novel, Project Hail Mary, which has been adapted into a film directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and starring Ryan Gosling.
Find details about every creative writing competition—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, grants for translators, and more—that we’ve published in the Grants & Awards section of Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it in the Writing Contests database, the most trusted resource for legitimate writing contests available anywhere.





