In this Books Are Magic event, Kim Fu reads from her latest novel, The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts (Tin House, 2026), and talks about how word choices and details shape the loneliness of her worlds in a conversation with Larissa Pham. “You can describe anything in an infinite number of ways,” says Fu.
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.