Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Florida Water by aja monet and I’ll Tell You When I’m Home by Hala Alyan.
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Genre: Creative Nonfiction
Book Prize
Howling Bird Press
Entry Fee:
$20
Deadline:
August 31, 2025
A prize of $2,500 and publication by Howling Bird Press is given in alternating years for a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction. The 2026 prize will be awarded in nonfiction. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 17,500 to 40,000 words with a $20 entry fee by August 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Small Press Points: Blair
Based in North Carolina, the independent publisher Blair champions local narratives, overlooked stories, and perspectives outside of traditional publishing. The press publishes ten to twelve books yearly in poetry, nonfiction, and fiction.
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Arteles Creative Center
The Arteles Creative Center’s Silence Awareness Existence Residency Program offers one-month residencies to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators from January to March in the countryside region of Hämeenkyrö, Finland. Each resident is provided with a private bedroom and desk as well as access to shared kitchens, bathrooms, and studio spaces in two residency buildings. Residents also have access to a range of facilities, including a library, a meditation space, a sauna, and common areas. Two cars are available for transportation and exploration.
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RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
January 1, 2026
Rolling Admissions:
no
Application Deadline:
July 31, 2025
Financial Aid?:
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
July 31, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Arteles Creative Center, Hahmajärventie 26, 38490 Haukijärvi, Finland. Amber Harmon, Residency Coordinator.
Amber Harmon
Residency Coordinator
Contact City:
Hämeenkyrö, Finland
1/2 K Prize
Indiana Review
Entry Fee:
$20
Deadline:
August 15, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Indiana Review is given annually for a poem or a work of flash fiction or creative nonfiction. Submit up to three poems, stories, or essays of up to 500 words each with a $20 entry fee, which includes a subscription to Indiana Review, by August 15. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Literary MagNet: Camille U. Adams
The author of How to be Unmothered: A Trinidadian Memoir spotlights magazines and journals, such as Forge Literary Magazine and Kweli, that authentically welcomed excerpts of her work.
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Concord Free Public Library Writer-in-Residence Program
The Concord Free Public Library Writer-in-Residence Program offers a six-month residency from January to June to a poet, fiction writer, or creative nonfiction writer at the historic Concord Free Public Library (CFPL) in Concord, Massachusetts. The writer-in-residence is given a $10,000 stipend with the expectation that they will spend an average of eight hours a week at the library for the duration of the program and will develop public programming and social opportunities for the CFPL community.
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RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
January 1, 2026
Rolling Admissions:
no
Application Deadline:
July 15, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
July 23, 2025
Free Admission:
yes
Contact Information:
Concord Free Public Library Writer-in-Residence Program, 129 Main Street, Concord, MA 01742. (978) 318-3383. Ricky Sirois, Assistant Library Director.
Ricky Sirois
Assistant Library Director
Contact City:
Concord
Contact State:
MA
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
01742
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US
Oregon Book Awards
Literary Arts
Entry Fee:
$55
Deadline:
September 5, 2025
Four prizes of $1,000 each are given annually for books of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and general nonfiction published in the current year by writers living in Oregon. Publishers, authors, and members of the public may submit three copies of a book published between September 1, 2024, and August 31, 2025, with a $55 entry fee by September 5. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.
Andrea Long Chu: Authority
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In this Center for Fiction event, author and critic Andrea Long Chu reads from her essay collection Authority (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025) and talks about the inherent contradictions in the way people discuss and disagree about art, and traces the political and intellectual history of literary criticism in a conversation with Arielle Angel.
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Lidia Yuknavitch: Reading the Waves
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In this virtual event for the Brooklyn Rail’s New Social Environment series, Lidia Yuknavitch reads from her memoir Reading the Waves (Riverhead Books, 2025) and speaks to Porochista Khakpour about the process of rearranging fragments of writing.
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