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5+ hour, 22+ min ago   (152+ words) The winners of the 2026 Paragraph Fellowship, which is this year awarded to two fellows, have been announced. Winning writers, who each receive a stipend of $25,000, are: This year’s judging panel was made up of Toni Jordan (chair), Siang Lu and…...

7+ hour, 53+ min ago   (234+ words) Chichetaram Eze and Ofonmbuk James have emerged joint winners of the inaugural Mega Story Hunt, sharing the competition’s ₦3 million first-place prize. The two writers were announced as winners following the conclusion of the judging process for the storytelling competition, which…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago   (445+ words) Hannah McCarthy has taken out the Opal Aspirers Award at the recent Romance Writers of Australia annual conference in Darwin. The local community library services officer’s unpublished manuscript Meet Me at the River also placed second in the Emerald Award....

6+ hour, 28+ min ago   (170+ words) The winners of the 2026 Western Australian Premier’s Book Awards have been announced. Announced on 11 September at the State Library of Western Australia, the winners were chosen from shortlists announced in early July and the Daisy Utemorrah Award shortlist announced in…...

7+ hour, 23+ min ago   (101+ words) Sisters in Crime has announced the winners of the 2026 Davitt Awards for the best crime books by Australian women. The winning titles in each category, chosen from shortlists announced in July, are: Kerry Greenwood Readers’ Choice Award The winners were…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1722+ words) This spring was a most fruitful season for Cleveland poet Kortney Morrow. In addition to launching her debut book of poems, “Run It Back,” in March and having her poem “French 75” drop in the April issue of Atlantic magazine, as…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (146+ words) Bean Books, an independent publisher of military science fiction and fantasy, has announced the creation of a new short story award, named in honor of the author David A. Drake. The reward is in addition to their currently sponsored awards, the…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (469+ words) Children's book experts are warning that young readers in the UK are missing out on the richness of stories from around the world, as the sector prepares to gather at a new festival dedicated to translation and multilingual storytelling at…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (790+ words) The City of Toronto announced the finalists for the 2026 Toronto Book Awards, naming five works to this year’s shortlist. The award, established by Toronto City Council in 1974, recognizes works that use Toronto as inspiration. All genres are judged together, with…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (264+ words) The Swiss Book Prize jury has nominated five titles, from Lukas Bärfuss's portrait of his mother to two debut novels, with the winner named in November. The jury for the Swiss Book Prize named its five nominees for 2026 on Thursday,…...