Category: Contests, Awards, & Grants
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Poetry + Polar Science
A national open call for poetry in dialogue with polar science. PRAx, Spring Creek Project and Terrain.org invite poets to create one to three original poems in response to polar science research papers from Oregon State University scientists, with topics ranging from deep time, arctic drift, ice algae, humpback whale migration, and more. Poets will…
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Be a Writer-in-Residence
Applications are open through 6 July 2026 for the Oct ’26 through March ’27 and April ’27 through Sept. ’27 residencies. Founded in 2023, the Boise City Writer-in-Residence (WiR) is a collaborative program between the Boise City Department of Arts & History, Boise Public Library, and The Cabin. Funded by the City of Boise, the…
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Residency: Public Lands
Open call. Closes 1 June. Open to collaborative pairs; one person must be a creative writer. Read more and explore.
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SciFi and Fantasy Writers…
You may (or may not have) heard of the quarterly Writers of the Future contest. (Note: there’s a sister contest for illustrators.) We were made aware of it a few years back while taking a course presented by one of the judges. IWU doesn’t typically publish news about upcoming contests, but this one appears notable…
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Submit to WITA
Every year, for (mumble-mumble) years*, The Cabin in Boise has published a new book in their Writers in the Attic series. *just looked it up: this is the fifteenth year And where does the content for these books come from? From YOU and YOU and YOU. Yes–submissions are now open until the end of day…
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Julie Weston, WILLA Finalist
Congratulations to this Idaho author whose book, Salmon Moon: River of No Return was just awarded Finalist of the WILLA Award for Mystery/Thriller by Women Writing the West. Julie also reports that her story Blue Shades, about a madam in northern Idaho in the 1920s or so, was included in the anthology She Rode West…
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Idaho Award
Margaret Koger announces that her book, If Seasons Were Kingdoms, was listed as winner of Honorable Mention in the Idaho Library Association 2024 Idaho Book of the Year Award. We’d previously posted Margaret’s Idaho Author Interview in October 2022. Here is the full press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: It is with great pleasure that we announce the…
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Writer-in-Residence
Applications are now open for the Boise City Writer-in-Residence program, a six-month residency presented by The Cabin, the Boise City Department of Arts & History, and the Boise Public Library. The selected resident will receive a $5,000 stipend to support their creative work and lead six free public literary events—such as writing workshops, reading series, or…
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Finalist at Western Writers
We congratulate Pamela Kleibrink Thompson, author of The Horse Who Wanted to Fly, for being a finalist in the Western Writers of America Spur Awards, which will be presented on June 20. We’d previously highlighted this beautifully illustrated children’s book last fall. The book, suitable for 3- to 10-year-olds, tells the real life history behind that…
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Winner of National Poetry Prize
We heartily congratulate Edna Shochat of Boise, Idaho, author of the book Decent Exposure, winner in a national poetry competition. You can read about the book on her website poeticamea.com and about the competition on the website of Woodrow Hall, PoetryJumpsOfftheShelf.com. Her book won the Top Five Selection award. Decent Exposure was published by Poetica Mea. The…
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Application Open: Writer in Residence
Apply to be a Boise city Writer in Residence. Applications can be submitted from 10 June to 29 July 2024 Learn what’s involved via a 30-minute online Zoom Thursday 20 June. Visit this page on The Cabin’s website to read more about it.
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Write Cat-Lit?
The cat-celebrating website MewlaYoung.com recently posted news of 2024 contests for creative work featuring cats or “promot(ing) compassion for animals”. The Cat Writers’ Association (CWA) seeks work in a variety of mediums including: journalism, fiction, photography, videography, fine and commercial art. In addition, the PPTA is sponsored by Paws to Read month and others and…
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Idaho’s Stoker Nominee
Right on the heels of our last post (Nogle’s new book), we’re terrifically delighted to announce that Idaho’s Christi Nogle is again a Horror Writer’s Association Bram Stoker Nominee for 2023. Winners will be announced in June. Look at the treasure trove of great horror books authored by her fellow nominees. Congratulations, Christi! Visit her…
