The first English-language literary award to celebrate excellence in fiction by women writers in the United States and Canada.
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Submissions for the 2027 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction are open!
U.S. and Canadian Publishers: Submit eligible books published between January 1 and July 31, 2026 by October 2. Early bird discount: Aug 28.
More info: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.…
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We congratulate Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson is a contributing editor at Granta and a regular writer for the magazine. In celebration, we have lifted the paywall on all her contributions to our pages.
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BREAKING NEWS
The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
Publishers, OCTOBER 2 is the LAST DAY to submit to the $150,000 Carol Shields Prize. carolshieldsprizeforfiction.…
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Announcing the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation Longlist 2026!
The list of 13 titles from 12 languages includes novels, poetry, short fiction, and memoir.
For the full list and announcement: tinyurl.com/394cypw6
ALT The 13 titles longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation are photographed stood on a bookshelf with their spines facing the camera.
The final Shields Prize submissions deadline is almost here. We are looking back at another wonderful year of championing writers, announcing a new book by a previous Winner, spotlighting one of our program mentees, and sharing multiple opportunities: mailchi.mp/carolshieldsprize…
The author and bookstore owner shared that she believes reading can shape us, and that we should push ourselves to read outside our comfort genres so we might discover new stories and insights about ourselves and the world.
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"Ann Patchett Recommends 4 Book Picks That Will Change You Forever" - TWO are novels by Carol Shields!
We are thrilled to see Patchett recommend The Stone Diaries "to explore the beauty of an ordinary life," and Unless "to wrestle with uncertainty".
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The Kenyon Review is accepting work through Submittable now until September 30!
Our general reading period is always free to submit to. Find complete submission guidelines on our website.
kenyonreview.org/submit
ALT The Kenyon Review is now open for submissions until September 30
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There are still FOUR WEEKS to apply for a 2027-2028 Cullman Center Fellowship at The New York Public Library! Fellows receive a $90,000 stipend, the use of a private office, and full access to @nypl's physical and electronic resources. Learn more: nypl.org/csw
ATTENTION WRITERS OF ALL GENRES — ACADEMICS, VISUAL ARTISTS, TRANSLATORS:
The application for the 2027-2028 Cullman Center Fellowship @nypl is now live: nypl.org/about/fellowships-i…
The deadline to apply is Friday, September 25, 2026. SPREAD THE WORD!
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The early-bird deadline is almost here! Publishers, submit today: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.…
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The list of submissions to the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 2026 is now available on our webpage. The prize is in its 10th year and we're delighted to have received a record number of submissions from a record number of languages! 🎉 tinyurl.com/32ms3tsy
ALT An image of a pile of books on a blue background with the text at the top: Warwick Prize for Women in Translation; List of Submissions 2026.
ALT Orange and dark blue text on a blue background which reads: Record submissions in our 10th year; 164 titles; 37 languages; link in bio.
ALT Dark blue and orange text on a blue background, reading: The languages: French 23; Spanish 23; Japanese 15; Danish 11; Korean 11; German 10; Chinese 8; Italian 8; Swedish 8; Dutch 6; Norwegian 5; Portuguese 4; Czech 3; Russian 3; Arabic 2; Catalan 2; Finnish 2; Hindi 2; Hungarian 2; Slovak 2; Asturian 1; Belarusian 1; Bulgarian 1; Croatian 1; Didxazá 1; Farsi 1; Greek 1; Kannada 1; Macedonian 1; Maltese 1; Mapudungun 1; Persian 1; Polish 1; Taiwanese Mandarin 1; Tamil 1; Ukrainian 1; Vietnamese 1.
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Our team, our local program partners, and every operational partner who helps make this program possible each month are heartbroken at the loss of our founder, Dolly Parton. (cont.)
The early-bird deadline is almost here! Publishers, submit today: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.…
We asked Diamond Braxton, the 2025 recipient of the Carol Shields Prize Foundation Residency at Hedgebrook, some questions about their transformative experience.
Read it in full:
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Submissions for the 2027 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction are open!
U.S. and Canadian Publishers: Submit eligible books published between January 1 and July 31, 2026 by October 2. Early bird discount: Aug 28.
More info: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.…
TONIGHT, July 15: LA/Pasadena – Fatimah Asghar launches Daughter of the Mountains in conversation with Natália Affonso and Aqsa Altaf @vromans.
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I will be conversing with #MiriamDaniel, VP and GM of Google Maps, Sun July 10, 11 a.m. Pacific time.Our topic: Lessons for Female Leaders from Draupadi and Sita. We will discuss my novels, #PalaceOfIllusions & #ForestOfEnchantments. Free. Register here: give.apusa.org/chitra.
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Great News: Fatimah Asghar, 2023 Shields Prize Winner, is on Tour!
Event Dates for Daughter of the Mountains, a Poetry Collection: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.…
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Canadian editors have until July 8 to apply for the #NancyFlight Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction Editing! $25,000 will be awarded for outstanding contributions to a full-length non-fiction work published between Jun 1, 2026 and Sept 30, 2026. writerstrust.com/awards/nanc… #WT50
ALT WT50 Nancy Flight Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction Editing