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  • Indie Book Awards 2025

    The Next Generation Indie Book Awards

    Submission deadline: 12 February 2025

     

    The 2026 Next Generation Indie Book Awards is open to all indie book authors and publishers including independent publishers (small, medium or otherwise), university presses, self-published authors, e-book authors, seasoned authors and even first time authors in the U.S., Canada or internationally who have a book, a manuscript, or a galley proof written in English and released in 2024, 2025 or 2026 or with a 2024, 2025 or 2026 copyright date.

  • Next Generation Short Story Awards

    Next Generation Short Story Awards

    Submission deadline: 26 February 2026

     

    A not-for-profit awards program open to authors writing short stories worldwide is now accepting entries written in English. Enter by 26 February 2026 to take advantage of this exciting opportunity to have your short story considered for cash prizes, awards, exposure, and recognition as one of the top short stories written this year!

  • The Caine Prize for African writing

    The Caine Prize 2026

    Submission deadline: 27 February 2026

     

    They value your continued engagement with the Prize and invite publishers to submit their most compelling recently published short stories written by African writers. An ‘African writer’ is taken to mean someone who is a national of an African country, or who has a parent who is African by birth or nationality.

  • The Bath Novel Award

    The Bath Novel Award 2026

    Submission deadline: 31 May 2026

     

    The Bath Novel Award is a £5 000 international prize for adult and YA manuscripts in every genre. The prize is open to unagented writers, who are unpublished, self-published or independently published without advance. Submissions are invited from 1st December 2025 to 31st May 2026 and we welcome writers of every age, gender, nationality and residency.

  • 2026 North Street Book Prize

    2026 North Street Book Prize

    Submission deadline: 1 July 2026

     

    Your self-published or hybrid-published book can win up to $10 000 plus expert marketing services.