Mac’s Backs-Books is a neighborhood bookstore and book exchange with three floors of new and used books and magazines. It hosts readings, book signings, author events, book clubs, and writing workshops. A member of IndieBound, a nonprofit organization serving independent and community bookstores, it also provides a free community meeting space for groups and organizations.
Find details about every creative writing competition—including poetry contests, short story competitions, essay contests, awards for novels, grants for translators, and more—that we’ve published in the Grants & Awards section of Poets & Writers Magazine during the past year. We carefully review the practices and policies of each contest before including it in the Writing Contests database, the most trusted resource for legitimate writing contests available anywhere.