Thank You Books is a women-owned independent bookstore in Birmingham, Alabama. Their inventory includes contemporary works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, as well as selections for young readers, and their website includes a wish list for books donated to incarcerated individuals in Alabama and Texas. The bookshop also hosts literary events, including book club meetings, author events, and poetry readings, providing a vital platform for the voices and works of the city’s literary community.
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.