A Few of My Favorite Things

(AFOMFT archive)

Colm Tóibín on Bookworm, talking about his new novel, Nora Webster.

Margaret Atwood Reads Mavis Gallant, for the New Yorker Fiction Podcast.

Once upon a runway... modern-day fairy tales about ready-to-wear by yours truly, Angela Jane Fountas, the writer behind Write Habit (read: this "favorite thing" is self-promotional).

Contests and More

First book awards

• Cave Canem Foundation Poetry Prize, deadline: March 9 (for a first poetry collection by an African American poet)
• James Jones Literary Society First Novel Fellowship, deadline: March 15
• Hidden River Publishing Eludia Award, deadline: March 30 (for a first novel or short story collection by a woman over 40 who has not published a book)
• Elixir Press Antivenom Poetry Award, deadline: March 31 (for a first or second poetry collection)
• Cleveland State University Poetry Center First Book Prize, deadline: April 1
• Tupelo Press Berkshire Prize for a First or Second Book of Poetry, deadline: April 30 (poetry)
• University of Pittsburgh Press Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize, deadline: April 30

Additional awards and contests

• The New Michigan Press/DIAGRAM 2015 Chapbook Contest, deadline: April 27 (prose or poetry or some combination or something between genres)
• Poetry Foundation Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowships, deadline: April 30 (applicants must be at least 21 years of age and no older than 31 years of age)

Please send calls for submissions and awards notices to info[at]writehabit[dot]org.