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13/11/2025

Is it your dream to land a publishing deal? Let’s make that dream come true! 📝

Join literary agents, editors, and industry experts for our one-day conference on November 16th and learn how to take your manuscript from draft to book deal.

You’ll explore different paths to publication, from indie publishers to Big 5, and leave with a clear roadmap to make it happen.

🎟️ Free for Reedsy Learning members
🔗 Sign up through the link in bio

12/11/2025

💻✨ Your author website is your online home — where readers discover you, not just your books.

Want to make yours stand out? Learn from the pros.

From Austin Kleon’s ever-fresh blog to Rupi Kaur’s poetic minimalism and James Clear’s smart email magnet, these 10 sites show exactly how to get it right.

24/10/2025

Can you write a story that’ll send shivers down our spines? 🎃 Join our weekly writing competition for the chance to win $250!

Submit your eerie tales to this week’s Reedsy Prompts contest — a special collaboration with Emmy-nominated screenwriter Peter Cameron — and leave us trembling with terror this Halloween!

📅 Deadline: October 31 at 11:59 PM EST
🔗 Enter here: shorturl.at/xEfJ1

17/10/2025

Can you write a story that will truly scare us? 👀 Join our weekly writing competition for the chance to win $250!

This week’s Reedsy Prompts contest invites you to explore the space between the supernatural and the psychological. Is it real — or all in your character’s head?

📅 Deadline: October 24 at 11:59 PM EST
🔗 Enter here: https://blog.reedsy.com/creative-writing-prompts/contests/325/

13/10/2025

📚 Ready to supercharge your novel planning?

It’s Week 2 of Preptober, so we’re diving into story structure with two free expert-led webinars about the classic Three-Act Structure and the epic Hero’s Journey.

Whether you’re revising your notes or outlining from scratch, these sessions will help give your story a strong foundation.

🗓️ Don’t miss out — events run throughout the whole month!
👉 Sign up here: https://shorturl.at/Fjalq

10/10/2025

Do you love stories that dive into the unknown? 🌊

This week’s Reedsy Prompts contest — in collaboration with former Scholastic UK publishing director Lisa Edwards — is all about the pull of the sea. Calm one moment, stormy the next, it’s the perfect setting for stories about mystery, change, and everything lurking beneath the surface.

From tranquil shores to stormy depths, where will your story take us?

📅 Deadline: October 17 at 11:59 PM EST
🔗 Enter here: http://shorturl.at/6TH8a

08/10/2025

✍️ November is novel sprint season — but success starts in October.

Preptober is your chance to prep your pitch, plot, and protagonist, set goals that work for you, and build momentum with community support.

Check out these 8 tips to make sure you’re ready to actually draft your novel this November 👉

06/10/2025

✍️ Ready to write your book this November?

Join the Reedsy Novel Sprint — the ultimate challenge to take your story from blank page to first draft in just 1 month! ✨ With tons of events and resources, you’ll have everything you need to turn your dream into a reality.

Here are the details:
🎯 Write at least 50,000 words in 30 days using Reedsy Studio
📚 Not just for novels — memoirs, short stories, and nonfiction also welcome!
💪 Get access to prep workshops, live events, & writing sprints
💰 Win cash prizes + agent meetings

Are you ready to cross the finish line with your manuscript?

👉 Sign up now here: https://reedsy.com/studio/challenges/reedsy-novel-sprint-2025

03/10/2025

Can a single ritual change everything? 🕰️

This week’s Reedsy Prompts contest — a special collaboration with the — invites you to explore the habits, traditions, and obsessions that shape your characters’ lives... and the consequences when they begin to unravel.

🗓️ Deadline: October 10 at 11:59 PM EST
🔗 Enter here: https://shorturl.at/ZPr7S

30/09/2025

📖 The opening lines of your story carry the biggest weight — they decide if a reader turns the page or puts the book down.

From Orwell’s “clocks striking thirteen” to Lethem’s lyrical rollerskating opener, here are 10 expert-backed ways to hook readers instantly.

✨ Full guide on the Reedsy Blog.

26/09/2025

What drives us to compete, to strive, to win — and at what cost? 🏅

This week’s contest — a special collaboration with Electric Literature’s Editor-in-Chief, Denne Michele Norris — is all about ambition. From intense rivalries to hollow victories, we want to see tales that explore the hunger to succeed.

📅 Deadline: October 3 at 11:59 PM EST
🔗 Enter here: https://shorturl.at/eGhTa

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