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September 17, 2022

Apply to the African Union’s Residencies for Writers and Visual Artists

The project, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and powered by Africa No Filter, is one of several to mark the continental group’s 20th anniversary.
Open Country Mag
AU at 20 - our-africa-our-future-au20

August 8, 2022

The Beautyful Ones Have Just Been Born Collects “Inspiring and Fearless” Writing from the Gerald Kraak Prize

The anthology, published by Jacana Media and edited by the chair of the award panel Otosirieze Obi-Young, includes work by Roy Udeh-Ubaka, Ukamaka Olisakwe, Moso Sematlane, Chisom Okafor, Halim Olaposi, Sheena Magenya, Kanyinsola Olorunnisola, and more.
Paula Willie-Okafor
The Beautyful Ones Have Just Been Born, the Gerald Kraak Prize anthology Vol. IV.

July 25, 2022

Lolwe Calls for Submissions to Issue 6

The issue will be guest-edited by Tlotlo Tsamaase, Frazier Michael, and Lucky Grace. It opens for submissions on August 1.
Lolwe
Lolwe Issue 3. Photo credit: "young and hurt" by Teddy Tavan.

July 4, 2022

The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors Announces 2022 Fellows

The initiative, founded by the Nigerian novelist Suyi Davies Okungbowa, offers $500 to writers “to buy time, space, and resources” for their work.
Open Country Mag
Olaposi Halim. Photo from The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors.

June 7, 2022

“I wanted ‘Love’ to be the narrator”: Roy Udeh-Ubaka on Winning the Gerald Kraak Prize

“Having grown up in a small city in Nigeria where I had to cobble communities—both queer and literary—the value is in becoming a part of this incredible anthology that makes it possible for us all to exist,” said the Nigerian writer.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Roy Udeh-Ubaka by @georgeony on Instagram.

May 25, 2022

The Gerald Kraak Prize Awarded to Roy Udeh-Ubaka

The Nigerian writer was chosen for his short story, “Until It Doesn’t,” which the judges called “brave fiction that tweaks the possibilities of the short story form.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Roy Udeh-Ubaka wins Gerald Kraak Prize.

May 17, 2022

The 2022 Gerald Kraak Prize, for Writing on Gender, Social Justice, & Sexuality, Announces Anticipated Shortlist

The 12 finalists, who get $200 each, were chosen by a judging panel chaired by Otosirieze Obi-Young and including Ellah Wakatama and Mark Gevisser.
Open Country Mag
The Gerald Kraak Prize - photo gallery from 2019 event

May 13, 2022

The O. Henry Prize Series Opens to African Magazines (Exclusive)

Series Editor Jenny Minton Quigley on celebrating the short story form and the ripple effect of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s guest-editing role.
Otosirieze
The O. Henry Prize Anthology 2021, guest-edited by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Photo by The O. Henry Prizes.

May 4, 2022

Zimbabwe’s Zibusiso Mpofu Wins 2022 Brunel Prize

The judges praised his “allusive, lyrical poems [which] open a new itinerary in African poetry, drawing in Shona and Mandarin and mapping a journey of the Black body through India, Hong Kong, the Philippines and China.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Zibusiso Mpofu

April 28, 2022

Engaging Borders Africa Announces Screenwriters for Sahel Film Making Project

Three short story authors will be paired with experienced screenwriters to produce scripts.
Engaging Borders Africa
Engaging Borders Africa announces screenwriters

April 27, 2022

Isele Prizes: Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo Named Winners

Umezurike and Okonkwo won for poetry and fiction, respectively, and Nora Nneka won for nonfiction.
Open Country Mag
Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike.

March 31, 2022

22 African Writers, Groundbreaking and Female, Born before the Last 60 Years and Now Gone

For Women’s History Month: global, continental, and national literary icons from the 20th century.
Open Country Mag
20 African Writers, Groundbreaking and Female, Born in the Last 45 Years. Curated by Open Country Mag for Women's History Month, March 2022.

March 27, 2022

Isele Magazine Announces Shortlists for Prizes

Finalists include poets Romeo Oriogun, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, and Itiola Jones, and short story writers Troy Onyango and Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Isele Magazine's "The Woman Issue."

March 21, 2022

Chibuihe Achimba & Sara Elkamel to Guest-edit 20.35 Africa Poetry Series’ Vol. 5

The series is now open to submissions.
20.35 Africa
Sara Elkamel by Sima Diab

January 27, 2022

Engaging Borders Africa Announces Finalists

The 30 short stories have “the shared aim of changing the ways young people understand radicalization, violent extremism, and disinformation, which are key feeders of conflict and terror in Africa.”
Engaging Borders Africa
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim's novel Season of Crimson Blossoms is set in northern Nigeria, which has suffered a rise in terrorism.

January 27, 2022

Isele Magazine Launches Prizes for Contributors

The Isele Prizes are for short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Each winner will receive $200 at a ceremony in April 2022.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Isele Magazine's "The Woman Issue."

January 12, 2022

Lolwe Magazine Releases Issue 4

The Pan-African publication’s newest includes writing and photography. Read the editorial note by its founder Troy Onyango.
Lolwe
Lolwe-Issue-4-Cover

December 23, 2021

Submit to Bakwa’s “Woman Issue,” Guest-edited by Anwuli Ojogwu

Paula Willie-Okafor
Of Passion and Ink. By Bakwa

December 23, 2021

The Nommo Awards, for African Speculative Fiction, Announces 2021 Winners

Novelist Akwaeke Emezi and editor Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki are among this year’s honorees of the African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS).
Paula Willie-Okafor
Akwaeke Emezi. From @azemezi on Instagram.

December 21, 2021

Brunel Prize to Be Renamed Evaristo Prize, as APBF Takes Over

After 10 years running it, Bernardine Evaristo steps down. “Having this prize named after her honors her, but more than that, it honors the prize,” said APBF founder Kwame Dawes.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Bernardine Evaristo by Rex.

September 17, 2022

AU at 20 - our-africa-our-future-au20

Apply to the African Union’s Residencies for Writers and Visual Artists

The project, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and powered by Africa No Filter, is one of several to mark the continental group’s 20th anniversary.
Open Country Mag

August 8, 2022

The Beautyful Ones Have Just Been Born, the Gerald Kraak Prize anthology Vol. IV.

The Beautyful Ones Have Just Been Born Collects “Inspiring and Fearless” Writing from the Gerald Kraak Prize

The anthology, published by Jacana Media and edited by the chair of the award panel Otosirieze Obi-Young, includes work by Roy Udeh-Ubaka, Ukamaka Olisakwe, Moso Sematlane, Chisom Okafor, Halim Olaposi, Sheena Magenya, Kanyinsola Olorunnisola, and more.
Paula Willie-Okafor

July 25, 2022

Lolwe Issue 3. Photo credit: "young and hurt" by Teddy Tavan.

Lolwe Calls for Submissions to Issue 6

The issue will be guest-edited by Tlotlo Tsamaase, Frazier Michael, and Lucky Grace. It opens for submissions on August 1.
Lolwe

July 4, 2022

Olaposi Halim. Photo from The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors.

The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors Announces 2022 Fellows

The initiative, founded by the Nigerian novelist Suyi Davies Okungbowa, offers $500 to writers “to buy time, space, and resources” for their work.
Open Country Mag

June 7, 2022

Roy Udeh-Ubaka by @georgeony on Instagram.

“I wanted ‘Love’ to be the narrator”: Roy Udeh-Ubaka on Winning the Gerald Kraak Prize

“Having grown up in a small city in Nigeria where I had to cobble communities—both queer and literary—the value is in becoming a part of this incredible anthology that makes it possible for us all to exist,” said the Nigerian writer.
Uzoma Ihejirika

May 25, 2022

Roy Udeh-Ubaka wins Gerald Kraak Prize.

The Gerald Kraak Prize Awarded to Roy Udeh-Ubaka

The Nigerian writer was chosen for his short story, “Until It Doesn’t,” which the judges called “brave fiction that tweaks the possibilities of the short story form.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

May 17, 2022

The Gerald Kraak Prize - photo gallery from 2019 event

The 2022 Gerald Kraak Prize, for Writing on Gender, Social Justice, & Sexuality, Announces Anticipated Shortlist

The 12 finalists, who get $200 each, were chosen by a judging panel chaired by Otosirieze Obi-Young and including Ellah Wakatama and Mark Gevisser.
Open Country Mag

May 13, 2022

The O. Henry Prize Anthology 2021, guest-edited by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Photo by The O. Henry Prizes.

The O. Henry Prize Series Opens to African Magazines (Exclusive)

Series Editor Jenny Minton Quigley on celebrating the short story form and the ripple effect of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s guest-editing role.
Otosirieze

May 4, 2022

Zibusiso Mpofu

Zimbabwe’s Zibusiso Mpofu Wins 2022 Brunel Prize

The judges praised his “allusive, lyrical poems [which] open a new itinerary in African poetry, drawing in Shona and Mandarin and mapping a journey of the Black body through India, Hong Kong, the Philippines and China.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 28, 2022

Engaging Borders Africa announces screenwriters

Engaging Borders Africa Announces Screenwriters for Sahel Film Making Project

Three short story authors will be paired with experienced screenwriters to produce scripts.
Engaging Borders Africa

April 27, 2022

Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike.

Isele Prizes: Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo Named Winners

Umezurike and Okonkwo won for poetry and fiction, respectively, and Nora Nneka won for nonfiction.
Open Country Mag

March 31, 2022

20 African Writers, Groundbreaking and Female, Born in the Last 45 Years. Curated by Open Country Mag for Women's History Month, March 2022.

22 African Writers, Groundbreaking and Female, Born before the Last 60 Years and Now Gone

For Women’s History Month: global, continental, and national literary icons from the 20th century.
Open Country Mag

March 27, 2022

Isele Magazine's "The Woman Issue."

Isele Magazine Announces Shortlists for Prizes

Finalists include poets Romeo Oriogun, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, and Itiola Jones, and short story writers Troy Onyango and Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo.
Paula Willie-Okafor

March 21, 2022

Sara Elkamel by Sima Diab

Chibuihe Achimba & Sara Elkamel to Guest-edit 20.35 Africa Poetry Series’ Vol. 5

The series is now open to submissions.
20.35 Africa

January 27, 2022

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim's novel Season of Crimson Blossoms is set in northern Nigeria, which has suffered a rise in terrorism.

Engaging Borders Africa Announces Finalists

The 30 short stories have “the shared aim of changing the ways young people understand radicalization, violent extremism, and disinformation, which are key feeders of conflict and terror in Africa.”
Engaging Borders Africa

January 27, 2022

Isele Magazine's "The Woman Issue."

Isele Magazine Launches Prizes for Contributors

The Isele Prizes are for short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Each winner will receive $200 at a ceremony in April 2022.
Paula Willie-Okafor

January 12, 2022

Lolwe-Issue-4-Cover

Lolwe Magazine Releases Issue 4

The Pan-African publication’s newest includes writing and photography. Read the editorial note by its founder Troy Onyango.
Lolwe

December 23, 2021

Of Passion and Ink. By Bakwa

Submit to Bakwa’s “Woman Issue,” Guest-edited by Anwuli Ojogwu

Paula Willie-Okafor

December 23, 2021

Akwaeke Emezi. From @azemezi on Instagram.

The Nommo Awards, for African Speculative Fiction, Announces 2021 Winners

Novelist Akwaeke Emezi and editor Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki are among this year’s honorees of the African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS).
Paula Willie-Okafor

December 21, 2021

Bernardine Evaristo by Rex.

Brunel Prize to Be Renamed Evaristo Prize, as APBF Takes Over

After 10 years running it, Bernardine Evaristo steps down. “Having this prize named after her honors her, but more than that, it honors the prize,” said APBF founder Kwame Dawes.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

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