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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.

November 23, 2021

The K & L Prize, for U-25 Writers, Goes to NYSC Member

Mustapha Enesi, a recent graduate and National Youth Service corps member, won for his short story “Kesandu.” The $1,000 prize was this year themed “Madness.”
Paula Willie-Okafor
Mustapha Enesi. Courtesy: K & L Prize.

October 15, 2021

Submit to World Literature Today’s “New African Voices” Portfolio

It is guest-edited by Mahtem Shiferraw.
Open Country Mag
An issue of World Literature Today. Credit: Yahia Lababidi.

September 17, 2021

A Long House Announces the Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellowship

The fellowship is named after Rajat Neogy, the Ugandan writer and editor who founded Transition Magazine at age 22.
A Long House
Rajat Neogy on the cover of Transition Magazine's issue 69.

August 20, 2021

Introduction to 20.35 Africa Vol. IV: “The Opportunity to Read African Poetry Along Language Aesthetics”

“What we bring is a seminal thinking of poetry,” writes the poetry series’ editor-in-chief Ebenezer Agu. “We must recognize the beauty and complexity of this transcreation.”
20.35 Africa
20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, Vol. IV.

August 9, 2021

Dgëku, a Literary Magazine for Queer Africans, Calls for Submissions

The new publication pays $150 for prose pieces of 3,000 words or more, $30 for an individual poem, and $100 maximum for a suite of poems.
Dgëku Magazine

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

November 23, 2021

Mustapha Enesi. Courtesy: K & L Prize.

The K & L Prize, for U-25 Writers, Goes to NYSC Member

Mustapha Enesi, a recent graduate and National Youth Service corps member, won for his short story “Kesandu.” The $1,000 prize was this year themed “Madness.”
Paula Willie-Okafor

October 15, 2021

An issue of World Literature Today. Credit: Yahia Lababidi.

Submit to World Literature Today’s “New African Voices” Portfolio

It is guest-edited by Mahtem Shiferraw.
Open Country Mag

September 17, 2021

Rajat Neogy on the cover of Transition Magazine's issue 69.

A Long House Announces the Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellowship

The fellowship is named after Rajat Neogy, the Ugandan writer and editor who founded Transition Magazine at age 22.
A Long House

August 20, 2021

20.35 Africa: An Anthology of Contemporary Poetry, Vol. IV.

Introduction to 20.35 Africa Vol. IV: “The Opportunity to Read African Poetry Along Language Aesthetics”

“What we bring is a seminal thinking of poetry,” writes the poetry series’ editor-in-chief Ebenezer Agu. “We must recognize the beauty and complexity of this transcreation.”
20.35 Africa

August 9, 2021

Dgëku, a Literary Magazine for Queer Africans, Calls for Submissions

The new publication pays $150 for prose pieces of 3,000 words or more, $30 for an individual poem, and $100 maximum for a suite of poems.
Dgëku Magazine

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