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February 18, 2021

Available positions include contributing interviewers for fiction, for poetry, and for creative nonfiction; contributing editor; and social media manager.

February 17, 2021

The editor will be in conversation with 10 “exceptional” debut authors “whose range of narratives reflect the literary landscape of 2021.”

February 17, 2021

The Ugandan writer receives $500 for her first published poem “highlighting the importance of foremothers and women’s land rights in Uganda.”

February 16, 2021

You can submit to AGNI, Gutter, The Malahat Review, The Journal, and Wildness.

February 12, 2021

Winners will be published in the journal and receive $1,000. The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2021.

February 12, 2021

Watch season 2’s pilot with the South African writer in which they discuss writing, race, xenophobia, and filmmaking.

February 11, 2021

It is “one of the crucial places to make archival, research, literary content in Yorùbá available to the general public, scholars, and students,” the Nigerian linguist and writer says.

February 9, 2021

The Ghanaian novelist is nominated for her second novel Transcendent Kingdom.

February 9, 2021

“I knew it was a strange book,” he writes. “What did I hope for it? That it would find a few good readers.”

February 9, 2021

The winners, in the two categories of fiction and poetry, will each receive $1000 and their work will appear in an issue of the publication.

February 4, 2021

Interested writers, publishers, and readers with books for children aged 6-12, that fit any of the 17 SDGs, are encouraged to apply.

February 4, 2021

The Nigerian Booker Prize winner discussed the ideas of perception and illusion in “A Wrinkle in the Realm,” and how it connects to his story collection Prayer for the Living.

February 4, 2021

The anthology is open to African poets between the ages of 20, or who would be 20 by the time of publication, and 35.

February 1, 2021

The magazine wants to “chronicle the shift from mediocrity to success.”

January 30, 2021

The novelist and photographer, who has written about the sheer indestructibility of music, “will be accompanied by works spanning nearly a millennia, including pieces by Hildegard Von Bingen and Caroline Shaw.”

January 28, 2021

Iduma revealed their relationship in a beautiful letter on Instagram: “I should begin with how long I’ve loved you, to what extent, and with what intensity.”

January 26, 2021

. . . for the essay collection Stranger Faces and the memoir The Dragons, The Giant, The Women, respectively.

January 24, 2021

The poems, out in November 2021, “navigate language, memory, sexuality, identity, longing, and the mind’s inner workings.”

January 23, 2021

. . . to be guest-edited by Elfreda Tetteh, Akhim Alexis, and Stephanie Wanga.

January 23, 2021

“We are withholding our labor to demand fair wages and a transparent, equitable salary structure,” the Union said.

February 18, 2021

Available positions include contributing interviewers for fiction, for poetry, and for creative nonfiction; contributing editor; and social media manager.

February 17, 2021

The editor will be in conversation with 10 “exceptional” debut authors “whose range of narratives reflect the literary landscape of 2021.”

February 17, 2021

The Ugandan writer receives $500 for her first published poem “highlighting the importance of foremothers and women’s land rights in Uganda.”

February 16, 2021

You can submit to AGNI, Gutter, The Malahat Review, The Journal, and Wildness.

February 12, 2021

Winners will be published in the journal and receive $1,000. The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2021.

February 12, 2021

Watch season 2’s pilot with the South African writer in which they discuss writing, race, xenophobia, and filmmaking.

February 11, 2021

It is “one of the crucial places to make archival, research, literary content in Yorùbá available to the general public, scholars, and students,” the Nigerian linguist and writer says.

February 9, 2021

The Ghanaian novelist is nominated for her second novel Transcendent Kingdom.

February 9, 2021

“I knew it was a strange book,” he writes. “What did I hope for it? That it would find a few good readers.”

February 9, 2021

The winners, in the two categories of fiction and poetry, will each receive $1000 and their work will appear in an issue of the publication.

February 4, 2021

Interested writers, publishers, and readers with books for children aged 6-12, that fit any of the 17 SDGs, are encouraged to apply.

February 4, 2021

The Nigerian Booker Prize winner discussed the ideas of perception and illusion in “A Wrinkle in the Realm,” and how it connects to his story collection Prayer for the Living.

February 4, 2021

The anthology is open to African poets between the ages of 20, or who would be 20 by the time of publication, and 35.

February 1, 2021

The magazine wants to “chronicle the shift from mediocrity to success.”

January 30, 2021

The novelist and photographer, who has written about the sheer indestructibility of music, “will be accompanied by works spanning nearly a millennia, including pieces by Hildegard Von Bingen and Caroline Shaw.”

January 28, 2021

Iduma revealed their relationship in a beautiful letter on Instagram: “I should begin with how long I’ve loved you, to what extent, and with what intensity.”

January 26, 2021

. . . for the essay collection Stranger Faces and the memoir The Dragons, The Giant, The Women, respectively.

January 24, 2021

The poems, out in November 2021, “navigate language, memory, sexuality, identity, longing, and the mind’s inner workings.”

January 23, 2021

. . . to be guest-edited by Elfreda Tetteh, Akhim Alexis, and Stephanie Wanga.

January 23, 2021

“We are withholding our labor to demand fair wages and a transparent, equitable salary structure,” the Union said.

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