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August 4, 2022

The Baltic Writing Residency Prose & Poetry Chapbook Contest, Judged by Kaveh Akbar

Open Country Mag
A bookshop.org store. Image by Book Culture.

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 22, 2022

Enter for Simon & Schuster’s $50,000 Books Like Us First Novel Contest

Applicants will submit 25 pages for the first round, and eventually the full manuscript under 80,000 words.
Open Country Mag
okwiri oduor - things they lost - Scribner slash Tristan Offit slash Jacket Art by Lisa Wright

July 16, 2022

Join the Booker Prize Book Club Challenge

Does your book club think it has what it takes to be Booker Prize judges? Would you like to attend this year’s Booker Prize ceremony?
The Booker Prize Foundation
The 2022 Booker Prize judges (L-R): Helen Castor, Alain Mabanckou, Neil MacGregor, M. John Harrison, and Shahidha Bari. © Hugo Glendinning via the Booker Prize Foundation website.

July 11, 2022

Enter for the Sky Arts RSL Writers Awards for British Writers of Colour

In addition to mentorship by Inua Ellams, Jay Bernard, Nadifa Mohamed, Vinay Patel, and Nikesh Shukla, winners will get sessions with Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo.
Open Country Mag
Bernardine Evaristo by Rex.

July 4, 2022

Apply to Be Managing Editor of Conjunctions Journal at Bard College

Open Country Mag
Conjunctions, issue 68.

July 4, 2022

The 2022 SprinNG Women Authors Prize Opens for Submissions ​

The award will select two female Nigerian authors who have published full-length books and invest N300,000 each in purchasing, distributing, and marketing them.
SprinNG
Ukamaka Olisakwe. Credit: Ukamaka Olisakwe.

June 23, 2022

Roxane Gay Books Is Seeking Manuscript Submissions

The Grove Atlantic imprint, which is also open to unagented writers, is further paying $2,000 for essays for its newsletter.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Roxane Gay Books

June 23, 2022

Win £1,000 from the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize

Open Country Mag
A print issue of Wasafiri. From @WasafiriMag on Twitter.

June 15, 2022

5 Paying Magazines Now Open to Submissions

Send work to Frontier Poetry, Palette Poetry, Rattle Poetry, Isele, and Afreada.
Paula Willie-Okafor
AFREADA print Issue 00. From @AFREADA on Twitter.

May 28, 2022

12 Publications Currently Open for Submissions

From One Story to Isele, submit your work to these magazines.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

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

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

March 8, 2022

The NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature, Worth $100,000, Opens for Entries

The 2022 prize will consider poetry books.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
cheluchi onyemelukwe - the son of the house

February 23, 2022

Join Agbowo’s Editorial Team as a Reader

Agbowó
Agbowo issue 2 - Limits

February 15, 2022

SBMEN Announces Editorial Practice & Project Management Course for Feb. 2022

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)
society of book and magazine editors of Nigeria

February 5, 2022

The UnSerious Collective Announces N50,000 Fellowships for Nigerian Poets

The group—poets Adedayo Agarau, Jeremiah Agbaakin, Nome Patrick, Adebayo Kolawole Samuel, Wale Ayinla, Pamilerin Jacob, and Michael Akuchie—is seeking “poetry that is experimental and daring.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
The Origin of Name; photo by Adedayo Agarau.

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 21, 2022

Bookshop.org Announces Shortlist for New Futures Programme

It includes BAME, neurodiverse, LGBTQ+, and visually and hearing impaired as well as mental health advocates.
Midas PR
A bookshop.org store. Image by Book Culture.

August 4, 2022

A bookshop.org store. Image by Book Culture.

The Baltic Writing Residency Prose & Poetry Chapbook Contest, Judged by Kaveh Akbar

Open Country Mag

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 22, 2022

okwiri oduor - things they lost - Scribner slash Tristan Offit slash Jacket Art by Lisa Wright

Enter for Simon & Schuster’s $50,000 Books Like Us First Novel Contest

Applicants will submit 25 pages for the first round, and eventually the full manuscript under 80,000 words.
Open Country Mag

July 16, 2022

The 2022 Booker Prize judges (L-R): Helen Castor, Alain Mabanckou, Neil MacGregor, M. John Harrison, and Shahidha Bari. © Hugo Glendinning via the Booker Prize Foundation website.

Join the Booker Prize Book Club Challenge

Does your book club think it has what it takes to be Booker Prize judges? Would you like to attend this year’s Booker Prize ceremony?
The Booker Prize Foundation

July 11, 2022

Bernardine Evaristo by Rex.

Enter for the Sky Arts RSL Writers Awards for British Writers of Colour

In addition to mentorship by Inua Ellams, Jay Bernard, Nadifa Mohamed, Vinay Patel, and Nikesh Shukla, winners will get sessions with Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo.
Open Country Mag

July 4, 2022

Conjunctions, issue 68.

Apply to Be Managing Editor of Conjunctions Journal at Bard College

Open Country Mag

July 4, 2022

Ukamaka Olisakwe. Credit: Ukamaka Olisakwe.

The 2022 SprinNG Women Authors Prize Opens for Submissions ​

The award will select two female Nigerian authors who have published full-length books and invest N300,000 each in purchasing, distributing, and marketing them.
SprinNG

June 23, 2022

Roxane Gay Books

Roxane Gay Books Is Seeking Manuscript Submissions

The Grove Atlantic imprint, which is also open to unagented writers, is further paying $2,000 for essays for its newsletter.
Paula Willie-Okafor

June 23, 2022

A print issue of Wasafiri. From @WasafiriMag on Twitter.

Win £1,000 from the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize

Open Country Mag

June 15, 2022

AFREADA print Issue 00. From @AFREADA on Twitter.

5 Paying Magazines Now Open to Submissions

Send work to Frontier Poetry, Palette Poetry, Rattle Poetry, Isele, and Afreada.
Paula Willie-Okafor

May 28, 2022

12 Publications Currently Open for Submissions

From One Story to Isele, submit your work to these magazines.
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

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

March 8, 2022

cheluchi onyemelukwe - the son of the house

The NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature, Worth $100,000, Opens for Entries

The 2022 prize will consider poetry books.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

February 23, 2022

Agbowo issue 2 - Limits

Join Agbowo’s Editorial Team as a Reader

Agbowó

February 15, 2022

society of book and magazine editors of Nigeria

SBMEN Announces Editorial Practice & Project Management Course for Feb. 2022

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

February 5, 2022

The Origin of Name; photo by Adedayo Agarau.

The UnSerious Collective Announces N50,000 Fellowships for Nigerian Poets

The group—poets Adedayo Agarau, Jeremiah Agbaakin, Nome Patrick, Adebayo Kolawole Samuel, Wale Ayinla, Pamilerin Jacob, and Michael Akuchie—is seeking “poetry that is experimental and daring.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

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 21, 2022

A bookshop.org store. Image by Book Culture.

Bookshop.org Announces Shortlist for New Futures Programme

It includes BAME, neurodiverse, LGBTQ+, and visually and hearing impaired as well as mental health advocates.
Midas PR

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