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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.

January 21, 2022

11 Magazines Currently Open for Submissions

Including The Threepenny Review, A Public Space, Isele, and Lolwe.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Lolwe-Issue-4-Cover

December 23, 2021

Enter for the 2022 AKO Caine Prize

The £10,000 award went to Ethiopia’s Meron Hadero in 2021.
The AKO Caine Prize
Copies of Lusaka Punk and Other Stories: The Caine Prize 2015 anthology. From caineprize.com.

December 23, 2021

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

Paula Willie-Okafor
Of Passion and Ink. By Bakwa

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.

October 7, 2021

Bookshop.org Launches New Futures, an Initiative for Underrepresented Communities

Partnering with The Booksellers Association, Gardners, and The Bookseller, the initiative will see booksellers from Black and marginalized groups open their own indie bookshops.
Midas PR
A bookshop.org store. Image by Book Culture.

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.

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

January 21, 2022

Lolwe-Issue-4-Cover

11 Magazines Currently Open for Submissions

Including The Threepenny Review, A Public Space, Isele, and Lolwe.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

December 23, 2021

Copies of Lusaka Punk and Other Stories: The Caine Prize 2015 anthology. From caineprize.com.

Enter for the 2022 AKO Caine Prize

The £10,000 award went to Ethiopia’s Meron Hadero in 2021.
The AKO Caine Prize

December 23, 2021

Of Passion and Ink. By Bakwa

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

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

October 7, 2021

A bookshop.org store. Image by Book Culture.

Bookshop.org Launches New Futures, an Initiative for Underrepresented Communities

Partnering with The Booksellers Association, Gardners, and The Bookseller, the initiative will see booksellers from Black and marginalized groups open their own indie bookshops.
Midas PR

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

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