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April 11, 2021

Submit to Africa Risen, a Speculative Fiction Anthology, Co-edited by Sheree Renée Thomas

“A celebration of African storytelling,” the anthology’s other co-editors are Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight, who previously co-edited Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora.
Africa Risen
The cover art for Africa Risen: Planet Prevail by ArtbyAncient.

March 12, 2021

Bada Murya, a Fellowship for Northern Nigerian Writers, Opens for Applications

The 6-month fellowship, which “invokes the power of narrative to shift perceptions,” is open to writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama.
Creative Africa
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is one of the recent literary successes from Northern Nigeria. Credit: Creative Africa.

March 8, 2021

Masobe Books Calls for Fiction Manuscript Submissions

“There is a lot of literary talent out there,” said founder Othuke Ominiabohs. “It is our strong desire to find these gems, to give them a home, so together we can build something noble and beautiful.”
Masobe Books
TJ Benson's The Madhouse is the latest book from Masobe Books.

February 28, 2021

Atlantic Books Is Accepting Manuscripts from Unagented Writers

The London-based press published Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer.
Otosirieze
Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer; from Ukiyo Bookstore on Facebook.

February 22, 2021

Enrol for SBMEN’s Workshop for Editors and Writers

It will be facilitated by accomplished experts including Otosirieze Obi-Young, Omolola Opatayo, and Anwuli Ojogwu, co-founder of SBMEN.
Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)
An SBMEN workshop in progress in Lagos. Credit: Anwuli Ojogwu.

February 18, 2021

#ENDSARS: Documenting Words and Actions for Posterity

Praxis Magazine invites all creatives partaking in this fight to submit non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art on the momentous protests.
Praxis Magazine
One of the several viral images from the EndSARS protests; from @theayochase.

February 18, 2021

Apply to Africa in Dialogue’s Internship Program

Available positions include contributing interviewers for fiction, for poetry, and for creative nonfiction; contributing editor; and social media manager.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Photo by Jeff Sheldon on Unsplash.

February 16, 2021

5 Magazines Currently Accepting Submissions

You can submit to AGNI, Gutter, The Malahat Review, The Journal, and Wildness.
Ernest Ogunyemi
AGNI 79; 2014.

February 12, 2021

Enter for Arts & Letters Prizes, Judged by Romeo Oriogun & Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

Winners will be published in the journal and receive $1,000. The deadline for submissions is 31 March 2021.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Novuyo Rosa Tshuma by Gorealr Photography.

February 9, 2021

Leila Chatti & Eloghosa Osunde to Judge Fugue Contests

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.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Fugue, issue 49 (2015).

February 4, 2021

Submit to Vol. 4 of 20.35 Africa Poetry, Guest-edited by Nadra Mabrouk & K. Eltinae

The anthology is open to African poets between the ages of 20, or who would be 20 by the time of publication, and 35.
Paula Willie-Okafor
20.35 Africa: Vol. 4.

January 23, 2021

Lolwe Calls for Submissions to Issue 3

. . . to be guest-edited by Elfreda Tetteh, Akhim Alexis, and Stephanie Wanga.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Lolwe Issue 2 cover. Image title: Morrison’s Air. Photography: Ericke Tjiueza. Costume Design: Nicodemus Amwele, Ericke Tjiueza. Model: Jean-Claude Nazarii.

January 21, 2021

Enter for This $3,000 Prize Open to African Poets

The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize 2021.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Photo by Trust "Tru" Katsande on Unsplash.

January 21, 2021

Enter for the Raz-Shumaker Prairie Schooner Prizes for Fiction & Poetry

Winners of the $3,000 prizes will be chosen by Prairie Schooner editor-in-chief Kwame Dawes.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Photo by Jeff Sheldon on Unsplash.

January 18, 2021

4 Poetry Prizes That Are Currently Open

Do you have a packet of ready poems you want to send out? We have collected four poetry contests that are currently open and that you can submit to.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Photo by Trust "Tru" Katsande on Unsplash.

January 18, 2021

Apply to the Bob Holman Poetry Residency

The residency will be held in October 2021.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Photo by Jeff Sheldon on Unsplash.

December 26, 2020

Apply to A Public Space’s Writing Fellowships 2021

The Fellowships are open to writers “who have not yet contracted to publish a book.”
Uzoma Ihejirika
A Public Space, Issue 13. From fictionwritersreview.com.

April 11, 2021

The cover art for Africa Risen: Planet Prevail by ArtbyAncient.

Submit to Africa Risen, a Speculative Fiction Anthology, Co-edited by Sheree Renée Thomas

“A celebration of African storytelling,” the anthology’s other co-editors are Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki and Zelda Knight, who previously co-edited Dominion: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction from Africa and the African Diaspora.
Africa Risen

March 12, 2021

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is one of the recent literary successes from Northern Nigeria. Credit: Creative Africa.

Bada Murya, a Fellowship for Northern Nigerian Writers, Opens for Applications

The 6-month fellowship, which “invokes the power of narrative to shift perceptions,” is open to writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama.
Creative Africa

March 8, 2021

TJ Benson's The Madhouse is the latest book from Masobe Books.

Masobe Books Calls for Fiction Manuscript Submissions

“There is a lot of literary talent out there,” said founder Othuke Ominiabohs. “It is our strong desire to find these gems, to give them a home, so together we can build something noble and beautiful.”
Masobe Books

February 28, 2021

Oyinkan Braithwaite's My Sister, the Serial Killer; from Ukiyo Bookstore on Facebook.

Atlantic Books Is Accepting Manuscripts from Unagented Writers

The London-based press published Oyinkan Braithwaite’s My Sister, the Serial Killer.
Otosirieze

February 22, 2021

An SBMEN workshop in progress in Lagos. Credit: Anwuli Ojogwu.

Enrol for SBMEN’s Workshop for Editors and Writers

It will be facilitated by accomplished experts including Otosirieze Obi-Young, Omolola Opatayo, and Anwuli Ojogwu, co-founder of SBMEN.
Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

February 18, 2021

One of the several viral images from the EndSARS protests; from @theayochase.

#ENDSARS: Documenting Words and Actions for Posterity

Praxis Magazine invites all creatives partaking in this fight to submit non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art on the momentous protests.
Praxis Magazine

February 18, 2021

Photo by Jeff Sheldon on Unsplash.

Apply to Africa in Dialogue’s Internship Program

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

February 16, 2021

AGNI 79; 2014.

5 Magazines Currently Accepting Submissions

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

February 12, 2021

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma by Gorealr Photography.

Enter for Arts & Letters Prizes, Judged by Romeo Oriogun & Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

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

February 9, 2021

Fugue, issue 49 (2015).

Leila Chatti & Eloghosa Osunde to Judge Fugue Contests

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.
Ernest Ogunyemi

February 4, 2021

20.35 Africa: Vol. 4.

Submit to Vol. 4 of 20.35 Africa Poetry, Guest-edited by Nadra Mabrouk & K. Eltinae

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

January 23, 2021

Lolwe Issue 2 cover. Image title: Morrison’s Air. Photography: Ericke Tjiueza. Costume Design: Nicodemus Amwele, Ericke Tjiueza. Model: Jean-Claude Nazarii.

Lolwe Calls for Submissions to Issue 3

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

January 21, 2021

Photo by Trust "Tru" Katsande on Unsplash.

Enter for This $3,000 Prize Open to African Poets

The University of Pittsburgh’s Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize 2021.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

January 21, 2021

Photo by Jeff Sheldon on Unsplash.

Enter for the Raz-Shumaker Prairie Schooner Prizes for Fiction & Poetry

Winners of the $3,000 prizes will be chosen by Prairie Schooner editor-in-chief Kwame Dawes.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

January 18, 2021

Photo by Trust "Tru" Katsande on Unsplash.

4 Poetry Prizes That Are Currently Open

Do you have a packet of ready poems you want to send out? We have collected four poetry contests that are currently open and that you can submit to.
Ernest Ogunyemi

January 18, 2021

Photo by Jeff Sheldon on Unsplash.

Apply to the Bob Holman Poetry Residency

The residency will be held in October 2021.
Ernest Ogunyemi

December 26, 2020

A Public Space, Issue 13. From fictionwritersreview.com.

Apply to A Public Space’s Writing Fellowships 2021

The Fellowships are open to writers “who have not yet contracted to publish a book.”
Uzoma Ihejirika

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