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January 15, 2023

€5,000 to 100 Winners Each: Apply for the Prince Claus Seed Awards 2023

Open Country Mag

January 15, 2023

Enter for Graywolf Press’ $12,000 African Fiction Prize, Judged by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Open Country Mag

January 15, 2023

Lambda’s Writers’ Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices

Open Country Mag

October 13, 2022

Apply To Be an Editorial Intern at 20.35 Africa

The first internship is for graphic design and the second is editorial.
20.35 Africa
20.35 Africa Vol. V

September 17, 2022

Apply to the African Union’s Residencies for Writers and Visual Artists

The project, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and powered by Africa No Filter, is one of several to mark the continental group’s 20th anniversary.
Open Country Mag
AU at 20 - our-africa-our-future-au20

September 17, 2022

The UnSerious Collective Announces 2022 Fellowship Winners

Each of the five fellows will receive N50,000.
Open Country Mag
The Origin of Name; photo by Adedayo Agarau.

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 4, 2022

Apply to Be Managing Editor of Conjunctions Journal at Bard College

Open Country Mag
Conjunctions, issue 68.

July 4, 2022

The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors Announces 2022 Fellows

The initiative, founded by the Nigerian novelist Suyi Davies Okungbowa, offers $500 to writers “to buy time, space, and resources” for their work.
Open Country Mag
Olaposi Halim. Photo from The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors.

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.

May 31, 2022

Arinze Ifeakandu: Book Launch & Event Dates for God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

Including chats with Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor, bestselling novelist Xochitl Gonzalez, and writers Jonathan Lee, Gbenga Adesina, Ebenezer Agu, and Hannah Eko.
A Public Space
Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

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 18, 2022

Doek Literary Festival Announces Guest List, with Tsitsi Dangarembga as Headliner

Also participating are the Nigerian writer Femi Kayode, the South African writer Zukiswa Wanner, and Doek editor Remy Ngamije.
Doek! Magazine
Tsitsi Dangarembga. By Hannah Mertz in The Guardian

March 29, 2022

TAFM 2022: Owen Olowu’s Songs of Ubong Takes Grand Cheese Prize for Best Film

23 films were screened in competition at The Annual Film Mischief, a festival by The Film Rats Club. Other winners include Olabode Izy’s The Samaritan and Tosan Anyafulu’s Reflections.
The Film Rats Club
Part of the audience at The Annual Film Mischief 2022.

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 Film Rats Club Announces The Annual Film Mischief Festival 2022

The organisation is devoted to low-budget indie films. The inaugural festival theme is “Less is more.”
The Film Rats Club
The Film Rats Club

February 23, 2022

Join Agbowo’s Editorial Team as a Reader

Agbowó
Agbowo issue 2 - Limits

February 23, 2022

Doek! Partners with UEA’s International Chair of Creative Writing for Literary Festival in Namibia

The Doek! Literary Festival will take place from 21-23 April 2022.
Doek! Magazine
Doek Magazine Issue 7. Cover image by Collective For Black Iranians.

January 15, 2023

€5,000 to 100 Winners Each: Apply for the Prince Claus Seed Awards 2023

Open Country Mag

January 15, 2023

Enter for Graywolf Press’ $12,000 African Fiction Prize, Judged by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Open Country Mag

January 15, 2023

Lambda’s Writers’ Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices

Open Country Mag

October 13, 2022

20.35 Africa Vol. V

Apply To Be an Editorial Intern at 20.35 Africa

The first internship is for graphic design and the second is editorial.
20.35 Africa

September 17, 2022

AU at 20 - our-africa-our-future-au20

Apply to the African Union’s Residencies for Writers and Visual Artists

The project, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and powered by Africa No Filter, is one of several to mark the continental group’s 20th anniversary.
Open Country Mag

September 17, 2022

The Origin of Name; photo by Adedayo Agarau.

The UnSerious Collective Announces 2022 Fellowship Winners

Each of the five fellows will receive N50,000.
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 4, 2022

Conjunctions, issue 68.

Apply to Be Managing Editor of Conjunctions Journal at Bard College

Open Country Mag

July 4, 2022

Olaposi Halim. Photo from The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors.

The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors Announces 2022 Fellows

The initiative, founded by the Nigerian novelist Suyi Davies Okungbowa, offers $500 to writers “to buy time, space, and resources” for their work.
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

May 31, 2022

Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

Arinze Ifeakandu: Book Launch & Event Dates for God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

Including chats with Booker Prize finalist Brandon Taylor, bestselling novelist Xochitl Gonzalez, and writers Jonathan Lee, Gbenga Adesina, Ebenezer Agu, and Hannah Eko.
A Public Space

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 18, 2022

Tsitsi Dangarembga. By Hannah Mertz in The Guardian

Doek Literary Festival Announces Guest List, with Tsitsi Dangarembga as Headliner

Also participating are the Nigerian writer Femi Kayode, the South African writer Zukiswa Wanner, and Doek editor Remy Ngamije.
Doek! Magazine

March 29, 2022

Part of the audience at The Annual Film Mischief 2022.

TAFM 2022: Owen Olowu’s Songs of Ubong Takes Grand Cheese Prize for Best Film

23 films were screened in competition at The Annual Film Mischief, a festival by The Film Rats Club. Other winners include Olabode Izy’s The Samaritan and Tosan Anyafulu’s Reflections.
The Film Rats Club

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

The Film Rats Club

The Film Rats Club Announces The Annual Film Mischief Festival 2022

The organisation is devoted to low-budget indie films. The inaugural festival theme is “Less is more.”
The Film Rats Club

February 23, 2022

Agbowo issue 2 - Limits

Join Agbowo’s Editorial Team as a Reader

Agbowó

February 23, 2022

Doek Magazine Issue 7. Cover image by Collective For Black Iranians.

Doek! Partners with UEA’s International Chair of Creative Writing for Literary Festival in Namibia

The Doek! Literary Festival will take place from 21-23 April 2022.
Doek! Magazine

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