Deadline: Sept. 30, 2016. ANTiC is currently accepting previously unpublished submission for its second issue. It accepts fiction, review and non-fiction. It also accepts poetry; however its submission for poems is currently closed. ANTiC is an online literary magazine of new writing in fiction, nonfiction, poetry and criticism, featuring the works of new, emerging and established Australian writers, as well as [ … ]
€2,000 Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition
Deadline: July 31, 2016 The Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition is an annual short story competition open to writers from around the world, submissions accepted from May to July annually. The competition is open to every writer, ages 16+, of any nationality. Furthermore, submitted stories can be on any subject, in any style. The prize for winning the competition is €2,000 (approx [ … ]
Closed: Words And Wine Haiku Competition
Deadline: July 31, 2016 The Leopard’s Leap Family Vineyards opens its call for submission for its Words And Wine Haiku Competition. To enter, all you need do is write a haiku written in English inspired by the ‘Words And Wine’ theme. First of all, the winner will get a cash prize of R 5,000. Also, the vineyard will offer you 12 cases of [ … ]
Saraba Non-fiction Manuscript Prize Winners
On Thursday, July 7, Saraba Magazine announced its Saraba Manuscript Prize (Non-fiction Category) winning proposals. Five awardees were selected. Each awardee will complete their non-fiction writing project by Aug. 2016. They will receive a ₦100,000 advance, against royalties. The completed manuscripts will range in length from 10,000 to 25,000 words. Upon completion of the manuscript, each writer will receive feedback by a established writer like Noo Saro-Wiwa [ … ]
Babishai’s 2016 Babishaiku shortlist
On Thursday, July 7, Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation announced its shortlist for its inaugural Haiku competition, Babishaiku. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. The lines rarely rhyme. The shortlisted poets include: Blessmond Alebna Ayinbire (Ghana) fogbound day… everyone suffers myopia Chibuihe-Light Obi from Nigeria weaver birds… the bombed [ … ]
Closed: 2016 Tafelberg Nonfiction Award
Deadline: June 30, 2016 City Press presents its 2016 Tafelberg Nonfiction Award. The Tafelberg Nonfiction Award is South Africa’s largest nonfiction manuscript development for publication award. A biennially award, City Press offers R120,000 and manuscript publication by Tafelberg, an imprint of NB Publishers, a leading publishing house in South Africa. The award is for English manuscripts only. The proposed book should be accessible, with quality writing. It should add [ … ]
2016 £5,000 Troubadour International Poetry Prize
Deadline: Tuesday, Jun 21, 2016 Put together by the Coffee-House Poetry, the 2016 Troubadour International Poetry Prize is open for entry. Poets of any nationality, from any country, aged over 18 years may apply. Judges’ decision is final. The judges are Glyn Maxwell (b. Welwyn Garden City) and Jane Yeh (b. New Jersey, ed. Harvard University). Troubadour International Poetry Prize Submission Guideline Poems must be written in English. Also, they [ … ]
Closed: Voices on Fire Poetry Competition
Deadline: July 22, 2016 (4 p.m.) McGregor Poetry Festival opened its Voices on Fire Poetry Competition to unpublished poets ages 19+ and ages 13 to 18. Those ages 19+ should apply for the Open Category to win R 7,500 and a trophy. While poets ages 13 to 18 should apply for the High School Category to win a R2,500 book voucher and a trophy. The finalists could see their poetry [ … ]
Closed: I love African Literature Contest
Deadline: July 15 Submit to Brittle Paper‘s I love African Literature writing contest and stand a chance to win $100. The contest is open to everyone: old, youthful, aspiring writer, seasoned writer, African, non-African, etc. If you read and love African literature, here’s your chance to prove it. To enter the I love African Literature writing contest, write a 300-350 word affirmation of love to African literature [ … ]
2016 Caine Prize Winner
The 2016 Caine Prize winner was unveiled on July 4 as Lidudumalingani for his short story entitled ‘Memories We Lost‘ published in Incredible Journey: Stories That Move You. The Chair of Judges, Delia Jarrett-Macauley, announced the winner of the £10,000 prize at a dinner held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. ‘Memories We Lost’ tells the emotionally charged story of a girl who acts [ … ]
Closed: 2016 Morland Writing Scholarships
Deadline: Monday, Oct. 31, 2016 The Miles Morland Foundation (MMF) opened its 2016 Morland Writing Scholarships for African writers on June 30. The scholarship is open to anyone born or whose parents were born in Africa who writes in English. The goal of the scholarship is to provide Scholars the opportunity to write a completed book. Only published writers can apply. Scholars writing fiction will receive a grant of [ … ]
Closed: 2016 New Voices Mentorship Competition
Deadline: July 30, 2016 (extended from July 20) The 2016 New Voices Mentorship Competition, organized by New Contrast, is now open for submission until July 30. A poet or author will win in each language category: IsiXhosa, English or Afrikaans, a total of three winners. The winners will be mentored for 3 months by an established poet or author. Prose winners shall produce a short story during the [ … ]
Closed: Digital Lab Africa
Deadline: Aug. 31 2016. Digital Lab Africa calls for multimedia creation projects. It is open to any artists, producers, start-up, SMEs, collectives, students or entrepreneurs from Sub-Saharan Africa. Applicants have to be based in this region or being nationals of one of the Sub-Saharan African countries, provided the project development is mostly implemented locally. The four categories of the Digital Lab Africa multimedia [ … ]
Closed: British Council Connect ZA 2016 OPEN CALL
The British Council Connect ZA Arts Programme seeks original and adventurous artistic project proposals, which tell and share the story of contemporary South Africa and the UK, culminating in high quality live, or digital performance, showcase or other public facing events, to form part of the British Council Connect ZA Arts Programme 2016/17. The programme supports connections between young people aged 18-35 [ … ]
2016 Wasafiri New Writing Prize now open!
The 2016 Wasafiri New Writing Prize is now open to any nationality and any age group. The competition is open to anyone who has not published a complete book in the category entered. Submissions are welcome in three categories: Poetry, Fiction and Life Writing. Winners will receive £300 and their entries will be published in Wasafiri. To submit to the 2016 Wasafiri New Writing Prize, fill in the entry form (pdf/doc) [ … ]
Closed: SUNU Journal Submissions
A Wolof word meaning our, SUNU Journal engages critically African issues and topics at continental, regional, national and international levels through literary work, research papers and compelling visuals. SUNU’s mission is to amplify the youth voice and contribute to strengthening their collective consciousness in critical engagement with African affairs, and aesthetics. Accepted on a rolling basis, Submissions should critically and creatively explore topics [ … ]
Closed: scrutiny2 Calls for Papers
scrutiny2, which publishes issues in English studies in Southern Africa calls for papers commemorating the life and work of Lauretta Ngcobo (1931-2015). Ngcobo was a pioneering black feminist writer, committed political activist, teacher, and writer. She became one of the first black South African women to publish a novel in English. Her published titles includes Cross of gold (1981), her first novel, and her most [ … ]
Closed: Fak’Ugesi Residency Call
Fak’Ugesi call for artists to participate in the annual Digital Africa Festival’s Residency in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Residency in collaboration with Pro Helvetia Johannesburg. The focus of the Fak’ugesi Festival is the role of alternative knowledge and organisational systems in technology. It seeks artists and creative technologists, from contemporary art, game design, interactive design and creative computing, who explore concepts of [ … ]
£5000 National Poetry Competition
The Poetry Society’s annual National Poetry Competition is for previously unpublished single poems. The competition is open to anyone aged 17 or over at the time of entering. International entries are welcome. There is no limit on the number of entries a single entrant can make. All entries will be considered anonymously by the judges. Entries must not have been published, self-published, published [ … ]
The Etisalat Prize for Literature now Open
The Etisalat Prize for Literature opened on June 1 and will be opened till Aug 31, 2016. The Etisalat Prize for Literature celebrates new writers of African citizenship whose first fiction book (over 30,000 words) was published in the last twenty four (24) months. For the purposes of this definition, first book means first printed production in book form of [ … ]