Deborah Rogers Foundation awards £10,000 to a first-time writer whose submission demonstrates literary talent and who needs financial support to complete his or her work. Your submissions should be 20,000 to 30,000 words of a work in progress, either fiction or non-fiction. Your in progress work must not be under option or contract. Applications are only open to writers who have not previously published a [ … ]
2015 Morland Writing Scholarship Awards Recipients Announced
The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 Morland Writing Scholarships. They are: Akwaeke Emezi, Nigeria (Fiction): The Death of Vivek Oji – Emezi plans a novel in which a mixed race couple mourn the loss of their adult child who found murdered in the market place. What begins as a tale of loss becomes an investigation [ … ]
POPCAP Calls for Contemporary African Photography Entries
Piclet.org calls for submissions to POPCAP, a prize for contemporary African Photography. POPCAP is directed at photographers whose work engages with the African continent and/or its diaspora. The prize consists of global exposure at major international photography exhibitions. Submitted works will be judged according to exposure focus/sharpness, colour and/or tonal rendition and lighting. Visual and aesthetic criteria include framing and choice of viewpoint, design elements and [ … ]
The Felt Is Accepting Radical/Experimental Persuasion Submissions
An online journal of poetry and prose produced by Pratt Institute’s MFA in Writing, The Felt is interested in the creation and cultivation of emancipatory poetic spaces for felt sentiments that have been marginalized, displaced, or estranged from the dominant culture. The Felt is an intricate entanglement unlimited in every direction. It strives to publish disobedient and daring work that invites departure, resistance, [ … ]
MaThoko’s Books Calls for Queer Africa II Submission
MaThoko’s Books invites writers to submit short stories of 2,000 – 6,000 words on a queer African theme for the follow-up to its award-winning anthology, Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction. Stories will be selected and edited by Karen Martin and Makhosazana Xaba. MaThoko’s Books welcomes entries of unpublished fiction in English, or your literary translation into English of a previously published story. [ … ]
Dance Umbrella & Goethe-Institut Call for 2016 Dance Writing Workshop Participants
Aspiring and established South African arts writers are invited to apply for Goethe-Institut JHB’s dance writing workshop. The workshop will facilitated by Mary Corrigall. The workshop will take place at the Dance Forum in Newtown, Johannesburg, from Feb. 2 – 5 and from Feb. 22 – 23, 2016. The workshop seek to identify prospective dance writers for the 2016 Dance Umbrella and provide them tools [ … ]
Write for Electric Literature
I’m looking for essays for @ElectricLit! Send reflections on storytelling, the arts, your lights & darknesses: kelly@electricliterature.com — Kelly Luce (@lucekel) December 14, 2015 Electric Literature is a non-profit dedicated to amplifying the power of storytelling through digital innovation. It works to ensure that literature remains a vibrant presence in popular culture by fostering digital innovation, supporting writers, building community, and broadening [ … ]
Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015 Shortlist
We are excited to announce the #EtisalatPrizeforLiterature 2015 Shortlist #EPL2015Shortlist pic.twitter.com/v8VTcgUf8D — Etisalat Prize (@etisalatreads) December 14, 2015 Etisalat on Monday announced the three shortlisted books for its much anticipated 2015 Prize for Literature. They are: Fiston Mwanza Mujila (Democratic Republic of Congo), Tram 83 Two friends, one a budding writer home from Europe, the other an ambitious racketeer, meet in the [ … ]
Asymptote’s Close Approximations Translation Contest
Asymptote’s hugely popular translation contest, ‘Close Approximations,’ is now open to translators at the beginning of their careers. This contest accepts poetry, fiction and literary nonfiction translations of works in public domain or which translators have statement from the holder of the copyright verifying that the rights are available. To apply, submit 5 to 10 pages of translated poetry or 10 to 25 pages of translated fiction [ … ]
Prairie Schooner Book Prize Contest
Submissions to the Prairie Schooner Book Prize Contest are open annually, from January 15 through March 15. Winners receive $3,000, with their work published through the University of Nebraska Press. The Prairie Schooner Book Prize Series welcomes manuscripts from all living writers, including non-US citizens, writing in English. Both unpublished and published writers are welcome to submit manuscripts. However, does not consider [ … ]
Omenana’s Call for Submission
Omenana, a tri-monthly speculative fiction e-magazine, is open to submissions from writers from Africa and the African Diaspora. Stories and art must be speculative fiction (Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror or Magical Realism) and must involve characters, settings or themes directly related to the African continent. Stories and art should challenge normative ideas about gender, sexuality, ethnicity and religious belief. All stories and art must be in English [ … ]
Announcing the 2015 Artists In Residency (AIR) Shortlist
The Africa Centre presents its shortlist of 68 of the continent’s most provocative, innovative and socially engaged artists to be considered for 15 residency opportunities available through partnerships with the following residencies: Bundanon Trust (Australia); Fountainhead (USA); Instituto Sacatar (Brazil); JIWAR Creation & Society (Spain); Khoj International Artists’ Association (India); Kuona Trust Arts Centre (Kenya); Nafasi Arts Space (Tanzania); & The Rockefeller [ … ]
Encounters Festival Calls for Film Submissions
UK’s leading short film and animation festival, Encounters Festival’s 2016 submissions period is now OPEN. The festival discovers, supports and develops new talent in filmmaking, providing a platform and meeting place for emerging and established filmmakers from around the world. Encounters Festival presents one of the world’s leading International Competitions for short film and animation, and is also a gateway [ … ]
African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF) presents its 20th National Traveling Series
This year, African Film Festival, Inc. (AFF) will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of its National Traveling Series. This year’s National Traveling Series is comprised of eight films presented under the theme of “International Decade of People of African Descent.” The films represent a unique opportunity to examine the ways in which people of African descent have broken through borders with films and narratives, [ … ]
Etisalat announces top entries for Etisalat Prize for Literature Flash Fiction
Etisalat has released its long-list for the 2015 edition of the Etisalat Prize for Literature Flash Fiction Category. These stories were selected through an online voting process which spanned between Nov. 9, 2015 and Nov. 25, 2015 The top entries include: “Above Board” “Zebra Crossing” “Satan Be Gone” “3x, Blood on The Bench” “The Time in Her Name” “Human” “Ole, Blood on [ … ]
$1Million Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund
The $1-million Hot Docs-Blue Ice Group Documentary Fund helps enable more African documentary filmmakers to tell their own stories and contribute to a new generation of the African documentary community. The Fund provides development grants of $3000 to $10,000 CAD and production grants of $5000 to $40,000 CAD are awarded to approximately four to 10 projects annually. In addition to [ … ]
The Alter-Ciné Foundation
The Alter-Ciné Foundation offers $10,000 to filmmakers born and living Africa, with a documentary project in your native language that fits in with the aims of the Foundation. The Foundation offers a yearly grant to young film and video makers to direct a documentary film on the theme of rights and freedoms, including social and economic rights, women’s rights, the [ … ]
PBS’ POV Film Submission
POV (a cinema term for “point of view”) is television’s longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented over 400 films to public television audiences across the country. POV films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting [ … ]
The Bertha Britdoc Connect Fund
The Bertha Britdoc Connect Fund is the first European based outreach and engagement fund and is open to filmmakers from around the world. The Bertha Britdoc Connect Fund seeks to support smart, strategic outreach campaigns for ambitious independent documentary feature films with a social issue at their core; films which have the ability to achieve real change on a local, regional or [ … ]
The Fledgling Fund
Fledgling sees storytelling as a lever to improve the lives of the most vulnerable. It knows that a strong filmmaking vision and a beautifully crafted film are essential. It looks for compelling, authentic, important and timely stories that are character driven and/or add a new perspective or new information to a critical social issue. Seeks projects that have unique power to inspire, educate [ … ]