The Swiss fund visions sud est supports film productions from Africa and guarantees their distribution in Switzerland. The film must be full-length (with a duration of at least 70 minutes) cinema fictional films and documentaries in postproduction (no short films, no TV films). Your project must be proposed exclusively by a company based in Africa and regularly produces films. The film makers must imperatively [ … ]
An open call for children’s fiction submissions from debut BAME writers
Nosy Crow recently announced an open call for children’s fiction submissions from debut BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) writers. Nosy Crow is a small, multi-award-winning, independent company. It began publishing child-focused, parent-friendly children’s books and apps in January 2011 with the aim of creating books and apps that encourage children to read for pleasure. It’s one of the country’s fastest growing [ … ]
Closes in TWO days, Submit to the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets
The 2015 submission period for the Sillerman First Book Prize is currently opened. It was opened on Sept. 15 and will remain open till Dec. 1. The Sillerman First Book Prize considers electronic submissions only. Hard copy submissions will be recycled unread. The Prize: The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry is awarded annually to an African poet who has [ … ]
Okayafrica Seeks Editorial Interns In New York City
Okayafrica is looking for the brightest writers/bloggers in the NYC area to join its editorial team. To apply for Okayafrica’s editorial internship, send three writing samples, a cover letter and a resume to interns@okayafrica.com. The intern program is an intensive immersion into the world of online publishing and cultural journalism and will most benefit those planning a career in media. You will participate in everything from editorial planning and reporting [ … ]
The Miles Morland Foundation Announces Shortlist
The Miles Morland Foundation is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2015 Morland Writing Scholarships. Of the twenty one shortlisted applicants below, seven are from South Africa, six from Nigeria, three from Ghana, two from Uganda, and one each from Zimbabwe, Egypt and Sudan. “This year we had 345 entries. This was fewer than last year but I felt [ … ]
Addis Foto Fest Open Call
The international Addis Foto Fest Fourth Edition will be taking place in December of 2016. It’s now receiving submissions. If you are a photographer, curator, or photography collective and would like to submit your work for consideration to be exhibited in the festival, please send images, 10 low resolution, in .jpg, a bio, and a 500 word maximum description of your work. Send your submission [ … ]
Attend the 2015 Kwani? LitFest
The Kwani? Litfest, established in 2006, brings together leading writers from across Africa for one week in a high-energy social and creative encounter around one salient subject, explored through the lenses of the continent’s past, present and emerging literatures. The fifth edition of Kwani? Litfest, a biennial gathering of writers, artists and thinkers from across Africa, will take place December [ … ]
Mabati Cornell Announces the inaugural Kiswahili Prize for African Literature Winners
Winners of the Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature were announced Tuesday, November 17. The prize recognizes writing in African languages and encourages translation from, between and into African languages. The inaugural winners are: 1st Fiction Prize, 5,000 US dollars: Anna Samwel for Penzi la Damu 1st Poetry Prize, 5,000 US dollars: Mohammed K. Ghassani for N’na Kwetu 2nd [ … ]
2015 South African Literary Awards Winners Announced
The award was founded in 2005 by the wRite associates and the Department of Arts and Culture, to celebrate literary excellence in all the languages of South Africa. This year’s winners, announced this weekend at the Tshwane Events Centre are: First Time Published Author Award: Carol Campbell, My Children Have Faces K Sello Duiker Memorial Literary Award: Zukiswa Wanner, London [ … ]
Influx Press’ Call for Novels Submissions
Influx Press seeks to publish two novels. Now accepting completed manuscripts or proposals from emerging writers and established authors. Wants work that investigates, interrogates culture and life under-represented in mainstream literary output. Seeks exciting, original stories of characters and places that make us see things in a new light, see things from a different perspective, encourage us to think in [ … ]
2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature Longlist Revealed
Etisalat, today announced the longlist for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature. This year’s longlist of nine books have been chosen from a field of over 100 titles submitted from across the continent. The longlist for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature: Ifeoluwapo Adeniyi (Nigeria), On the Bank of the River Penny Busetto (South Africa), The Story of Anna P, [ … ]
Cove Park Literature Residencies
Cove Park is a Scottish’ retreat open to writers around the world. It’s offering a minimum of three literature residencies. Founded in 1999 by Peter and Eileen Jacobs, Cove Park offers time, space and freedom to make new work and to find new ways of working. Its distinguished alumni include Margaret Atwood, Chika Unigwe, Brian Chikwava, Helen Cross, Nicola White, and many more. The 2016 literature [ … ]
New Orleans Review’s Shakespeare-inspired special issue
New Orleans Review, a journal of contemporary literature and culture based at the Department of English at Loyola University New Orleans, currently is accepting work for a Shakespeare-inspired special issue. Submissions can “riff on, respond to, reimagine, or recast any of Shakespeare’s works.” Accepting wide variety of interpretations of the theme in poetry, fiction, radio plays and experimental texts. Prose maximum limit is 7500 words [ … ]
Neoverse Short Story Writing Contest
It offers $3500 in prize total! 1st prize: $2,000, 2nd prize: $,600, 3rd prize: $200, 4th-10th prizes:$100, and 11th-20th receive honorable mentions. To submit, you must live in the US or Canada (excluding Quebec). Submit short stories between 1,000 and 5,000 words. All winners will be published in winners compilation – digital e-book and printed versions. The Neoverse Short Story Writing Competition aims to [ … ]
Transition’s Call for Submission
Theme: Reconsidering Roots: The Phenomenon that Changed the Way We Understood American Slavery Transition is particularly interested in topics that examine Roots in the Age of Obama or Roots’ reception outside of the United States. Will consider full submissions of short fiction, poetry, and original artwork on the theme. Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words between now and December [ … ]
Submission Call for works about People with Down Syndrome
Short story and art/photography submissions on people living with Down Syndrome are currently being accepted for a yet-to-be-titled literary anthology. Samuel Oluwatobi Olatunji will be the editor of the short stories, while Julie Willson will be the editor of the artwork/photography. Submit not more than two short stories in a single word file (.doc/docx), and four artworks/photography that are strictly on [ … ]
The Wide Margin
The Wide Margin is a new digital collection of essays, articles and illustrations which focus on discussion and critical thought about social, economic, political and cultural issues through a feminist lens. The Wide Margin intends to advance contemporary critical thought in Kenya, East Africa and Africa in an accessible way that is open, inclusive, imaginative and daring. The Wide Margin accepts pitches for [ … ]
Call for Ugandan Female Poets
Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation calls for Ugandan female poets to read their poetry on stage at the #Babishai2016 Poetry Festival from 24-26 August 2016, with the theme, Abundance: Poetry From Contemporary Africa. Eligibility: If you are a Ugandan female poet, send the following: A one-page summary of what you propose to showcase (as MS Word attachment) A 500-word bio (as MS Word attachment) A recent [ … ]
2015 Short Story Day Africa Prize Shortlist Announced
Short Story Day Africa is pleased to announce the shortlist for the R10,000 Short Story Day Africa Prize for Short Fiction. All longlisters stories will be collected in Water: New Short Fiction From Africa, Short Story Day Africa’s third anthology. The shortlist is as follows: “A Fierce Symmetry” by Alex Latimer “Water No Get Enemy” by Fred Khumalo “Finding Mermaids” by Chido Muchemwa “The [ … ]
Zukiswa Wanner wins South African Literary Award’s K.Sello Duiker Memorial Award
Zukiswa Wanner has won the South African Literary Award’s K.Sello Duiker Memorial Award for her novel “London Cape Town Joburg.” Zukiswa sits on the Writivism Board. In 2007, she also was shortlisted for the K Sello Duiker Award for her first novel, The Madams. *** Featured photo via thisisAfrica