Deadline: April 1, 2020 Submit writing around the theme of Forgiveness and Retribution and possibly win the £10,000 Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize. The second-place winner gets the £3,000 cash prize and the third-place runner up wins £2,000. All three get invited to attend the Fjällnäs symposium. Rules: Open to all nationalities, aged 18 and above. All genres permitted. A maximum of 2500 words [ … ]
Submit to King Baudouin African Development Prize
Deadline: March 31, 2020 The KBF Africa Prize rewards outstanding contributions to development in Africa initiated and led by Africans. The King Baudouin Foundation awards the €200,000 price each year to its winners and offers unique opportunities for visibility and international promotion. The Prize seeks to draw public attention to inspirational stories emerging from the African continent. The Prize rewards innovative [ … ]
PRAXIS’ Call for Submission
Submissions are welcomed all year round. Praxis Magazine Online is currently inviting submissions in four genres: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and journal stories. Praxis Magazine Online is a platform for artists and writers to commune, debate, and progress their craft respectively. It covers literary events across Africa, gives voice to emerging writers and artists, and even promotes literature in indigenous languages. Specific [ … ]
Submit: Toyin Falola Prize
Deadline: May 31, 2020 The Toyin Falola Prize team invites young African writers to reach to the core of Africa to make, re-make, affirm, and re-affirm the African (hi)story creatively, and into the Africanfutures. The Prize is created in honor of the Distinguished African scholar and foremost historian, Professor Toyin Falola. The Prize is meant to honour his endeavours and [ … ]
Submit to the Afritondo $1,000 Short Story Prize
Deadline: Friday, Dec. 23, 2019. Afritondo is a media and publishing platform that aims to tell the stories of Africans and black minority populations across the globe. Our main aim is to improve diversity in publishing by offering aspiring African and black minority writers a viable platform for telling their stories. Afritondo is calling for submissions for its inaugural short [ … ]
Granta is now accepting Unsolicited Submissions
Deadline: Nov 13. Granta publishes fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Currently, it is accepting fiction and nonfiction submissions until Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. However, it accepts photography and art submissions all year-round. The publication imposes no strict word limits. Ideally, submit submissions that are between 3,000 and 6,000 words. Do note that the editors will not read any submission that is [ … ]
Submit to FIYAH
Deadline: Dec. 31, 2019. FIYAH is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine that features stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora. This definition is globally inclusive (Black anywhere in the world) and also applies to mixed/biracial and Afro-appended people regardless of gender identity or orientation. It is open to unthemed submissions from Oct 1. Send your prose and [ … ]
Submission Call: TSSF Journal
Deadline: December 31. You can now submit to the TSSF Journal. TSSF Journal seeks well-crafted stories about Africa, Africans, and African issues in all genres from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. Send your poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction to journal@singlestory[dot]org. Email title should be: TSSF Journal: [Work Name], [category]. It accepts all kinds of stories, whether genre or literary. [ … ]
Submit to Jalada 08: Bodies
Deadline: Oct. 11, 2019. Jalada seeks short fiction, essays, creative nonfiction, and poetry that play with the very concept of the body and bodies. The team wants creative submissions that (re)imagine and (re)define bodies; pieces that look at bodies beyond flesh and bone; pieces that look at bodies in and through flesh and bone; that challenge human’s preconceived notions of [ … ]
2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2019 (11:59 p.m). Commonwealth Writers today opened its 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize submission calls on Sept. 1. It awards the prize to the writer of the best unpublished short fiction written in English by a Commonwealth citizen. It accepts stories written in English, Bengali, Chinese, French, Greek, Kiswahili, Malay, Portuguese, Samoan, Tamil, Turkish, as well as translated entries. The panel of [ … ]
International Submission: Eyelands Magazine
Deadline: Sept. 20, 2019. Eyelands, an online literary magazine, and Strange Days Books, a publishing firm, are collaborating to run their first comic strip contest. The contest runs from June 20 till Sept. 20, 2019. The theme of the contest this year is free. The judge is Gregory Papadoyiannis and entrance fee is 5€. There will be three prize winners. The winners will [ … ]
Film Festival: 2019 Benin City Film Festival
Deadline: Sept. 31, 2019. The Benin City Film Festival (BCFF) was launched in 2018 to encourage and promote the works of local film community. It also provides emerging filmmakers a platform to showcase their work in an environment where they have access to experienced industry professionals. The team provides workshops, training programmes and independent films screening. The primary objective of [ … ]
Submit: Journal of African Youth Literature (JAYL)
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2019. The Journal of African Youth Literature (JAYL) publishes literature written in English by, about, and/or for born-in-Africa youths. For the purposes of the Journal, the youth age category is defined as beginning in the mid-teenage years (from 15) up to 35 years. JAYL is interested in the types of literature listed below. Please note the lengths [ … ]
Introducing Rari Poetry Workshop
Deadline: Oct. 30, 2019. There is a brand new community for African poets: Rari. Rari is a peer-learning community open to any poet of African descent. It fosters growth through carefully curated workshops and a platform to showcase beautiful poetry. The team’s goal is ultimately to promote underrepresented African voices in the global poetry landscape. The team is currently accepting [ … ]
Apply: Saraba Magazine Hiring New Editorial Team
Deadline is Sept. 30, 2019. Saraba, the acclaimed literary magazine based in Nigeria, calls for applications for a new editorial team, including an Editor, Fiction Editor, Poetry Editor, Nonfiction Editor, and an Assistant Editor. Since 2009, the editorial team has included Emmanuel Iduma and Dami Ajayi, the magazine’s founders, and other editors who have worked with them since inception, including Ayọ̀bámi [ … ]
Submit opinion pieces, stories, poetry, and more to Afritondo
Afritondo is a new online magazine for African stories and content. The team publishes opinion pieces, stories, poems, and pictures that address African issues, or tell stories about Africa and its people. It aims to offer a platform for African writers, including young writers who may not have access to platform with a wider international audience. To be published, you [ … ]
Gerald Kraak Award
Deadline: Now kept open all year round The Jacana Literary Foundation and the Other Foundation seek submissions to their fourth annual Gerald Kraak Award. The award focuses on stories and photographies on gender, human rights and sexuality. To be eligible, you should be an African who lives and works in the continent. The first place prize winner receives R25,000. Submit the following: fiction, [ … ]
Submit to Imagnary House (Children’s Book& YA Literature)
Deadline: Aug. 31, 2019. Imagnary House publishes children’s books and young-adult literature. The boutique publishing house in Cape Town, South Africa calls for submissions. The company focuses on building a larger market for African children’s authors and illustrators. So, it does this by igniting local readership, and engaging with international readers, rights and literary agents. Founder Brad Harris built the publishing house based on his experience [ … ]
Bakwa Magazine Presents: Literary Translation Workshop in Collaboration with University of Bristol
Deadline: Aug. 30, 2019. Are you based in Cameroon? Are you a literary translator or do you want to be one? Bakwa Magazine, in collaboration with the University of Bristol, is pleased to announce that applications are open for an exciting literary translation workshop aimed at building networks and sustainability for literary translators. If you are a student translator or professional [ … ]
Submit to the Collins Elesiro Literary Prize by CF Writerz
Deadline for Submissions: June 10, 2019. CF Writerz currently accepts submissions for its new Freedom Magazine issue. The submissions should cover the “sweetness” theme. It was adapted from a poetry collection by Stefn Sylvester Anyatowu, a Title of the Year awardee. The Freedom Magazine will award the top entry the Collins Elesiro Literary Prize. The team will consider submissions in [ … ]