Deadline: December 15. Big Pond Rumours is currently running its Magazine Content. The team is looking for quality writing and accepts poetry and prose submissions. You can submit up to 80 lines of poetry or a short fiction piece between 2,000 and 3,500 words. The team accepts multiple submissions. Format your submission as follows: poetry should be single-spaced while fiction [ … ]
Category: Competition
Sony’s $25,000 Alpha Female Program
Sony seeks five female creatives to kick off its Alpha Female program. The Fellows will receive the $25,000 grant, $5,000 in Sony gear, and mentorship.
Enter the N500,000 Union Bank Campus Writing Challenge
Deadline: Oct. 7, 2018 (12 midnight WAT). The Union Bank Campus Writing Challenge is an OkadaBooks initiative sponsored by Union Bank. The contest focuses on discovering young, raw and bold writing talents across Nigeria and giving them with the necessary support to hone their craft and become master storytellers. Therefore, this contest is strictly for undergraduates of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. To [ … ]
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 [ … ]
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 [ … ]