Deadline: monthly. The Kalahari Review on Jan. 9 launched Igby Prize For Nonfiction, its monthly nonfiction/essay contest. Each month, a writer will win the $50 USD prize. Each month has a theme. Here are the themes by month: January — Home February — Relationships & Family March — Night life: On the night life of cities and towns around The Continent [ … ]
Category: Submission Calls
Submit to Dwart’s Issue #3: Uprooting
Deadline: March 2. Dwart seeks original, compelling pieces for its Uprooting issue that touch on this through such subthemes as death, spiritual disconnection, physical distancing, cultural alienation, memory loss. Dwart accepts fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and arts & photography. Send pieces that break stereotypes, with extraordinary confidence. Email previously unpublished works to dwartsonline@gmail.com. Include your short bio in the document you send. Write [ … ]
2017 Goethe-Institut Literary Exchange
Deadline: Feb. 15, 2017. For this year’s Literary Exchange, Goethe-Institut collaborates with Saraba Magazine and Bakwa Magazine. They all ask writers to submit applications to participate in their mentored creative non-fiction workshops and exchanges. They seek to jumpstart a collaborative environment between Cameroonian and Nigerian authors and writers. Cameroon and Nigeria share a border and similar cultural values. Therefore, collaborating together in the [ … ]
Closed: The 2017 SLS fiction and poetry contest
Deadline: Feb. 28. Submit to the 2017 SLS fiction and poetry contest. The Summer Literary Seminars (SLS) in collaboration with Fence Magazine host the literary contest. To enter, submit up to three unpublished poems (10 pages), or a 25-page, double-spaced short story or novel excerpt. You can submit multiple entries. However, you have to accompany each entry with a separate reading fee. Each [ … ]
Closed: TSSF Magazine Open Call
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2017. TSSF Magazine, on Nov 1, opened its call for submissions. Disclosure: TSSF Magazine is one of the projects of The Single Story Foundation, which runs this site. TSSF Magazine seeks well-crafted, realistic stories from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. Send your poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction and visual art to publication@singlestory[dot]org. Email title should be: TSSF Mag: [Work [ … ]
Transition Religion Call
Deadline: Jan. 1, 2017 For the Transition Religion Call, submit your essays, interviews, poetry, fiction, and visual art that reflect on the role of religion in Africa and diaspora. Transition seeks fresh perspectives about the role and meaning of religion in the African Diaspora. Also, it seeks perspectives about conflict, and resettlement triggered by inter/intra-religious confrontation. Transition accepts simultaneous submissions but does [ … ]
Caine Prize 2017 Open
Deadline: Jan. 31, 2017. Caine Prize 2017 only accepts fictional short stories submission between 3,000 and 10,000 words from publishers on already published pieces. Publishers send in six original published copies of each entry to either: Lizzy Attree [ … ]
Jalada-Transition Fear Anthology Submission
Deadline: Jan 9, 2017. Extending its fear anthology, Jalada has partnered with Transition on the project. Jalada-Transition will publish a collaborative issue, available in print and digital editions from June 2017. There’s a lot of materials to cover on fear. Same, you can talk about fear through the lens of weaponized terror, general fear, or fear other others — touching on [ … ]
Submit to The Jeli
The Jeli, a literary publisher for black millennials, loves accepting previously unpublished submissions from new writers. It publishes fiction (short stories, poetry and novels) as well as narrative non-fiction (travel memoirs, biographies and essays). It accepts both early drafts or finished works, but expect an editorial process at acceptance. The Jeli is a community of readers and writers who are passionate about reading and writing. [ … ]
Closed: AFREADA Photo-Story Competition
Deadline: Sunday, Nov. 27 (Midnight GMT). AFREADA, in collaboration photographer UA present AFREADA Photo-Story Competition. They invite writers to write and submit a 500-word maximum flash fiction, using the picture below as a muse: The winning author gets £100. Shortlisted stories will be featured in AFREADA online publication in 2017. AFREADA will announce the winner on Tuesday, Dec. 6, which coincidentally marks its first anniversary. Entries should be sent to editor@afreada.com as [ … ]
Closed: African Pen Short Story Competition
Deadline: 30 September 2016. Submit your short stories to the African Pen Short Story Competition. African Pen provides an online platform to publish, support and celebrate the creative writing of all those with a deep connection to Africa. To be eligible for the competition, you must be born, living and working in an African country, or of African descent but living [ … ]
Closed: Praxis Magazine Online Poetry Contest
Deadline: Oct. 31. Praxis Magazine Online on Sept. 7 announced its first Praxis Magazine Online Poetry Contest anthology. It will begin to accept entries for the contest from Oct. 1. So, you’ve got about a month to prepare for the submission. Praxis Magazine Online will hold its poetry contest annually. It will select the best poems, chosen by a judge, for publications [ … ]
Closed: 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Deadline: Nov. 1, 2016. Commonwealth Writers calls for submission to its 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. It awards the prize to the writer of the best unpublished short fiction written in English by a Commonwealth country citizen. The panel of judges places entries into five regions: Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, the Caribbean and the Pacific. Regional winners receive £2,500 and the [ … ]
Closed: 2016 Etisalat Flash Fiction Award
2016 Etisalat Flash Fiction Award Deadline: Oct. 14. Etisalat on Sept. 1 opened its 2016 Etisalat Flash Fiction Award. All you have to do is write 300 words of fiction. Etisalat opens its award to all African writers, resident anywhere in the world. As long as you haven’t previously published any short story, you can submit entries to the 2016 [ … ]
Closed: aKoma Media Launches Amplify Fellowship
aKoma Media, with Mastercard Foundation, launch Amplify Fellowship, a six-month content-creating fellowship. Only people living in Lagos, Nairobi, and Kigali can apply. It will select 25 Amplify fellows to receive training and mentoring. aKoma is “Africa’s content network, where stories are created, discovered, and shared.” It is also a “community of creators, influencers, storytellers and audiences sharing diverse narratives on Africa and its diaspora” (akomat.com). [ … ]
Closed: 2016 Artists In Residency (AIR)
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2016. The Africa Centre opens its call for the 2016 Artists In Residency program. This year’s residency consists of a four weeks of residence at the Bellagio Center on Lake Como, Italy. Africa Centre seeks fiction and non-fiction writers, playwrights, poets, video/filmmakers, composers, and visual artists, whose work is inspired by or relates to global or social issues. Residents and their spouses [ … ]
Closed: Enkare Review Maiden Issue
Deadline: Oct. 15, 2016. Enkare Review opens call for submissions for its maiden issue. Enkare Review is a literary magazine that aims to discover new strong voices in the literary scape and to showcase their talents. Send previously unpublished short fiction, poetry, essays, reviews, interviews, letters and visual art, written in English, to submissions@enkare.org. Enkare Review will also accept translations. It [ … ]
Closed: Small Island Anthology Call
Deadline: Oct. 5, 2016 (11:59 p.m.). Commonwealth Writers seeks previously unpublished works, written in English, from Commonwealth islands writers for publication in its new Small Island Anthology. Submit poetry, short stories, and non-fiction (creative non-fiction, memoir, and photo essay, or narrative essay), written from an island perspective. Send your 1,500 – 6,000 words short story, or a completed first draft. Also, include a [ … ]
Closed: Afridiaspora Anthology Maiden Call
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2016. Afridiaspora announces a call for submission of the maiden edition of its Afridiaspora anthology, a quarterly publication. The maiden edition’s theme is ‘My Africa, My City.’ It seeks stories and arts that showcase the colourful cities of Africa. Afridiaspora will publish the anthology as a free downloadable e-book. Submit your original unpublished work in the following [ … ]
Closed: 2016 Ake Review Submission Call
Deadline: Friday, Aug. 26, 2016. The Ake Arts and Book Festival calls for entries for its 2016 Ake Review. The Ake Review is an annual multi-lingual literary journal that serves as a vehicle for the promotion and celebration of African culture. You can submit original and unpublished prose, poetry, and artwork that centers around this years “beneath this skin” theme. [ … ]