Deadline: January 25, 2018. Huza Press calls on Rwandan writers to submit short stories for its RadioBook Rwanda project. Also, it invites both Rwandan and Kenyan artist to submit art pieces for the project. Huze Press will publish new writing and new artworks in collaboration with Kwani Trust and No Bindings. The proposed RadioBook Rwanda book series will publish original artworks and three short [ … ]
Category: Submission Calls
Saraba Magazine Calls for Submissions
Deadline: Dec. 31, 2017. Saraba Magazine calls for submissions for its 2018 Saraba issues. The themes are Open (#22), Fake Truths (#23), and Viral (#24). It will pay published writers ₦10,000 (approximately $30). It asks prospective contributors to interpret the themes in singular, yet compelling ways. Submit unpublished works that address any of the three themes. And, in your cover letter, [ … ]
Artist In Residency (AIR): Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Residency Program
Deadline: Dec. 16, 2017. The Africa Centre opens its call for its Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Residency Program. The residency consists of a four-week stay 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. It wants high-caliber African artists, in [ … ]
Artist In Residency (AIR) Programme: Emerging – Mid Career Artists Residency
Deadline: Dec. 16, 2017 The Africa Centre opens its call for the 2017 Artists In Residency program. Usually, the residency consists of a four-week stay at the Bellagio Center on Lake Como, Italy. This year, it opens up the residency in Australia, Brazil, Spain, Italy and the United States, with varying residency lengths. Africa Centre seeks fiction and non-fiction writers, playwrights, poets, video/filmmakers, composers, [ … ]
Enter the 2018 Kalemba Short Story Prize
Deadline: Dec. 15. Open to Zambian citizens only, the Kalemba Short Story Prize awards the best unpublished short fiction written in English. Ukusefya WORDS funds and administers the $1,000 annual award. To enter, submit an unpublished short fiction piece(2,000-5,000 words), written in English. You don’t have to reside in Zambia to qualify for eligibility. You just have to be a Zambian national. Writers must [ … ]
Submit to Awele Creative Trust (ACT)
Submission period: Nov. 15 – Dec. 31, 2017. The Awele Creative Trust will begin receiving fiction submissions for its 2017 ACT Award on Nov. 15, 2017. To enter, email your previously unpublished work to awelecreativetrust@gmail.com. Again, the award only rewards fictional works. The team will only consider one story per author. With your submission, include a cover note with your name, date of [ … ]
Submit to the Brunel University International African Poetry Prize
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2017. Brunel University and Commonwealth Writers are sponsoring the £3,000 Brunel University International African Poetry Prize. The annual poetry prize aims to develop, celebrate and promote African poetry. The prize started four years ago in 2013 with Warsan Shire emerging as the first winner. And Romeo Oriogun won last year’s award. To be eligible, you must be a poet who [ … ]
Submit Ideas for Africa Writes 2018
Deadline: Nov. 10, 2017. The Royal African Society wants you to pitch ideas for Africa Writes 2018. An annual celebration of contemporary literature, Africa Writes 2018 will be held on June 29 to July 1 at The British Library, London. So, send in pitches of authors, panel discussion, workshop, or performance event you would like to see at the festival. You don’t have to have a fully-fledged [ … ]
Submit to Prufrock
Deadline: none. A South African literary magazine, Prufrock accepts submission year round. Four University of Cape Town graduates founded the magazine in May 2013. The magazine features long-form non-fiction, fiction, poetry, photography, and illustration. It accepts unsolicited submissions and has no restrictions on content or style. While priority is given to African writers, it publishes writers from all over the world. It will read and publish [ … ]
Digibook seeks submissions
Deadline: Oct. 24. Digibook calls for you to submit your work of fiction across genres, between 2,000 to 3,000 words. It recommends an ideal length of 2,500 words. It opened the call on Oct. 9 and will close the submission period on Oct. 24, 2017. Digibook wants fearless, polished, exciting, and most importantly, unpublished works, written in English. And it will pay [ … ]
Pan Macmillan South Africa Accepting Manuscript Submissions
Open: Nov. 20-24, 2017. As a general rule, Pan Macmillan South Africa does not accept unsolicited manuscripts. However, it will open a submission window from Nov. 20 to Nov. 24, 2017. Submit manuscripts that focus on general fiction, literary fiction, general non-fiction and memoir (bio or autobiography). Pan Macmillan South Africa does not accept short story collections, poetry, plays and children’s books. It believes [ … ]
Manuscript Call: Graywolf Press Africa Prize
Deadline: Oct. 31, (12 midnight, CST). The Graywolf Press Africa Prize will award an African author primarily residing in Africa with $12,000 advance and publication by Graywolf Press. A. Igoni Barrett and other Graywolf editors will judge the prize. Graywolf Press will ensure that the winning book becomes available in major markets in African countries. The Graywolf Press Africa Prize is for writers with no [ … ]
The Random Thoughts Creative Writing Prize
Opens October 14 and closes after 40 submissions. The Random Thoughts starts its new Prize in Creative Fiction, with this year’s theme being “Sisterhood.” It bases this theme on the underlying sisterhood that is prevalent in the Ghanaian community and culture. Women often come together to collaborate on projects. They also work for and with each other to reach the highest limit. It [ … ]
Submit to Kabaka Magazine
Deadline: Dec.12. Kabaka Magazine is a quarterly queer literary magazine. It publishes original, unpublished poetry, fiction, visual arts, photography, videos, non-fiction: interviews, reviews, memoir pieces, and essays. It wants works that interrogate what it means to be queer and African. Kabaka Magazine believes that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex lives are part of the African experience and culture. As [ … ]
Ebedi Review Calls For Submissions
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2017. The editors of The Ebedi Review call for submissions for the third edition of the review. The Review publishes articles from the residents of Ebedi International Writers Residency, Iseyin Nigeria. Also, it publishes short stories, photos, and poems from non-resident writers. Submit short fiction no more than 1,000 words long or non-fiction no more than 1500 words. [ … ]
Submission Call: isiZulu’s Kwasukela Books
Deadline: Oct. 1, 2017. New isiZulu fiction publishing company Kwasukela Books calls for submissions for its first anthology of short stories (between 1,500 – 3,000 words). The anthology titled Izinkanyezi Ezintsha (‘New Stars’) will feature speculative fiction from emerging writers. Kwasukela Books wants stories wholly from the South African perspective, written in isiZulu. According to its Founder and CEO Wade Smit, “We [ … ]
Invisible Borders: The TransAfrican Project
Deadline: Oct. 9, 2017. Invisible Borders recently launched a project to publish a series of books for children ages 7 to 12. It seeks African writers and illustrators to work on the first book in its new project. The series will present fictionalized accounts of the lives and exploits of selected Africans, as well as stories of societies, civilizations, and cultures [ … ]
Submit to the Salomé October Strength issue
Deadline: Sept. 9, 2017. Salomé seeks fiction, non-fiction and flash fiction submissions for its October issue, themed strength. Please note that while the deadline is Sept. 9, the team will stop accepting submissions once they reach 250 submissions. Salomé only accepts submission from anyone who identifies as female, regardless of age. Also, the team only accepts original, unpublished submissions. Send in 100-500-word flash fiction, [ … ]
Submit to Q-zine 15th issue
Deadline: Sept. 10, 2017. Q-zine invites visual artists from Africa and the African diaspora to share work that speaks to or about the queer experience in the broadest sense. For its next issue, it focuses on new developments in African visual arts from a queer perspective. The team welcomes photography, painting, drawing, video, digital art, or any other visual medium submission. [ … ]
Submission Call: COALNG Literary Magazine
Deadline: August 31. COALNG seeks exceptional literary poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and nonfiction submissions. So, submit poems, short stories, essays, reviews, interviews, spoken word videos/ audios or literary commentaries. And word count includes 2000 words maximum for fiction, 300-600 words for book reviews, and 400 words max for literary commentaries. And according to its site, COALNG is broad and inclusive in perspective spanning the spectrum of various [ … ]