September 2011

First prize: £1,000 and publication in New Statesman . One runner-up will win £500. The New Statesman has joined forces with The Webb Memorial Trust to develop a ‘Measurement of Poverty Index’. Young people are hereby invited to submit essays of no more than 2,500 words on the following topic: “If Beatrice Webb were alive […]

“…Short stories are like tight-rope walks. Because every word counts, even the tiniest slip can be fatal.” – Philip Nash, £5,000 Winner of Commonwealth ShortStory Competition 2011. Yes, the winners of this huge competition have finally been announced. In the African region, Kenyan writer, Basett Buyukah, won with ‘Martha’. Other winners are: The Maoist by […]

Melrose Books and Publishing Limited calls for submission of manuscripts from writers seeking publishers for their books. Melrose which began operation in January 2011 was founded on the basic principle of introducing new ways of publishing through innovative and modern methods of creating content that would make learning easier, interactive and interesting to the reader […]

The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), in collaboration with FARA, Yam-Pukri, CAFAN, AYF, ANAFE, SPC/PAFPNET is organizing the Youth in Agriculture Blog Competition (YoBloCo Awards). This contest is launched in the framework of the ARDYIS initiative which aims to raise youth awareness and improve their capacity on agricultural and rural development […]

5B is designed to serve as a network for young writers, under 35 and of African descent, currently working on a novel. The goal of the Network is to assist the 5 members of the network in completing a novel – by way of critiques, editorial suggestions and publishing hints. However, the objective is open-ended. […]

SENTINEL NIGERIA.ORG has published its 7th Issue. This issue features fine editorial by Richard Ali, and short stories by prolific authors such as Chuma Nwokolo, Esien Ekpe-Ita, Conquer Tukokumo Igali, and Chiemerie Nnamani Okenwa. This issue also features a single dramatist, Jerry Alagbaoso. There are poems by Obemata, Ibrahim Sambo, Giwa Abdulazeez, Anietie James Okuku, […]

Six books, selected from a longlist of thirteen are: The Sense of an Ending Julian Barnes Jonathan Cape – Random House Jamrach’s Menagerie Carol Birch Canongate Books The Sisters Brothers Patrick deWitt Granta Half Blood Blues Esi Edugyan Serpent’s Tail Pigeon English Stephen Kelman Bloomsbury Snowdrops A.D. Miller Atlantic The winner of the 2011 Man […]