October 2011

…Winner announced. Recently, an essay contest was organized in honour of the United Nations International Year of Youths. The essay was themed around the roles of youths in helping to consolidate democracy.  The organizers of the Change Your World Essay Contest have announced winner. The first prize winner is Onyinyechi Mbam, a nineteen-year old medical […]

Closing date for entries: Commonwealth Book Prize is Friday 9 December 2011 (5pm GMT) Commonwealth Short Story Prize is Wednesday 30 November 2011 (5pm GMT) Awarded for best first book, the Commonwealth Book Prize is open to writers who have had their first novel (full length work of fiction) published between 1 January and 31 […]

There is a new one time call for submissions, with a deadline of November 18, 2011, for ghost stories by women writers. This call was made by the organizers of the Glass Woman Prize. No e-mail address was specified. Perhaps, interested writers can send their entries to the glass woman e-mail address: glasswomanprize@gmail.com. For more […]

Papered Glory (Nigeria) in collaboration with Image Genius Creations calls for submissions from both budding and professional writers to the Beyond Covers Online Writing Workshop. The online workshop aims at promoting the knowledge of basic writing skills. It will also provide participants with a template to develop and hone their creative skills and to ensure […]

The 1K4 Cancer Campaign is an initiative designed to commemorate the breast cancer awareness month. 1K4 Cancer has also been formulated to assist breast cancer patients who cannot afford treatment. Here’s the idea, If one thousand people donate one thousand naira each, 1K4Cancer will successfully raise one million naira for breast cancer patients. The funds […]

A journalist, Mai Nasara, has been announced winner of the 2011 edition of the Nigeria’s Prize for Literature. The judges of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) sponsored prize made this announcement on October 10, at a world press conference in Eko Hotels and Suites Lagos.Adeleke Adeyemi (whose pen name is Mai Nasara) won the […]

Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer has beenas awarded The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2011. This announcement was made by Professor Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, on 6 October 2011. To send congratulatory messages to this years winner, CLICK HERE For more information, visit THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE WEBSITE