March 2012
INDIAFRICA ESSAY WRITING CONTEST
…Essay India and Africa’s Future Entries are being received for the Indiafrica essay writing competition.Essays should focus on how India and Africa can have a shared future. The competition is open to students between the ages of 18-28 years in India and Africa. Contest Theme: How can India and Africa Compete, Collaborate and Co-create the […]
The Rise and Rise of the Literary Festival
Have you been to a literary festival? They’re wonderful and certainly something every aspiring writer should try just once (or more). There are so many to choose from now; each literary festival with their own distinctive character, that you will be spoiled for choice. Read: How To Make A Point of View in Your Writing […]
Housing Authors & Literature, Denmark (H.A.L.D.) 2012
The Danish Centre for Writers and Translators proudly presents H.A.L.D. 2012 (Housing Authors & Literature, Denmark). It is the fourth International Summer Residency for Writers at Hald. The H.A.L.D. program will select four fiction authors from abroad* to live and work alongside selected Danish fiction authors in Hald Hovedgaard’s main building during the period of […]
NaNoWriMo – National Novel Writing Month
NaNoWriMo Logo Never heard of NaNoWriMo? Goodness, where have you been? NaNoWriMo is the fastest growing online novel writing community ever. The aim is very simple. Every November 1st people all over the world sit down at their computers to write a novel in one month. It must be 50,000 words, and completed by 11:59:59, November 30. Your […]
Omalicha
Ify Omalicha I knew her for about a week when we both participated in the Nigerian Academy of Letters creative writing workshop. We had breakfast and dinner in the PI Hostel’s dimly lit restaurant. Once we sat on the same dining table with the other workshop participants. A couple of times I sat across from […]
The African Professional Houston Journal
African Professional Houston Journal is accepting short stories, poetry, creative non-fiction, excerpts or anything creative. The theme is,:“Africa’s Need: Integrity, Trade or Aid?” Submit any unpublished writings, book reviews, notes, comments, art, and pictures regarding any of the aforementioned or other issues that you believe have impacted Africa and Africans. The solicitation list is not exhaustive. […]