July 2012

Creative writing news got nominated for 2012 most fascinating blog award (creative writing category) for a blog post i wrote for Ify Omalicha who passed away in March this year. To read the post, Omalicha, click HERE. Having visited the organiser’s website, here’s what i found. The Fascination Awards are an annual collection of the […]

WOLFoundation is calling for the best non-technical, English language writing on any subject related to environmental issuesThe winning entry will receive a cash prize of $1,500. A further $500 will be awarded to the second placed entry.Deadline for submissions is 30th September, 2012.The shortlisted entries will be published as a book of collected essays. What […]

Cha Flash Fiction Contest Cha has launched its flash fiction contest. The contest is organised by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal. It is for unpublished flash fiction prose in English language. The theme of the contest is misinterpretation.  Deadline for submission is 15stJuly, 2012. Stories must be previously unpublished and must be the exclusive work […]

Copies of Kaleidoscope Magazine (culled from website) Kaleidoscope magazine  is accepting short fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, and visual arts which creatively focus on the experiences of disability through literature and the fine arts.  The material chosen for Kaleidoscope challenges and overcomes stereotypical, patronizing, and sentimental attitudes about disability. The editors accept works of writers with […]

Rotimi Babatunde has been awarded the £10 000 prize for his short story Bombay’s Republic published in the MirabiliaReview. This makes Rotimi the winner of the thirteenth Caine Prize for African writing. Bernardine Evaristo announced Babatunde as the winner of the £10 000 prize at the awards dinner which held on Monday, 2 July 2012, at the […]