May 2018
Apply For The 2018 First Drafts Competition
The 2018 First Drafts Competition invites submissions from unpublished women writers who identify as being of African heritage or descent. The winning entry will be published in a major new international anthology in 2019, alongside 200 notable writers including Malorie Blackman, Aminatta Forna, Warsan Shire and Zadie Smith.This is an exceptional opportunity for the winner […]
The 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist Has Been Released
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlist has been released. It consists of twenty-four outstanding stories selected by an international judging panel from 5182 entries from 48 Commonwealth countries. For the first time, it includes writers from Samoa and Ghana and also a translated story. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is awarded for the best piece […]
Apply For The Drue Heinz Literature Prize; Awards $15,000
The University of Pittsburgh Press announces the Drue Heinz Literature Prize for a collection of short fiction. The prize carries a cash award of $15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press under its standard contract. The winner will be announced in December or January. No information about the winner will be released before […]
Short Story Day Africa Calls For Submissions; Prize $800
Short Story Day Africa seeks innovative short fiction set in the rooms, the passages, the bars and the lobbies of hotels across the continent, as well as metafiction exploring Africa as a hotel herself- ‘If these walls could talk, what stories would they tell?’ They want stories told of all kinds of hotel occupants – […]
The 2018 Caine Prize Shortlist Has Been Released
The shortlist for the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing has been announced! The Prize is awarded annually for African Creative Writing and was awarded last year to Sudanese writer, Bushra al-Fadil. The five-writer shortlist was unveiled by this year’s Chair of judges, award-winning Ethiopian-American author, Dinaw Mengestu. The Prize is awarded for a short […]
Apply For The Stormé DeLarvarie Residency Program
The Baltic Writing Residency has announced the establishment of the Stormé DeLarverie writing residency, aimed specifically at under-represented writers. Benefits include: Resident will spend 6-7 days in a Victorian apartment in historic Old Louisville, or off of the Blue Ridge Parkway in idyllic Boone, NC (1.5 hrs from Asheville; 1 hr from Winston-Salem). The date […]
Writers or Copy Editor Needed –Apply
Are you a Writer or a Copy Editor? Do you need a full-time job and are you based in Lagos? If yes, send your resume alongside a sample of your writing to writerhire@gmail.com Good luck!