April 2019
Online Writing Tips Short Fiction Prize—Apply (Awards: £175 )
The 2019 Online Writing Tips Short Fiction Prize is open. The editors are currently accepting and probably, reading entries for its ongoing free-to-enter contest. What Will The Winners Get? The overall first prize winner will receive a £100 cash prize First runner up will receive £50 cash award The second runner up will get a […]
AFREADAx Africa Writes Competition —Apply (Prize: £200 )
To celebrate the UK’s biggest annual African literature festival in July, AFREADA in partnership with Africa Writes Competition will see participants develop a story about social class based on a passage from the festival co-headliner Chigozie Obioma’s second novel titled, An Orchestra of Minorities. Chigozie Obioma whose first novel, The Fishermen, published in 2015, received […]
Writing Tips: How To Get Your Characters To Pause Effectively
rAs a writer, do you know how to get your characters to pause in your work? The use of the word ‘pause’ elicits a fingernails-on-a-chalkboard response from me. Why would such an innocent word spur such a visceral response? Because people never pause. A pause indicates to me that a character freezes in place. Read: […]
Participate in Narrative Landscape’s Contest, Stand a Chance to Win A Marlon James Book —
Narrative Landscape, a publishing and logistics company in Nigeria is currently running a competition on their Medium page. Excerpts from a book titled, “Black Leopard Red Wolf” and authored by Marlon James will be posted on their Medium page and readers will have to answer questions about the excerpts at the end of the month […]
Meet The Recipients of the Ebedi International Writers Residency Awards, April/May 2019
For the April/May edition of the Ebedi International Writers Residency, four artists, including a photographer and three writers have arrived Iseyin. They include Howard Meh-Buh Maximus, a Cameroonian, and three Nigerians: Rasaq Malik Gbolahan, Nseabasi Akpan and Bello Muhammad Bello. Established in September 2010, the Ebedi international writer’s residency seeks to provide a conducive space […]
The 19x19x0x0 Vestal Review Flash Fiction Contest / How To Apply
The editors of the Vestal Review have started accepting entries for their The 19x19x0x0 flash fiction contest. Why is the contest titled 19x19x0x0? Because the flash fiction journal is celebrating their 19th birthday. Writers are invited to write a 19 word story. This story must include the words “Vestal” and “review,” but not together. Submission […]
SYNW Anambra Schedules Easter Reading
By Chidiebere Ojiego The Society of Young Nigerian Writers, Anambra State Chapter is set to hold a one-day reading tagged “Easter Reading” as one of the literary activities to herald the 2019 easter day celebration. This was contained in a statement released on Sunday by the state’s coordinator of the forum, Mr. Izunna Okafor in […]