October 2019
Chinua Achebe Literary Festival: Young Writers Visit National Light Newspaper
In preparation for the 2019 edition of the Chinua Achebe Literary Festival, the members of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Anambra State Chapter) today, visited the Anambra Newspapers And Printing Corporation (ANPC), publishers of National Light Newspaper, Ka O Di Taa Igbo Newspaper and the Sportslight Xtra. This is the sole print medium of […]
The Nigeria Prize for Teen Authors/ How to Apply (Prizes: N500,000)
The Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation calls for submissions for the Nigeria Prize for Teen Authors. The prize, which is sponsored by Alh. Bala Abdullahi Kwatu, is a yearly prize recognizing the best writings by Nigerian teen authors. The prize is in two categories—the poetry category and the fiction category, either a novella or short story […]
Editor Wanted At May University Press Limited/ How to Apply
Are you an editor? Do you need a job? Here is your chance. May Univeristy Press, “a Nigerian limited liability company with defined commitment to the growth of educational, scholarly, literary, corporate and digital publishing”, is recruiting editors. The job is full time and the location is Lagos. The deadline for application is the 31st […]
The Lagos Poetry Festival 2019, 5th Edition
The Lagos International Poetry Festival (LIPFest2019) is here. Now in its fifth year, the festival, which was founded in 2015 by Efe Paul Azino, promises to be “a wild beautiful thing.” The festival begins October 30th, 2019 and ends November 3rd, 2019, and it features over fifty writers and poets and thinkers from over ten […]
Afara Leadership Center Book Fair For Book Lovers On A Low Budget / How To Attend The Event
Have you been wanting to get some fairy new, high quality books? And at a very low price? Here is your chance to. Osemhen is donating books, but at a very low price, to raise money to support a center. She writes: “I volunteer with this awesome center and we’re raising money to support the […]
The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2020/ How to Apply (Prizes: $1000 + more)
The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets is now open for submissions. Awarded annually to a debut poetry book or manuscript by an African poet, the prize is given by the African Poetry Book Fund, in partnership with Praire Schooner and the University of Nebraska. The prize comes with prize money of a $1000 […]
Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship 2020/ How to Apply ($2000 + more)
One Story, together with the Talve-Goodman family, is now open for submissions for the Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship. The workshop is open to “an early-career writer of fiction who has not yet published a book and is not currently nor has ever been enrolled in an MFA program.” They look for writers whose writings address “issues and experiences […]