May 2020
6 Amazing Poets Share Ideas on Editing, Rejections, and Books
Recently, I reached out to six of the most amazing poets on the Nigerian literary scene at the moment and asked then how they deal with editing, rejections, and books they’ll recommend. These poets are: Sillerman Book finalist Nome Emeka Patrick; Brittle Paper Award winner for poetry and author of Sky Raining Fists JK Anowe; […]
Ex/Post Magazine/ How to Submit
Ex/Post Magazine is a new literary and arts journal that seeks to publish works that are raw and unblinking and haunting. They are currently open for submissions of poetry, prose, art, plays, and art that are timely, experimental, and daring. The deadline for submissions to Ex/Post Magazine is June 14, 2020. Eligibility: Writers from anywhere in […]
Drue Heinz Literature Prize/ How to Submit
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize, from the University of Pittsburgh Press, is open for submissions until June 30, 2020. The prize is awarded to a manuscript of short stories, or novella and short stories, of between 150 and 300 pages by a writer who has published a novel or a book-length collection of fiction with […]
AGNI/ How to Submit (Payment: $150 + more)
AGNI magazine is open to submissions of poetry and prose that resist ideas about what a certain kind of writing “should do”, from writers who tell their truths in their own words and convince us as we read that we’ve found something no one else could have written. AGNI has published writers like Chika Unigwe, […]
The 2020 Caine Prize Shortlist
The shortlisted writers for the Caine Prize 2020 has been announced today, the 19th of May, 2020. The shortlist of five includes three Nigerians, a Tanzanian, and a Rwandan; a Commonwealth Short Story Prize shortlistee, an Etisalat Prize winner, a winner of the Betty Trask Prize, and a writer who has previously been shortlisted for […]
The Nigerian Poet, Michael Akuchie, Wins 2019 – 2020 Hellebore Poetry Scholarship Award
Author of the micro-chap “Calling Out Grief” (Ghost City Press, 2019) and a final year undergraduate student of English and Literature at the University of Benin – Michael Akuchie wins the Hellebore Poetry Scholarship Award for 2019 – 2020 for his poetry manuscript, Wreck. “Wreck features sharp language and images and a reaching towards God […]
The Lit Quarterly/ How to Submit (Payment: $100 + more)
The Lit Quarterly is a literary magazine based in Canada that is home to new and emerging voices. The magazine currently seeks submissions of poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction for its summer 2020 issue. The Lit Quarterly pays as much as $100 CAD per accepted piece. The deadline for submissions is May 31st, 2020. Eligibility: […]