March 2023
The Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature/ How to Apply ($15,000 + Publication)
The Mabati-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature has been renamed as The Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature. The name change reflects the new key organization of one of its sponsors. Mabati Rolling Mills of Kenya is now a subsidiary of the East-Africa based steel roofing conglomerate The Safal Group. However, the change in name […]
Johannesburg Institute For Advanced Study Writing Fellowship/ How To Apply (Fully funded)
The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) is still on! It invites applications for its Eight Writing Semester, which will run from 1 February to 31 May 2024. Fellowships are open to any area of expertise, comprising novelists writing in indigenous languages. Earlier fellowships have incorporated academics, novelists, scientists, poets, playwrights, independent researchers, and correspondents. […]
International Essay Contest For Young People (Prizes: Over $1000 + Certificates)
The Gio Peace Foundation International Essay Contest for Young People has opened for submissions for writers 25 years and below. The International Essay Contest for Young People is an annual essay contest organized in an effort to harness the energy, creativity and initiative of the world’s youth in promoting a culture of peace and sustainable […]
Platform Presents Playwright Prize 2023 (Prize: £10,000)
Platform Presents Playwright Prize for 2023 is currently open to playwriters from all over the world. Platform Presents is a platform for rising start talent: actors, writers and directors, with a particular interest in female voices. They produce theatre, film and television that gives rising star talent the opportunity to meet, learn, network and perform […]
The Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest/ How to Apply (Prize: A Pittance)
The Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest was the created by Professor Scott Rice. Sentenced to write a seminar paper on a minor Victorian novelist, he chose the man with the funny hyphenated name, Edward George Bulwer-Lytton. Best known for The Last Days of Pompeii, his novel Paul Clifford began with the famous opener that has been plagiarized […]
The Racket Journal Call for Submissions (Payment: Publication)
The Racket Journal is open for submissions of Prose, Poetry and Art from writers around the world. The Racket Journal is a weekly online literary journal. The editors want to promote the work of up-and-coming, emerging, established, and never-before-seen writers. According to the pw.org website, the editors say; “We like a little grit in our […]
Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Contest/ How to Submit (Prize: $7,500)
Hektoen Grand Prix Essay Contest is an online contest hosted by Hektoen International , an online journal that publishes writings on medical humanities. The writings should be related to medicine, and may include art, history, literature, education and more. Hektoen International accepts articles that explore medicine and the healing arts through the lens of the […]