Ernest Ogunyemi, Author at Creative Writing News

2020 Featured What's New

The Toyin Fálọlá Prize Longlist 2020

Sep 28, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi0

Lunaris Review has announced the longlist for the Toyin Falola Prize for a prose piece that engages “the historicity of an African place, people, time or event.” Announced on Twitter on the 14th of September, the longlist of 24 writers includes writers from Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, and Algeria – with Nigeria...

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University Of Michigan’s African Literature Today Calls for Papers/ How to Submit

Sep 24, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi0

University of Michigan’s African Literature Today calls for papers, articles and interviews, that engage with African speculative fiction and science fiction for a special issue. The guest-editors for this issue are Chimalum Nwankwo and Louisa Uchum Egbunike. The deadline for submissions is November 16, 2020. The press release from African Literature Today: “In ancient Greece,...

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Bat City Review/ How to Submit

Sep 22, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi0

Bat City Review is currently open for submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, hybrid pieces, and art. The magazine, founded in 2004, is devoted to supporting new and established writers. They have published so many amazing writers, including: James Tate, Patricia Lockwood, Terrance Hayes, Tracy K. Smith, C.K. Williams, Anthony Doerr, among other writers. The deadline...

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AGNI/ How to Submit (Payment: $200)

Sep 20, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi0

AGNI is currently open to unsolicited submissions of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The magazine has published an amazing number of talented writers, including Sarah Ladipo Manyinka, Chika Unigwe, Jhumpa Lahiri, among others. According to their blog: “We look for writing that catches experience before the crusts of habit form—poetry and prose that resist ideas about...

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One Teen Story/ How to Submit (Prize: $500 + more)

Sep 17, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi0

If you are between the ages of 15 and 19, submit to the One Teen Story contest. Three stories will be selected, and the author of each will receive $500, and 25 copies of the published story. Stories should be between 2000 and 4500 words. The deadline for submissions is November 20, 2020. About: One...

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The Journal of African Youth Literature/ How to Submit

Sep 14, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi2

The Journal of African Youth Literature (also known as Jay Lit) is currently seeking submissions for its third issue. The journal is looking for submissions of poetry, fiction, plays, and comic/ visual art from young African writers who are between the ages of 15 and 35. The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2020. Who...

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The 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize/ How to Submit (Prize: £15000)

Sep 11, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi4

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize has opened for submissions for 2021. The prize, which is worth £15000 (£2,500 to each regional winner, and £5000 to the overall winner), is open to any citizen of a Commonwealth country. The most recent regional winner (Africa) is the Nigerian writer, Innocent Chizaram Ilo, who won the prize for...

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