Ernest Ogunyemi, Author at Creative Writing News

Stories Out of School Contest 2021/ How to Submit (Payment: $1000 + more)

The Academy for Teachers is looking for flash fiction submissions for its Stories Out of School Contest. They want “honest, unsentimental stories about teachers and the rich and complex world of schools.” The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, the 1st of September 2020. About the Contest: Because “teachers seldom appear in fiction”, the Stories Out...

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Voyage YA Journal Is Accepting Young Adult Short Stories For Its 2020 Voyage First Chapters Contest/ How to Submit (Payment: $3,500)

Aug 17, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi0

Voyage YA Journal is currently seeking submissions of young adult short stories for its 2020 Voyage First Chapters Contest. It is also open to Adult fiction and essays or nonfiction pieces. If you’re a seasoned writer of young adult (YA) short stories and essays, you should definitely consider submitting your work to Voyage publishing. Its...

2020 call for submissions Opportunities for writers What's New WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

Great River Review Spotlight Issue/ How to Submit (Payment: $120)

Aug 9, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi1

Great River Review is seeking submissions from BIPOC poets for their Spotlight Issue. In late August, they will publish four BIPOC poets in a mini spotlight issue. The selected poets will give a mini reading of their work (between 3 and 5 minutes). Great River Review is an online literary journal dedicated to publishing the...

2020 call for submissions Opportunities for writers What's New WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

The Yale Drama Series 2021/ How to Submit (Payment: $10,000 + more)

Aug 6, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi0

The Yale Drama Series is currently seeking submissions for their 2021 playwriting contest. The judge for the contest this year is Paula Vogel. The winning play will be awarded the David Charles Horn Prize of $10,000; the manuscript will be published by Yale University Press; and the winner will have a staged reading at Lincoln...

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Guernica Magazine Needs A Managing Editor—Apply

Aug 3, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi1

Guernica is currently seeking a managing editor (ME) to join their all-volunteer team. If you’re looking for a creative writing job, this might be the one for you. The managing editor is expected to have: “a bird’s eye view of all the magazine’s moving parts.” According to the press release on the Guernica website: “We’re...

2020 Book Review Feature Featured Learn Lit Scene What's New

Juggling Three Balls: A Review of Mmirinzo by Achalugo

Aug 3, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi2

Book Title: Mmirinzo Author: Achalugo Chioma Ezekobe Length: 283 Genre: African Speculative Fiction Publisher/ Year: Winepress/ 2020 Source: Got a copy from a friend Reviewed by: Ernest O. Ògúnyẹmí Mmirinzo by Achalugo begins simply. Olivia will be twenty-eight in a few months. She has bucket lists to tick before her twenty-eight birthday, and her younger...

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Nigerian Writer, Kanyinsola Olorunnisola, Has Won the 2020 K & L Prize

Aug 1, 2020by Ernest Ogunyemi3

Today, 1 August, 2020, Kanyinsola Olorunnisola has won the 2020 K & L Prize. The prize has been awarded to Kanyinsola Olorunnisola for his afrofuturist story, “Abija: The Architect of Mayhem”. His short story was selected from a longlist of ten writers, which included writers from Ghana, Cameroon, and Nigeria, and from a shortlist of...

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Stories Out of School Contest 2021/ How to Submit (Payment: $1000 + more)

Voyage YA Journal Is Accepting Young Adult Short Stories For Its 2020 Voyage First Chapters Contest/ How to Submit (Payment: $3,500)

Great River Review Spotlight Issue/ How to Submit (Payment: $120)

The Yale Drama Series 2021/ How to Submit (Payment: $10,000 + more)

Guernica Magazine Needs A Managing Editor—Apply

Juggling Three Balls: A Review of Mmirinzo by Achalugo

Nigerian Writer, Kanyinsola Olorunnisola, Has Won the 2020 K & L Prize

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