Apply for the Frank O’ Connor International Short Story Fellowship; Worth €7,500 —
The Frank O’Connor International Short Story Fellowship is for writers who want to work on their manuscripts and who have experience in the coaching or teaching of other writers either through workshops and/or mentoring inside or outside a formal academic setting. The fellowship is made possible through the very generous sponsorship of Cork City Council […]
Farafina Calls For Submission Of Manuscripts —
Farafina, the literary imprint of Kachifo Limited is currently accepting submissions of manuscripts from now till March 31st, 2019. Kachifo Limited is an independent publishing house founded in 2004 and based in Lagos, Nigeria, renowned as a platform from which a lot of great African stories have been told. They have published books from authors […]
Goethe-Institut Releases List Of Selected Participants For The Afro Young Adult Workshops—
The Goethe-Institut is pleased to announce the selection of writers for the eight African cities for Afro Young Adult workshops from 11-15 February (except for Lagos which will occur 4-8 February due to elections).There were a total of 435 submissions from all over the African continent and the diaspora. Of those, the facilitators selected 52 […]
Creative Writing News Listed As One Of The 20 Outstanding Nigerian Writers Platforms 2018 —
It is with great pleasure that we announce to you that Creative Writing News has been awarded by the Nigerian Writers’ Awards(NWA) as one of the “20 Outstanding Nigerian Writers Platforms (Year 2018)” Amazing! We are very excited and grateful to all our readers, cause this wouldn’t have been possible without you! “This year the […]
Chimamanda Adichie Set To Moderate Michelle Obama’s Book Launch In The UK
Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie will be moderating Michelle Obama’s UK exclusive book launch event, slated on Monday, 3rd, December, 2018 at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. Isn’t that exciting?! We are so envious of the people who would be attending the event! The highly anticipated book is a memoir titled, “Becoming” “Reflecting on her memoir, Michelle […]
The 2018 Chinua Achebe Literary Festival —Attend
by Izunna Okafor The Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Anambra State Chapter) is set to honour and celebrate one of the Nigeria’s famous Literary Legends, Late Prof. Chinụalụmọgụ Albert Achebe This is on a notion that, though dead, Chinua Achebe is still a quintessential Icon and literary star worthy to be remembered and celebrated, even on […]
9 African Poets Shortlisted for The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature
The longlist for the sixth edition of the “Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature” has been released. This edition of the prize is for poetry and the list comprises nine poets. These successful poets were selected from 110 submissions from 11 countries on the continent, including Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and Rwanda. The short-list of […]
Cfwriterz Writing Award Open For Submission; 100,000 naira up for grabs —
Cfwriterz calls writers to submit entries for its writing prize. The theme of this year’s edition is “Wings to Fly”. Cfwriterz is a Magazine site and digital book publisher started in Nigeria in 2016. It emerged from being a small literary community on Facebook. Cfwriterz is a place where young and emerging African writers can […]
Anambra Young Writers Visit National Light Newspaper, Seek Partnership —
By Izunna Okafor It was indeed a moment of ratiocination yesterday as a team the young writers in Anambra state, under the umbrella of Society of Young Nigerian Writers (Anambra State Chapter) visited the longest-thriving state-owned Newspaper in Nigeria — the Anambra Newspaper and Printing Corporation, the publishers of the National Light Newspaper (wwwinationallightngr.com), Ka […]
The Castle Craig Hospital’s Essay Writing Competion — Apply (£1,000)
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, Castle Craig Hospital in Scotland is launching an annual international essay writing competition for students. The theme for the contest is, “Focusing on Addiction” . The competition is intended for all students of: • medicine, • psychology, • nursing, • psychotherapy and • social work. Guidelines • Entrants are to […]