The Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction 2018 — Apply
News Flash Fiction has started receiving entries for the Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction. The Prize is in honour of Anton Chekhov, a Russian playwright and short-story writer, who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short fiction in history. Chekhov’s mastery for saying a lot with a little makes him […]
The 2018 University Of Iowa Writing Course Has Begun —Register
The University of Iowa’s Massive Online Open Course, “Moving the Margins: Fiction and Inclusion” is now open. This course is free. and is scheduled to run from July 15, 2018 to August 19,2018. You can take the course at your own schedule, because the course materials would be available till 15th of September 2018. The […]
Quaesitum Short Story Contest Open —Apply
The Quaesitum blog is pleased to announce the maiden edition of the QUAESITUM SHORT STORY CONTEST, which will begin this year. The contest is open to all unpublished young writers living in Nigeria and who are willing to tell their own fresh and unique stories. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES 1. All entries must be unpublished and […]
ANA Review Calls For Submissions For its 37th Edition —
The National Executive Council of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has announced a call for submissions for the 2018 ANA Review. The ANA Review, published yearly by the Association, is a journal that seeks to assess the pulse of contemporary Nigerian and African literary writing and critical discourse in the field.This would be the […]
An afternoon with Ms. Ainehi Edoro
The BrittlePaper event was slated to hold in a cozy art house on a late afternoon in Lagos. Traffic was terrible as usual and I felt quite flustered when I eventually reached the venue. I’d never been there before. This cozy art house had beautiful photographs hanging on the walls. Ainehi Edoro-Glines, standing in her […]
5 Tips for Winning Trophies at Writing Contests
Trophies and awards are always sweet and memorable to win. Winning trophies is a matter of pride too. Hence, I have presented some beautiful and useful tips that can help you a lot to win creative writing contests. Every writer wishes to win at a writing contest at some point or the other. For unestablished […]
The Ake Review Literary Journal 2018 —Apply
We are excited to announce the call for submissions for the 6th edition of The Ake Arts and Book festival 2018 of their annual Journal, The Ake Review. AKE festival is the biggest literary festival currently in Nigeria. Last year, the theme was ‘This ‘f’ word which was centered on feminism and for this year, […]