2019
The Lagos Poetry Festival 2019, 5th Edition
The Lagos International Poetry Festival (LIPFest2019) is here. Now in its fifth year, the festival, which was founded in 2015 by Efe Paul Azino, promises to be “a wild beautiful thing.” The festival begins October 30th, 2019 and ends November 3rd, 2019, and it features over fifty writers and poets and thinkers from over ten […]
The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2020/ How to Apply (Prizes: $1000 + more)
The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets is now open for submissions. Awarded annually to a debut poetry book or manuscript by an African poet, the prize is given by the African Poetry Book Fund, in partnership with Praire Schooner and the University of Nebraska. The prize comes with prize money of a $1000 […]
Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship 2020/ How to Apply ($2000 + more)
One Story, together with the Talve-Goodman family, is now open for submissions for the Adina Talve-Goodman Fellowship. The workshop is open to “an early-career writer of fiction who has not yet published a book and is not currently nor has ever been enrolled in an MFA program.” They look for writers whose writings address “issues and experiences […]
Chimamanda Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus Trust Creative Writing Workshop 2019 Is Currently Open For Submissions / How to Apply
We are very delighted to announce that the Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Trust is now receiving applications for its workshop. Now in its 10th year, the workshop, which is organized by multiple award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will hold in Awka, Anambra State—from December 9 to December 14, 2019. Accommodation will be provided for […]
CRATERLITFEST19 Calls for Submissions (Prizes: 350,000 NGN + more)
Mrs Paula Chinwe Okafor Prize for Creative Non-Fiction Crater Library & Publisher is now open for submissions for the second edition of Mrs Paula Chinwe Okafor Prize for Creative Non-Fiction. The prize is worth #200,000 and was instituted in honor of Mrs. Paula Chinwe Okafor (1956-2016), who was “an avid reader and lover of the arts […]
The ALCS Tome-Gallon Trust Award 2020 (Prizes: $1500) / How To Apply
Submit to the ALCS Tome-Gallon Trust Award, a short story prize that is worth $1000. The prize is “financed by a bequest made by Miss Nellie Tom-Gallon in memory of her brother and generously supported by ALCS.” It is open to a short story writer who have had at least one short story accepted for […]
Submit to the 50 Word Halloween Horror Story Contest ($500 + Publication)
It’s Halloween Season, and there is a tiny story contest you can submit to, and there is $500 to win. Write a scary story of fifty words and submit it to the 50 Word Halloween Horror Story Contest to win $500. The contest closes by the 25th of October, 2019. Who is Eligible: Anybody from […]