Win $100 in Afritondo’s Flash Fiction Contest / How To Apply
Do you love fiction? If yes, Afritondo has submitting for you. Afritondo, “the media and publishing platform that aims to connect
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Your Diabetes Story, Miss BloodSugar Calls for Submissions (Prizes: #60,000 + more)
Do you have a diabetes story, a story about your experience with diabetes? The story could be about someone who
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The “Americanah” Controversy: On Lupita Nyong’O Being Cast To Play The Role Of Ifemelu
Word came out recently that Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong’O would act the lead role in the adaptation of Chimamanda’s bestselling
Read MoreThe No Tokens Young Poets’ Prize/ How to Apply (Prizes: $600 + more)
The No Tokens Young Poets’ Prize/ How to Apply (Prizes: $600 + more)
Read MoreRecommended Short Stories You Can Read Online. This Edition Features Story By Pemi Aguda, Chimeka Garricks, and Erhu Kome Yellow.
One of the three recommended short stories this week is by a writer we know well; the two others are
Read MoreThe Awele Creative Trust Award is Open for Entries
The 2019 Awele Creative Trust Award is now open for entries. An initiative of Awele Trust, it was founded in 2013 by the NLNG prize-winning novelist Chika Unigwe. The Short Story Award recognizes the best unpublished fiction by a writer living in Nigeria, irrespective of nationality, and between the ages of 16 and 26.
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Register For The Upcoming SBMEN Fiction and Non-Fiction Editing Workshop for Editors and Writers Billed To Hold This September
The Society of Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN) will be holding another career-changing editing workshop in September, 2019.
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Stories Of the Nature Of Cities Flash Fiction Contest/ How To Apply (Prizes: $6,500)
Writers are invited to submit a very short story (up to 750 words) for the Stories of the Nature of
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Recommended Short Stories You Can Read Online. This Edition Features Stories by Howard B. Maximus, Ope Adedeji and Tochukwu Okafor.
A Review of Some of the Best Short Stories by Africans available online. The one thing that makes a short
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Attend Best-selling Author Mary Karr’s Memoir Class on Skillshare / How To Get A Free Code To Attend
Mary Karr, the best-selling author who literally wrote the book on memoir (The Art of Memoir, Lit, The Liar’s Club)
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