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Creative Writing News For Literature Lovers: The Ninth Glass Woman Prize
Creative Writing News For Literature Lovers: The Ninth Glass Woman Prize
The Ninth Glass Woman Prize
The Ninth Glass Woman Prize will be awarded for a work of short fiction or creative non-fiction (prose) written by a woman. Length: between 50 and 5,000 words. The top prize for the ninth Glass Woman Prize award is US $500 and possible (but not obligatory) online publication; there will also be one runner up […]
The Fairbanks Fellowship for African Writers (Bread Loaf Writers Conference, Vermont)
All applicants are expected to submit an application and their supporting materials online, except for fellowship candidates who shall complete an online application as well as mail a copy of their book(s) to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference office. To note: Applicants submit their top choices for workshop leader upon acceptance to the Conference, noting […]
African Writing Prize for Flash Fiction 2011
First place award: £100 & Publication for 8 shortlisted stories Competition Guidelines: Deadlines: Entries close – 31st January, 2011. Winners announced – 4th April, 2011. Stories must be previously unpublished (and must not be available on any blogs or publicly accessible online repositories). Stories must be the sole work of the entrant. Stories must be […]
Write a short story that can be read in three minutes!
Well, here’s a challenge to you all! A writing contest requires writers to write fiction that can be read in three minutes! Not only that, at a point in the story, one character must tell a joke and one character must cry!(Chimamanda’s idea!) You can read the entire post below. It’s back! Three-Minute Fiction has […]
The Garden City Literary Festival
The Garden City literary festival was a huge success. It lasted from 8-11 December 2010. There were several interesting literary events at the Garden City Literary Festival: creative writing workshops were organized – needless to say, renowned authors like Helon Habila and Adaobi Nwaubani taught in some of the classes. Dr. Reuben Abati also gave a […]
African Performance 2011: Playwriting competition now open for your entries
BBC African Performance is an annual season of unique radio drama, which has now entered its fifth decade and has been designed to encourage new African writing. In the past decade, African Performance has continued to reveal themes that reflect the concerns of the continent.The plight of child soldiers, mob justice, people trafficking and prostitution, […]