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Steinbeck Fellowship/ How to Apply ($15,000 + more)

Awarded by the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, the Steinbeck Fellowship was set up in honor of author John Steinbeck, and according to their blog, “is guided by his lifetime of work in literature.” The fellowship includes a one-year residency at San Jose State University and a stipend of $15,000. Every year, about...

EatingWell Magazine is Accepting Email Pitches & Submissions / Pays: $1 per word article / Guidelines for Food Writers

EatingWell magazine is one prestigious food magazine that pays food writers handsomely. They are currently open to pitches from food lovers. This article is designed to help you get commissioned by the editors of this prestigious food mag. It covers everything you need to know to write and publish an article on EatingWell.com, including: Eatingwell...

Recommended Short Stories You Can Read Online. This Edition Features Stories by Simbiat Haroun, Adams Adeosun, and Chidiebube onye Okohia

Some short stories make you cry, others make you gasp. But there are some that just show you something and that’s all they do. This week’s recommended stories include stories by Simbiat Haroun, an alumnus of the 2018 Purple Hibiscus Creative Writing Trust, Adams Adeosun whose “Beloved” (published in “Limbe to Lagos”) is so achingly...

Win a Spot at the Iceland Writers Retreat/ How to Apply (Prize: Accommodation + more)

The Iceland Writers Retreat has partnered with the Radisson Blu Saga Hotel to offer one person a free spot at the Iceland Writers Retreat, which is scheduled to hold in April-May 2020. The winner will receive four nights’ accommodation at the Radisson Blu Saga Hotel and will be offered admission to all events of the...

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...

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...