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ServiceScape Short Story Award is Currently Accepting Submissions in 2023/ How To Apply (Prize: $1000)

ServiceScape Short Story Award is calling all short story writers for their 2023 contest. Are you a short story writer interested in gaining more exposure and a bigger audience for your creative work? Would an extra $1,000.00 USD in your pocket be a great for your creative growth? If so, ServiceScape Short Story Award 2023...

Evaristo Prize for African Poetry is Currently Accepting Submissions for 2024/ How to Apply (Prize: $1500 USD)

The 2023-2024 Evaristo Prize for African Poetry is open! This competition is all about celebrating African poets and their creative works. If you’re an African poet, we highly encourage you to participate. The Evaristo prize, formerly known as the Brunel International African Poetry Prize (BIAPP), was founded by British writer Bernardine Evaristo back in 2012....

53 Word Story Contest Calls for Submission / How to Apply (Award: Book Gift + Magazine Publication + More)

53 Word Story Contest Calls for submission in the month of October For the 53 word story contest, the Prompt for October is: Before Lewis Carroll wrote “Jabberywocky,” he must have looked at the words chuckle and snort, decided he needed both where only one would do, and created chortle. For Halloween I’ll be a wolf or superhero, but still...

The Ex-Puritan Magazine is Hiring Poetry Editors / How to Apply (Payment: $1000/Year Honorarium)

The Ex-Puritan Magazine is currently calling for applications from interested poets to lead their poetry section.  The Ex-Puritan began in 2007 as The Puritan Literary Magazine, an independently funded print journal dedicated to publishing fiction, essays, and interviews in Ottawa, Ontario, and was sold in bookstores across the city. In its early years, The Puritan was Ottawa’s only quarterly prose...

Adda Poetry and Spoken Word Submissions (Payment: TBD)

Adda Stories Magazine is currently calling all poets and spoken word artists from all over Common Wealth states to submit their best.  Adda Magazine is the online literary magazine of new writing owned by The Commonwealth Foundation, who are the organizers of the popular Common Wealth Short Story Prize. Learn how to submit to the...

A Writer’s Guide on Successfully Applying for Legit Writing Contests (Tips + Tricks + More)

Applying for writing contests or competitions is a great way to put yourself and your literary work on the map. Writing contests offers a space for you to showcase your works, as well as explore your strengths and weaknesses. It is also an opportunity for you as a writer to be recognized in the literary...

Quramo Writers’ Prize announces Longlist for 2023

The Quramo Writers’ Prize 2023 announces Longlist   The Quramo Writers’ Prize is a literary award for an unpublished work of fiction, open to new and emerging African writers. In addition to the above, the prize was set up by Quramo Publishing Limited. Also, it comes with a cash prize of ₦1,000,000 to the winner,...