Iskanchi Press Magazine is Open for Submissions/ How to Apply (Payment: $50 Per Piece)
Iskanchi Press is currently calling for experimental prose submissions for the Iskanchi Magazine Prize! Iskanchi Press is an independent
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The Afritondo Short Story Prize 2026/ How to Apply (Prize: $1400)
The Afritondo Short Story Prize is open to submissions from writers who identify as Black or who are of African
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The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest / Submit Now!
The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest 2025: Submit Your Sharpest 250-Word Masterpieces Flash writers and micro maestros, it’s time. The SmokeLong Quarterly annual SmokeLong
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David Szalay Wins the 2025 Booker Prize for the Book ‘Flesh’
After rigorous selection, the Booker Prize Foundation announced Flesh by David Szalay as the winner of the 2925 Booker Prize. Flesh
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Nigerian Writer, Olakunle Ologunro Wins the 2025-2026 Olive B. O’Connor Fellowship
Olakunle Ologunro is one of the two writers awarded as the 2025–2026 Olive B. O’Connor Fellow in Fiction at Colgate University.
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The Fractured & Fused Prize ($3500 in cash prizes)
The Fractured & Fused Prize 2025 is now Open: A Call for Flash Fiction that Breaks and Heals Deadline: November
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Submit Your Africanfuturism Short Stories to Flame Tree Publishing ($320)
Call for Africanfuturism Short Stories — Submit to Flame Tree Publishing Flame Tree Publishing is accepting submissions for two upcoming
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The Future Awards Africa Announces Nominees for Literature Category
The Future Awards Africa is an annual award ceremony presented by The Future Project (TFP), a social enterprise with a
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How to Market Your Book on Social Media: Lessons From Successful Authors
Writing and publishing a book is a monumental achievement, given the countless hours spent crafting a story or compiling information
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Zimbabwean Author NoViolet Bulawayo Wins Best of Caine Prize Anniversary Award
Zimbabwean author, Noviolet Bulawayo, has been awarded the Best of Caine Prize Award for her short story Hitting Budapest. This award celebrates the 25th year of the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing Award, given to the best short story written by an African in the English Language.
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