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The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2020/ How to Apply (Prizes: $1000 + more)

The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets is now open for submissions. Awarded annually to a debut poetry book or manuscript by an African poet, the prize is given by the African Poetry Book Fund, in partnership with Praire Schooner and the University of Nebraska. The prize comes with prize money of a $1000...

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20,000 Naira Up For Grabs at the LIPFest Poetry Contest—Apply

Oct 21, 2018by Titilope Odeyinka0

Poets! Okadabooks in partnership with the Lagos International Poetry Festival has something for you. Read about the festival here. The Lagos International Poetry Festival would will be publishing an anthology of poems for the first time this year, on the theme “Wide Awake”. Poetry entries are expected to interrogate new frontiers in the fight for...