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Apply Now: You Can Win $20,000 In V International’s Flash Fiction Competition
This competition is brought to you by the César Egido Serrano Foundation and the theme for this flash fiction contest is “The Word, bridging the gap between different cultures and religions”. The theme is coined from the foundations ethos which is ”the word is the tool of coexistence between different cultures, religions and ideologies.” To […]
Announcement: Winners Of The Sweet Crude Odyssey Book Tour
If you participated in the book tour of Sweet Crude Odyssey, get in here now. The book tour ran on Lolaopatayo.com and creativewritingnews.net and it was wonderful, educating and indeed very interesting. We definitely learnt a lot from Lawrence Amaeshi. Now to the announcement of the winners. *Drum rolls* The winners are Miriam and Justin […]
Apply Now: 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Is Open For Entries
It is a new season and the 2018 Commonwealth Short Story Prize has opened for submissions! The prize will remain open from 1 September 2017 to 1 November 2017. Start sending in your stories. Who knows? You might be the next winner. Entry is free. The Prize is awarded to the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2,000 […]
You Stand The Chance To Win $1000 In The Pensters Writing Contest
Are you a student? Are you a writer? Do you want to win a $1000 grant? If your answer is yes to all the questions, then you need to continue reading. You may not be a student but I bet you know more than 1 or 2 students that can use $1000. This grant is […]
Are You A Writer? Enter The Nine Dots Prize For A Chance To Win $100,000
Hello Fellow Writer, Do you want to win $100,000 for writing a 3,000-word essay? Then you should consider applying for the upcoming Nine Dots Prize and a proposed book outline. The winner will get a huge pile of cash, and the chance to write their proposed book. The recently announced Nine Dots Prize seeks to […]
NLNG Literature Prize Shortlists 11 Authors
The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature, led by Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo has announced an initial shortlist of eleven books, drawn from 173 books in contention for the 2016 Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNGsponsored Nigeria Prize for Literature). The shortlist, according to a statement by Kudo Eresia-Eke General Manager, External Relations of NLNG is made up […]
On The Premises Short Story Contest
To win this contest, write a creative, compelling, well-crafted story between 1,000 and 5,000 words long in which the concept of “darkness” plays an important role. You may interpret “darkness” any way you want–literally, metaphorically, or any other way. Darkness doesn’t have to have a value judgment attached to it, and it doesn’t have to […]
Enter Nitalks Poetry Contest
Writers/poets are invited to participate in Nitalks poetry contest. You can win the sum of N10,000 (Ten Thousand Naira) What’s more? Top 10 poems and poets will be featured on the first page of the website .http://www.nitalks.com for a week. To participate in the contest, follow the guidelines below as a contestant might be disqualified if he/she does otherwise. […]
Short Story Day Africa Prize Is Now Open For Submissions
Short story writers are invited to send in entries for the Short Story Day Africa Prize. Awards: Grand prize – R10,000 ; Second prize – R2000 and third prize – R1000. All three prize winners will receive a 20 Week Online Writing Course from All About Writing. This year’s judges are; Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe), Sindiwe Magona (South Africa), […]
The Caine Prize Shortlist 2016
The Caine Prize Judges have announced the shortlist for the 2016 edition of the award. Out of 163 entires five entries were selected. Two Nigerianss made the shortlist. Remember Nneka Leslie Arimah and Tope Folarin? Yep. They are familiar names in the short story writing world. Now, who will win the 10,000 pound prize money? […]