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9 African Poets Shortlisted for The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature

The longlist for the sixth edition of the “Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature” has been released. This edition of the prize is for poetry and the list comprises nine poets. These successful poets were selected from 110 submissions from 11 countries on the continent, including Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and Rwanda. The short-list of...

Cfwriterz Writing Award Open For Submission; 100,000 naira up for grabs —

Cfwriterz calls writers to submit entries for its writing prize. The theme of this year’s edition is “Wings to Fly”. Cfwriterz is a Magazine site and digital book publisher started in Nigeria in 2016. It emerged from being a small literary community on Facebook. Cfwriterz is a place where young and emerging African writers can...

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...