Opportunities

This is the last quadmester (four months) of the year; the months of homecoming, reflection, accountability, meditation and everything pertaining to bringing the entire year…

Deadline: 19 October 2018 The competition has an open theme and entrants may submit poetry up to a maximum of 50 lines. Entries must also…

Deadline: rolling basis until April 1.  According to African Literary Magazine, “The Arkansas International promotes established and emerging voices. It welcomes previously unpublished, unsolicited submissions…

Deadline: Sept. 30, 2018.  The impepho press, a Pan Africanist publishing house committed to the sincere telling of African and international stories, has opened the…

The Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowships at Harvard offer short-term research opportunities to individuals interested in working on special projects designed to advance journalism. Since this…

Deadline: 11:58pm, 2nd of October, 2018. All That Glitters Foundation (ATG F) is primarily led to actively impact the talented ones, the creative minds, artist,…

Deadline: 1st November 2018. The 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize, an initiative of Commonwealth Writers, is now open for submissions. The prize recognizes the best piece…

Deadline: November 30. Afroyoungadult, published by the Goethe-Institut, will feature Young Adults (YA) stories. The Goethe-Institut invites aspiring African writers to submit short stories. Word…

BODIES & SCARS Deadline: GMT 00:00, 30th October 2018. Person 1: I’m too shy of my skin, broken tooth and my cataract, I’m not proud…

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s team is looking for two interns: one must be Lagos-based, the other can live anywhere, both will be paid…