The Luschei Prize for African Poetry calls for submission for this year’s prize. The Luschei Prize for African Poetry, under the auspices of the African Poetry Book Fund and in partnership with the literary journal, Prairie Schooner, is an annual award of $1,000.

Established in 2015 and named after the literary philanthropist Glenna Luschei. It aims to publish a significant poetry book written in or in translation and to recognize a book published each year by African poets.

Eligibility:

An African writer is someone who was born

in Africa, who is a national or resident of an African country or whose parents are African.

A standard edition is 48 pages or more in length.

Manuscripts are accepted between May 1st to October 1st.

For more details, check here (https://africanpoetrybf.unl.edu/contest-prizes/glenna-lucieu-prize-winners/)