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The Shortlisted Poets for the Unserious Collective Fellowship
After releasing its longlist of twenty-one Nigerian poets on August 15th, 2022, the shortlist of seven poets was released on August 31st, 2022. The fellowship is the first…
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Tares Oburumu Wins the 2022 Sillerman Book Prize for African Poetry
The winner of the 2022 Sillerman Book Prize for African Poetry is Tares Oburumu for his manuscript, “Origin of the Syma Species”. Tares Oburumu will receive the cash…
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Salman Rushdie stabbed in the Neck During New York Speech
Salman Rushdie, the author of the Satanic Verses, was stabbed on stage at an event at the Chautauqua Institution in New York. The Booker prize-winning author was speaking…
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Chika Unigwe’s New Novel to be Published by Canongate in 2023
Chika Unigwe’s The Middle Daughter was acquired by Canongate, an independent publishing firm based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is set to be published in April 2023. The Middle…
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Agbalumo Stories Makes its Debut Call for Submission
Agbalumo Stories establishes a new foundation where genre fiction can thrive. We believe stories should be told with rich diversity, presented through compelling characters, evoking deep feelings, and…
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Ayesha Harruna Attah Sells Film Right to Assemble Media
The film right to Zainab Takes New York by Ayesha Harruna Attah has been sold to Assemble Media, a production company in New York, by Harruna’s agents at…
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The Fortune Men Wins The 2022 Wales Book of the Year
The Somali-British novelist Nadifa Mohamed won the Wales Book of the Year with her third novel, The Fortune Men. Before clenching the prize, she had won two awards:…
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Thirteen Authors Longlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize
The Booker Prize has announced its 2022 Booker Prize longlist. The chair of the judges Neil MacGregor said, “the list offers story, fable and parable, fantasy, mystery, meditation…
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Acclaimed Nigerian Novelist and Director Dies at Age 54
Biyi Bandele was a UK-based Nigerian, who was the director of Half of a Yellow Sun and the acclaimed novel Burma Boy. The news of his passing was…
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Winner 2022 African Region Commonwealth Prize
RNtsika Kota Becomes the first LiSwati to win the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for the African Region Recently, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize announced its regional winners for…
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Nommo Awards Announces its 2022 Shortlist
The African Speculative Fiction Society (ASFS) has announced the shortlist for the 2022 Nommo Awards, given to works “by Africans as defined by the ASFS and Nommo Awards Guidelines.”…
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Winner 2022 Brunel African Poetry Prize
In the 2nd of May via a Facebook post, Bernardine Evaristo, the founder of the Brunel International African Poetry Prize, announced Zibusiso Mpofu as the tenth and final…
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Announcing the Publication Date for Issue 2
We are pleased to announce that the second Issue of our quarterly, journal publication is ready, and would be released on the 1st of April, 2022. The Issue,…
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Submit to the $100,000 Nigerian Prize for Literature
The Nigerian Prize for Literature is currently accepting works for it’s 2022 edition. An initiative of Nig. LNG Ltd, the Nigerian Prize for Literature has recorded over 2,051…
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Longlist for the 2022 Afritondo Short Story Prize
Afritondo recently announced the Longlist for the 2022 Afritondo Short Story Prize. The Longlist contains the names of 16 writers whose works were selected out of 367 submitted…
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Esther Okonkwoand others make the Isele Prize Longlist
Isele Magazine has announced the long longlisted works for the inaugural Isele Prizes. Their communique reads: “Narrowing down the short stories, poems, and essays for the longlists was…
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Call for Submission: Writers Space Africa
Writers Space Africa Magazine is currently accepting works for its 65th Issue, themed: Cameroon. Writers Space Africa (WSA) is a not-for-profit organization that aims at empowering writers of…
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Call for Submission: Submit Works for Lolwe’s 5th Issue
Following the successful publication and reception of Lolwe’s 4th issue, the literary magazine has started accepting works for its 5th issue. Lolwe seeks works that are bold, different,…
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Tributes to Sindiswa Seakhoa—Praise Poet, Writer
To mourn the late South African Literary Icon, individuals and organizations have taken to several media outlets to share their heart felt tributes. We have put together a…
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Founder of South African Literary Awards has Passed On
Now we look up and see the imprint of your everlasting smile in the canopy of the stars _ Eugene Skeef (For S. Seakhoa) Eleven days have passed…
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