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International Prize for Arabic Fiction
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International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2023 longlist announced.

26/01/202326/01/2023

The longlist for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction 2023 was announced on January 24, 2023. The International Prize for […]

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Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2023 longlist announced
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Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2023 longlist announced

26/01/202326/01/2023

Warsan Shire, Okwiri Oduor, Arinze Ifeakandu, and Derek Owusu are on the longlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize […]

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Ghana Association of Writers Literary Awards 2022 winners announced.
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Ghana Association of Writers Literary Awards 2022 winners announced.

26/01/202326/01/2023

The winners of the Ghana Association of Writers Literary Awards 2022 were announced in a ceremony in Accra on January […]

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Pen America Literary Awards 2023 longlists announced
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Pen America Literary Awards 2023 longlists announced

26/01/202326/01/2023

The longlists for the Pen America Literary Awards 2023 were announced Friday, January 20, 2023. Here are the writers of […]

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Tsitsi Dangarembga.
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Tsitsi Dangarembga to judge Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize 2023

20/01/202320/01/2023

Tsitsi Dangarembga is set to judge the manuscript entries for the US$12,000 Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize 2023. Entries are […]

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Fête Du Livre de Kinshasa 2023
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Fête Du Livre de Kinshasa 2023 to kick off on February 4

20/01/202320/01/2023

Fête Du Livre de Kinshasa 2023, the festival hosted annually in DR Congo, will this year run from February 4-11, […]

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Mohamedou Ould Slahi Houbeini to curate African Book Festival Berlin 2023
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi Houbeini to curate African Book Festival Berlin 2023

17/01/202317/01/20231 Comment

Mohamedou Ould Slahi Houbeini, the new curator of the African Book Festival Berlin 2023 which runs from August 25-27, has […]

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Anthony Joseph
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Anthony Joseph wins T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry 2022

17/01/202317/01/2023

Anthony Joseph was declared the winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry 2022 in a ceremony in London, UK […]

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Nuria Books announces its Top 100 Kenyan books of 2022.
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Nuria Books announces its Top 100 Kenyan books of 2022.

17/01/202320/01/2023

Kenyan bookstore Nuria Books announced its Top 100 Kenyan Books of 2022 on Monday, January 9, 2023. In 2015, Abdullahi […]

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NAACP Image Awards
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US NAACP Image Awards 2023 finalists announced.

16/01/202316/01/2023

The finalists for the NAACP Image Awards 2023 were announced on Thursday, January 12, 2023. Here are those in the […]

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Sawiris Cultural Awards 2022 winners announced.
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Sawiris Cultural Awards 2022 winners announced.

16/01/202316/01/2023

The winners of the Sawiris Cultural Awards 2022 were revealed in a ceremony in Cairo, Egypt on Saturday, January 8, […]

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Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2023
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Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature 2022 shortlist announced

10/01/202312/01/2023

The shortlisted manuscripts of the Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature have been announced today, Tuesday, January 10, 2022. The […]

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Rashad Hosein wins NGC Bocas Youth Writer Award 2022
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Rashad Hosein wins NGC Bocas Youth Writer Award 2022

10/01/202310/01/2023

Rashad Hosein was declared the winner of the NGC Bocas Youth Writer Award 2022 at The Writer’s Centre, Port of […]

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Micere Mugo. Photo/Steenie Njoroge
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Micere Mugo feted at Human Rights Defenders Awards 2022.

10/01/202310/01/2023

Micere Mugo received her Human Rights Defenders Award 2022 at a ceremony at the Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi on Friday, […]

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Callouts Fiction Nonfiction Poetry

Opportunities for writers, poets, and publishers for January 2023.

09/01/202317/01/20231 Comment

In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other […]

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