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Awards Fiction United States

Jesmyn Ward wins Library of Congress fiction prize 2022

Jesmyn Ward was announced the winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction on Thursday, June 30, 2022. The Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction honours an American literary writer whose body of work is distinguished not only for its mastery of the art but also for its originality of thought and […]

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Events United Kingdom

Diaspora Reflections for London on July 2

Diaspora Reflections welcomes you to an African diaspora evening where Afro-pop meets Soul in London, UK on Saturday, July 2, 2022. Diaspora Reflections is a storytelling platform that connects African creatives with members of the diaspora and beyond. They are eager to spark refreshing and diverse conversations amongst the diaspora from across Africa and beyond, […]

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Callouts Fiction Nonfiction Poetry

Opportunities for writers, poets, and publishers for July ‘22.

In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other related arts in July 2022. These callouts are divided into journals, publishers, prizes, and education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies). Literary magazines/journals/Anthologies Columbia Journal Columbia Journal seeks submissions of poetry, nonfiction, fiction, art, and translation, for both […]

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Fellowships Nigeria Uganda

Olaposi Halim, Davina Kawuma are inaugural Literary Laddership Recipients

Olaposi Halim and Davina Kawuma were revealed to the first recipients of The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors on Thursday, June 30, 2022. In May, Nigerian fantasy, science fiction and speculative writer and academic Suyi Davies Okungbowa announced a new fellowship he called “The Literary Laddership for Emerging African Authors.” It was aimed at […]

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Awards Fiction Kenya Nigeria South Africa Tanzania

James Currey Prize for African Literature 2022 shortlist announced

The writers on the shortlist for the James Currey Prize for African Literature 2022 have been announced today, July 1, 2022. The James Currey Prize for African Literature is an annual award for the best-unpublished work of fiction written in English by any writer, set in Africa or on Africans in Africa or in the […]