Margo Jefferson and Victoria Adukwei Bulley won in their categories at the Rathbones Folio Prize 2023 in London, UK on March 27, 2023. The Rathbones Folio Prize is a literary award currently sponsored by Rathbones Investment Management that first ran in 2014–2015. Previous winners have been George Saunders, Akhil Sharma, Hisham Matar, Richard Lloyd Parry, […]
Alara Adilow’s poetry collection Mythen en stoplichten was declared the winner of Herman de Coninckprijs 2023 on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Herman de Coninck was a Belgian poet, essayist, journalist, and publisher who lived from 1944 – 1997. In 2007, the Herman de Coninck Prijs (English: Prize), a Flemish literature prize for poetry for Belgian […]
Warsan Shire and Arinze Ifeakandu are on the shortlist for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2023 announced on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Dylan Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer who became widely popular in his lifetime and remained so after his premature death at the age of 39. The International Dylan Thomas Prize […]
The finalists for the Lambda Awards 2023 were announced on Monday, March 20, 2023. Here are the writers of African descent who made the cut. The Lambda Literary Awards, or the “Lammys,” as they are known, are an award of Lambda Literary, the oldest and largest literary arts organization advancing Lesbian, Gay, Trans, and Queer […]
Maroko, the Decolonial Passage, Libretto Magazine, and the Johannesburg Review of Books are currently available for your reading pleasure. the Decolonial Passage Decolonial Passage, founded in 2020, features writers of all backgrounds engaged in the decolonial project, regardless of the writer’s race, origin, gender, disability, or geographical location. The second issue of the magazine features […]
The shortlists for the Isele Prizes 2023 were announced on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The Isele Prizes were founded to celebrate the best of short stories, poetry, and essays by writers published in the Ukamaka Olisakwe founded Isele Magazine in 2022. They are split into three categories of – short stories, poetry, and essays, and […]
The longlist for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2023 was announced in Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The OCM (One Caribbean Media) Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature is an annual award for literary books by Caribbean writers, first handed out in 2011. Books are judged in three categories: poetry; fiction […]
The shortlists for the British Book Awards 2023, also known as The Nibbies, were announced in London, UK on Friday, March 17, 2023. The British Book Awards or Nibbies were founded by Fred Newman, the founder, editor, and publisher of Publishing News who ran them from 1990–2009. They were then acquired by Agile Marketing who […]
The longlist for the Griffin Poetry Prize 2023 was announced in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. The Griffin Poetry Prize is the world’s largest international prize for a first edition single collection of poetry written in or translated into English. The Canada-based prize was founded by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin in 2000. […]
Kikwetu Journal, Pepper Coast Lit, Isele Magazine, and Tampered Press are currently available for your reading pleasure. Kikwetu Journal Kikwetu is an annual online literary journal that publishes both new and established writers from East Africa and beyond in English and Swahili. The current edition has contributions from among others Moses Abukutsa, Florence Onyango, Raheem […]
In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other related arts in March 2023. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), journals, prizes, and publishers. Literary magazines/journals/Anthologies 20.35 Africa anthology series The 20.35 Africa anthology series is dedicated to pushing the limit […]
The longlists for the Isele Prizes 2023 were announced on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. The Isele Prizes were founded to celebrate the best of short stories, poetry, and essays by writers published in the Ukamaka Olisakwe founded Isele Magazine in 2022. They are split into three categories – short stories, poetry, and essays, and each […]
The winners of the Zimbabwe’s National Arts Merit Awards 2023 were announced in Harare on Saturday, February 25, 2023. Here are those in the literary arts categories. The National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA Awards) is a set of annual awards granted by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe in recognition of outstanding achievements in the […]
The winners of Prix Makomi 2023 were announced at a ceremony in Kinshasa, DR Congo on Saturday, February 5, 2023. The Prix Littéraire Makomi is a manuscript prize created by the Pôle Eunic-RDC in order to promote the Congolese literary sector and to bring out new talents in 2017. It is organized annually as part […]
Togara Muzanenhamo’s Virga was named the winner of the African Poetry Book Fund’s Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry 2022 on February 23, 2023. The Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry is named for poet, publisher, editor, businesswoman, and philanthropist, Glenna Luschei. Administered by the African Poetry Book Fund, it is awarded annually to a […]
