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Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2022 shortlist announced

Foday Mannah, Gloria Blizzard, Juleus Ghunta, and Jailan Zayan are on the shortlist for the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2022 announced on September 15, 2022. Wasafiri, founded in 1984, is a UK-based magazine for international contemporary writing renowned for publishing some of the world’s most distinguished writers. The magazine’s Queen Mary Wasafiri New […]

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Awards Nonfiction Poetry United Kingdom

Writers of African descent on Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2021 shortlist

Asmaa Jama, Usha Rungoo, and Damion Spencer are on the shortlist for the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize announced on September 17, 2021. Wasafiri, founded in 1984, is a UK-based magazine for international contemporary writing renowned for publishing some of the world’s most distinguished writers. The magazine’s Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize was […]

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Sharma Taylor is Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2020 winner

Sharma Taylor is one of the winners of the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2020 announced on October 29, 2020. Wasafiri, founded in 1984, is a UK-based magazine for international contemporary writing renowned for publishing some of the world’s most distinguished writers. The magazine’s Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize was launched to support […]

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Lola Olufemi, Sharma Taylor, Joshua Idehen on Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2020 shortlists.

Lola Olufemi, Sharma Taylor, and Joshua Idehen are on the shortlists for the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2020 announced on October 6, 2020. Wasafiri, founded in 1984, is a UK-based magazine for international contemporary writing renowned for publishing some of the world’s most distinguished writers. The magazine’s Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize […]

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Five Opportunities for African writers and poets for April 2020.

In our continuing monthly series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other art in April 2020. Warscapes: The Corona Notebooks. If you are willing and able, Warscapes would love it if you could record a 2-3 minute video of yourself thinking about this pandemic, maybe accessing […]