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Two African Classics to Feature on Netflix: Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives and Wole Soyinka’s Death and The King’s Horseman Two African classics, Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s... Read More
1 sometimes, you walk like the flapping udder of a cow because you’re tired too tired of being in a home that hurts like hell because of your father 2 as a toddler, “baba” was the next best word on your tongue after... Read More
Mitzi Szereto seeks submissions for an anthology of true crime stories. She seeks original new non-fiction true crime pieces for: THE BEST NEW TRUE CRIME STORIES: WELL-MANNERED CROOKS, ROGUES & CRIMINALS. The anthology will be published by... Read More
You can now submit to the 2020 Punocracy Prize for Satire. Sponsored by the Goethe-Institut and Light Multifarious Books, this prize is organised by Punocracy, a community of young writers of satire in Nigeria that was launched in March 2018. The... Read More
Do you have a story about the pandemic? Here is an opportunity to submit it! Muwado, in partnership with Amari, presents #Stories4Health Writing Competition. The goal is to “help you channel your creativity to help spread creatively packaged stories... Read More
A third date in John’s book was a sign of not just interest, but progressive interest. If a woman was going to go through the trouble of seeing you three times, she had to be somewhat interested in you. There was the option that she was just bored... Read More
Here is an opportunity to submit your work to the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize, and you may become the lucky winner of £1,000. This literary competition by Wasafiri, which is a magazine for international contemporary writing. The... Read More
OPEN ARTS, an arts and literary collective based in Kaduna, Nigeria, in partnership with GANDUN KALMOMI, also based in Kaduna, is calling for entries for the inaugural AMINIYA-TRUST HAUSA SHORT STORY WRITING COMPETITION. Sponsored by... Read More
Looking for where to submit that beautiful story you have written? Consider submitting your work to The Kalahari Short Story Competition. The Kalahari Short Story Competition is a literary writing competition organised by La CENE Littéraire... Read More