Chukwuebuka Ibeh took home the 1st runner-up position at the 2021 J.F Powers Prize for Fiction for his short story ‘Miracle’, a story about a young Nigerian woman grappling with childlessness and a failing marriage The J.F Powers Prize for Short Fiction seeks to honor examples of excellent short story writing from a Catholic perspective. […]
Nigerian Writer Chukwuebuka Ibeh Wins Big at the 2021 J.F Powers Prize for Fiction
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The African Writers Awards: The 2021 Call For Submissions
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Since 2018, Writers Space Africa in partnership with the African Writers Development Trust has held the annual African Writers Awards as the highpoint of the African Writers Conference. For 2021, they have announced a call for submission for the African Writers Awards under the theme: The Future of Africa. Submissions are currently accepted to the […]
The Flora Nwapa Prize for Feminist Writing 2021
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The Flora Nwapa Prize for Feminist Writing is an annual award for the best unpublished work of fiction or non-fiction written in English by any writer with a feminist theme. Established in 2020 by Onyeka Nwelue, a Nigerian writer and multi-art specialist, the prize seeks to reward the best unpublished full-length work of fiction or […]
Call for Entries: The 2021 Nigerian Students Poetry Prize is now open!
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Nigerian Students Poetry Prize (NSPP) is an initiative of Poets in Nigeria (PIN) aimed at stimulating literary creativity and encouraging critical thinking among Nigerian undergraduates. Interested Nigerian undergraduates are expected to submit a 30-line poem on any of these themes: (1) Individual and Collective Humanity in a Corona-Ravaged World (2) Identity: Faces and Phases (3) […]
Enter for the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize
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The 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize and its award for Best Unpublished Manuscript is open to aspiring, emerging, and also self-published writers anywhere in the world. The first prize is a publishing deal with Bonnier Books UK with an advance of £15,000, and up to six shortlisted writers will be offered manuscript development from a top […]
2021: Looking At The Bright Sides Of Living In A Pandemic
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When 2020 started, like every other year before it, it did so with lots of fanfare, merriments, new year resolutions, and hope for a better life, country and world. We all know how that turned out. But while some people may best regard 2020 as a severe sh*tshow, we look back at it with a […]
2020: OkadaBooks’ Top 20 Bestsellers Of The Year
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2020 may be many things by popular accounts, but it’s also the year we got to witness the arrival of lots of incredible books and talents here at OkadaBooks. We’re grateful to our amazing Authors, who continuously churn out great works, but even more to you, the Reader, because without you all that effort will […]