The Inspire Us Contest is calling West African writers to submit stories around the theme of empowering women. This contest will select and digitally publish 10 stories as part of the Inspire Us Collection. The goal of this collection of stories is to positively influence gender social norms and stereotypes across West Africa and inspire […]
Win $2000 with 3,500 – 8,000 Words in the Inspire Us Contest
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Win Over ₦4,000,000 in the Alpine Fellowship Writing Prize
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The theme of the 2019 Alpine Fellowship Annual Symposium is ‘Identity’. The winner and two runners up will be invited to attend the Fjällnäs symposium. The winner will receive £10,000 cash prize, presented by the poet, John Burnside. £3000 goes to the second-place winner, and £2000 goes to the third-place winner. Rules Open to all […]
International Women’s Day with Dear Ijeawele and Other Feminine Novels
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Happy International Women’s Day! In the spirit of celebrating women, here are 5 books every Nigerian woman should read. Each book is packed with tools needed to overcome gender discrimination in today’s world, as well as pointers for building one’s self and eventually becoming your own boss. FAILED WOMAN by Tealson Taylor A tale of four […]
How to Submit Your Manuscript to Narrative Landscape Press
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A few days ago, Narrative Landscape Press announced that the first window of their bi-annual manuscript submission is open. Narrative Landscape Press accepts unsolicited manuscripts for fiction only, and dates of manuscript submissions are March 1 – April 30 and September 1 – October 31. To submit your work, send an email with the subject […]
Win $1000 in the 2019 Aussiewriting Essay Writing Contest
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Aussiewritings opens its second essay contest that allows you to express your unique and beautiful thoughts! Show your brilliance in writing and leave every reader in awe. It doesn’t matter where you are from, how old you are or what nationality you belong to. This contest is open to everyone! How can you apply? Simply […]
Check out this Feedback about the Writing Method of Nigerian Authors
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A few days ago, a user sent us a message about their perception of the writing technique of most Nigerian writers: Unless you’re not a Nigerian, I find it difficult reading your story that reminds me you’re a Nigerian but has a plot, setting, idea, concept and style based on an American or a foreigner. […]
NLNG Commences the 2019 Nigeria Prizes for Literature, Literary Criticism and Science
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Entries are being called for the 2019 Nigeria Prize for Literature, Literary Criticism Prize and Science, all sponsored by Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Limited. The Science and Literature prizes, which are now in their 15th year, each come with a cash prize of $100, 000 while the Literary Criticism Prize has a prize money of ₦1,000,000 The Science […]