The team at K & L Prize for African Literature 2020 are calling for short story entries from young African writers on the theme ‘Africanfuturism’. Africanfuturism, a term coined by Nigerian-American author Nnedi Okorafor, is a genre that often depicts… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Maëline Le Lay Peter Kimani is an award-winning author. He was 1 of 3 poets commissioned to compose and present a poem marking Obama’s 2009 inauguration. Born in 1971 in Kenya, he has won the Jomo Kenyatta Prize… Read More ›
Call for submissions for futuristic imaginaries Not afraid of the ruins #2: Local science fictions Utopian dreamers, other-worldly explorers, and psychonautic adventurers; scholars, activists, students, and critics: drawing inspiration from the online political ecology magazine Uneven Earth and following the… Read More ›
The Brittle Paper Awards is back for the 2018 edition. And, the nomination process is open to the public. Anyone can nominate works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and essays or think pieces for consideration by Brittle Paper’s editorial team. The Brittle Paper Awards was established… Read More ›
You are invited to join the Webinar discussion with Children’s Africana Book Award Winner Meja Mwangi, author of The Mzungu Boy Wednesday 17th May at 6.00-7.15pm (CST); 12.00-1.15am (GMT) Join the online Global Read Webinar Series discussion on Wednesday, May… Read More ›
Call for Submissions Ake Review 2017 deadline: 31 August 2017 The Ake Arts and Book Festival is calling for submissions to the 2017 edition of our annual journal, Ake Review. This 5th Edition is themed This F-Word and will focus… Read More ›
AiW Guest: Sana Goyal Edited excerpts from the Conversations in Bloomsbury event (March 10, 2017), held at SOAS, London, and which hosted Henrietta Rose-Innes and Brian Chikwava. When Brian Chikwava and Henrietta Rose-Innes found themselves at SOAS for a… Read More ›
An Evening of New African Fiction: With Doreen Baingana, Elnathan John, Billy Kahora & Irenosen Okojie 5pm, Wednesday 20 April 2016 University of Bristol, 43 Woodland Road, LT1 Free (no booking required) & refreshments will be provided Nikesh Shukla hosts a… Read More ›
The Winners of the new Mabati Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature were announced today (17 NOVEMBER 2015). The prize has the express goal of recognizing writing in African languages and encouraging translation from, between and into African languages.
Call for Articles: African Literature Today Special Issue ‘African Returns in African Fiction’ This special issue will focus on literary texts by African writers in which the protagonist returns to his/her ‘original’ or ancestral ‘home’ in Africa from other parts of… Read More ›
The Story Club Malawi, in partnership with Malawian publisher Panafrica Publishers Ltd., has announced an open submission for its upcoming anthology IMAGINE AFRICA 500. The anthology will collect short stories set in Africa in 2515: “We urge writers from all… Read More ›
Etisalat Nigeria invites entries for the 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature. Entries close on the 8th of August 2014. On the 12th May, Etisalat Nigeria announced the 2014 Etisalat Prize for Literature “Call for Entries”, the second edition of the much… Read More ›
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