We are pleased to share the Call for Papers and Panels for a two-day Conference on ‘Racialisation and Publicness in Africa and the African Diaspora’ which will be held at the University of Oxford, from 27-28 June, 2019. From the… Read More ›
Call for submissions
Call for Submissions: Nalubaale Review (Deadline: 30th September)
The Nalubaale Review is a literary magazine based in Uganda. It aims to publish the finest emerging writers in Uganda and all other African countries. The magazine is looking for new short stories, poems, dialogues, articles and papers based on… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Sixth Annual Seminar on African Language Literature, ACLA (Deadline: 20th September)
At the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) conference at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, on 5th-7th March, 2019, the organiser Wendy Belcher will be hosting a seminar on African language literature. Sixth Annual Seminar on African Language Literature While African… Read More ›
Call for Papers: African Literature Today @50 (Deadline: 30th September)
ALT 37/ African Griot/ ALT at 50 invites you to submit papers by 30th September. African Literature Today, much like modern African Literature and its criticism as a formal intellectual discipline, has been in the Academy for half a century. Chinua Achebe… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: Mawazo Africa Writing Institute Workshop (Manuscript Deadline: 31st July)
Mawazo Africa Writing Institute announces a call for submissions for its second writing workshop: Writing the Novel, led by award-winning author Yewande Omotoso. The aim of the workshop is to provide advanced training and support to African writers who want to complete full-length novel… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: Africa in Dialogue: Second Issue (Deadline: 31st July)
Africa in Dialogue is currently accepting submissions for its second issue. Seasoned and upcoming African interviewers, writers and critics are invited to submit original, unpublished dialogues with African Storytellers. Africa in Dialogue are interested in high quality, long-form, vibrant dialogues between… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: Dinaane Debut Fiction Award (Deadline: 30th June)
Non-fiction takes the lion’s share of sales of books made in South Africa, with fiction limited to a very small percentage of all sales of locally published books. Many locally published novels sell just a few hundred copies, making it… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: Ons Klyntji International Magazine (Deadline for submissions: 31st May)
Ons Klyntji, an independent magazine of literature, art, music, culture and design, published and launched every year in South Africa at the Oppikoppi music festival is looking for submissions “written or visual”. There is no set theme, but there… Read More ›
Call for Creative Submissions: The Future of Universities (Deadline for Submission: 16th July)
Stellenbosch University Museum invites submissions of artworks for the Forward? Forward! Forward… exhibition that aims to reimagine higher education in South Africa. The exhibition aims to bring together a collection of 100 artworks which re-imagines the future of Stellenbosch University and higher… Read More ›
Call for Poetry and Fiction: Special Issue: Postcolonial Text (Submission Deadline: 29th June)
“Literary Networks and Digital Media in Contemporary African Literatures” Postcolonial Text, Double Guest Issue 13:3 & 13:4, 2018 We are delighted to announce a call for fiction and poetry to be included in a Double Guest Issue of Postcolonial… Read More ›
Working Group Call-out: Afrikult (Application Deadline: 30th April)
The team at Afrikult are looking for educators, activists, academics, artists and writers to join us for a trial working group session that will discuss the uniformity of the current English literature curriculum at secondary school level in England, with… Read More ›
Call for submissions: Film Africa (Submission deadline: 30th June)
Film Africa is The Royal African Society’s annual festival celebrating the best African cinema from across the continent and diaspora. Now in its seventh year, the festival has become a key platform for African cinema in London and the UK. From Friday 2nd… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: The Single Story Foundation (TSSF) Journal (Deadline for Submission: 30 March)
We are delighted to share that: The Single Story Foundation (TSSF) Journal seeks new, well-crafted stories about Africa, Africans, and African issues in all genres from writers of African descents or those associated with Africa. TSSF accepts all kinds of stories, whether… Read More ›
Call for Submissions: Type/Cast 4th Issue: Contested Spaces, deadline 1 September 2017
Call for Submissions Type/Cast Issue 4 Contested Spaces deadline: 1 September 2017 The Type/Cast editorial collective is thrilled to announce a new call for submissions. For our fourth issue submissions are open until midnight on Friday, 1 September 2017. We’re looking for… Read More ›
Call for Articles: African Literature Today
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 ›
Call for Submissions: Voices – an anthology of contemporary art and literature
From Voices Anthology. Voices is an anthology of contemporary art and literature interested in exploring every single place that makes up our world. It is a curious work, determined to reveal places and the lives they consist. The world is… Read More ›
Saraba Magazine: Call for Submissions (Deadline 28 June)
Saraba Magazine Call for Submissions Issue 18: The Crime Issue Crime is part of everyday life, affecting us viscerally, contributing to the dynamic of our relations. The fear of theft, of assault, builds up walls we often do not see… Read More ›
Ankara Press – Call for Submissions – 30 August 2015
Ankara Press is a fresh new voice publishing romantic fiction for the African market, and is devoted to publishing easy-to-read, purse-size books with African settings, storylines and characters. Ankara Press launched in December 2014 with six titles, set in locations… Read More ›
Imagine Africa 500 Anthology: Submissions Deadline 15 March 2015
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 ›
Call For Submissions: Kwani? Poetry Anthology and The Kampala Poetry Anthology
Kwani? Poetry Anthology, Kenya Deadline: 20 January 2015 Due to the proliferation of Kenyan poetry groups and the diversity of poetic voices on the stage and page, the time has come for a forward-looking publisher to gather any such willing voices… Read More ›
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