The South African Literary Awards’ Longlist is Out–Winners Revealed Nov 7th!
The longlist for the 2024 South African Literary Awards (SALA) is out! Across the 16 various categories there were 200 pieces and collections submitted, all of which bringing their own strengths to the...
View ArticleNigerian Actress Uzo Aduba Releases her Memoir The Road Is Good
Nigerian American actress Uzo Aduba, most known for her performances in Orange is the New Black, In Treatment, and Painkillers, released her debut memoir The Road Is Good: How a Mother’s Strength...
View ArticleHurry! Graywolf Press Opens Brief Submission Period for Poetry Translations
Graywolf Press will be opening submissions for Poetry Translations from November 11 until November 15. While they accept translated works from all poets, they are especially eager to receive work from...
View Article“Where is the rest of the book?” Mixed Reactions to the Final Book in...
Tomi Adeyemi released the final installment of the Legacy of Orisha trilogy, Children of Anguish and Anarchy, on June 25th of this year. After a five-year wait for what is supposed to be the epic...
View ArticleBénédicte Savoy’s Seminal Contribution to the Art Restitution Debate Released...
Professor Bénédicte Savoy’s influential Africa’s Struggle for Its Art: History of a Postcolonial Defeat is now available in paperback from Princeton University Press. This detailed study, originally a...
View Article$500,000 Awarded to Nigerian Magazine The Republic Journal!
The Republic Journal announced on their Instagram that they received $300,000 in grant funding from The Mellon Foundation in addition to $200,000 from The Open Society Foundations (OSF)! The Republic...
View ArticleCheck Out Cassava Republic’s Black Women’s Non-Fiction Prize Longlist!
Cassava Republic recently announced its longlist for the Global Women’s Non-Fiction Manuscript Prize. The list includes nine writers from all over the globe, each bringing their respective voices to...
View ArticleNigerian Women, Send In Your Stories | Deadline: November 1st
The 2024 Abebi Award in Afro-Nonfiction is now accepting submissions for their second year of awards. This is an exciting chance for Nigerian women to submit works on their experiences! Submissions run...
View ArticleKenyan Actress Lupita Nyong’o Brings Light to Global Storytelling in her New...
Lupita Nyong’o’s podcast, Mind Your Own, is all about belonging. Whether that’s belonging in a family, relationships, or self-love, it’s about sharing stories around the globe. Lupita shares a mix of...
View ArticleThe Winner of the $100,000 NLNG Prize is Revealed!
Olubunmi Familoni has won the 2024 NLNG $100,000 prize for his children’s book The Road Does Not End! This well deserved win came from the Nigeria LNG Grand Award night, in which the judges praised all...
View ArticleSubmit Your Work to the 98-Year-Old Literary Magazine Prairie Schooner! |...
Prairie Schooner is now accepting literary submissions from all writers until May 2025! This opportunity is open to everyone, and they are accepting short stories, poetry, imaginative essays, or...
View ArticleNigerian Writer and Filmmaker Marve Michael Anson Lands a New Agents
Nigerian writer and filmmaker Marve Michael Anson recently announced on her Instagram that she is now being represented by Ciara Finan and Flo Sandelson at Curtis Brown Books in the U.K. and United...
View ArticleTonye Faloughi-Ekezie’s Books Help Children Understand Down Syndrome
Nigerian author Tonye Faloughi-Ekezie is making waves in the world of children’s literature by addressing a major gap in representation. In a profile of author recently published in The Guardian,...
View ArticleApply to Study Global Black Literatures at UW-Madison | $40K Per Year Funding
If you are interested in graduate school in the U.S., consider applying to the PhD program in English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The program is fully funded and graduate students receive...
View ArticleNigerian Publishing Company, Narrative Landscapes Press, Acquires Olajide...
Narrative Landscapes Press is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Contraband Bodies by Nigerian poet Olajide Salawu for publication! Established in 2016, Narrative Landscapes Press has become a...
View ArticleLaila Lalami’s Eerie Novel The Dream Hotel Hits Shelves in Spring!
Moroccan novelist Laila Lalami publish a novel titled The Dream Hotel on March 4, 2025 with Pantheon Books. The book follows a museum archivist, Sara, who is told by the governments Risk Assessment...
View ArticleThey Dream in Gold by Mai Sennaar Shortlisted for Center for Fiction Prize!
Mai Sennaar’s novel They Dream in Gold, featured on Brittle Paper earlier this year, has made it to the 2024 Center for Fiction Shortlist. Congrats! The Center for Fiction is a US nonprofit literary...
View ArticleFuture Worlds Prize 2025 Is Open for Submissions! | Deadline 26th January 2025
The Future Worlds Prize For Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of Colour is now open for submissions until January 26th, 2025. Submissions can be from a wide range of science fiction and fantasy...
View ArticleThe Winner of the Inaugural CANEX Prize is Here!
On October 18, Cassava Republic Press, founded by Bibi Bakare-Yusuf, was awarded the first ever CANEX Prize for Publishing during the 2024 CANEX WKND for their groundbreaking novel, Female Fear...
View ArticleThe Morland Writing Scholarships Shortlist Is Out!
The Morland Writing Scholarship Shortlist was announced on October 14th! The Miles Morland Foundation sponsors writing scholarships for scholars writing fiction or non-fiction and aims “…to support...
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