? Calling all writers and poets?

THE OVERLAND 2023 NEILMA SIDNEY SHORT STORY PRIZE IS NOW OPEN.

Australian literary magazine Overland literary journal is looking for short fiction stories up to 3000 words on the theme of ‘travel', with imaginative, creative, and literary interpretations encouraged.

The competition is open to all writers, nationally and internationally, at any stage of their writing career. The prize money for this year totals $6500 and the winning story will be published in Overland.

THE POETRY PRIZE will be judged by Autumn Royal, Elena & The prize money is $9000 and all three winners will also be published in Overland.

? Deadline for both calls: 20 October 2023

?You may also want to have a look at Overland's rolling submissions and pitching opportunities in all literary genres, which are free to enter⤵️
https://overland.org.au/

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???GLENNA LUSCHEI PRIZE FOR AFRICAN POETRY ($1000 Award Prize)

The Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry, is an annual award of USD $1,000. It aims to honor and promote African poetry written in English or in translation and to recognize a significant book published each year by an African poet.

The Luschei Prize for African Poetry is open to any book of original poetry, in English, published during the previous calendar year in a standard edition of a full-length collection of poetry written by any African writer. Books must be submitted in the year after their publication. (For example, books published in 2020 may be submitted for consideration between May 1st and October 1st, 2021).

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

?ELIGIBILITY
An “African writer” is taken to mean someone who was born in Africa, who is a national or resident of an African country, or whose parents are African.

​GENRES↘️ Poetry

?Visit ( https://africanpoetrybf.unl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/updated-GLENNA-LUSCHEI-AFRICAN-POETRY-PRIZE-ENTRY-FORM-1.pdf ) for the entry form // or https://africanpoetrybf.unl.edu/contest-prizes/glenna-lucieu-prize-winners/ to learn more about that prize.

?Submission deadline: October 1st

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Call for Submissions: The Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize 2023
Staff WriterSeptember 18, 2023

We are now accepting poetry and short fiction submissions for the 2023 edition of the annual Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize (BPLP).
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We are now accepting poetry and short fiction entries for the 2023 edition of the annual Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize (BPLP).
In this inaugural edition of the new version of the Prize, we have an open theme to allow entrants to explore without restrictions. However, our judges will be looking for poems and short fiction that tell stories of the human condition with originality, creativity, and authenticity while respecting human dignity.
The Prize is open to Nigerian poets residing in any part of the world.
PRIZES TO BE WON
A $300 cash prize ($150 for poetry & $150 for short fiction). There will be only one winner per category.
A chapbook publishing (digital) contract for the winner of each category.
The top 10 entries per category will be published in the annual BPLP anthology.
GENERAL GUIDELINES:
Contestants can submit only one entry, which must be the original work of the person submitting it.
Submissions should be sent to [email protected] in the body of the email. No ATTACHMENTS.
Length/Word Count: 40 lines maximum for poetry & 2500 words maximum for short fiction.
Submissions must include a 50-100 word author’s full name, biography, and contact details.
The subject of the email should be “Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize (BPLP).”
Entries promoting profanity, racism, violence, or any form of abuse will be automatically disqualified.
NOTE:
The decision of the judges is final, and neither Words Rhymes & Rhythm nor the judges will engage in any correspondence with participants regarding the outcome of the judging process.
The copyright of each submission remains with its author. However, we retain the right to publish ALL and ANY entries in the annual BPLP anthology, on our website, or in our magazines, with full credit to the author.
Submission Deadline: 11:59 PM on Saturday, October 28, 2023.

Visit https://authorpedia.net/csr/bppc/ to read more about The Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize (BPLP) and its past winners. For inquiries, send an email to [email protected].

*?Happy Weekend, Hutters?***
Trust it's going well.

Here are links to prompts/submissions pages that may interest African writers.

Feel free to share with your friends/writing communities.

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https://www.iskanchi.com/submit-page

https://www.theinstitutionalizedreview.com/submissions

https://changes.press/book-prize/

https://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/websites-that-pay-you-to-write/

https://authorspublish.com/37-wonderful-international-literary-journals/

https://www.christiancentury.org/blog-post/editor-s-post/century-invites-reader-submissions-2

https://bridgebluffton.submittable.com/submit

https://electricliterature.submittable.com/submit

https://chicagostorypress.com/call-for-submissions

https://goldlinepress.submittable.com/submit

https://indianareview.submittable.com/submit

https://www.ninesyllablespress.com/contest

https://www.driftwoodpress.com/submission-opportunities

https://www.onlypoems.net/submissions

https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-gothic/african-ghost-submissions-0

https://kenyonreview.org/submit/

https://themastersreview.submittable.com/submit

https://qwertymagazine.submittable.com/submit

courtesy, Ms Vic of Writers' Spot

w/?, ArtHut | Lnk.ng/arthutwa

Iskanchi

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CALL FOR ENTRIES↘️
?Zimbolicious Anthology, Volume 8: An Anthology of Zimbabwean Literature and Arts

Following the successful publication and critical reception of the previous 7 Volumes, we have decided to continue with the series of Zimbolicious Anthologies. We are open to experienced and young poets, storytellers, novelist, essayists (academic and general), playwrights, visual artists, songwriters etc… from Zimbabwe??

As we expand this anthology series to harness as much as we can about Zimbabwean literature and arts, our foremost idea is to engender writing and reading cultures right from the lower grades so that in the future we will have strong leadership, readership and writership culture. This year we will be joined by Matthew Kunashe Chikono , who will doing a nonfiction project of his choice as a guest editor
The anthology will be published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd http://www.africanbookscollective.com/publishers/mwanaka-media-and-publishing , a Zimbabwe based publisher, and distributed by African Books Collective, UK, http://www.africanbookscollective.com

We can only offer free ecopy to those we select to publish in this volume.

We are looking for work in all Zimbabwean indigenous languages and cultures (Chewa, Chibarwe, Kalanga, Koisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda and Xhosa) and English language. For literature, the indigenous languages entries should be accompanied with an English translation/interpretation. We prefer short pieces but we will read long pieces and will include some in the anthology.

Send us your best work.
1 Not more than 5 poems/songs per poet/songwriter.
2 One prose, or play, or mixed genre piece per entrant of not more than 10 000words
3 Not more than 5 artworks per an artist (each artwork must be accompanied by not more than 300 words description)
4 As for reviews and interviews please send less than 2 000 words reviews of any Zimbabwean writer, musician or artist’s work (preferably full length collections or a body of work) of your own choice. These should be published, exhibited or recorded artworks/writings!
6 Include a bio note of not more than 50 words about you the author to be published with your work, if selected.

All entries should be in 1 word doc including (the bio note and contact info address, contact number and email)

This is strictly a Zimbabweans’ anthology, so we will only read and consider work from citizens of Zimbabwe and her diasporas (parents are of Zimbabwean descent).

Send your work to Tendai R Mwanaka at [email protected] or Matthew Chikono at [email protected]

*⛔Deadline for entries is 31 August 2023*

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*?The Acedian Review is OPEN*

*Issue I: Spring/Summer 2023

THEME↘️****
What artifacts (objects, people, feelings, places, traditions, etc.) have ancestry? How do we identify the past by its roots in the present? How do things grow or erode over time? Consider the word “trace” in all its forms as you write.

*?GUIDELINES*
We are a poetry review, and therefore do not accept any other art forms. Below are our submission guidelines. Expect to hear back from us within a week of submitting.

We are always open for entries. Make sure that all submissions adhere to the current issue’s theme. The deadline for Issue I is September 1st, 2023.

You may submit up to 5 pieces at a time, and any form of poetry is acknowledged. We will only read one submission per issue, so please do not send multiple.

Poetry must be written in 12pt Times New Roman (unless alternate fonts or sizes are necessary) and with one line between the title and body. Each new poem should start on a new page.

*?Submit entries by emailing [email protected].*
Entitle submissions “[Last Name, First Name]: [Collection Title]” and attach your poetry in a pdf file.

Please include a short (<50 words), third-person bio in the body of your poetry submission.

If you don’t hear back from us within a week, we are likely backed up on submissions. We ask that you wait at least one month before asking about the status of your submission.

Please see below for more details.

We accept simultaneous submissions, but please notify us immediately if any of your pieces needs to be withdrawn.

?Poetry from anyone will be considered, but we openly encourage student submissions! We accept emerging and established poets alike.

We do not accept previously published work.

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We are always on the lookout for new writings focused on the African continent, so send us your work when we make our themed call to submission. Rest assured that we read every submission we receive.

Submissions Guidelines
Here are a few things to keep in mind:

Submit your work by filling out all fields below.
We accept strictly essays and articles for now.
Except when solicited, we do not accept submissions that have been published elsewhere.
Because we publish for an online audience, we prefer works that are short, sharp, and exciting. About 500-750 words is fine.
Always include a short bio of yourself.
Here are some of the reasons why we might turn down a submission: poor grammar, poor punctuation, poor use of tenses, and plagiarism. We would especially reject a submission we deem to be misogynist or homophobic, or one that exhibits supremacist leanings on the basis of race, ethnicity or religion.
Be advised that we will edit your work and sometimes change the title, and if we consider the latter, we will inform you.
You retain the copyright to your work. However, we do require that you credit us as the original publisher of the work.
Except on rare occasions, we do not remove pieces that have been published on our site.
If the submission is a response to immediate events in the African context, please email it to [email protected] for immediate consideration.

Further enquiries, including official contacts from publishers and editors, could be sent to [email protected] or [email protected]

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*?*??2023 RATTLE POETRY PRIZE**

The annual Rattle Poetry Prize offers $15,000 for a single poem to be published in the winter issue of the magazine. Ten finalists will also receive $500 each and publication, and be eligible for the $5,000 Readers’ Choice Award, to be selected by subscriber and entrant vote

RATTLE POETRY PRIZE GUIDELINES
1) The entry fee is a one-year subscription to Rattle (or a one-year extension for subscribers) at our regular $25 rate, paid through Submittable as you submit your entry. Prior to May 1st, new subscriptions will start with the Summer 2023 issue, arriving in June. After May 1st, new subscriptions start with the Fall 2023 issue, arriving September 1st. Current subscribers will receive a one-year extension.

2) One $15,000 Winner and ten $500 Finalists will be selected in an anonymized review by the editors of Rattle and printed in the Winter 2022 issue;  one $5,000 Readers’ Choice Award will then be chosen from among the Finalists by subscriber and entrant vote.

3) Open to writers, worldwide; poems must be written primarily in English (no translations except by the original author). Rattle’s winter issue must be a potential first curation for all works submitted—meaning they can’t have appeared in any books, e-books, magazines, or similar collections, online or in print. The poems may have been self-published to personal blogs or social media. Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but we must be notified immediately if any poems are accepted elsewhere. On Submittable, log in, click on the submission, and send us a message using that system to let us know.

4) No identifying personal or contact information should appear on in any files with poems. We can’t know who you are while reading; but your contact information will be saved on Submittable.

5) Entry fees are non-refundable and cannot be edited during the judging process. Send up to four poems per entry. There is no line-limit. Poems may be any length, any style, or any subject. Multiple entries by a single poet are accepted, however each group of four poems must be treated as a separate entry and an additional $25 fee. Each additional entry will add an extra year to your subscription.

6) Winners will be announced September 15, 2023, and the Readers’ Choice Award Winner will be announced February 15, 2024. Additional entries may also be offered standard publication.

To enter↘️ http://rattle.submittable.com/submit/38839
Learn more↘️ https://www.rattle.com/prize/about/
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