Deadline: 31 October 2016 The Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) is calling for applications for its 2017 Writing Fellowships. View the call below and visit the JIAS website for more details. (Image courtesy of JIAS)
Press release from Elvis Jarrs: Since 2009, people from all over the world have seen and discussed Chimamanda Ngozi’s speech about the danger of a single story. As Ngozi says, ending her speech: “Stories matter. Many stories matter.” An African...
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Deadline: 11 November 2016 Lancaster University and the University of the Western Cape will be holding the second Writing for Liberty Conference from 27 to 29 March 2017. Poet, journalist and academic Antjie Krog will be the keynote speaker. The...
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Deadline: 1 November 2016 Prize: The regional winners receive £2500 and the overall winner will receive £5000 The 2017 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now open for entries. PEN SA member Zukiswa Wanner is on this year’s judging panel, which...
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Deadline: 15 October 2016 Press release: Call For Poems Best “New” African Poets 2016 Anthology We are calling for BEST 1-3 poems per poet from Africa (living in Africa) or of African diasporas (one of the parents originated from Africa)...
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