Deadline: 30 September 2016 The Africa Centre is once again offering an artist-in-resident position at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center in Italy for “seasoned, mid-late career artists”. PEN SA member Lauren Beukes was previously selected for this residency. The Rockefeller...
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Deadline: 29 July 2016 Press release from Jacana Media: Entries for the sixth annual Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology are now open! The project is made possible thanks to the ongoing support of the European Union. The...
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Imagnary House, a new publishing house for children’s literature, is encouraging submissions from all African writers: Press release from Imagnary House: We’re a new boutique publishing house for children’s literature in Cape Town, South Africa. Our Mission We’re focused on...
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Deadline: 31 October 2016 SA Horrorfest Bloody Parchment has announced that submissions are open for this year’s competition. They’re looking for submissions of horror and dark fantasy/SF writing particularly from Africa, but also from further afield. Our categories for dark...
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Deadline: 31 July 2016 The Open Book Festival and Leopard’s Leap are running a haiku competition inspired by the theme ‘words and wine’. See below for the prize details: 1. Cash prize of R5 000 2. 12 cases of Leopard’s...
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