Deadline: 31 August 2018 EXTENDED TO 31 OCTOBER 2018 Submissions are open for the 2018 Short Story Day Africa Prize, which this year has the theme “Hotel Africa”. The first prize is US$800, and is open to writers from Africa...
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By Lidudumalingani Our hotel in Durban, Blue Waters, not only stares into the ocean but its blue and white paint catches the sun as it rises. One morning, after a jog, I saw the glint of the sun, showing off...
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Deadline: 2 May 2017 Short Story Day Africa are holding a series of one day workshops in Johannesburg and Cape Town on 27 May 2017, as well as in cities in Kenya, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ethiopia and Rwanda on later dates....
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Deadline: Submissions open 1 June (Update: The submissions will now open on 1 July 2017) and close on 31 July 2017 Prizes: First prize: $800 | Second prize: $200 | Third prize: $100 Short Story Day Africa’s theme for 2017...
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PEN SA members Efemia Chela and Helen Moffett edited Short Story Day Africa‘s 2017 anthology Migrations along with Bongani Kona. Stories by PEN SA members Fred Khumalo, Arja Salafranca and Karen Jennings are included in the anthology. The story of...
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