In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other related arts in October 2023. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), journals, and prizes. If you have any callouts, please share.
Education (MFAs, Fellowships, Residencies).
- LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency 2024
Deadline: October 29
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- Bocas Breakthrough Fellowships
Deadline: October 31
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- Kweli Fellowship Program
Deadline: October 13
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- The Rock Retreat
Deadline: November 25
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- Marchmont Writers Autumn Retreat
Deadline: October 27.
Details: Click here.
- The Authors’ Foundation: Grants for work in progress
Deadline: Not indicated.
Details: Click here.
Literary magazines/journals/anthologies/manuscript
- Libretto Journal
Deadline: October 31.
Information: Click here.
- Unbound Firsts
Deadline: November 30.
Information: Click here.
- Galley Beggar (Women only)
Deadline: November 10.
Information: Click here.
- Massachusetts Review
Deadline: Not indicated.
Information: Click here.
- Cutleaf
Deadline: October 31 (fiction), November 1 (nonfiction)
Information: Click here.
- The Interpreters House
Deadline: November 14
Information: Click here.
- The Shore (Poetry)
Deadline: December 1
Information: Click here.
- Timber Journal
Deadline: December 1
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- Ibua Manuscript Project
Deadline: January 26, 2024
Information: Click here.
- Adda: Call for poetry and spoken word
Deadline: October 22
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- The Hive: opportunities for South African Writers
Deadline: Ongoing
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- Fatal Flaw
Deadline: October 22
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- A Long House
Deadline: December 31
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- The Southern Review
Deadline: January 1, 2024
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- Oxford Poetry
Deadline: November 30
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- Agbowo: Women’s Issue
Deadline: October 1
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- Isele Magazine
Deadline: Not indicated
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- The White Review
Deadline: Not indicated
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- Nalubaale Review Magazine
Deadline: November 30
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- Akewi Magazine
Deadline: Not indicated.
Details: Click here
- The Lilac Journal
Deadline: None
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- Chilli Hub
Deadline: None (Many opportunities)
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- Write Jobs
Deadline: None (Many opportunities)
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- Alien Magazine
Deadline: Not indicated
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- Fictive Dream
Deadline: Not indicated
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- African Literature Today
Deadline: October 31
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- Taco Bell Quarterly
Deadline: Not indicated
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- Black Lawrence Press
Deadline: Various
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- Decolonial Passage
Decolonial Passage presents each distinct piece of writing as a passage worthy of readers’ attention in which writers create texts to articulate a variety of themata affecting the human condition including, but not limited to authenticity, liberty, alienation, dignity, community, and boundless love. Decolonial Passage publishes writing from emerging and established writers who use language and form in innovative ways.
Deadline: Not indicated
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Publishers
- Broken Sleep Books
Deadline: November 30
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- Jacana Media
Deadline: November 30
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- Dsac Publishing Hub (South Africa)
Deadline: Not indicated
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- Phoenix Books
Deadline: Not indicated
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- Jacana Imprint: Mother
Deadline: Not indicated
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Prizes
- The Island Manuscript Prize
Deadline: January 1, 2024
Information: Click here.
- South Africa Humanities And Social Sciences Awards
Deadline: November 9
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- The Plaza Short Story Prize (Judge: Remy Ngamije)
Deadline: November 30
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- Evaristo Prize for African Poetry
Deadline: November 1
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- Afritondo Short Story Prize
Deadline: December 15
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- The Plaza Short Story Prize (Judge: Remy Ngamije)
Deadline: November 30
Information:Click here.
- Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry
Deadline: December 1
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- Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2024
Deadline: November 1
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- Toyin Falola Prize
Deadline: October 15
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- Abena Korantemaa Oral History Prize 2023
Deadline: September 28
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- The Sarah Maguire Prize
Deadline: January 1, 2024
Details: Click here.
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