Category: Nonfiction
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Guyana Prize for Literature 2025 winners announced
The Guyana Prize for Literature 2025 winners were announced at a ceremony in Georgetown, Guyana, on Friday, July 5, 2025. The Guyana Prize for Literature was founded to promote the development of local literature by President Desmond Hoyte in 1987. Prizes were awarded biennially in categories that included best book of fiction, best first book…
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Isele Prize 2025 winners announced
Josiah Ikpe, Fatima Abdullahi, and Tolu Daniel are the Isele Awards 2025 winners; the announcement was made on Friday, June 27, 2025. The Isele Prizes were founded to celebrate the best short stories, poetry, and essays by writers published in Isele Magazine, founded in 2022, with a panel of two judges in each category. The…
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Opportunities for writers and poets for July 2025.
In our ongoing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in July 2025, whether it be poetry, prose, or other related arts. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), opportunity hubs, journals, and prizes. Please do us a favour and mention to whoever you applied to that you got…
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Literary Magazines: Lolwe, Lọúnlọún, Nenta, Kweli Journal
New editions of Lolwe, Lọúnlọún, Nenta, and Kweli Journal are now available for your reading pleasure. Lolwe Lolwe is a Pan-African literary arts platform that publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, hybrid writing, orature, drama, translation, and visual art. Founded in January 2020 by Troy Onyango, the magazine has a focus on amplifying the work by writers,…
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Ignyte Awards 2025 finalists announced
The Ignyte Awards 2025 finalists, the fifth edition of the award scheme, were announced on Monday, June 9, 2025. Fiyah is a quarterly speculative fiction magazine featuring stories by and about Black people of the African Diaspora based in the USA, founded in 2016. In 2021, they announced that they would host FIYAHCON for Black,…
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Book Digest: Goretti Kyomuhendo, Yrsa Daley Ward, Damon Young, Alison Donnell
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Goretti Kyomuhendo, Yrsa Daley Ward, Damon Young, and Alison Donnell. Promises by Goretti Kyomuhendo Publisher: Catalyst PressDate: May 6, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Catalyst Press Goretti Kyomuhendo Goretti Kyomuhendo is one of Uganda’s leading novelists and founding director of the African Writers Trust. She…
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Book Digest: Abdulrazak Gurnah, José Eduardo Agualusa, Laura Pegram, Adam Oyebanji
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Abdulrazak Gurnah, José Eduardo Agualusa, Laura Pegram, and Adam Oyebanji. Dhulma by Abdulrazak Gurnah Publisher: Mkuki Na NyotaDate: May 31, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: Kiswahili (translated from English by Dr. Ida Hadjivayanis)Where to find it: Mkuki Na Nyota Abdulrazak Gurnah Abdulrazak Gurnah is the 2021 winner of the…
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Opportunities for writers and poets for June 2025.
In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in June 2025, be it poetry, prose, or other related arts. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), opportunity hubs, journals, and prizes. Please do us a favour and mention to whoever you applied to that you got the…
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Literary Magazines: Arablit, Nenta, Ipikai, Ubwali
New editions of Arablit Quarterly, Nenta Journal, Ipikai Journal, and Ubwali are now available for your reading pleasure. ArabLit Quarterly ArabLit Quarterly is a literary magazine that brings together Arabic literature, essays, wordplay, art, music, and food in translation, founded in 2018. The latest edition, which has the theme “Grief” in the background of the…
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Book Digest: Foday Mannah, Tochi Onyebuchi, King Kufulula, Olayinka Adekola
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Foday Mannah, Tochi Onyebuchi, Olayinka Adekola, and King Kufulula. The Search for Othella Savage by Foday Mannah Publisher: Quercus BooksDate: May 22, 2025Genre: Fiction, mysteryLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Quercus Books Foday Mannah Born in London, Foday Mannah spent his formative years in Sierra Leone before…
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CLMP Firecracker Awards 2025 finalists announced
The finalists for the CLMP Firecracker Awards 2025, including Edwidge Danticat, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Yalie Saweda Kamara, JoAnne McFarland, and The Weganda Review, were announced on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 The Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) is an organisation of independent literary publishers and magazines founded in the USA in 1967. The CLMP Firecracker…
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BCA African Business Book of the Year 2025 shortlist announced
The Business Council for Africa Business Book of the Year Awards 2025 shortlist was announced in London, UK on Thursday, May 15, 2025. The Business Council for Africa (BCA) is a not-for-profit organisation connecting Africa to the international business community and investing in Africa’s next generation of business leaders, based in London, UK, founded in…
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Book Digest: Bilguissa Diallo, Edify Yakusak, Jo Ingabire Moys, K. Ancrum
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Bilguissa Diallo, Edify Yakusak, Jo Ingabire Moys, and K. Ancrum. Transhumances by Bilguissa Diallo Publisher: Les EditricesDate: May 26, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: FrenchWhere to find it: Indigo, Bilguissa Diallo Bilguissa Diallo is a French journalist, activist, and novelist who was born in France and lives near Paris.…
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PEN America Literary Awards 2025 winners announced
Mia Couto, Kali Nicole Gross, Frank X Walker, and Charles Henry Rowell were feted at the PEN America Literary Awards 2025 in New York, USA, on Thursday, May 8, 2025. PEN America works to defend and celebrate free expression in the United States through the advancement of literature and human rights since it was founded…
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US’ Pulitzer Prize 2025 winners announced
Percival Everett, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Edda L. Fields-Black won in their categories at the US’ Pulitzer Prize 2025 at Columbia University, USA on Monday, May 5, 2025. The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, and online journalism, literature, and musical composition held annually in the United States. It was established by…