Category: Poetry
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Prix Littéraire Fetkann! Maryse Condé 2024 winners announced
Prix littéraire Fetkann! Maryse Condé 2024 winners were announced on Saturday, November 30, 2024. The Prix littéraire Fetkann Maryse Condé rewards the works, collections, research works or essays that promote the work of memory of the countries of the global South and all that goes in the direction of the promotion of human dignity in…
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Opportunities for writers and poets for December 2024.
In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in December 2024, be it poetry, prose, or other related arts. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), opportunity hubs, journals, and prizes. If you have any callouts, please share in the comments. Education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies). Opportunity hubs…
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Botswana Literature Awards 2024 longlist announced
The Botswana Literature Awards 2024 longlists were announced in Gaborone on Sunday, November 24, 2024. The Botswana Literature Awards were founded to recognize the contributions and hard work of authors in Botswana by Dr Lame Pusetso in 2023. That first edition celebrated the Best Children’s Book, Best Setswana Poetry Book, Best English Poetry Book, Best…
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Jorge Arrimar wins DST Angola/Camões Literature Prize 2024
Jorge Arrimar’s novel Cuéle – O Pássaro Troçador won DST Angola/Camões Literature Prize 2024 on Friday, November 22, 2024. The DST Angola/Camões Literature Prize is a joint initiative between dst group and Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua celebrating books published in poetry and prose by Angolan artists. DST Angola is a subsidiary…
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Book Digest: TL Huchu, Callie Browning, Theresa Lola, Mubanga Kalimamukwento
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books from TL Huchu, Callie Browning, Theresa Lola, and Mubanga Kalimamukwento. The Legend of Arniston House by TL Huchu Publisher: Tor BooksDate: November 12, 2024Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Pan Macmillan, Amazon TL Huchu T. L. Huchu has been published previously (as Tendai Huchu) in the adult…
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South African Literary Awards 2024 winners announced.
The South African Literary Awards 2024 winners were announced in Pretoria, South Africa on Thursday, November 7, 2024. The South African Literary Awards, popularly called the SALAs, organised by wRite associates have honoured many authors since they were founded in 2005. Winning writers and poets have included Es’kia Mphahlele, Nadine Gordimer, Miriam Tlali, Lauretta Ngcobo,…
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African Writers Awards 2024 winners announced.
The African Writers Awards, African Teen Writers Awards, and the Wakini Kuria Prize for Children’s Literature winners were announced in Kigali, Rwanda on Saturday, October 26, 2024. The African Writers Awards were conceived by the African Writers Development Trust to celebrate the best-emerging writing talents on the continent. Some previous winners have been Manu Herbstein,…
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Opportunities for writers and poets for November 2024.
In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in November 2024, be it poetry, prose, or other related arts. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), opportunity hubs, journals, and prizes. If you have any callouts, please share in the comments. Education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies). Opportunity hubs…
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Premio Oceanos 2024 finalists announced
The finalists of Premio Oceanos 2024 were announced in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Oceanos-Prêmio de Literatura em Língua Portuguesa (English: Oceanos-Prize for Literature in the Portuguese Language) is a Brazilian literary award for poetry and prose founded in 2003. In the first years, only work by Brazilian writers was eligible for…
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Book Digest: Léonora Miano, Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya, Esinam Bediako, Evelyne Waithira Müller
In our regular Book Digest segment, we spotlight new books from Léonora Miano, Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya, Esinam Bediako, and Evelyne Waithira Müller. you get better with love by Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya Publisher: Pan Macmillan South AfricaDate: October 8, 2024Genre: PoetryLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Pan Macmillan South Africa Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya Duduzile Noeleen Ngwenya is…
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Literary Magazines: Ubwali, Johannesburg Review, Isele, Fiyah
New editions of Literary Magazines Ubwali, Johannesburg Review of Books, Isele Magazine, and Fiyah are now available. Johannesburg Review of Books The Johannesburg Review of Books is an independent literary review that publishes reviews, essays, poetry, photographs, and short fiction from South Africa, Africa, and beyond. The issue has contributions from Shayera Dark, Wamuwi Mbao,…
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Book Digest: Siphokazi Jonas, Anthony Joseph, Scola Moraa, Kwame Dawes
In our regular Book Digest segment, we wrap up book news for our readers with books from Siphokazi Jonas, Anthony Joseph, Scola Moraa, Kwame Dawes, and Chris Abani. This week, our focus is poetry by writers of African descent that is already in the market or forthcoming. When Love Says Goodbye by Scholastica Moraa Publisher: …
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South African Literary Awards 2024 shortlists announced.
The South African Literary Awards 2024 shortlists were announced in Johannesburg, South Africa on Monday, October 14, 2024. The South African Literary Awards, popularly called the SALAs, organised by wRite associates have honoured many authors since they were founded in 2005. Winning writers and poets have included Es’kia Mphahlele, Nadine Gordimer, Miriam Tlali, Lauretta Ngcobo,…
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T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry 2024 shortlist announced
The T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry 2024 shortlist was announced in London, UK on Tuesday, October 1, 2024. Here are the writers of African descent on the list. T.S. Eliot, full name Thomas Stearns Eliot had the poetry collections Prufrock and Other Observations (1917), Ara Vos Prec (London), and Poems: 1920 (New York). The United…
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Canisia Lubrin, Eric Chacour on Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize 2024 shortlist
Canisia Lubrin and Eric Chacour are on the shortlist of Canada’s Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize 2024 announced on September 25, 2024. The Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, formerly the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, is a Canadian literary award presented by the Writers’ Trust of Canada after an annual juried competition of…