Category: Poetry
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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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Festival International de Littérature de Dakar 2025 winners announced.
Véronique Tadjo, Oumar El Foutiyou Ba, and Khady Fall Faye Diagne won at the Festival International de Littérature de Dakar 2025 in Dakar, Senegal on Saturday, May 24, 2025. Festival International de Littérature de Dakar (Filid) (English: Dakar International Literary Festival) was first hosted in Dakar, Senegal, in 2022. It was attended by writers, literary…
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All African Women Poetry Festival 2025 for Accra
The third edition of the All African Women Poetry Festival will be held in Accra, Ghana, from May 22 – 24, 2025. The All African Women Poetry Festival was launched by Emma Ofosua-founded Tuniq Africa in Accra, Ghana, in 2023. It was aimed at celebrating African literature and literary legends, empowering African women, women of…
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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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Literary Magazines: Weganda, JAY Lit, Akpata, Isele Quarterly
New editions of literary magazines Weganda, JAY Lit, Akpata, and Isele Quarterly are available for your reading pleasure. Weganda The Weganda Review is a literary journal produced in Uganda as a project of the cultural nonprofit Weganda Foundation. The platform, founded by Rodney Muhumuza in 2023, features writers, researchers, academics, artists, and others publishing short…
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Opportunities for writers and poets for May 2025.
In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in May 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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Book Digest: Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Michelle Kekana, Iryn Tushabe, Jesudubami Jemima Aganaba
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Michelle Myeko Kekana, Iryn Tushabe, and Jesudubami Jemima Aganaba. The Fragile Mental Health of Strong Women by Michelle Myeko Kekana Publisher: Jacana MediaDate: April 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Jacana Media Michelle Kekana Michelle Myeko Kekana was a 2021 JIAS writing fellow. She…
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Evaristo Prize for African Poetry 2025 shortlist announced
The Evaristo Prize for African Poetry 2025 shortlist was announced on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. The Brunel International African Poetry Prize, founded by Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo, was started in 2012 to revitalise African poetry and encourage a new generation of poets to get an international platform. Previous winners have been Warsan Shire (2013),…
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Griffin Poetry Prize 2025 shortlist announced
Carl Phillips and Nicolás Guillén are on the Griffin Poetry Prize 2025 shortlist announced in Toronto, Canada, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. The Griffin Poetry Prize is the world’s largest international prize for a first edition single collection of poetry written in or translated into English. The Canada-based prize was founded by businessman and philanthropist…
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Momtaza Mehri is Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry 2024 winner.
Momtaza Mehri’s poetry collection Bad Diaspora Poems was named the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry 2024 winner on Tuesday, April 22, 2024. The Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry is named for poet, publisher, editor, businesswoman, and philanthropist Glenna Luschei. Administered by the African Poetry Book Fund, it is awarded annually to a book…
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UK’s Jhalak Prize 2025 shortlist announced
The Jhalak Prize 2025 longlist was announced in London, UK, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Here are the writers of African descent in the running. The Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour is an annual literary prize awarded to British or British-resident BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) writers…
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Isele Awards 2025 longlists announced
The Isele Awards 2025 longlists, the fourth edition of the awards, were announced on Wednesday, April 16, 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 judges each category. The winners in the first…
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Pen America Literary Awards 2025 finalists announced
The Pen America Literary Awards 2025 finalists were announced in New York, USA, on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Here are the writers of African descent who made the cut. PEN America is an organisation that works to defend and celebrate free expression in the United States through the advancement of literature and human rights since…
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Tuzo Nyerere 2025 winners announced
Tuzo Nyerere 2025 winners were announced in a ceremony in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Monday, April 14, 2025. Tuzo ya Taifa ya Mwalimu Nyerere ya Uandishi Bunifu (English: Mwalimu Nyerere National Award for Creative Writing) or simply Tuzo Nyerere (The Nyerere Prize) is a national literary award that recognizes and supports creative writing in…