In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other related arts in August 2023. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), journals, publishers, and prizes. If you have any callouts, please share.
Education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies).
- International Literary Seminars (ILS)
Deadline: August 7.
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- Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust
Deadline: October 2.
Details: Click here.
- Marchmont Writers Autumn Retreat
Deadline: October 27.
Details: Click here.
- The Authors’ Foundation: Grants for work in progress
Deadline: Not indicated.
Details: Click here.
- Library of Africa and the African Diaspora (LOATAD) 2023 West Africa Writers Residency Programme
Deadline: August 6.
Details: Click here.
- Morland African Writing Scholarships 2023
Deadline: September 18.
Details: Click here.
- The Poda-Poda Stories Fellowship (Sierra Leone)
Deadline: Not Indicated
Details: Click here.
Literary magazines/journals/Anthologies
- Indaba, Bafazi SFF Anthology
Deadline: August 15
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- Isele Magazine
Deadline: Not indicated
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- Lolwe Magazine
Deadline: August 31
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- Michigan Quarterly
Deadline: October 1
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- Nalubaale Review Magazine
Deadline: November 30
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- Columbia Journal
Deadline: August 10
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- The White Review
Deadline: Not indicated
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- Akewi Magazine
Deadline: Not indicated.
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- Ipikai Magazine
Deadline: August 5
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- Ake Review
Deadline: August 15
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- Orange Blossom Review
Deadline: August 15
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- The Lilac Journal
Deadline: None
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- Shō Poetry Journal
Deadline: October 1
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- Márọkọ Mag
Deadline: August 21
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- Umukarago
Deadline: August 15
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- The Creative Zine
Deadline: August 15
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- Chilli Hub
Deadline: None (Many opportunities)
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- Reed Magazine
Deadline: October 1
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Write Jobs
Deadline: None (Many opportunities)
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- The Other Side of Home: journeys in refugee and immigrant literature
Deadline: August 5
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- Alien Magazine
Deadline: Not indicated
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- McNeese Review
Deadline: August 31
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- The Shore (poetry)
Deadline: September 1
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- Chestnut Review
Deadline: September 30
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- The Flute – African Urban Echoes
Deadline: September 1
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- Account Magazine
Deadline: August 13
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- Fictive Dream
Deadline: Not indicated
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- African Literature Today
Deadline: October 31
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- Grist Journal:
Deadline: August 15
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- West Trade Review
Deadline: August 1
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- Taco Bell Quarterly
Deadline: Not indicated
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- Nimrod International Journal
Deadline: September 1
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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
- Storymoja Publishers
Deadline: August 20
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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
- Abena Korantemaa Oral History Prize 2023
Deadline: September 28
Information: Click here.
- Sevhage Literary Prizes for Africans 2023
Deadline: August 21
Information: Click here.
- Academy of American Poets First Book Award 2023
Deadline: September 1
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- Toyin Falola Prize
Deadline: October 15
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- Dinesh Allirajah Prize for short fiction 2024
Deadline: September 22
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- Àtìpó Book Review Prize
Deadline: August 11
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- The Sarah Maguire Prize
Deadline: January 1, 2024
Details: Click here.
- Sheikh Zayed Book Award
Deadline: October 1
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- Pen America Awards 2024
Deadline: August 1
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- Luschei Prize for African Poetry
Deadline: October 1
Details: Click here.
- E. E. Sule/Sevhage Prize for African Literary Criticism
Deadline: August 7
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- The St. Lawrence Book Award
Deadline: August 31
Details: Click here.
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