In our ongoing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in August 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 the opportunity from this page, as it greatly helps us. If you have any callouts, please share in the comments.
Education (MFAs, Fellowships, Workshops, Residencies).
- Mo Issa Writing Workshops – Deadline: August 15
- LOATAD Black Atlantic Residency III – Deadline: September 7
- Morland Writing Scholarships for African writers – Deadline: September 19
Opportunity hubs
- Chilli Hub
- Pro Helvetia Johannesburg – Residencies
- The Jakes Gerwel Foundation – Residencies
- The Hive: Opportunities for South African Writers
- Studio Styles
- Timi Sanni
- That Book Chikka
Literary magazines/journals/anthologies/manuscripts
- Ake Review – Deadline: August 15
- South 85 Journal – Deadline: August 15
- Will This Be A Problem? non-fiction submissions (reviews and essays) – Deadline: August 15
- Flame Tree Fiction (Short Stories) – Deadline: August 24
- Stripes Magazine (theme: Blank Spaces) – Deadline: August 31
- Lọ́unlọ́un – Deadline: August 31
- Okay Donkey Magazine – Deadline: September 1
- Asterales Journal – Deadline: September 15
- Yarns Magazine – Deadline: September 15
- Poda Poda Mundanity Issue – Deadline: September 25
- Doek – Deadline: September 30
- Obsidian – Deadline: October 15
- Grist Journal – Deadline: November 1
- Vestal Review – Deadline: November 30
- Journal of the Writers Project of Ghana (health/medicine special issue) – Deadline: Not indicated.
- off assignment – Deadline: Not indicated.
- Republic Journal – Deadline: Not indicated.
- Lolwe – Deadline: All year round
- Nenta Literary Journal (only Ghanaian writers) – Deadline: All year round
- Alkebulan Art – Deadline: All year round
- The Hooghly Review – Deadline: All year round
- Fahmidan Journal – Deadline: All year round
- Africa Migration Report Poetry Anthology Series – Deadline: Not indicated.
- Split The Lip – Deadline: Not indicated.
- WILDNESS. A Literary Journal – Deadline: Not indicated.
- Wensum – Deadline: Not indicated.
- Afro Literary Magazine – Deadline: Not indicated
- Ojuju Magazine – Deadline: Not indicated
- The Weganda Review – Deadline: Not indicated
- Apex Magazine – Deadline: Not indicated
- Brittle Paper – Deadline: Not indicated
- Gone Lawn – Deadline:
- The Dodge – Deadline: Not indicated
- Decolonial Passage – Deadline: Not indicated
- Efiko Magazine – Deadline: Not indicated.
- RIC Journal – Deadline: Not indicated.
- The Lagos Review Essay Series – Deadline: Not indicated
- Afapinen – Deadline: Not indicated
- TriQuarterly – Deadline: Not indicated
- Alien Magazine – Deadline: Not indicated
Publishers
- University of Pittsburgh Pitt Poetry Series – Deadline: September 30
- Love Africa Press – Deadline: Not indicated
- Driftwood Press – Deadline: Not indicated
Prizes and competitions
- PEN America Literary Awards 2026 – Deadline: August 20
- Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2026 – Deadline: September 1
- PEN Faulkner Award 2026 – Deadline: September 30
- OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2026 – Deadline: January 2, 2026
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