Opportunities for writers and poets for December 2023.

In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work be it poetry, prose, or other related arts in December 2023. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), journals, and prizes. If you have any callouts, please share.

Education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies).

• The Lolwe Editorial Scheme

Deadline: December 22
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• DAAD Artists in Berlin Program

Deadline: December 17
Details: Click here.

• COURAGE to WRITE and LANDO Grants for Writers

Deadline: Opening January 7
Details: Click here.

• Tebere Arts Foundation’s 2024 Mid Career and Established Playwrights Residency

Deadline: December 15
Details: Click here.

• The Authors’ Foundation: Grants for work in progress

Deadline: Not indicated.
Details: Click here.

Literary magazines/journals/anthologies/manuscript

• Call For Papers: Maryse Condé and Caribbean Crossings

Deadline: Not indicated
Details: Click here.

• New Contrast 204

Deadline: Not indicated
Details: Click here.

• The Paris Review

Deadline: December 15
Details: Click here.

• Bayou Magazine

Deadline: December 15
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• Kikwetu Journal

Deadline: December 10
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• Mizna (Palestine, Armenia, Afghanistan, Sudan, Morocco, and Libya)

Deadline: December 15, 2024
Details: Click here.

• Counter Clock Issue 17

Deadline: January 15, 2024
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• Deep Vellum

Deadline: January 6, 2024
Details: Click here.

• Àló Lit Magazine

Deadline: February 28, 2024
Details: Click here.

• Timber Journal

Deadline: December 1
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• Ibua Manuscript Project

Deadline: January 26, 2024
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• The Hive: opportunities for South African Writers

Deadline: Ongoing
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• A Long House

Deadline: December 31
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• The Southern Review

Deadline: January 1, 2024
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• Isele Magazine

Deadline: Not indicated
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• The White Review

Deadline: Not indicated
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• Akewi Magazine

Deadline: Not indicated.
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• The Lilac Journal

Deadline: None
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• Chilli Hub

Deadline: None (Many opportunities)
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• Write Jobs

Deadline: None (Many opportunities)
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• Alien Magazine

Deadline: Not indicated
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• Fictive Dream

Deadline: Not indicated
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• Taco Bell Quarterly

Deadline: Not indicated
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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

• Dsac Publishing Hub (South Africa)

Deadline: Not indicated
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• Jacana Imprint: Mother

Deadline: Not indicated
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Prizes

• Yale Nonfiction Book Prize

Deadline: January 15, 2024
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• Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize

Deadline: February 1, 2024
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• Awele Creative Trust Award 2024

Deadline: January 10, 2024
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• Iskanchi Book Prize

Deadline: January 30, 2024
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• Cassava Republic’s Black Women’s Non-fiction Manuscript Prize

Deadline: March 31, 2024
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• The Island Manuscript Prize

Deadline: January 1, 2024
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• Afritondo Short Story Prize

Deadline: December 15
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• The Sarah Maguire Prize

Deadline: January 1, 2024
Details: Click here.