Opportunities for writers and poets for January 2025.

In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those wishing to submit work in January 2025, whether 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. Please mention to whoever you applied to that you got the opportunity from this page as it helps us a lot. If you have any callouts, please share in the comments.

Education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies).

• Disrupting The Nature Narrative Fellowship – Deadline: January 20, 2025.
• The London Library Emerging Writers Programme – Deadline: February 28, 2025
• Shenandoah Emerging Editor Fellowship – Deadline: Opens March 15, 2025
• Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) fellowships – Deadline: Opens March 15, 2025
• Black Artists Grant (UK only) – Deadline: Not indicated

Opportunity hubs

• Chilli Hub
• The Jakes Gerwel Foundation – Residencies
• The Hive: opportunities for South African Writers
• Studio Styles
• Timi Sanni
• That Book Chikka

Literary magazines/journals/anthologies/manuscripts

• Best Literary Translations Anthology – Deadline: January 9, 2025.
• Awele Creative Trust Award 2025 – Deadline: January 10, 2025.
• Plough Shares – Deadline: January 15, 2025.
• Mania Magazine – Deadline: January 15, 2025.
• Waxwing Magazine – Deadline: January 16, 2025.
• The Shallow Tales Review – Deadline: January 20, 2025.
• Full House Literary – Deadline: January 20, 2025.
• Culture Africa – Deadline: January 31
• Chicago Review of Books The Great Lakes Anthology– Deadline: January 31
• Dusty Attic Publishing – Deadline: January 31
• Spellbinder – Deadline: February 1, 2025
• Heartlines Spec – Deadline: February 1, 2025
• Orange Blossom Review – Deadline: February 15, 2025
• Journal of African Youth Literature (JAY Lit) – Deadline: February 17, 2025
• Ninth Letter – Deadline: February 28, 2025
• Nalubaale Review – Deadline: February 28, 2025
• The Lincoln Review – Deadline: March 1, 2025
• Lọúnlọún (Historical Fiction [set in Africa]) – Deadline: March 1, 2025
• Doek Lit Mag – Deadline: March 31, 2025
• Prairie Schooner – Deadline: May 1, 2025
• Tampered Press Manuscript Prize – Deadline: March 1 – April 5.
• Flame Tree Fiction Afrofuturism Short Stories – Deadline: Not indicated.
• Alkebulan Art – Deadline: All year round
• The Hooghly Review – Deadline: All year round
• Fahmidan Journal – Deadline: All year round
• 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:
• Pepper Coast Lit – Deadline: Not indicated
• 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
• New Contrast – Deadline: Not indicated
• Afapinen – Deadline: Not indicated
• TriQuarterly – Deadline: Not indicated
• Alien Magazine – Deadline: Not indicated 

Publishers

• Love Africa Press – Deadline:  Not indicated
• Blue Press – Deadline:  Not indicated
• Driftwood Press – Deadline: Not indicated
• Dsac Publishing Hub (South Africa) – Deadline: Not indicated
• Jacana Imprint: Mother – Deadline: Not indicated

Prizes and competitions

• PublisHer Excellence Awards –Deadline: January 15, 2025
• Driftwood Press Short Story Contest – Deadline: January 15, 2025.
• Hurston/Wright Legacy Book Awards 2025 – Deadline: January 28, 2025
• Nimrod Literary Awards – Deadline: January 31, 2025
• The Encore Award – Deadline: January 31, 2025
• Bristol Short Story Prize 2025 – Deadline: January 31, 2025
• IPA Prix Voltaire 2025 – Deadline: February 23, 2025
• Khalid Khalifa Novel Award – Deadline: March 15, 2025.
• DAG Prize for Literature – Deadline: March 15, 2025.
• University of Johannesburg (UJ) Prize for South African Writing – Deadline: January 31, 2025
• The Island Prize 2025 – Deadline: March 31, 2025
• Toyin Falola Prize 2025 – Deadline: April 15, 2025

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