Opportunities for writers and poets for November 2023.

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

Education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies).

• DAAD Artists in Berlin Program

Deadline: December 17
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• Tebere Arts Foundation’s 2024 Mid Career and Established Playwrights Residency

Deadline: December 15
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• The Rock Retreat

Deadline: November 25
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• The Authors’ Foundation: Grants for work in progress

Deadline: Not indicated.
Details: Click here.

Literary magazines/journals/anthologies

• Àló Lit Magazine

Deadline: February 28, 2024
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• Hayden’s Ferry Review

Deadline: December 1.
Information: Click here.

• Weganda Review

Deadline: November 10.
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• Brittle Paper Festive Anthology Vol. II

Deadline: November 24.
Information: Click here.

• The London Magazine

Deadline: November 30.
Information: Click here.

• Unbound Firsts

Deadline: November 30.
Information: Click here.

• Galley Beggar (Women only)

Deadline: November 10.
Information: Click here.

• Massachusetts Review

Deadline: Not indicated.
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• The Interpreters House

Deadline: November 14
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• The Shore (Poetry)

Deadline: December 1
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• 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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• Oxford Poetry

Deadline: November 30
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• Isele Magazine

Deadline: Not indicated
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• The White Review

Deadline: Not indicated
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• Nalubaale Review Magazine

Deadline: November 30
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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

• Broken Sleep Books

Deadline: November 30
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• Jacana Media

Deadline: November 30
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• Dsac Publishing Hub (South Africa)

Deadline: Not indicated
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• Jacana Imprint: Mother

Deadline: Not indicated
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Prizes

• Iskanchi Book Prize

Deadline: January 30, 2024
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• Writivism Literary Prizes

Deadline: November 30
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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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• South Africa Humanities And Social Sciences Awards

Deadline: November 9
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• The Plaza Short Story Prize (Judge: Remy Ngamije)

Deadline: November 30
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• Evaristo Prize for African Poetry

Deadline: November 1
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• Afritondo Short Story Prize

Deadline: December 15
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• Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry

Deadline: December 1
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• The Sarah Maguire Prize

Deadline: January 1, 2024
Details: Click here.