Opportunities for writers and poets for October 2024.

In our continuing series, we share opportunities for those who wish to submit work in October 2024, be it poetry, prose, or other related arts. These callouts are divided into education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies), opportunity hubs, journals, and prizes. If you have any callouts, please share in the comments.

Education (MFAs, Fellowships, residencies).

• Cave Canem Fellowship – Deadline: October 16
• Bradford 2025: female writers from England or Ghana – Deadline: October 25
• A Long House Rajat Neogy Fellowship – Deadline: October 30
• Idembeka Creative Writing Workshop 2025 – Deadline: October 15 – November 15
• British Council Festival Connect Fund – Deadline: Not indicated
• Shenandoah Emerging Editor Fellowship – Deadline: Not indicated

Opportunity hubs

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

Literary magazines/journals/anthologies/manuscripts

• Stripes Literary Magazine – Deadline: October 5, 2024
• The Black Fork Review – Deadline: October 15, 2024.
• New Contrast Literary Journal – Deadline: October 15, 2024.
• Ukombozi Review – Deadline: October 19, 2024.
• Pepper Coast Lit – Deadline: October 30, 2024.
• – Deadline: October 31, 2024.
• Isele Magazine (The Air We Breathe) – Deadline: October 31, 2024.
• The Paris Review – Deadline: October 31, 2024.
• Pitukena Literary Journal – Deadline: November 1
• Michigan Quarterly Review – Deadline: November 1
• Brittle Paper Festive Anthology Vol. III – Deadline:  November 15, 2024
• Fourth Genre – Deadline: November 30, 2024
• Revolute – Deadline: December 8, 2024
• Poetry Journal – Deadline: December 30, 2024
• The Caribbean Writer – Deadline: December 31, 2024
• The Southern Review – Deadline: January 1, 2025
• Plough Shares – Deadline: January 15, 2025.
• Chicago Review of Books The Great Lakes Anthology – Deadline: January 31
• Ninth Letter – Deadline: February 28, 2025
• Prairie Schooner – Deadline: May 1, 2025
• Fahmidan Journal – Deadline: All year round
• WILDNESS. a literary journal – 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

• Shuter & Shooter Publishers – Deadline: October 15
• Terrapin Books – Deadline: September 18 – October 31
• Graywolf Press – Deadline: November 11 – 15
• Abode Press (poetry) – Deadline: December 1, 2024
• 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

• Grand Prix Littéraire du Bénin 2024 – Deadline: October 8, 2024
• Botswana Literature Awards – Deadline: October 14, 2024
• Aidoo-Snyder Creative Book Prize 2024 – Deadline: October 18, 2024
• The Dinaane Debut Fiction Award 2025 – Deadline: October 22, 2024.
• Evaristo Prize for African Poetry – Deadline: November 1, 2024.
• Abebi Award in Afro-Nonfiction – Deadline: November 1, 2024.
• Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2025 – Deadline: November 2, 2024.
• Tuzo Nyerere (Kiswahili Prize) – Deadline: November 30, 2024
• Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature – Deadline: November 30, 2024
• Afritondo Short Story Prize 2025 – Deadline: December 23, 2024.
• OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2025 – Deadline: January 3, 2025

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