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Poets in Nigeria (PIN) is pleased to announce a call for submissions of food-related poems for the 5th edition of the PIN Annual Food Poetry Contest (initiated in 2013 as Eriata Annual Food Poetry Contest). This initiative seeks to explore the relationship between food and poetry within the ambit of literary creativity. REWARD 20 shortlisted entrants will be invited to a dinner at an exquisite restaurant in Lagos where they will present their poems to the audience and be awarded. Note:  This reward can be enjoyed by proxy. GUIDELINES Open to all poets irrespective of location. There are no fixed themes, but submissions must either be food-related or food-inspired. Entries should make adequate use of imagery appealing to the senses. Entries must be previously unpublished in any form. An entrant can submit a maximum of 2 poems with limitless word count. Entries must be original, intellectual property of the entrants. Entering...

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Submissions are invited for the  2019 Commonwealth unpublished Short Story Writing Competition . The competition worth £15,000 Cash Prize. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is given out annually to the best written unpublished short fiction in English. The length of the story should be between 2,000 and 5,000 words. The prize covers the Commonwealth regions of   Africa, Asia, Canada and Europe, Caribbean and Pacific. QUALIFICATIONS: Entry into the competition is free. Entrant must be a citizen of a Commonwealth nation Entries from writers from non-Commonwealth countries (including the Republic of Ireland and Zimbabwe) are not eligible. Entrants must be 18 years old or above on November 1,   2018. Entries must be unpublished and remain unpublished in any language until 1 May 2019 IMPORTANT NOTE: The Commonwealth Foundation will request verification of citizenship before winners are selected. For regional ...

The Northern Nigeria literary landscape is witnessing more colours and voices as Art initiatives roll out programmes and projects that engage the seemingly conservative art space of the region.   A week after the KABAFEST ended in Kaduna, a new Book and Arts Festival (MinnaBAF) is set to debut in Minna, Niger state next week with renowned writer Prof Zaynab Alkali headlining the festival. Scheduled to hold between September 18 and 21,  the festival is an initiative of AMAB  Books  &  Publishing and The Arts-Muse  Fair,  all  registered  outfits  with  their  headquarters  in  Minna.  These outfits have jointly and severally organized numerous Arts events in the past three years that served to rekindle the literary fire Minna is famed for. Minna  Book  &  Arts  Festival  is  a literary and cultural ...

Application deadline: 16th September 2018 Training date: Thursday 20 and Friday 21 September 2018 The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) invites entries from Lagos-based professional photojournalists with interest in the subjects of basic education and electricity, from photography specialties, to the visual storytelling course. Note:                                                                                                       Applicants without relevant works but with demonstrated commitment and promise would be considered. Female journalists are encouraged to apply. Applicants living with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. Cl...

The Prince Claus Fund and the Goethe-Institut announce a new joint Call for Proposals: Cultural and Artistic Responses to Environmental Change supporting initiatives within the financial range of €15.000 – €20.000. The deadline for the submission of project applications is Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 17:00h (CET). Please send project applications with supporting materials to:  proposals@princeclausfund.nl . Click  here  for details. 

Three books have been shortlisted for the 2018 NLNG Prize for Literature including “ Death and The King’s Grey Hair.” by Denja Abdullahi, the National President of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA). The Advisory Board for the NLNG Prize lists other books on the shortlist as Embers by Soji Cole, and The Rally by Akanji Nasiru. The NLNG Prize for literature rotates annually amongst four literary genres – prose fiction, poetry, drama and children’s literature. The 2018 prize is for Drama genre, and 89 plays were submitted for the 2018 edition prize, from which a longlist of 11 were released in July this year. According to a Press Release signed by Andy Odeh, Manager, Communications and Public Affairs of the NLNG, Denja Abdullahi’s “ Death and The King’s Grey Hair” “confronts the issue of perpetuation in power, where rulers, like the king in this drama, employ all sorts of devices to cling on to power, long after they have overstayed their welcome”. Soji Cole ...