Name: Rattle Poetry Prize 2017 Country: USA Word Count: None Entry Fee: $20 subscription fee Prize: $10,000 Eligibility: Anyone ...
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Writing contests around the world
Name: The Random Thoughts Submission Country: Nigeria Word Count: 800 Entry Fee: Free Prize: #30,000 Eligibility: Nigerians living in...
Name: Inkitt Novel Competition Country: USA Word Count: Varies Entry Fee: Free Prize: $500 and publication Eligibility: Anyone who...
The winners of O. Henry Prize Stories 2017 have been announced. The winning list comprises twenty stories from both...
The Caine Prize for African Writing has announced its shortlist for 2017 contest. This year’s shortlist comes with admiration...
Submission for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize for 2017 was phenomenal. There were over 6,000 entries from 52 commonwealth...
Name: Pitch to Jacana MediaCountry: South AfricaWord count: book lengthEntry fee: FreePrize: Royalty for publicationEligibility: Writers all over the...
Name: Black Letter Media Short Story CompetitionCountry: South AfricaWord count: 2000-6000 wordsEntry fee: FreePrize: Winner — R5000, 2nd runner-up...
Name: The Okike Prize for LiteratureCountry: NigeriaWord count: 1500 words (max for prose), 1000 words (max for poetry), 3000...
Name: African Literature Writing ContestWord count: 300 – 350 wordsEntry fee: FreePrize: $100Eligibility: Africans and non-AfricansOrganizer: Brittle PaperClosing Date:...
Name: Mash Stories Competition 2016Word count: 500 wordsEntry fee: FreePrize: $100Eligibility: Any nationalityClosing Date: 15 July 2016 Do you...
Name: The Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary ExcellenceCountry: USAWord count: full-length fiction novelEntry fee: freePrize: $10, 000Eligibility: African-AmericanClosing...