March 2016 (3/12) A Year of Books by Suyi Davies The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor SciFi/Fantasy Published by DAW/Hodder (May 2015) 240 pages, paperback Welcome friends! How was March? Who wasn’t glad to get a break from the hustle and bustle and spend two whole public holidays doing whatever you liked? Who? […]
The WInk Challenge – A Writing Competition for Women
WRITE. SUBMIT . WIN The WInk Challenge is an essay competition by the W Community. This is Nigeria’s 1st Writing Competition for the Women. How to join #theWInkChallenge Sign up as a member of the W Community or Sign in if you are already a member. Go to the competition page through the tab on […]
TheNakedConvos Presents The Writer Competition 2016
The Writer Competition is an online ‘reality’ writing competition created by TheNakedConvos which has been run for 3 successful editions, where contestants are given a topic or theme to write on each week and you, the public, as well as our judges, assess them and vote to keep the best writers in the game until […]
Book Review: Jurassic Park By Michael Crichton
February 2016 (2/12) A Year Of Books by Suyi Davies Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton SciFi/Adventure/Horror Published by Penguin Random house (Arrow Books), 1991 458 pages, paperback Welcome people! How goes a great month? Month of love, eh? Well, I’m here to share some belated love, but not in the way you’d expect. In […]
My Top 5 #IWriteArt Shortlisted Entries
ShortSharpShot, a “Creative Galaxy…a hotspot for fantastic art, delightful words and a blend of both,” launched the #IWriteArt Artist+ Writer Instagram creative contest in January 2016. The concept is basic: a visual artist submits an image (excluding photography), and a writer submits a 300-word (or less) story, each complementing the other. Winner takes N200,000 (to […]
The 2015 ACT Award Shortlist
Entries for this competition were open for submission from September 1 – November 15, 2015. One winner will eventually be selected who will go home with the N50,000 ACT prize money and bragging rights to boot. The announcement from the Awele Creative Trust names the final five writers on the shortlist, 14 on the longlist, and […]
Writer’s Digest Annual Writing Competition
DEADLINE: May 6, 2016 Writer’s Digest has been shining a spotlight on up and coming writers in all genres through its Annual Writing Competition for more than 80 years. Enter our 85th Annual Writing Competition for your chance to win and have your work be seen by editors and agents! The winning entries of this […]
THE SHORT STORY DAY AFRICA PRIZE
From our ancestors’ first forays through the continent, to the contemporary diaspora spread around the world, people are eternally moving in, out and about the African continent. Not everyone leaves out of their own volition, and not everyone comes with the best intentions: nevertheless, the story of Africa is the story of souls migrating, settling, […]
2016 Writivism Short Story Prize
Guidelines Worldwide copyright of each story remains with the writer. CACE will have the unrestricted right to publish and translate the long-listed stories in an anthology and for promotional purposes. Entrants agree as a condition of entry that CACE may translate their stories to English/French and publish the story in either language in the annual […]
Book Review: Fine Boys by Eghosa Imasuen
A YEAR OF BOOKS – PRELUDE Hello, guys. Happy New Year! A tad belated, I know, but if like me, you’re yet to fully get going on the sights you set for yourself at the turn of the year. So, lemme cut to the chase. I’m a sucky reader. I takes me months to finish […]