The 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now open for entries. Application Deadline: 1st November, 2019 Offered annually? Yes Eligible Countries: Commonwealth countries (See below for list of countries) About the Award: The…

The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual literature prize awarded to an African writer of a short story published in English. Application Deadline: 31st January 2020. Offered annually? Yes Eligible Countries: African countries…

The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to announce that the 2018 Morland Writing Scholarships for African writers. The Scholarships are open to anyone writing in the English language who was born in Africa or both of whose parents were…

Call for submissions are open from African writers for this year's Short Story Day Africa Prize. The theme of every submission should be on Hotel Africa. Application Deadline: 31st October 2019. Offered annually? Yes Eligible Countries: …

The Nigeria Prize for Literature 2019 is looking for entries for this year’s edition in children's literature. The organisers have also included a new category for literary criticism. Application Deadline: 5th April, 2019 Eligible…

The Royal Commonwealth Society is pleased to announce the theme for The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2019 - A Connected Commonwealth. Application Deadline: 1st June 2019; Offered annually? Yes Eligible Countries: all…

Are you an early-career statistician with the ability to write data-driven stories in an entertaining and thought-provoking way? If so, we invite you to enter the 2018 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing. The competition…

The Koffi Addo Writivism Prize for Creative Non-Fiction is an annual award for creative non-fiction by emerging African writers administered by the Center for African Cultural Excellence (CACE) and sponsored by the Koffi Addo family.…