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Fiction Manuscript Submission Schedule: Parresia Publishers (Nigeria/ Africa-wide)
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Job Opening: Fashion Editor for Fairlady (South Africa)
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Job Opening: Associate Editor for Nature Publishing Group (Egypt)
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Call for Performances: Backstreet Festival in Alexandria (Egypt/ Mediterranean)
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Call for Submissions: Horror World Anthology of Fiction
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Call for Submissions: Hera Devotional Anthology
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Call for Submissions for Reverie: Midwest African American Literature
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Open to All Playwrights: Drury University One-Act Playwriting Competition
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Deadline June 1 | Seeking Original Translations of Poetry and Prose: Inventory Journal Issue 3
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Deadline June 1 | The American University of Beirut Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Arts and Humanities
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Deadline June 1 | Nominations Sought: The Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize for the Best Book on East African Studies
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Deadline June 1 | Manuscripts on Women of Color Feminisms Sought: NWSA First Book Manuscript Competition 2012 (USA)
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Deadline June 1 | Call for Submissions: Contrary Magazine (paying market/ worlwide)
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Deadline June 1 | World Trade Organization's Essay Award for Young Economists (worldwide)
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Deadline June 1 | SI Leeds Literary Prize Award for Unpublished Fiction by Black and Asian Women (UK)
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Deadline June 1 | Seeking Poetry/ Fiction by Men and Women of Colour Around the World: Modes of Transportation Anthology
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Change Makers Club Annual Essay Competition 2012 (Nigeria)
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Call for Submissions From Muslim-Identified Queer People of Color: QWOC Media Wire
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Call for Papers: Narratives of Travel in Middle Eastern Literatures (NeMLA Convention, Boston)
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Call for Papers: Contemporary Black British Women's Poetry (NeMLA, Boston)
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Job Opening: Broadcast Journalist for BBC Swahili Service (Kenya)
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Job Opening: Assistant Africa Editor for the Associated Press (South Africa)
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The Vocabula Review Well-Written Writing Contest (worldwide)
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Funded by Google: Data Journalism Scholarship at the University of Hong Kong (worldwide)
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Deadline May 31 | Chaeli Campaign 6th Annual Art and Poetry Competition (South Africa)
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Deadline May 31 | Call for Short Stories Featuring Characters of Color - MENIAL: Skilled Labor in Science Fiction (Crossed Genres Publications)
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Deadline May 31 | The $1000 Black Orchid Novella Award for Unpublished Work of Fiction (worldwide)
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Deadline May 31 | Call for Literature in Translation: A River & Sound Review (paying market)
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Deadline May 31 | Call for Papers: Arab Journalism Conference in Abu Dhabi
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Deadline May 31 | Fully Funded: The Reham Al-Farra Memorial Journalists Fellowship Programme 2012 for Journalists from Developing Countries
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Deadline May 31 | Call for Essays: Book in Honor of Professor, Novelist and Poet Theodora Akchi Ezeigbo (Nigeria)
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Deadline May 31 | Job Opening: Reader for the University of Maiduguri (Nigeria)
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Deadline May 31 | 2012 Kurt Schork Awards for Freelance Journalist Covering International News (anywhere in the world)
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Deadline May 31 | Afruca Foundation's 2nd Essay Writing Competition for Students (Nigeria)
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Deadline May 31 | Afrika Tikkun Youth Essay Competition 2012 (South Africa)
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Deadline May 31 | FA Foundation's Immigration Journalism Award (open to journalists of any nationality)
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Deadline May 31 | Call for Submissions - Afrofutures: a New Anthology of Science Fiction by African Writers
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Deadline May 31 | Journalism Lecturer Wanted at Damelin - Benoni Campus (South Africa)
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Deadline May 31 | Call for Contributions - Representing Sudan: Media, Culture, Human Rights (edited collection)
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Deadline May 31 | 2012 Anthony Sampson Foundation Award for In-Depth Journalism Project (South Africa)
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Deadline May 31 | European Intelligence Academy/ EIA International Essay Writing Competition 2012 (topic: Middle East tensions)
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Deadline May 31 | The 6th Annual African Network Annual Awards for Excellence in HIV /AIDS Communication in Africa
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Deadline May 31 | International Applicants Accepted: ComPeung Grants 2012/ Residency for Artists (includes literature)
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Deadline May 31 | The Guardian - Hot Key Books Young Writers Prize (worldwide)
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Call for International Submissions/ Translations: Hayden's Ferry Review
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Deadline May 30 | Call for Contributions - Social Change and Women’s Writing in Nigeria, 1990 – 2010 (Book Project)
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Deadline May 30 | Call for Proposals/ Papers: 4th Protest Arts International Festival (Zimbabwe/ worldwide)
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Deadline May 30 | Call for Authors: ENAR Book Publication on “People of African Descent in Europe and Black Europeans”
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Black Science Fiction Script Movie Project 2012 (USA)
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Job Opening: Assistant Editor - English for Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (Kenya)
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Job Opening: Business Journalist for Succeed Magazine (South Africa)
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Write Time Screen Writers' Workshop (Nigeria)
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Hands Along the Nile Essay Contest on the Egyptian Revolution (USA)
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Call for Plays by Writers of Middle-Eastern Descent: Noor Theatre (USA)
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Travel Content Writer Wanted for Mara Gates Safaris (Kenya)
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Job Opening: Editor for Newsclip Media Monitoring (South Africa)
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Editor, Proofreader and Translator Wanted for a Research Firm in Mohandesseen, Egypt
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The African News Innovation Challenge
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Liternational's First Annual Contributors Prize (worldwide)
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1st Annual Romancing the Craft of Poetry & Fiction Contest (worldwide)
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Call For Submissions from International Poets: Issue 23 of Revival Literary Journal
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The Institut Français in Nigeria Invites You to 'A Vous de Lire' (For You to Read)
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Open to Writers/ Journalists of Any Nationality: Pulitzer Center Travel Grants Program (worldwide)
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Call for Papers: Women and Photography in the Arab World (Al-Raida Journal)
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Free to Apply: Camac and Fondation Tenot Residency Bursary for Creative Writing in France (worldwide)
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Call for Chapters: Women`s Rights in the XXI Century
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Call for Papers: Re-visiting the “Nation” in Contemporary Narratives by American Women of Color (NeMLA Convention, Massachusets)
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Call for Submissions: African Cities Reader Journal
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Transform Your Thesis into a Magazine Article: “Share Your Science” Writing Contest 2012 (worldwide)
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Deadline Extension: 2012 Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award (South Africa)
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Job Opening: Proposal Writer for CARE Burundi, a Humanitarian Organization