My Mind Words Paper [2011-05-29] 

  • We have recently launched a new African-American themed magazine for readers interested in the issues of life, religion, health, education, business, music, fashion, food, etc. The magazine is called CENTRIC MAGAZINE. We have a rather unique opportunity in that we have an already existing audience of 6 – 8 MILLION people PLUS. Wel…

  • The 15th Poetry Africa International Poetry Festival Opens October 17th

    Dates: 17 - 22 October 2011The Poetry Africa international poetry festival takes place in Durban in early October, predominantly featuring poets from South Africa and elsewhere on the African continent. The seven-day programme includes performances, music, book-launches, the Durban SlamJam, seminars, workshops, open mic sessions, …

  • Call for Submissions: Botsotso Magazine (South Africa)

    All submissions are welcome. Please send original, unpublished work in any South African language and be careful to keep a copy as we cannot be held responsible for loss or damage to manuscripts and cannot return work.Simultaneous submission of the same work to several magazines/publishers (including Botsotso) is not acceptable. H…

  • Poetry Potion is planning a fun, musical edition - exploring the sound of poetry. Send in work that best explores, sound, music, and rhythm. Submit your work here.

 If you'd like to submit essays, reviews or poet profiles, please email submissions@poetrypotion.com.

 Poetry Potion is also planning a print edition for later in the…

  • Deadline: 20 June 2011The Pulitzer Center is seeking four West African journalists to join two international journalists to produce a series of reports on water and sanitation projects in West Africa. Deadline is June 20, 2011.Reporting will be published in West African and international news outlets. This collaboration between We…

  • Deadline: 18 July 2011The United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) is the UN headquarters in Africa and the representative office of the Secretary-General. UNON supports programme implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) globally, as well as ot…

  • STRIKA produces a broad range of entertainment and communications titles including SUPA STRIKAS, a comic and animated television series available in Africa, the Middle East, Europe and South East Asia.The product requires a writer for the following responsibilities:1) Quality Control of all written work2) Story and script writing3…

  • Deadline: 2 July 2011The Nation CAMPUSLIFE, in collaboration with AfricanLiberty.org and Network for a Free Society, is calling for entries into an essay completion. Details are as follows:Topic: Free Enterprise: The Precursor to Economic ProsperityFor Who: Students in Nigeria’s tertiary institutionsFormat: MS Word, not more than …

  • Deadline: 15 December 2011Call for Papers for a One-Day Symposium at Harvard University and Special Issue of Palimpsest, A journal of Women, Gender and the Black InternationalConveners/ Editors: Scott Poulson-Bryant and C. Riley Snorton, Ph.D.Harvard University SymposiumSeptember 21, 2012Abstracts due December 15, 2011As Queer The…

  • Job descriptionProduce well-written, clean hard and soft news copy on deadline.Cover all types of news stories, break stories and initiate own news diary.Produce accurate copy under tight deadlines.Take basic stories further with context and background.RequirementsAn appropriate journalism diploma or degree essential.Three-to-five…

  • Updated:June 5, 2011The River Crosses Rivers: A Festival of Short Plays by Women of Color - Call for Submissions -06/06/2011Word Warrior Creative WORDshop (South Africa) -06/07/2011Job Opening: Junior Editor for Submerge Publishers (South Africa) -06/09/2011"Mohammed — The Messenger of Peace" Essay Contest -06/10/2011Call for Cand…

  • Deadline: 17 July 2011The contest is now open for the above prize and closes on July 17 2011. Anyone from any country is eligible for this contest. Entrants are to submit only one true flash story of not more than 750 words on the theme: Women as Vessel of Honour. Entry is free.Soft copy of entry to be submitted as attached file i…

  • For our friends in the US:Deadline: 15 June 2011VSC awards a number of fellowships for 4-week residencies throughout the year. In addition to VSC Awards, a variety of special fellowships are also available for full or partial funding as well as specific international fellowships. To apply for a fellowship, please use our brochure …

  • Deadline: 15 June 2011Technological development, market liberalization, capital and labor mobility have inevitably make Arab states flabby to meet the needs of the new form of participation on the global market. Shifting traditional factors of production (land, labor, capital) towards a new factors of production (capital mobility,…

  • Date: 11 June 2011Introduction to screenwriting: a workshop aimed at introducing the novice to the art of screenwriting.Interested in writing that screenplay or short film? Join our dynamic workshop and we'll teach you the basics, which include:Script formatsPresenting a professional screenplayThe three acts and how to structure t…

  • Deadline: 15 June 2011The Writing studies and Calligraphy Center, affiliated to Bibliotheca Alexandrina is intending to organize the Fourth International Symposium of Printing and Publishing in the Language and Countries of the Middle East from 27 to 29 September 2011. I am honored to invite you to participate the symposium.Histor…

  • Deadline: 30 June 2011The Moroccan Culture Research Group (MCRG) at the Faculty of Letters & Human Sciences, El Jadida is organizing its 1st. International conference on Cultures and Languages in Contact, 23-24 November, 2011.The main goal of this symposium is to bring together scholars working on some of the issues that are being…

  • Deadline: 31 January 2012Rather than attempting to pose and answer the question, "What is critical ethnic studies?," this anthology seeks to catalyze a more wide-ranging set of critical problems for emergent scholarly work and new forms of knowledge. Building on longstanding critiques of race, imperialism, and capital in ethnic st…

  • Deadline: 30 July 2011 (from 15 May 2011)Announcing The Black Fantastic Anthology 'zine: Tales of Space, Romance and Weirdness on the black hand side. Submissions open thru July 30.* Publication Date: October 2011. Please do not submit your stories before then.* DEADLINE: Before July 15, 2011 would be righteous!.* WORD LENGTH: 1,5…

  • Deadline: 20 June 2011Since 1999, Camac Art Centre with Fondation Ténot has promoted creativity and international exchange in the artist community. Camac and Fondation Ténot offers each year a residency bursary to one visual artist, one writer and one musician or composer in order to create new career prospects for artists.The Bur…

  • The West Virginia University Press invites the submission of proposals for book-length fiction manuscripts from new, emerging, and established authors. Special consideration will be given to works centering on or connected to the Appalachian region of North America. We are open to different styles and genres of writing.At this tim…

  • Deadline: 31 July 2011As part of events to mark the one year remembrance of the tragic death of Professor Esiaba Irobi, Loneranger Comprehensive Theater Services, Owerri, Imo State, has undertaken to sponsor the publication of Exiles of conscience – a collection of stories and plays. The anthology will be dedicated to Esiaba Irobi…

  • Deadline: 31 July 2011As part of events to mark the one year remembrance of the tragic death of Professor Esiaba Irobi, Loneranger Comprehensive Theater Services, Owerri, Imo State, has undertaken to sponsor the publication of Rhythms Through Cancer-an anthology of poems on cancer. The anthology will be dedicated to Ezenwa Ohaeto.…

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