My Mind Words Paper [2012-02-19] 

  • Our goal is to find every possible legitimate opportunity for African writers ahead of other resource sites. If Writers Afrika has helped you, donations of any amount will be appreciated.By donating to Witers Afrika, you are supporting both:1. Our volunteers who are online 16 hours a day, 7 days a week to scout and screen writing …

  • Deadline: 31 March 2012The National Office of the Original Million Woman March announced today its first Million Woman Movement, MWM Lil' Sistahs: "SISTARS" Essay and Poetry Competition 2012For Girls of African Descent Ages 7-17Topics: Black/African Women:of Antiquity, Modern (Recent), and Present (Today) DayBlack/African People a…

  • Women of Color Writers' Workshop & Community Seeks Assistant - Parkslope, Brooklyn,Assistant Position available for the Women of Color Writers' Workshop. This position is open to women who have a deep interest in writing and a concern for marginalized women writers.In exchange for this service, the Assistant will be able to attend…

  • Deadline: 23 March 2012Are you a Senior Secondary School Student in Lagos? You can win a Laptop or other fabulous prizes in the Project- Live Right Essay Competition.Live Right is an anti-corruption project which focuses on inter-generational approach to solving corruption with a view to strengthening the fight against corruption …

  • Wamathai.com Presents Wamathai March: Spoken Word and Poetry Performances at Safaricom House (Kenya)

    Date: 10 March 2012Wamathai Spoken Word March, a poetry, music and photography showcase, is on Saturday 10th March 2012 at The Michael Joseph Centre, Safaricom House on Waiyaki Way.The event will be hosted by Sam Buggz and Wanjeri Gakuru.There will be Poetry Performances by: Wanjiku Mwaurah, Mwende Ngao, Mike Kwambo, Kuni Mbichi, …

  • We have a new Arabic Sudani proofreading task. It is about 90 words. Deadline is tomorrow, 25 February, 2 PM, GMT. Amount: 8 USD. Please confirm if you are available so we can send you the source file.Via: translatorscafeCONTACT INFORMATION:For submissions: click hereWebsite: http://www.thetranslationgate.com/ …

  • City: PretoriaJob descriptionWe are looking for a dynamic copy writer who will support our brand by delivering excellent writing material to be used in all our communications.- write and edit copy for both electronic and printed publications- website information architecture- compile academic info from the various departments and …

  • WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST YOUNG WRITERS IN AFRICA! Beyond Borders Publishing is proud to announce the Africa's Writing Contest! It is open to everyone that has a story to tell. Please read here for details to the contest.How To submit A manuscript to us:If you would like to send a hard copy of your work, please mail to: Beyond B…

  • Deadline: 30 June 2012Organized by The Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCOEndorsed by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of JapanJapan Private High School Federation, Nikkei Inc., Tokyo Metropolitan Board of EducationSupported by FELISSIMO CORPORATIONAs today's young people are crucial for the shaping o…

  • Date: 25 February 2012Book N Gauge IX: Nine and Still CountingEight editions of Book n Gauge gone; and we’re still counting … The ninth edition is here! Book n Gauge is hosted by PulpFaction Book Club, in collaboration with Debonair Bookstore, Yaba, Lagos, and Wordsmithy Media. Book n Gauge IX: Nine and Still Counting would featur…

  • Deadline: 30 March 2012Theme: Re-CensoredA Call to Submit Poetry, Prose and Artworkthe Re-Censored issue calls for poetry, prose and artwork that explores the concept of being censored (again).While the inspiration for the theme may be obvious (South Africa's Secrecy Bill, the USA's SOPA and Canada ACTA), your interpretation of th…

  • Deadline: 1 May 2012WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:Original opening scenes between 1,500 and 2,500 words in length, with a romantic theme.Any sub-genre of romance is welcome.WHO CAN ENTER:Any resident of South Africa, or any South African citizen living abroad. For further entry requirements, please see the Terms & Conditions below.ENTRY …

  • Deadline: 1 June 2012The annual WTO Essay Award consists of a prize of CHF 5,000 to the author(s) of the winning essay. In the case of a co-authored paper, the prize will be equally divided among the authors. The winning paper will be officially announced at the annual meeting of the European Trade Study Group (ETSG), which is cur…

  • The Franco-British screenwriting workshop will soon open its doors to screenwriters from four countries of the « Arab Spring » : Egypt, Libya, Syria and Tunisia.The workshop’s originality rests on the comparison between different cinematographic practices (Great-Britain and France) who have created a strong dynamic and ensured the…

  • Deadline: 1 March 2012Make Every Woman Count is an organization dedicated to empowering women and girls in Africa, would like you to join its Women’s Day activities.Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8th, first began at the turn of the beginning of the 20th century in industrialized countries born out of women’s struggle to be treat…

  • Education Support Services Ltd in collaboration with Voice of Nigeria is calling for entries for its 2012 essay competition for undergraduate students of all Nigerian universitiesTOPIC: ASSESSMENT OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENT: UNIVERSITY OFESSAY TO COVER: The Social Environment, Political Environment, Academic Environment,…

  • Date: 23 February 20126-8pm at Goethe Institut - NairobiThe public reading series “Stories Spoken” is dedicated to introducing contemporary German literature in English translation to the Kenyan audience.Amid the chaos of civilians fleeing west in a provincial German railway station in 1945, Helene has brought her seven-year-old s…

  • Deadline: 30 March 2012Alex Black is organizing a panel on early African American poetry for Society of Early Americanists 2013 in Savannah, GA. He is looking for panelists working on eighteenth-century poets (like Lucy Terry, Phillis Wheatley, and Jupiter Hammon) and/or critics of these poets from the nineteenth and twentieth cen…

  • We are currently on the search for a keen, quick turnaround IT/Telecom/Technology writer for West Africa. The writer can be based in Ghana or Nigeria. Bikyamasr.com is a growing news website and we are looking to boost our coverage of West African telecommunications, technology and IT reporting.Pay will start as follows:$3 - news …

  • Deadline: 24 February 2012Call for Artists and Arts JournalistsNhimbe Trust in its role as the implementing organisation for the Zimbabwe Creative Civil Society’s Plan of Action for arts and culture (NPAAC); and with support from Prohelvetia, will be running an Arts Advocacy Training Workshop from 24 - 28 April 2012.BackgroundIn t…

  • Deadline: 8 March 2012The African Studies Association (ASA)-2012 ConferencePhiladelphia, PA; November 29-December 1, 2012In 1962 at the Kampala conference, participants engaged the first major debate on the ‘language question’ in African literature. For African literary critics, that conference was the first defining moment in the…

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  • Deadline: 1 May 2012The application period for the new Li Journalism Fellowship is now open and will run until 1 May 2012, the International Press Institute (IPI) announced today.The annual, two-month fellowship is named after IPI Vice-Chairman Simon Li, a former assistant managing editor for The Los Angeles Times, and his wife, J…

  • Deadline: 15 March 2012Book Title: Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God (2 volumes), Fitzpatrick, C. & Walker, A. (Eds.).Publication: ABC-CLIO, a leading and well established publisher in academic and reference publications, is in the process of compiling a comprehensive two volume hard …

  • Deadline: 1 August 2012Theme: Black Music in the Global DiasporaThe Journal of Black Masculinity is a peer-reviewed international publication providing multiple discoursed and multiple-discipline-based analyses of issues and/or perspectives with regard to black masculinities. We are currently seeking essays, empirical research, po…

  • Deadline: 7 May 2012The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) announced today its first 2012 semi-annual open call for its three general categories: Literature, Performing Arts and Visual Arts. This general call is open exclusively for Arab candidates and the deadline for applying to any of the three categories is May 7, 2012. The…

  • Date: 1 March 2012Time: 7pm-10pm"Ancestors: A Queer Writers of Color Reading" sponsored by the Lambda Literary Foundation (free entry)Center on Halsted3rd FloorIrving Harris Family Foundation Reception Hall3656 N. Halsted St. (at Waveland Ave.)Chicago, IL 60613(773) 472-6469Organized by Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán & Tony ValenzuelaRead…

  • Deadline: 10 March 2012This panel seeks papers that examine/theorize LGBTIQ issues in African literatures and film. Africa, here, includes North and Sub-Saharan Africa. Especially welcome are papers that explore how recent political events and controversies—in Cameroon, Malawi, Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana—produce new sites of readin…

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    This is our final blog template. We just fixed the bug that wouldn't allow the display of label or search pages. Sorry about that.And it's about time we got connected. If you have queries/ requests for assistance, information or research (related to literature, journalism or writing) - chat with us. We're live on Yahoo Messenger 1…

  • Deadline: 1 June 2012The SI Leeds Literary Prize is a new prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women resident in the UK aged 18 years and over.The prize aims to act as a loudspeaker for Black and Asian women’s voices, enabling fresh and original literary voices from a group disproportionately under-represented in mains…

  • Deadline: 28 February 2012INANNA PUBLICATIONS is seeking SUBMISSIONS for a new anthology - Min timeh: Arab Feminist Reflections on Identity, Resistance, and Space; Edited by Ghadeer Malek and Ghaida Moussa.Deadline for abstract submissions: February 28, 2012Completed submission deadline: April 30, 2012Anticipated publication date:…

  • Deadline: 24 February 2012NOTE: The application process for WIN 2012 will be open from 16 January until 24 February. Please see below for more information on applying to WIN and to download the call for applications and application form.The World Association of Newspaper and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) is pleased to invite commerci…

  • Deadline: 18 May 2012Submit your poetry to the 4th BN Poetry Award. This year’s theme is MUSICGuidelines:• Ugandan women resident in Uganda and above 18 years can participate. Send up to a maximum of 3 previously unpublished poems to bnpoetryaward@mail.com under the theme of Music.• Poems should not be more than 40 lines long, typ…

  • Deadline: 30 March 2012Entries are hereby invited for The Nigeria Prize for Literature. The yearly literary prize is endowed by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) to honour the author of the best book by a Nigerian within the last four years.The prize will rotate amongst four literary genres – prose fiction, poetry, drama and children’s l…

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