My Mind Words Paper [2012-02-26] 

  • Deadline: 30 April 2012CALL FOR ENTRIES In Honour of Colonel John Ahembe Nenger (RTD)15th Year National Memorial Session (1942-1997)THEME: "Sustaining Nigeria's Governance on intellectual power"The late Colonel John Ahembe Nenger (RTD) was born on the 10th October, 1942 at Uchi in Mbakor district of the former Gboko Local Governme…

  • Bakwa magazine is an online and print magazine which engages in the politics of art and culture, with an emphasis on Africa and its diaspora. The online content will be regularly posted on the site, and the print issue will function through open and themed issues which will be announced on the site. The first issue will be an open…

  • Deadline: 30 March 2011International Conference on Nollywood, Women, and Cultural IdentityMay 8th – 11th 2012 at the Benue State University Theatre Arts Complex, Makurdi, NigeriaThe Nigerian movie industry is fast growing and its global reach is quite phenomenal. It is speculated that Nollywood has become the third largest movie i…

  • Deadline: 16 March 2012BBC Monitoring’s Nairobi office is responsible for gathering news and information from the mass media across Africa and the Middle East around the clock. It also provides analyses, roundups, profiles and backgrounders on the key developments in the region.We are seeking to engage an experienced editor with a…

  • Deadline: 15 March 2012RTDNA honors outstanding achievements in the coverage of diversity with the RTDNA/UNITY Award. The award is part of the covenant the association has adopted with UNITY: Journalists of Color, to achieve diversity in the newsroom through developing news content and editorial staffs that reflect the changing fa…

  • Bookvine calls for submissions from young novelists.Bookvine, the book publishing imprint of Vine Media Services, is currently accepting submissions from young emerging novelists of African origin seeking publishing deals.Authors (and agents) are advised to submit only exceptional manuscripts of full length novels for consideratio…

  • Deadline: 6 March 2012Job descriptionMedia24 Weekly Magazines has a vacancy in Johannesburg for a dynamic and experienced editor to lead Heat magazine. The editor we seek must have a wide knowledge of and passion for the entertainment world and the celebrities who people it. The candidate will be based in Johannesburg and will rep…

  • JOB DESCRIPTIONThe Daily Dispatch is looking for an experienced, dynamic journalist to cover the Eastern Cape legislature, King Williams Town and the surrounding area from our bureau in Bhisho. The person appointed would be expected to report on the provincial government, the legislature, its committees and the parties represented…

  • Deadline: 15 June 2012STUDENT ESSAY COMPETITION OVERVIEWThe New Cosmic Frontiers International Science Essay Competition On the Nature of our Universe and its Habitats is open to high school and college students. Its purpose is to inspire students to consider careers in science and to nurture their enthusiasm for the subject, and …

  • Deadline: 23 March 2012Join the TckTckTck team at the Rio +20 Earth Summit this June and be part of an event that could, if successful, chart a course to a sustainable future. TckTckTck is looking for a climate-smart blogger or videographer to be part of our on-the-ground team in Rio; to help us share stories and keep climate chan…

  • The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature Opens March 6th

    Date: 6 - 10 March 2012The Emirates Airline Festival of Literature is the Middle East’s largest celebration of the written and spoken word, bringing people of all ages together with authors from across the world to promote education, debate and, above all else, reading.The Festival creates a wonderful opportunity for UAE nationals…

  • The NT LitMag is the literary desk of Nigerianstalk.org, online at http://nigerianstalk.org/category/litmag/ and on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ntlitmag. Here is a call for submissions.NT LitMag will publish short fiction, non-fiction, essays, criticism, short drama, skits, poetry, photography and other creative pieces.The a…

  • The Emotion Book club is a literary organization based in Ibadan, Nigeria, dedicated towards building leaders of tomorrow through quality books. We are the brain behind The Emotion Book Party, an edutainment event strongly bent bent on marrying intellectualism with entertainment.We as a prestigious Nigerian book club are calling o…

  • Deadline: 30 March 2012The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from professional journalists from developing countries for its 2012 fellowship program. The application deadline is Friday, March 30, 2012.The fellowships are available to radio, television, print and web journalists, age 25 to 35, from…

  • Maneno Matamu Second Edition: The Music of Words Will Touch You (Kenya)

    Date: 3 March 2012All performances will be in African languages, including Kiswahili, Sheng’, Kikuyu, Dholuo and Kimeru!CONTACT INFORMATION:For inquiries: africanpoetry@gmail.comWebsite: http://manenomatamu.wordpress.com/ …

  • Date: 3 March 2012SOPHIATOWN 100: MOTSWAKO CELEBRATION!This year sees Sophiatown celebrating 100 years as a neighbourhood – a mix of communities over a century, experiencing all the attendant richness and tragedy of life before, during and after apartheid.March 3rd - Poetry afternoon with Siphiwo Mahala from 14H00Sophiatown Herita…

  • JOB DESCRIPTIONWe are looking for an Editor to edit product descriptions for an online decor store. Suppliers will supply product descriptions and content writers will adapt these.THE EDITOR WILL BE REQUIRED TO:- Check all written content, SEO and other data entries relating to each product.- Check all input on the backend and qua…

  • We expect that you have a handful of writings to make as we've completed posting the announcements lurking in our search alerts from December 2011 to January 2012. Unfortunately, there were a few good ones that we missed out on; their deadlines have already passed. But there are other great opportunities that you can check out fro…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012Due to our continuous support by our generous private donor, we are able to continue the ComPeung Grant program and are very pleased to advertise the ComPeung Grant 2012!We are calling for applications for 2 one month ComPeung AiR grants for 2012.Eligibility & Conditions:Individual artists as well as artist du…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012Theme: Transforming Middle East MediaThe Arab Spring has focused attention on the role of journalism and media in Arab societies. In many Arab countries, journalists are now operating in a different media environment. Some argue that the professionalism of some journalists has fallen far short of normative goa…

  • Deadline: 2 March 2012The Associated Press is offering paid journalism internships for the summer of 2012 in eight U.S. cities (including Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.) and 10 international locations (including London, Jerusalem, Seoul, Mexico City, Rome, Bangkok,…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012When the Republic of South Sudan celebrated its independence in July 2011, many Sudanese people on both sides of the border hoped that the violence that had besieged the country for most of the previous sixty-five years would come to an end. For the first time in decades, Sudan and Sudanese people were represe…

  • Deadline: 1 May 2012The Melita Hume Prize£1000 Prize for best debut collection of young poet, free to enterEyewear Publishing announces its inaugural (2012) THE MELITA HUME PRIZE FOR POETRY. This will be an award of £1,000 and a publishing deal for the best first full collection (i.e. debut) of a young poet writing in the English …

  • 15th Time of the Writer International Writers’ Festival Opens March 19th (South Africa)

    Date: 19 - 24 March 2012The Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu-Natal) will host the 15th Time of the Writer international writers’ festival from 19th to 24th March 2012. Supported by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (principal funder) and other funders and partners, the festival will bring together leading…

  • Deadline: 9 March 2012Share Your Vision of the Future for the Meetings IndustryThe IMEX Group and Fast Future Research are looking for input from students for the upcoming 'Power of 10' Study. We want to know how current students believe the meetings industry will develop and what it will look like in 10 years time. This is your o…

  • Deadline: 1 March 2012Time of the Writer invites learners to submit material for the short story writing competition to be held in conjunction with the festival. Learners are invited to engage creatively with a topic of their choice. Submissions are due no later than Thursday, 1 March. Entries must be fictional stories and not cri…

  • Deadline: 30 March 2012Funeral in Africa has never been a mere act of interment marked by ritesof passage, but an important performance on the social stage conditionedby the incident and social perception of death. Like much art, a funeralaims to solve a social problem. It is a creative exercise that complementsthe incident of dea…

  • Deadline: 22 March 2012GUIDELINES‘A deep, very grave problem is undermining Africa : political impunity’, writes Philippe Orou Sica. ‘Because of it, political life is sometimes asphyxiated and criminalized. As soon as he accedes to power a Head of State feels that he is above all law. His political and ethic group therefore feel t…

  • Deadline: 15 March 2012The BA announces Season II of the Poetry Contest “Painting with Words”. Participants aged 16 and above can send their works in Arabic (standard or colloquial) or in English. Deadline for submission is 15 March 2012. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, 3 April 2012, during the Arabic Poetry Reading Session.…

  • Deadline: 15 March 2012The Lee Hope Fellowship for Diverse VoicesThrough the generous support of Lee Hope and the Solstice Institute, the MFA Program is able to award The Lee Hope Fellowship to support an incoming student of diverse background or experience. The Fellowship provides $500 toward first-semester tuition for a student …

  • We open to submissions from the public ahead of the official launch of the site during the first week in April:The Kalahari Review is an African-eccentric magazine interested in material exploring Africa and Africans in unique and avant-garde ways. We are looking for stories that have not often been told but should be – through vo…

  • Swahili and French Translators Needed for Feature DocumentaryWe are a small indie film company that's looking for multilingual individuals fluent in French and Swahili to translate and transcribe footage shot in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other central African countries for a low-budget documentary on a controversial and…

  • Deadline: 1 May 2012Who is eligible for NFP?To be eligible for a scholarship under the Netherlands Fellowship Programmes you must meet the following criteria:You are a a national of one of the following 60 countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Armenia, Autonomous Palestinian Territories, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herze…

  • Deadline: 1 December 2012The Award is given to an African American author and illustrator for outstanding inspirational and educational contributions. The Coretta Scott King Book Award titles promote understanding and appreciation of the culture of all peoples and their contribution to the realization of the American dream of a pl…

  • We have a new promising client with ongoing project. In fact we are keen to win him and provide him with perfect quality. At the same time we need to establish long-term cooperation with you and to be our main vendor for ARABIC (MOROCCO). Therefore I am wondering if you kindly accept our best rate that we can compete with by the c…

  • Deadline: 7 March 2012The Natal Witness Printing and Publishing Company invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced Journalists for the position of a Senior Reporter.Applicants must have an appropriate qualification (Degree/Diploma), journalism experience, and good writing skills. A good command of English and a b…

  • We are looking for Writers and Web Sales Affiliates who have a social media and blog presence. To be considered, you must have experience writing or selling to the: African American/Female/Haircare niche. Writers are paid- $25 - $35 per article. If you are interested please send the following: resume, niche experience, and questio…

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  • Deadline: 1 March 2012The Dundee International Book Prize has established itself as the UK’s premier prize for debut novelists. The £10,000 cash award together with publication, make The Dundee International Book Prize highly valued by tomorrow’s great new writers seeking to break into the publishing world. The award, now running …

  • Call for Artists: Intwasa Arts Festival 2012 (Zimbabwe)

    Deadline (registration for artists): 30 April 2012Date of event: 18 - 22 September 2012DaIntwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo is a multi-disciplinary arts festival that brings together various art forms i.e. dance, theatre, music, film, literary arts, visual arts, spoken word and fashion within one platform. The festival is aimed at c…

  • Project Heshima presents Rhythm and Spoken Word (Kenya)

    Date: 1 March 2012Project Heshima presents Rhythm and Spoken Word – March Edition on the 1st of March 2012 from 8:30pm – 11:00pm (Avalon Tavern, Riverside). An entrance fee of Kshs. 300 will be charged at the door. With today's rupu, you get the tickets at Ksh 150 (50% Discount). The event will be hosted by poet Naliaka and will f…

  • We are located in Los Angeles and are establishing a website tackling Arab news such as Masrawy. Our mission is unique and we are looking for a Crearive Writer with 2 or 3 years experience. Post-graduate studies preferred but not a must. Please mail your resume to atifeynin@aol.com.CONTACT INFORMATION:For inquiries: atifeynin@aol.…

  • Deadline: 1 April 2012We recommend all entrants to read the rules carefully before making submission.RULES: GENERALThe competition is opened to everyone, international to all poets and writers whether published or not, regardless of experience. Current employees of Poetry Foundation Ghana or their relatives are not eligible. Previ…

  1. Job Opening: Head of Editorial Department for Panorama Publications (South Africa)
  2. Job Opening: Copywriter/ Editor for African Foresight (South Africa)
  3. Proofreader/ Editor Wanted at a Well-established Transcription Company (South Africa)
  4. Job Opening: Assistant Editor for Beeld South Africa
  5. Job Opening: Assistant Editor for Sondag (South Africa)