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  • Deadline: 4 July 2012 and 4 November 2012Parrésia is Nigeria’s most innovative Publisher and Publishing Solutions company. We comprise a team of diverse professionals banded together for one purpose—producing great books, your books! This informs our motto, your words . . . in trust.We are interested in fiction of the highest qual…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012Women's interest division (Fairlady) has a vacancy for a fashion editor in its Cape Town office.RESPONSIBILITIES:• Conceptualising, writing and producing the fashion pages in line with Fairlady's editorial style and strategy• Organising and styling of fashion shoots including briefing of photographers, artists…

  • Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, dedicated to serving the academic, professional scientific and medical communities.Nature Arabic Edition has a vacancy for an Associate Editor.This exciting position involves working as part of a small editorial team on all aspects of the editorial process, i…

  • Deadline: 1 June 2012 (12 midnight)After the bang, unparalleled energy bursts everywhere. Thus, as society and politics take major turns in Egypt, creative energy holds centre stage, and many are just longing to set their artistic talents free. Therefore, if you think that you have it in you, now is the time for you to take part. …

  • Deadline: 1 July 2012Horror World Anthology of Short Fiction – Volume 1 edited by Christopher Jones and Nanci KalantaHorror World is excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions for the Horror World Anthology of Short Fiction – Volume 1 to be published in e-book format at the end of 2012. Trade PB to follow in 2013 (p…

  • Deadline: 30 November 2012We are interested in a wide variety of pieces, including (but not limited to) scholarly articles, short fiction, poetry, original translations of ancient texts, hymns, rituals, recipes, and artwork that pertains to Hera, her Roman counterpart Iuno (Juno), and her Etruscan counterpart Uni.We strongly encou…

  • Deadline: 1 August 2012Aquarius Press is accepting submissions until August 1 for the 2012 annual issue of Reverie. There will be no particular theme for this issue, but a special section will be dedicated to the works of Aquarius Press Legacy Award winners Samiya Bashir and Parneshia Jones.Reverie is a literary journal devoted to…

  • Deadline: 1 December 2012Winning plays will be considered for production by Drury University. For further information please contact Dr. Mick Sokol (417) 873-6821 or msokol@drury.edu.FIRST PRIZE: $300HONORABLE MENTION: (Two Awarded) $150 each COMPETITION RULES:1. The competition is open to all playwrights.2. Scripts are to be orig…

  • Film Synopses Sought from Women: Guru Productions Film Competition (North Africa)

    Deadline: 20 June 2012Guru Production can give you access to the world by submitting your synopsis for a short film or short documentary idea. The chosen topics will be produced under the concentrated guidance of media industry insiders. We want people to make quality work so that it is good enough to make it in the rounds at Inte…

  • Deadline: 1 June 2012Inventory, established in September 2009, is a literary translation project run by Princeton graduate students across disciplines. The group seeks to examine the art and practice of literary translation through collaborative workshops and through the publication of an annual journal. The workshop focuses on cr…

  • Deadline: 1 June 2012(Note: The competition is open to recent recipients of the PhD whose research and teaching interests involve one or more of the following disciplines: Arabic language, Arabic literature, art history, and English literature, among others. )The American University of Beirut invites applications for its newly est…

  • Deadline: 1 June 2012The Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize of the African Studies Association is awarded annually at the ASA Annual Meeting to the author of the best book on East African Studies published in the previous calendar year. Initiated in 2012, the award was made possible by a generous bequest from the estate of the late Profe…

  • Deadline: 1 June 2012(Note: Possible topics may include but are not limited to Gender and queer sexuality, Gendered experiences of people of color, Transgender studies, and Women of color feminisms.)The National Women's Studies Association and the University of Illinois Press are pleased to announce a competition for the best diss…

  • Deadline: 1 June (summer issue), 1 September (autumn issue), 1 December 21 (winter issue), March (spring issue)(Note: Contrary Magazine publishes writers from throughout the world.)Contrary® was founded in 2003 at the University of Chicago by students and alumni of Chicago’s Master of Arts Program in the Humanities. It was quickly…

  • 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…

  • 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: 1 June 2012Coal Feminist Review is currently seeking submissions for an upcoming experimental anthology of writing by Women and Men of Colour around the world with feminist / leftist / womanist / wombist / wave feminist leaning. LGBTQ is more than welcomed, but must be aimed at issues facing women, girls and children.THE…

  • Deadline: 25 June 2012Change Makers Club Int’l presents its 2012 C.M.C Annual Essay CompetitionTagged: “Becoming The Change Nigeria Needs”Essay Topic: As Nigeria today is faced with insecurity challenges, what can the young people do to solve this problem?Application is now opened for the 2012 edition of the C.M.C Creative Essay W…

  • When we ponder the concepts of religion and queerness, what images and issues come to mind?In discussions involving religion and LGBT issues for QPOC, the focus in mainstream media has almost always been on Christian families, churches, and communities, and the degree to which they are homophobic or transphobic. If we hear anythin…

  • Deadline: 30 September 2012This panel seeks papers that address different narratives of travel (such as exile, diaspora, immigration, and colonial adventure) in Middle Eastern literatures. The topics include, but are not limited to: transnational narratives (dis)connecting East and West; travel writing; re-visioning history; cross…

  • The Contemporary Black British Women's Poetry Panel at NeMLA 2013 in Boston seeks papers examining the poetry of black British women. This can include women writers either born in Britain or who have spent a major part of their lives in Britain. The topics of the panel include, but are not limited to : history, identity, memory, t…

  • The BBC Swahili Service is one of the largest language services in the BBC World Service. It produces very successful radio programmes and is now looking to move into TV. It also has a multiplatform website and video, interactive and audio content. Staff are located in London, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam and in other countries in Afric…

  • The Associated Press seeks a journalist who is passionate about providing first-rate news coverage as the news agency’s Assistant Africa Editor.The Assistant Africa Editor will supervise the Africa Desk and its personnel and liaise between bureaus, correspondents and stringers throughout sub-Saharan Africa to plan and deliver supe…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012Eligibility: The Vocabula Well-Written Writing Contest is open to all.Write 200 to 500 words of readable, well-written, even beautiful writing. Send your entries (as a Word attachment) to editor@vocabula.com. Along with your submission, you must include your name, address, and email address. Previously publish…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012Google will fund two full-tuition scholarships for Master of Journalism candidates with solid computer technology backgrounds. The scholarships will provide support for the field of data journalism, one of the new areas of focus at the JMSC.The scholarships, for the 2012-13 academic year, are designed to teach…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012Calling for entries for our 6th annual Art & Poetry Competition (closing date for entries 31 May 2012).Entries can either be hand delivered, couriered or posted to Chaeli Cottage, 18 Culm Road, Plumstead, Cape Town, 7800, South Africa. We are accepting entries from across South Africa, Africa and the rest of t…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012Other people treat laborers like the dirt they work with. But skilled labor is crucial to the continuation of human culture on earth – and if we ever wish to visit the stars, skilled labor will be indispensable.We want stories about men and women who understand the nuts and bolts, the atmosphere and the water …

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012(Note: international submissions are welcome, so long as they are in English.)An important part of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe's opus are novellas. To celebrate this format the Wolfe Pack and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine have partnered to sponsor the Black Orchid Novella Award.Want to submit an entry for the…

  • Deadline May 31 | Georgetown University - WSD Olympic Values Essay Competition (worldwide)

    Deadline: 31 May 2012(Note: any student currently enrolled at an institution of higher learning anywhere in the world is eligible to participate in the Olympic Values Essay Competition, organized by Worldwide Support for Development, World Faith Development Dialogue and Georgetown University.)Worldwide Support for Development (WSD…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012, 30 November 2012 (no submissions accepted in the months of June, July, December and January)We at A River & Sound Review are proud to publish an online literary journal that features the best in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and humor. We ask that you accept our invitation to submit your work.Our reading peri…

  • 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: 31 May 2012Since 1981, the United Nations Department of Public Information has sponsored an annual fellowship programme for junior and mid-level broadcasters and journalists from developing countries and countries with economies in transition at UN Headquarters in New York. Established in 1980 by the General Assembly, it…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012Celebrating the African Amazon: Essays in Honour of Professor Theodora Akachi Ezeigbo.Teacher, theorist, critic, novelist, playwright, children literature author, short story writer, journalist and poet, Professor Theodora Akachi Ezeigbo, has had an eventful and well-decorated career at the University of Lagos…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012Position: Reader (Area of Specialization: Language, Literature)Department of EnglishSalary Scale: CONUASS 06 N3,768,221.00 – N5,004,750.00Qualifications: Candidates must be Ph.D and Pharmacy Administration holders and distinguished scholars with at least 10 years teaching experience at University level, with c…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012The call for 2012 submissions is now open. The deadline for receipt of submissions is midnight (London time) 31st May 2012.Each year a call for submissions is made, usually in the first quarter, and a deadline set for receiving entries. An online entry form is provided on this website during the submission per…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012Afruca Foundation Nigeria invites JSS and SSS students in Ogun state to participate in its second essay writing competition in the three categories described below as part of its activities to promote the rights of children in Nigeria. The theme for this year’s competition is “prevention of child s3xual abuse”…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012Afrika Tikkun is an NGO that is dedicated to investing in education, health and social services for children, youth and their families through its community centres of excellence and strategic partnerships. A major part of our values is family. We believe in supporting families to develop their children into p…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012The Program Associate of the French American Foundation, Mr. Nassim Alloy, is pleased to inform you that the the submission fee for the foundation's Immigration Journalism Award will be waived for followers of Writers Afrika. Please e-mail him directly at journalism@frenchamerican.org before proceeding with yo…

  • Deadline: 31 May 20122012 will no doubt mark many firsts, and we hope that the AfroSF anthology will be among them. This will be the first African Science Fiction anthology open to submissions from all African writers (only) across the continent and Diaspora.This particular genre has been somewhat neglected in the burgeoning Afric…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012DAMELIN has a vacancy for Journalism Lecturer at BENONI Campus.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES• Preparation, teaching, examining, administrative and other duties as required by the Head of Department• Produce, file and distribute course notes, worksheets and summaries according to policies and procedures;Minimum q…

  • 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: 31 May 2012Anthony Sampson was editor of Drum magazine in the 1950s, when it captured the spirit of the times with its bold coverage of jazz, gangsters, shebeens and the celebration of black heroes.He worked with many of the finest writers and photographers the South Africa has seen and pioneered a powerful, first-person…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012The 2012 International European Intelligence Academy (EIA) Essay Writing CompetitionSubject: “How the Iranian nuclear standoff and Middle-East tensions could be addressed in the context of International Relations?”Awards: The student / young scholar who writes the best essay will receive $500 USD, Certificate …

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012The African Network for Strategic Communication in Health and Development (AfriComNet) invites entries for the 2012 annual award for excellence in HIV and AIDS communication in Africa. The awards aim to: 1) recognize outstanding contributions made by individuals/organizations to strategic HIV/AIDS communicatio…

  • 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 2012(Note: The Guardian - Hot Key Books Young Writers Prize is open to writers residing anywhere in the world. The publishing contract with the winners will be in line with industry standards and a royalty advance of £10,000 will be offered.)The Guardian and Hot Key Books are launching a search for the next genera…

  • Deadline: 1 June 2012We do a lot of things in the dark: feel fear, make love, tell stories. We spend at least a third of our lives with the lights off, dreaming. In the dark, we imagine shadows and movement where there may be none, we picture stormy nights and power outages. We see amorphous shapes that we cannot identify, and the…

  • Deadline: 30 May 2012Call for Contributions: Social Change and Women’s Writing in Nigeria, 1990 – 2010: Essays in Honour of Professor Theodora AkachI EzeigboThe past two decades, 1990 – 2010, have proved to be a watershed in the cultural landscape of Nigeria as far as the involvement of women is concerned. Women’s participation in…

  • Deadline: 30 May 2012Savanna Trust in collaboration with the University of Zimbabwe Theatre Arts Department invites artists, media experts, civic society leaders, academics and human rights activist to submit abstracts and performance/exhibition/film/workshop proposals for the 4th protest Arts International Festival. The theme for…

  • Deadline: 30 May 2012ENAR is currently seeking authors to contribute articles to an ENAR publication on the people of African descent in Europe and Black Europeans. This book project started in collaboration with the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission), U.S. Congressman Alcee L. Hastings, an…

  • Deadline: 2 June 2012As we move into our 4th year of operation we continue to be blessed and thankful for our continued success. In keeping with our 10 year plan we will be producing a science fiction movie based from the winner of the 2012 Black Science Fiction Society Movie Script Contest. The winning script will be made into a …

  • Deadline: 14 June 2012The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (JKF) is a Company Limited by guarantee and having no share capital. It is a leading educational publisher established by the Government of Kenya in 1966 and mandated to advance education and knowledge through competitive publishing and provision of scholarships. The latter are ex…

  • Succeed is a well-established independent business magazine, which places a high premium on top quality information and journalism. It is the only magazine with a meaningful penetration not only into the difficult to reach SME sector, but also the corporate market.Succeed is the largest entrepreneurial and management magazine in S…

  • Dates: 2 - 23 June 2012 (Saturdays)These are the workshop details for Write Time Screen Writers' Workshop that we posted earlier (click here).Day 1: Saturday 2nd June 2012Topic: Writing Effective ScreenplaysTime: 11:00 am- 2:00 pmLunch break: 2:00pm- 2:30pmFilm review: 2:30pm- 4: 00pmFilm title: Stronger Than PainInteractions: 4:0…

  • Deadline: 3 July 2012Hands Along the Nile Development Services is proud to sponsor the 2012 Essay Contest.TOPIC: 2011 was truly momentous for Egypt. As we reflect on a year which saw political leaders fall and elections begin, HANDS invites you to share your thoughts on the following topic: What lessons can American politicians an…

  • Deadline: 15 June 2012We are pleased to announce a general call for submissions of new plays by writers of Middle-Eastern descent. Submissions will be considered for upcoming programming including the fall reading series, Highlight, as well as possible special events, workshops and commissions.SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:· We are accept…

  • Mara Gates Safaris is an indigenously owned Kenyan Company run by highly experienced experts in the Tourism industry and competent staff able to handle client travel needs. The company has its central reservations office in Nairobi- Kenya and partner offices in Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa and Boston in the United States of Amer…

  • Newsclip is a Johannesburg-based 360-degree media monitoring company, with nearly three decades of experience in providing clients with up-to-the-minute access to clips obtained in the monitoring process. The company has expanded to include a fully-fledged publishing division that produces Media Update, Publicity Update and totall…

  • Writing Competition: The Nigeria I Dreamt of is Here

    Deadline: 22 June 2012Do you have a flair for writing? Do you reside in Lagos, Nigeria? Are you between 15 and 25 years? Are you passionate about Nigeria?Write a compelling piece of not more than 1000 words with the title, "The Nigeria I Dreamt of is Here!".Entries should be sent with the subject, "The Nigeria I Dreamt of is Here!…

  • A research firm is looking for an experienced editor and proof-reader, to edit publications and translate publications from English to Arabic, if required.KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES• Read, evaluate and edit materials submitted for publication and confer with authors regarding changes in content, style or organization, or publ…

  • Deadline: 10 July 2012This innovation challenge focuses on journalism and the news media. We are looking for disruptive digital ideas for improving the way that news is collected and disseminated. By digital ideas, we mean tools or strategies that use the Internet, mobile platforms, data driven journalism, computer assisted report…

  • Deadline: 15 August 2012CONTEST GUIDELINESENTRY FEE: NO FEE.COPYRIGHT: All story rights remain the property of the author.GENRE: Fiction and / or Non-Fiction (please do NOT submit work targeted at children).WORD COUNT: up to 5,000 words.ELIGIBILITY: Writers with original fiction and / or creative non-fiction who are over the age o…

  • Deadline: 30 June 2012TL Publishing, Inc. is proud to present the First Annual Romancing the Craft of Poetry & Fiction Contest. This is a free contest open to everyone, emerging and established writers. We highly encourage everyone to take part.GUIDELINES:Submission Period: March 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012.Entry Fee: nonePlease…

  • Deadline: 1 June 2012Revival Literary Journal is calling for submissions from local, national and international poets and writers for the next issue which will be published in Limerick, July 2012.SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:Submissions, poetry and short fiction or extracts (500 words) now being sought for the next issue (July 2012). Als…

  • Date: 24 - 26 May 2012The Institut Français in Nigeria would like to invite you to “A Vous de Lire” (For You to Read), its annual celebration of books and reading, from the 24th to the 26th of May, 2012 at the French Institute (a.k.a French Cultural Centre) in Abuja.Visit also the Children's Fair at Cassava Republic opposite the S…

  • (Note: Grants are open to all journalists, writers, photographers, radio producers or filmmakers; staff journalists as well as free-lancers of any nationality are eligible to apply.)The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting provides travel grants to cover hard costs associated with upcoming travel for an international reporting proj…

  • Deadline: 30 May 2012Photography has been traditionally used to document, record and preserve traces of the past such as in passports, permits and family albums. It has also been used as evidence in police work and courtrooms. Recent scholars have been interested in photography not as a record of reality but rather to understand i…

  • Deadline: 14 July 2012Camac and Fondation Tenot offer each year a residency bursary to one writer in order to create new career prospects for artists.NATURE OF BURSARY:2 month residency (dates to be arranged by mutual agreement between the artists and the institution)Return ticket, board and lodgingPrivate bedroom with bathroom, i…

  • Deadline: 5 June 2012Each chapter should combine theoretical considerations & practical problems affecting women. We welcome chapters devoted to the following topics (but not limited to):- Women`s Rights (legal studies, case studies)- Women`s Rights & Conflict- Sexual violence- Women`s Rights & Migration (displacement, refugees)- …

  • Deadline: 30 September 2012This panel seeks papers that address the political-economic engagement of the U.S. with different parts of the world that has re-nuanced definitions of Americanness/nationhood/ national belongings in narratives by American women of color from the Caribbean Islands, Latin America, South Asia, and the Midd…

  • Deadline: 31 August 2012African Cities Reader is open to multiple genres (literature, philosophy, faction, reportage, ethnographic narrative, etc.), forms of representation (text, image, sound and possibly performance), and points of view. The African Cities Reader insists on embodying the rich pluralism, cosmopolitanism and diver…

  • Deadline: 10 June 2012Honestly, how many people have read your thesis? Four? Five maybe? And we bet that number includes both your parents and your supervisor.Yearly, hundreds of thousands of theses are being written all over the world. Most of them seem to be destined to collect dust on a shelf somewhere, once its writer has rece…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012Following the success of the inaugural Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award in 2011, Jacana Media is motivated to further strengthen South Africa’s voice and creative spirit.To ensure that all South African poets have the opportunity to give a voice to their vision, the deadline for submissions for the Sol …

  • CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic educat…

  1. Job Opening: Translator / Sub-Editor for The Daily Voice (Independent Newspapers, South Africa)
  2. Offsite/ Part-time Editor Wanted for The Independent Institute of Education (South Africa)
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