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Opens June 15 | The 5th Annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival (Los Angeles)
Date: 15 - 17 June 2012The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival will take place at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles (369 East First Street), June 15-17, 2012.The Festival celebrates stories of the Mixed experience and stories of multiracial Americans, the fastest growing demographic in the U.S. A free …
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Deadline June 15 | University of Chicago's New Cosmic Frontiers International Science Essay Competition: ($50,000 top prize | worldwide)
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 …
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Harvest International welcomes poetry submissions in any language
Deadline: 15 June 2012In celebration of cultural unity and respect, Harvest International welcomes poetry submissions in any language. International contributors are welcomed to submit as well.Each issue, Harvest International awards two poetry prizes:Steve Whaley Poetry Prize — $200 — to the U. S. contributor whose poetry most el…
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Deadline June 15 | Call for Submissions: 2nd Issue of Bakwa Art and Culture Magazine (West Africa)
Deadline: 15 June 2012The second issue of Bakwa will be themed and its focus will be on conversations/interviews. We are interested in conversations with artists which will highlight the process of creation as well as its impediments and challenges. Our aim is to give an insight to the personality of the artist which is usually ob…
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Deadline June 15 | United Nations Academic Impact Essay Writing Contest for University Students (worldwide)
Deadline: 15 June 2012The United Nations Academic Impact (http://outreach.un.org/unai) and the Brookings Institution in Washington DC are launching a global contest for university students, inviting them to imagine a speech that would be made by the Secretary-General at the opening of the next session of the General Assembly.There…
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Deadline June 15 | Call for Plays by Writers of Middle-Eastern Descent: Noor Theatre (USA)
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…
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Deadline June 15 | Call for Contributions for Edited Volume - Comparative Mediterranean Modernisms: Pan-Mediterranean Artistic Exchange in Literature
Deadline: 15 June 2012For centuries, the Mediterranean Sea has both divided and joined the many disparate nations, cultures, language groups and artistic traditions which flourished in the Mediterranean Basin: the Maghreb, Iberia, Southern Europe, the Balkans, the Levant and Egypt. As a dividing line and barrier to inter-cultural …
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Deadline June 15 | The Inaugural AMYA Young Muslim Writers Awards 2012 (UK)
Deadline: 15 June 2012The AMYA (Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association) Young Muslim Writers Awards was established in 2012 and seeks to support and encourage the creative and imaginative pens of young budding Muslim writers. It is further hoped that entrants, the thinkers of tomorrow, will be spurred on by the awards to use their pen…
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The $1,900 ASiS International Essay and Poetry Writing Competition for Students (worldwide)
Deadline: 30 June 2012This competition is organized by SM Sains Alam Shah (Alam Shah Science School), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (ASiS) and aims to encourage young writers to express their thoughts and views on a given theme in both prose and poetry.THE ORGANISER: SM Sains Alam Shah (Alam Shah Science School), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (…
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The First Annual Tu Books New Vision Award ($1,000 prize | US-resident writers of color)
Deadline: 30 October 2012TU BOOKS, the fantasy, science fiction, and mystery imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS, award-winning publisher of children’s books, is pleased to announce the first annual NEW VISIONS AWARD. The NEW VISIONS AWARD will be given for a middle grade or young adult fantasy, science fiction, or mystery novel by a write…
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The $1,500/ £1,000 Pure Travel Writing Competition 2012 (worldwide)
Deadline: 31 October 2012(Note: The competition is open to travelers worldwide aged 18 and over.)Write and tell us about The place you didn't want to be. It could have been a long, tortuous journey, an embarrassing moment or a dangerous situation. Perhaps you were presented with food you'd rather not eat or a bed you'd rather not …
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Deadline Extended | Transform Your Thesis into a Magazine Article: “Share Your Science” Writing Contest 2012 (€250 prize | worldwide)
Deadline: 8 July 2012We've heard you loud and clear about how busy you are with your thesis and the lack of time to compete in our contest. In an effort to give all students the opportunity to join our 'Share Your Science' writing contest, we're extending the deadline!THE COMPETITIONHonestly, how many people have read your thesis?…
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Call for Essays for Edited Book - Deconstructing Dolls: The Many Meanings of Girls’ Toys & Play (Peter Lang Press | worldwide)
Deadline: 1 August 2012Dolls are ubiquitous cultural forms that serve as central objects through which girlhoods everywhere are mediated, constructed, performed, negotiated, and contested. Deconstructing Dolls: The Many Meanings of Girls’ Toys and Play is the first scholarly collection that aims to shed collective light on the mea…
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Deadline June 14 | Job Opening: Assistant Editor - English for Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (Kenya)
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…
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Youth of United Nations Association of Tanzania - Students Green Journey Essay Competition ($200 prize | Tanzania)
Youth of United Nations Association of Tanzania (YUNA) in partnership with AYICC, Students Green Journey and other partners announce an essay competition for secondary schools and higher learning institutions on the topics listed below. First, Second and the Third Winner from each category will be awarded 200 US Dollars in total, …
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Lesleigh Innis and Outis Short Story Contest (Kenya)
Deadline: 6 July 2012Aren’t we all tired of being boxed and punched into, “the African writer must write poverty p0rn to be successful” casket? It is time…no actually; it is way past time for us to write about those little geeks and five legged mathematicians in our head. It is time to write stories that rely more on our imaginati…
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Open to Environmental Bloggers/ Journalists Worldwide: The IUCN - Thomson Reuters Media Award 2012
Deadline: 15 June 2012Established in 1998 by Thomson Reuters Foundation and IUCN, the Award aims to raise global awareness of environmental and sustainable development issues by encouraging high standards in environmental reporting worldwide.THE PRIZEThe winner of the 2012 IUCN - Thomson Reuters Environmental Media Award will rece…
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Call for Books by Women about African Women: The Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize 2012 (free to enter | $500 prize)
Deadline: 30 June 2012It is with great pleasure that we announce the open call for submissions for this year's Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize.The Aidoo-Snyder book prize is awarded by the Women’s Caucus of the African Studies Association for an outstanding book published by a woman that prioritizes African women’s experiences. Named in h…
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Short Story Day Africa YA Short Story Competition for Ages 17 and Below (Africa-wide)
Deadline: 30 June 2012This year, as part of Short Story Day, we will be running two competitions for African writers who can’t legally drive or vote. If you live in Africa, can hold a pen or type, and are under eighteen, this means YOU! Prizes are sponsored by Books Live, S.A. Partridge and Lauri Kubuitsile.YA SHORT STORY COMPETIT…
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Call for Articles for Edited Collection: Ethnic Perspectives on Ethnic Literatures
Deadline: 1 September 2012Inspired by Simon Ortiz’s “Towards a National Indian Literature: Cultural Authenticity in Nationalism” and Jace Weaver, Craig Womack, and Robert Allen Warrior’s American Indian Literary Nationalism, this collection will be a site for emerging as well as well-known ethnic critics and theorists to illustrat…
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The N225,000 Nigerian Film Corporation Essay Competition 2012/ 2013
Deadline: 30 June 2012The Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC) opens entry for the 2012/2013 edition of the Annual Film Essay Competition.The theme of the essay competition is “Film, Family Values and the Society”. The topic seeks to evaluate the challenges inherent in home video and films, whether or not they enhanced core and positiv…
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Black Letter Media and Poetry Potion are Looking for Short Stories and Poetry for an Upcoming Anthology (Africa-wide)
Deadline: 18 June 2012The second annual Short Story Day Africa is on the 20th of June and is rolling out internationally.So Black Letter Media and Poetry Potion are teaming up to participate by getting YOU reading and writing! Black Letter Media is passionate about getting you to read work by independent publishers. Poetry Potion …
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Short Story Day Africa Competition (Africa-wide)
Deadline: 20 June 2012Short Story Day Africa aims to highlight the outstanding short fiction African writers have to offer the world. The project encourages everyone of all ages and all genders to do something in honour of the short story.COMPETITION GUIDELINES1. Any African citizen, or person who is part of the African diaspora, …
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The $1,750 FSDE International Essay Competition: Dreaming the World Without Poverty (worldwide)
Deadline: 24 September 2012Poverty is a phenomenon that troubles life aspects in almost every country in the world. However, it is not impossible to eradicate, in fact there are countries that have succeeded in improving the living standards of its people.Looking at how countries have improved, do you think it is possible to total…
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Job Opening: Mid-Senior Football Writer for Mobi-D/ Soccer Laduma (South Africa)
We are looking for an experienced sports writer, with the main focus being on football. We are a leading provider of local and international football content, from breaking news to full match coverage, to a variety of top football sites in the country.This position will be best suited to someone who has experience in the high-pres…
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Freelance Journalists/ Writers Wanted for Hivisasa (online newspaper | Kenya)
Hivisasa.com is a newly established online newspaper with its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. We envision being the premier online news provider for every county, with a mission to provide quality news for the society. We are looking for dynamic, self driven and result oriented professionals freelance writers and journalists from …
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Job Opening: Senior Sub-Editor/ Writer for Mango Juice (Mikateko Media, South Africa)
Deadline: 12 June 2012Mikateko Media is looking for an experienced sub editor and writer to work on its Mango Juice publication.A proven editorial track record, an excellent command of English and the ability to deliver your best work under pressure are important prerequisites for this position with the leading content marketers i…
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Call for Papers: What is Africa to me now? The Continent and its Literary Diasporas (International Conference at University of Liège, Belgium)
Deadline: 15 July 2012The work of writers of African heritage, whether they hail from the “old” or the “new” diaspora, has been known for its exceptional vigour and originality, and has unsurprisingly attracted the attention of scholars from all over the world. In recent years, however, criticism focusing on the production of arti…
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Job Openings: Deputy Editor and Correspondents for Business Hallmark (Nigeria)
Deadline: 11 June 2012Business Hallmark, Nigeria’s leading financial information provider is urgently recruiting in these positions:Deputy EditorSenior Financial Correspondent/Economic AnalystPolitical CorrespondentJOB REQUIREMENTApplicants for the above positions should posses the requisite professional qualifications and cognate…
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Call for Papers for Edited Book - Princess Cultures: Mediating Girls’ Imaginations and Identities (Peter Lang Press | worldwide)
Deadline: 15 July 2012Princesses are significant figures in girl culture, and they have been for at least the last two centuries. This anthology brings together international and interdisciplinary perspectives on the meanings of princesses in girls’ lives historically, currently, and comparatively: We consider how and why princess…
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Intwasa Short Story Contest 2012 ($500 prize | Zimbabwe)
Deadline: 31 July 2012Put your writing talent to test. Write a short story and have the chance of winning $500.The Intwasa Short Story Competition is an annual literary event seeking to promote original creative writing talent in English. The winning story will be awarded the Yvonne Vera Award which carries a $500 cash prize.RULES…
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Stories with African-American Theme Welcomed - American Athenaeum: A Museum of Words (worldwide)
Submissions for American Athenaeum are now open and rolling. We are a print journal, committed to publishing four times a year. The first issue, Colossus, is scheduled for July. The following is the type of work we're seeking. Our finished collections are submitted to literary agents, Best American, PEN American, and the Pushcart …
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Writers International Network Zimbabwe Short Story Writing Competition and Workshop
Deadline: 20 July 2012Writers International Network Zimbabwe (WIN) in partnership with Global Arts Trust presents: Short Story Writing Competition & WorkshopEntries are being invited from unpublished writers for a short story writing competition which will build up to a writers’ workshop to be held in August, 2012. Top three entri…
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Call for Submissions: Bad Company (crime-thriller anthology | South Africa)
Deadline: 31 August 2012With the breaking news that Deon Meyer, the King of SA crime fiction, will write a foreword, it’s time to announce a new crime-thriller anthology on the roll for 2013!After the success of Bad Company, the crime-fiction short story anthology published 2008, which featured the crème de la crime writers of SA,…
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Cecil B. Currey Book Award 2012 (Third World topics are accepable)
Deadline: 30 June 2012ATWS wishes to announce the formal request for submissions of books for the Cecil B. Currey Book Award for 2011-2012. This award is named in honor of one of the foremost experts on the war in Vietnam. Topics on any part of the Third World are acceptable. ATWS members are encouraged to have their works publish…
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The 9th IJP Middle East Fellowship Program for Journalists (€4,000 stipend)
Deadline: 30 June 2012In 2012 the IJP are offering for the nineth time a travel and work fellowship for up to five young journalists from the Middle East, especially from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel and Palestine to spend a two-month period in Germany. We are doing this in cooperation with governmental institutions, foun…
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The Toyin Falola Africa Book Award 2012 (for the best book on Africa | $500 cash award)
Deadline: 30 June 2012The Toyin Falola Africa Book Award, in honor of Toyin Falola, one of Africa’s outstanding historians and intellectuals, will be given for the best book on Africa published in 2011-2012. Book submissions must be published 2011 through June 30, 2012. The deadline for submission of entries is June 30, 2012. The …
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The Kentucky Women Writers Playwriting Prize ($500 prize and production | worldwide)
Deadline: 1 November 2012The Kentucky Women Writers Conference will award a national playwriting prize to bring more scripts by women to the stage, especially those featuring majority-female casts. The winner will receive a production by Balagula Theatre in Lexington, Kentucky (www.balagula.com), plus a cash prize of $500. The win…
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Deadline June 11 | Call for Critical Essays - N. Paradoxa International Feminist Art Journal (Africa-wide)
Deadline: 11 June 2012In the last two decades, there has been an exponential growth in the visibility of a new generation of women visual artists on or from the continent of Africa as well as a diversification not only in the medium but also in the breadth and complexity of the themes and issues with which they engage, which inclu…
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Deadline June 10 | The WAN-IFRA African News Innovation Challenge (grant value: $12,500-$100,000 | Africa-wide)
Deadline: 10 June 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…
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Opens June 8 | The National Black Book Festival 2012 (Texas)
Date: 8 - 10 June 2012The National Black Book FestivalDoubletree Hotel - 400 Dallas St. -Downtown Houston, TexasThe National Black Book Festival (NBBF) is an annual event, sponsored by Cushcity.com, the world's largest African-American retailer online. The event attracts a wide array of authors, publishers, book clubs, libraries a…
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Deadline June 10 | “Share Your Science” Writing Contest 2012 (€250 prize | worldwide)
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…
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Job Opening: Chief Web Editor for African Development Bank (Tunisia)
Deadline: 2 July 2012POSITION TITLE: Chief Web Editor - External Relations & Communication UnitOBJECTIVESThe main activities of the External Relations and Communication Unit (ERCU) are to plan, prepare and implement public relations and corporate communication programmes aimed at making the Bank better known to its various constit…
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DUJS International Science Essay Competition for High School Students ($150 prize | worldwide)
Deadline: 30 September 2012All high school students and international equivalents are invited to participate in the first annual International Science Essay Competition sponsored by the Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science. Students may submit an essay about the recent effects and future promises of science in our society. W…
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Now Open for Entries: Nova Short Story Competition 2012 (South Africa)
Deadline: 30 September 2012The Nova Short Story Competition is our annual competition for budding writers of science fiction and fantasy short stories. Usually contested in two categories, General and South African, the competition is open for entry from April until 30 September annually. Winning entries and finalists are publishe…
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Job Opening: Junior Features Writer for SA Home Owner Magazine (Avusa Media | South Africa)
Avusa Media is an Affirmative Action employer, and as such, preference will be given to candidates who will add to the diversity of our organisation.We are seeking a confident and talented journalist to join a team of feature writers, to write property and home-related articles for established luxury home and décor magazine, SA Ho…
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Ugreen Foundation's Creative Wings Short Story Prize 2012 (Nigera/ Africa-wide)
Deadline: 31 July 2012The window is open for entries! Ugreen Foundation is glad to announce the second edition of the Creative Wings Short Story contest, titled the Creative Wings Short Story Prize 2012.The ‘Creative Wings Short Story Prize’ was endowed in 2011, by the Executive Director of Ugreen Foundation, Obinna Udenwe, as his…
My Mind Words Paper [2012-06-03]
- Job Opening: Publisher/ Managing Editor for Fleet Street Publications (South Africa)
- Job Opening: Sub-Editor for Fairlady Magazine (South Africa)
- Job Opening: Managing Editor for South African Labour Bulletin
- Job Opening: Editorial Assistant for Global Africa Network (South Africa)
- Job Opening: English Editor for MKEM DataTrack Kenya
