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Deadline: 1 December 2012

Youth for Human Rights International launched its global movement with an essay contest. The response to the call for essays describing the individual human rights was widespread and enthusiastic and brought attention to our organization with the goal of a world of cooperation and peace through human rights education. Local, regional or international contests are powerful activities for getting youth involved and learning about human rights.

COMPETITION THEME: What Are Human Rights?

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Read the booklet What Are Human Rights?
2. The essay should be approximately one page long.
3. The poem can be handwritten or typed (single spaced).
4. Send this information:

• Name:
• Age (18 and under):
• Country:
• Parent/Guardian name:
• Parent/Guardian signature:
• Parent/Guardian email address for notification:

NOTIFICATION: December 10th, Human Rights Day

All poems and essays will be considered for the YHRI website. Unfortunately, due to the large volume of submissions only a selection of poems will be placed on our international website!

Deadline: 24 September 2011

All lovers of literature are invited to participate in a literature forum led by Prof. Tom Odhiambo, Prof. Georg Verweyen and Tony Mochama aka Smitta Smitten. Please send your pieces (poems, short stories, essays) to amkaspace@yahoo.com if you would like them to be critiqued.

Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm

Location: Goethe Institut, Maendeleo House, Monrovia Street

Contact Information:

For inquiries: amkaspace@yahoo.com

For submissions: amkaspace@yahoo.com

Deadline: 31 October 2011

We are now accepting submissions of art, fiction, poetry, and nonfiction for Issue 8 to be launched December 2011.

We welcome submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and art.

No previously published works are accepted.

Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but please alert Superstition Review to a piece's potential publication elsewhere.

Superstition Review acquires one-time rights. All rights subsequently revert to author.

Fiction (doc, docx, rtf)

One story of up to 5000 words, double-spaced may be submitted by an individual author per publishing period. Do not send previously published work (either online or print).

Please include a 100-word bio highlighting literary, academic, and artistic achievements.

If your work is accepted, we will also request a high quality head shot photo of at least 300 pixels.

Nonfiction (doc, docx, rtf)

One essay of up to 5000 words, double-spaced may be submitted by an individual author per publishing period. Do not send previously published work (either online or print).

Please include a 100-word bio highlighting literary, academic, and artistic achievements.

If your work is accepted, we will also request a high quality head shot photo of at least 200 pixels.

Poetry (doc, docx, rtf)

Up to 4 poems, single spaced, may be submitted by an individual author per publishing period. Please submit all poems in one file.

Do not send previously published (either online or print) work.

Please include a 100-word bio highlighting literary, academic, and artistic achievements.

If your work is accepted, we will also request a high quality head shot photo of at least 300 pixels.

Contact Information:

For submissions: submit online here

Website: http://superstitionreview.asu.edu

Deadline: 30 September 2011

LEE & LOW BOOKS, award-winning publisher of children's books, is pleased to announce the twelfth annual NEW VOICES AWARD. The Award will be given for a children's picture book manuscript by a writer of color. The Award winner receives a cash grant of $1000 and our standard publication contract, including our basic advance and royalties for a first time author. An Honor Award winner will receive a cash grant of $500.

Established in 2000, the New Voices Award encourages writers of color to submit their work to a publisher that takes pride in nurturing new talent. Past New Voices Award submissions that we have published include The Blue Roses, winner of the Paterson Prize for Books for Young People; Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story, a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People and a Texas Bluebonnet Masterlist selection; and Bird, an ALA Notable Children's Book and a Cooperative Children's Book Center "Choices" selection.

Eligibility

1. The contest is open to writers of color who are residents of the United States and who have not previously had a children's picture book published.

2. Writers who have published other work in venues such as children's magazines, young adult, or adult fiction or nonfiction, are eligible. Only unagented submissions will be accepted.

3. Work that has been published in any format is not eligible for this award. Manuscripts previously submitted for this award or to LEE & LOW BOOKS will not be considered.

Submissions

1. Manuscripts should address the needs of children of color by providing stories with which they can identify and relate, and which promote a greater understanding of one another.

2. Submissions may be FICTION, NONFICTION, or POETRY for children ages 5 to 12. Folklore and animal stories will not be considered.

3. Manuscripts should be no more than 1500 words in length and accompanied by a cover letter that includes the author's name, address, phone number, email address, brief biographical note, relevant cultural and ethnic information, how the author heard about the award, and publication history, if any.

4. Manuscripts should be typed double-spaced on 8-1/2" x 11" paper. A self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient postage must be included if you wish to have the manuscript returned.

5. Up to two submissions per entrant. Each submission should be submitted separately.

6. Submissions should be clearly addressed to:

LEE & LOW BOOKS
95 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
ATTN: NEW VOICES AWARD

7. Manuscripts may not be submitted to other publishers or to LEE & LOW BOOKS general submissions while under consideration for this Award. LEE & LOW BOOKS is not responsible for late, lost, or incorrectly addressed or delivered submissions.

Dates for Submission

Manuscripts will be accepted from May 1, 2011, through September 30, 2011 and must be postmarked within that period.

Announcement of the Award

The Award and Honor Award winners will be selected no later than December 31, 2011. All entrants who include an SASE will be notified in writing of our decision by January 31, 2012. The judges are the editors of LEE & LOW BOOKS. The decision of the judges is final. At least one Honor Award will be given each year, but LEE & LOW BOOKS reserves the right not to choose an Award winner.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: general@leeandlow.com

For submissions: LEE & LOW BOOKS, 95 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, ATTN: NEW VOICES AWARD

Website: http://www.leeandlow.com/

Deadline: 31 August 2011

British Council Uganda in partnership with Uganda Women Writers Association (FEMRITE) is organising creative arts workshops that will run from 15 - 17 September at the Ugandan Museum.

These workshops will be facilitated by Judith Adong, Beatrice Lamwaka and Angela Emurwon and Beverley Nambozo who have all recently won accolades for their work.

The purpose of the workshop is to assist upcoming writers develop effective writing skills. Furthermore, this is also an opportunity to review, evaluate, and improve material that you have produced.

The genres that will be the focus of these workshops include: Playwriting, short stories, screen writing and poetry

Who can apply?

• Upcoming writers, playwrights, poets with no prior experience
• Anyone above 18

• A place at facilitated workshops where you will work with subject experts
• The opportunity to share your work with peers
• Interaction with a UK VIP who will make a brief stop to interact with participants

Short stories – 12 places available

• Submit short stories of about 2,000 words; double-spaced.
• Up to three short stories will be accepted

• Submit a one page synopsis of a play

• Submit three poems

• Submit your work with an accompanying statement of interest and benefit to you (no more than 200 words) as follows:
• Short stories blamwaka@gmail.com
• Plays / film scripts - adongjudith@yahoo.co.uk
• Poetry – blamwaka@gmail.com
• The mentors will select and announce the final winners by 07 September 2011
• Should you be selected, you will need to be available to attend the workshops from 15 -17 September 2011

For submissions: blamwaka@gmail.com (short stories, adongjudith@yahoo.co.uk (play/ film scripts), blamwaka@gmail.com (poetry)

Website: http://www.femriteug.org/

Deadline: 31 August 2011

The Association of Nigerian Authors invites interested Nigerian writers, home and abroad to send in their works for the ANA @ 30 commemorative anthologies.

The anthologies which will cover the three genre of literature - Prose, Poetry and Play will be presented during the International Convention and 30th Anniversary of the association in October 2011, in Abuja.

Guidelines for Poetry Anthology:

- Writers are expected to send in 5 poems each
- Poems must be original and never previously published in any form (including on the internet)
- Poets are free to use any poetic form of their choice
- Submissions must be in English language
- The Subject box of the email should read: ANA @ 30 POETRY SUBMISSION

Editors: Ahmed Maiwada & Kabura Zakama

Guidelines for Short Story Anthology:

- Writers are expected to send in maximum of two short stories
- Stories could be on any subject matter of the writer’s choice
- No part of the story must not have been published before
- Entries must be a maximum of 2500 words
- The Subject box of the email should read: ANA @ 30 SHORT STORY SUBMISSION.

Editors: Diego Okenyodo & Lizzy Ben-Iheanacho, (Phd)

Guidelines for Play Anthology:

- Each writer to submit one play each
- All plays must be original (no adaptation) and on any subject matter of the playwright’s choice
- Playwrights are free to explore any form of drama of their choice
- Play must be a maximum of three acts or not more than 45 minutes in performance time
- The Subject box of the email should read: ANA @ 30 PLAY SUBMISSION.

Editors: Denja Abdullahi & Jerry Adesewo

General Rules:

- All entries should be sent to ana30anthology@ymail.com
- Deadline for submission is midnight of Wednesday 31st August 2011.
- All entries must be accompanied with the biodata of the writer

For enquiries, please feel free to contact the Convention secretariat on 08182005597 or email anaabuja@yahoo.com

Contact Information:

For inquiries: anaabuja@yahoo.com

For submissions: ana30anthology@ymail.com

Deadline: 20 August 2011

Uganda Women Writers Association will hold her 3rd Regional Women Writers Residence in November 2011. This is an exciting writing programme that brings together upcoming African women writers. The main objectives of the residence are:

* To give African women conducive space and time to write
* To create opportunities for inter-cultural discourse among women writers
* To strengthen collaboration among women writers’ initiatives in Africa
* To generate short stories for publication in an anthology

At the end of the residence, we expect that the writers:

* Will have improved at least one of their manuscripts
* Will have enriched each other’s manuscripts through discussion
* Will have submitted their improved short story for the residence anthology

How to apply for the 3rd Regional Residence

Interested women are required to submit:

* Part of a Novel / Short Story collection in WORD Document (30 pages, typed in Times New Roman, font 12, 1.5 spacing).
* A short story for publication in the Residence Anthology (if it is an already published story, the author must seek permissions for reproduction).

This call is open to African women living on the continent. Writers already attached to writers associations in their countries will be given first priority.

Deadline for submissions is 20th August 2011

Please Note:

1. All applicants will receive notification by email once their manuscripts are received.
2. The Residence targets 15 writers
3. The Residence will last two weeks in November 2011
4. Successful applicants will be given details of dates, travel, and accommodation by 30th August 2011.

FEMRITE wishes you all best towards widening women’s writing space on the African continent.

Please send your submissions by email to info@femriteug.org and copy to twongye@gmail.com

Contact Information:

For inquiries: info@femriteug.org

For submissions: info@femriteug.org and copy to twongye@gmail.com

Website: http://www.femriteug.org/

Dates: 19 August 2011

GCLF holds Workshops for a wide variety of participants ranging from children to aspiring and published writers. These workshops provide a medium for participants to brush up their skills and imbibe more knowledge.

These workshops are usally free but require candidates to pre-register via the festival's website. Intending participants are usually required to submit samples of their work to enable us ascertain their suitability for the workshops. Submitted work samples are assessed by the Association of Nigeria Authors.

PARTICIPATION IN THE WRITERS WORKSHOP

PLEASE NOTE ALL SAMPLE MATERIALS MUST BE SUBMITTED NO LATER THAN 12:00 NOON ON FRIDAY 19TH AUGUST 2011. MATERIALS SUBMITTED AFTER THIS DATE AND TIME WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

REQUIREMENTS:

SHORT STORIES / DRAMA

1. All intending participants must submit short stories between 500 – 1500 words only (please highlight how many words your story contains for our records) *You should submit only your best story.
2. A one page personal CV must accompany submission of your work.
3. A brief paragraph about what you intend to learn from your chosen workshop, should be submitted.
4. All manuscripts must be double spaced with a header showing:- “author to the left”, “title in the middle” and “page number to the right”.
5. Handwritten entries or entries that do not adhere to No. 4 will not be accepted.

POEMS

1. Only one poem (no longer then 1000 words) must be provided (please note – synopsis or abstracts will not be accepted).

All entries should be e-mailed to info@gardencityfestival.com and MUST carry the following subject "I would like to participate in a GCLF 2011 Workshop"

Contact Information:

For inquiries: info@gardencityfestival.com

For submissions: info@gardencityfestival.com

Website: http://www.gardencityfestival.com

Deadline: 15 October 2011

Writers International Network Zimbabwe proudly unveils the inaugural Dambudzo Marechera Writing Competition, which aims to motivate and award unpublished writers. The legacy of the late great Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera (1952-1987) is undoubtedly conspicuous in the literary circles locally and internationally. Many general and scholarly books have been written on the life and works of Marechera. International conferences to discuss his enigmatic life and works are being held across the globe at universities and Book Fairs. Marechera was a storyteller and poet of great talent who was but at one time called a ‘mad man’ by his own. We have seen it fit to honor his outstanding inspiration to the local writing industry by having this competition named after him.

Themes should be social.

CATEGORIES

Short Story

Length: 2500 words
Language: English
Maximum Number of Entries: Two stories

Poetry

Length: One page
Language: Shona
Maximum Number of Entries: Two poems

REGULATIONS

· Stories and poems should be original and unpublished
· Deadline for submissions is October 15, 2011
· Competition is open to residents and citizens of Zimbabwe
· Winners will be announced and awarded in December at the Writers’ End of Year Get-Together

PRIZES

UNDISCLOSED AT THE MOMENT

Entries, clearly labeled ‘Dambudzo Marechera Writing Competition’ must be posted or hand-delivered to 168 Chinhoyi Street, Harare before October 15 2011.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: winzimbabwe@gmail.com

For submissions: 168 Chinhoyi Street, Harare

Website: http://win-zimbabwe.blogspot.com

Deadline: 16 September 2011

Please read what we have already published, and then submit your own work.

Fiction: We primarily look for short stories, but novel excerpts are acceptable if self-contained. Prose should be double-spaced on one side.

Nonfiction: We primarily look for personal essays, but memoir excerpts are acceptable if self-contained. Prose should be double-spaced on one side.

Poetry: Send up to three poems at a time. Single-space, please; set your poem as you want it to appear on the printed page.

Photography: For the time being, we will not be accepting unsolicited visual art work.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Submit one prose piece and up to three poems at a time.

Kweli does not accept previously published work.

Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as they are indicated as such. Authors must immediately notify the editors if said work has been selected for publication in another periodical, either in print or online. Contact editors@kwelijournal.org

Payment is after publication.

All published work will be archived online.

Reading period: July 16, 2011 to September 16, 2011

Contact Information:

For inquiries: editors@kwelijournal.org

For submissions: submit online here

Website: http://kwelijournal.org/

Deadline: 29 July 2011

ANA BAYELSA is the state chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors comprising writers and aspiring literary writers who come together for the advancement of art and literary writing in the society.

Writers in Bayelsa will converge on the serene environment offered by the Achievers Farm Tourists' Resort at the outskirts of Yenagoa, to reflect on the beauty of arts and nature this July 29th. Come, read your literary pieces to the admiration and critique of colleagues. Join us.

Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm

Location: ACHIEVERS FARM, IGBOGENE YENAGOA

Contact Information:

For inquiries: anabayelsa@yahoo.com

Website: http://www.facebook.com/ana.bayelsa

Deadline: 10 - 12 August 2011

The Write Squad, a school based literary club initiative of AROJAH CONCEPTS is organises a 3 days non-residential summer creative writing workshop for students of senior secondary schools in the FCT as part of its Writers in School Programme.

The workshop which is designed to further horn the writing skills of the 50 students, who showed reasonable writing flair in the course of their participation in the 2010 edition of the Abuja Literature Prizes for FCT Schools will be taken through the basic rudiments of creative writing, focusing on poetry and prose (short & long story)

Certificates will be presented to all participants at a ceremony on 12th August as part of activities to celebrate International Youth Day 2011.

We are interested in anyone (individuals or organisations) who is willing to support this venture to please contact us.

Location: Korean Cultural Centre, 2nd Floor, Rivers House, 83 Ralph Shodeinde Street, opposite Ministry of Finance, Central Business District, Abuja, NIGERIA NG

Contact Information:

For inquiries: writesquad@gmail.com

Website: http://www.writesquad.ning.com/

Deadline: 30 July 2011

This is a forum for upcoming, unpublished as well as established women writers and literary critics to share stories, poetry ideas and ideals with the aim of enhancing women’s creativity.

Interested participants may send their short stories and poems to Symbolamkaspace@yahoo.com. The forum takes place every last Saturday of the month. In cooperation with AMKA – Space for Women’s Creativity.

Literature Forum:

Stories Spoken
Reading & Discussion
10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m.
Goethe-Institut Library
+254 20 2224640

Contact Information:

For inquiries: bl@nairobi.goethe.org or Symbolamkaspace@yahoo.com

For submissions: Symbolamkaspace@yahoo.com

Website: http://www.goethe.de/ins/ke/nai/enindex.htm

Date: 16 July 2011 (10am-10pm)

The CHALE WOTE Street Art Festival is the collective effort of many young people—ranging from artists, musicians, filmmakers, writers to designers, students and activists—who are working together to produce Accra’s first annual street art festival.

This one-day festival will take place in the working-class Ga community of James Town and will include street painting and stencil work, sidewalk painting and chalk art, graffiti mur...als, Roller blade/Skate Stunting party,DrumfunkBass, live music performances, spoken word, Fashion Circus, art workshops and Experimental Theater.

Our partners in this initiative are: The French Embassy, Institut Francais, The Ga Mashie Development Agency, the Fund for Contemporary Artists (FCA), JustGhana, Pidgin Music, Attukwei Art Foundation, The WEB, Ehalakasa Poetry Slum and DUST Magazine. We are expecting more than 2,000 patrons to attend the festival. Our target audience includes art lovers, students, artists and musicians, tourists, James Town residents, and everyday people throughout the greater Accra region.

The purpose of the festival is to promote the exhibition of alternative art in Ghana and to nurture an appreciation for different kinds of art among Ghanaians. CHALE WOTE means “Man, let’s go!” or is a reference to slippers worn on the feet. Each of us comes from different walks of life but we all have something valuable to contribute. This festival is completely “Do-It-Yourself” with the talented energies of many people needed to make it happen.

We are encouraged by this collectivity and use CHALE WOTE as a way to mobilize an excitement for public, alternative art, especially among young Ghanaians. In the spirit of camaraderie, creativity and fun, CHALE WOTE is an accessible term used by Ghanaians regardless of language.

Location: Jamestown, Accra

Contact Information:

For inquiries: accra.alt@gmail.com

Website: http://accradotalt.wordpress.com/

Date (awarding): 24 July 2011 (2:30pm)

The BESSIE HEAD HERITAGE TRUST, together with Pentagon Publishers, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 BESSIE HEAD LITERATURE AWARDS.

In the category of NOVEL, the winner is Ms. Tlotlo Pearl Tsamaase for her manuscript Unlettered Skies of the Sublime. The first runner-up is Mr. Service Motsamai Monyamane for Mma-Shirley’s Children, and the second runner-up is Mr Moreetsi Pius Gabang for Cryout. The winner will receive a cash prize of P2, 500.00, the first runner-up will receive P1 200.00, and the third runner up will receive P800.

In the SHORT STORY category, the winner is Mr Boikhutso Robert for a story entitled “The Zambezi Crocodiles”. The first runner-up is Ms. Rebaone Kenanao Motsumi for her story “Incestous Scandal ... saving Grace”; the second runner-up is Ms Jocasta Tshomarelo Bobeng for “The War of Animals and Plants”. The prize for the short story winner is P1, 500.00; for the second runner-up it is P900.00; and for the third runner-up it is P600.00.

The POETRY winner is Mr. John Hutcheson for a set of poems (“The Massacre of Innocents”, “The Man”, and “Curse”). The first runner-up is Ms Lisa Reed for a set of poems (“Buffalo Sunrise”, “Campfire”, and “The Joy of Africa”). The second runner-up is Ms. Bernice Tiny Letlhare also for a set of poems (“Wisdom”, “Allegory of a Strong Being”, “What is Life” and “People in the Street”). The poetry prize for the winner is P1, 200.00; for the first runner-up it is P800. 00 and for the second runner up it is P500.00.

On 24 July 2011, Ms Penelope Moanakwena, President of the Botswana Reading Association, will award the above prizes in the National Museum in Gaborone, in a ceremony beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the National Museum in Gaborone. The event will include readings by the winners and runners-up, a launch of the works of the 2010 winners in book form, and an open mike session. Pentagon Publishers will promote the titles of their BESSIE HEAD SERIES of writing in English from Botswana.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: bessiehead@gmail.com

Website: http://www.bessiehead.org/

Date: 12 - 16 July 2011

The reading culture in our nation has gradually gone from bad to appalling, no thanks to what began as a publishers crisis due to a failing economy in the eighties and early nineties. As fewer writers got published, writing became a career possible to Nigerians who lived or got published abroad. Somewhere in between failing publishing houses, 24/7 channel O and in more recent years, BB pinging and facebook, the art of reading has become quite obsolete.

It is high time though for a nation-wide clarion call to be sound before further damage is done. For what would happen to that mind which lacks the basic curiosity to read, to have its mental horizon broadened and have its imagination fed?

The TBAB Course...

While it is no secret that Nigeria has the larger percentage of celebrated writers among African nations, most of these writers were either partly or fully raised outside the country and subsequently, were published abroad as well. While we recognise the challenges faced by our local publishers, it is our ardent belief that with a joint effort and with bringing together the right elements, a movement can be generated and with sustained effort, a successful uplift of our reading culture can be achieved. It is our intent to through our event, create a platform on which these various elements are fused. With our event, we hope to amplify efforts that have hitherto been made, to focus the government's attention on this colossal crisis and most importantly fish out writers with noteworthy talent, lanterns in the bush as it were and create for them, what may well be a once in a life time opportunity for a successful writing career.

The Seminar 12th July

An open, free for all event, the seminar invites any and every one, regardless of depth of talent or degree of interest in literature and writing, to a forum where established writers will share from their personal stories. The essence of this event is to address challenges faced by struggling, as well as established, Nigerian writers. This question and answer forum will tease the imagination of those present, offering them practical ways of tackling their challenges. It will open up their minds to new possibilities and deepen their fascination for the written word.

The Workshop 13th -14th July

A series of workshops, designed around the established theme, will be held. They will create a suitable platform for closer interaction between the panel of writers (and publishers) and a controlled number of registered participants. These workshops will facilitate one on one interface with established personalities in the trade. Each work group will be sculpted around the methods of the expert in charge; books and various writing styles will be discussed, and writing exercises will be done, with the aim of discovering budding talent.

The Literary (Gala) Night 16th July

As the crescendo of the 4-day event, the gala night will bring together a broad section of writers - known and unknown alike, publishers, students of literature and writing, literary societies, relevant government agents, endorsers and supporters of our course. A literary night indeed, as writers of note will grace the occasion and share excerpts from their works. Drama sketches and music performances will also add to the occasion, as they too fall under the broad umbrella of writing.

The Venues

• 12th July Seminar - NICON Luxury Abuja.
• 13th - 14th July Workshop - Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.
• 16th July Literary Night - Transcorp Hilton. Abuja.

For inquiries: info@theboldandbeautiful.org

Website: http://www.theboldandbeautiful.org

Deadline: 2 September 2011

Mizna, a journal of Arab-American literature, is seeking original writing for our upcoming publication, with a focus on the so-called "Arab Spring." We welcome journal entries and writing from the ground, poetry, short stories, personal essays, theatrical pieces, creative non-fiction, and reflections from abroad and at home on any aspect of the theme of revolutions and uprisings, and the ensuing backlashes and military incursions.

Mizna is a journal of Arab-American literature. We welcome submissions of prose, poetry, and art that reflect the diversity of our community. Contributors do not have to be of Arab descent provided their work is of relevance to the Arab-American community.

If you would like your work to be considered for publication, please send your submission and a brief biography (maximum 50 words) via e-mail as attachments (not in the body of the message) to mizna@mizna.org and include the word "submission" in the subject line. The attachments should be standard word-processing files. Please include your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and phone number. Please do not send hard copies.

Prose should be double-spaced and limited to 2500 words. Kindly limit poetry submissions to four poems per submission. Verses exceeding our page width will be treated with a run-over indent. Proofs can be made available for author approval before publication.

Writers whose work is published in Mizna will receive a stipend and complimentary copies of the journal.

Due to the volume of submissions received, those not conforming to the above guidelines, as well as material previously published in any other English-language forum, will not be considered.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: mizna@mizna.org

For submissions: mizna@mizna.org

Website: http://www.mizna.org/

Deadline: 20 September 2011

The Writers Project of Ghana intends to publish two anthologies of Ghanaian writing in 2012. There will be one anthology of poetry and another of short stories. You are welcome to be a part of this.

Poetry: Send in five poems on any theme to poetry@writersprojectghana.com . Maximum length of any poem is 120 lines.

Short Stories: Send a short story between 400 – 4,000 words, on any theme to story@writersprojectghana.com .

The target readership is young adults and older. The language of choice is English, but works in other Ghanaian languages are welcome. Submissions should be received by 30th September, 2011.

Our 2011 anthology of poetry, look where you have gone to sit, is available at the following places:

• EPP bookshop
• University of Ghana Bookshop, Legon
• Citi FM, Adabraka

Contact Information:

For inquiries: poetry@writersprojectghana.com or story@writersprojectghana.com

For submissions: poetry@writersprojectghana.com or story@writersprojectghana.com

Website: http://writersprojectghana.com/

Deadline: 31 July 2011

Artists working in any medium and writers expressing themselves in any form or genre are invited to submit work for the ninth issue of ITCH Online. The "theme" is:

Intertwined arms, self-embracing, reaching across, beyond and back again. A race track - for formula one Ferraris or electric toy cars? A number, defeated, exhausted, collapsed upon the floor? Everything is everything, what is meant to be will be? As seen from the heavens: two people kissing? Ying and yang, before they worked out the summarized symbol? Winding roads and hairpin bends? Universal time? The totality of space? A sophisticated chignon? Doubling back on the self, trying to rerun old scenes from a life already lived and passed? A looping riff from some gloomy old blues tune? All the numbers that could ever be counted? Things promised and then revoked? A pair of lips twisted into a snarl? A thousand clichéd tattoos? A dough-nut; a diet? A waist cinched into a corset? Forever and ever, amen?

What does ∞ mean to you?

You are free to interpret this theme in any way that you wish, to speak to or against it, to explore or ignore it.

Submissions will be open until 31 July 2011. Contact the editor if you have any suggestions or questions.

ITCH Online Submission Guidelines

Don't send work that has been published or submitted elsewhere. We rely on contributor's good faith in this respect, but should we discover that a published piece has appeared elsewhere, we reserve the right to remove it.

Text submissions:

* No longer than 3500 words. (We know the web is unlimited, but most web-readers attention spans are not!)
* Please submit in a formatted word document.
* Any form of poetry, prose, fiction or non-fictional, experimental, creative or journalistic, public or private writing is welcome.
* An accompanying illustration may be submitted. Must be in JPG format, no larger than 900px wide and no larger than 3MB in size.
* Audio files are welcome (recordings of your sound art, poetry, prose, song lyrics or opinions). Files should be submitted in MP3 format and should be no larger than 50MB.
* Book reviews welcome. Please keep them to about 750 words and include full details of the book you are reviewing (author, publication date, publisher, etc.). Accompanying images are welcome but not necessary.
* Please ensure that your work is finalised and ready for publishing before submitting.

Visual submissions:

* Anything from 1 – 10 images. If you are submitting more than one image, please ensure that they are part of some kind of series (i.e. no arbitrary collection of portfolio shots).
* Must be in RGB colour, JPG file format, no larger than 900px wide and no larger than 3MB per image. Please ensure that each image has decent resolution (300dpi) for enlarged viewing.
* Must be accompanied by a title (even if untitled), year of production, and a very short abstract/explanation. Please save each image filename as follows: "Surname_Title".
* Multimedia files welcome (animations, short films, etc). Send the editor a weblink to the video for viewing. If it is accepted, delivery of the file should be in stand alone .FLV format and should be no larger than 50MB. Please send a jpg screengrab along with the video file, if accepted.
* Submissions for the cover image are welcome. Please submit at least three images in a series (for rolling cover) at 940 x 400px in size, high resolution, no larger than 3MB per file. If you don't make it on to the cover the work will still be considered for a feature.

All submissions:

* Must include name, e-mail and telephone number of contributor, and a short biography (no more than 200 words).
* Feel free to include a link to your webpage.

Submit all work via e-mail to the ITCH editor.

What do I get for contributing?

An invitation to contribute to the "by invitation only" section of the next print magazine (once we raise funding to make this happen). This does not mean that the same piece of work that is published on the website will be included in the magazine, but that you will be invited to write/create something NEW for the magazine.

The inclusion of an e-mail contact or website published alongside the piece.

Sorry, but we can't pay. We hope that exposure to an appreciative community will help to advance your career, or simply give you an outlet for some ideas/thoughts/writings that might not really fit in anywhere else, or that you just simply wish to share.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: mehita@itch.co.za

For submissions: mehita@itch.co.za

Website: http://www.itch.co.za

Deadline: 28 August 2011

The Sentinel Nigeria Magazine is calling for submissions from Nigerian, and African, writers in the following genres:

-Prose
-Poetry
-Drama
-Reviews & Essays
-Translations {African languages and French to English}
-Video performance poetry {under three minutes}

All entries should be sent to submissions@sentinelnigeria.org together with a 100-word bio and a profile picture.

Submission Guidelines

Poems: Submit up to 6 poems on any subject of 60 lines or less, or a long poem up to 200 lines plus 2 shorter poems.

Fiction: Submit Short Stories, or Excerpts from Novels on any subject or theme up to 5,000 words long.

Essays: Academic essays may be up to 6,000 words long.

Plays: Up to 5,000 words.

Reviews and Interviews: These may be up to 3000 words long.

All materials submitted must be in English Language. We encourage poems written in Nigerian languages as long as they are sent together with appropriate translations.

The name of the author as he/she would like to be credited must appear on the materials.

VERY IMPORTANT:

All submissions should be in Microsoft Word and MUST attached to an email saved in this format:

Title of Submission – Authors Name

{Example – “Divisadero – Michael Ondaatje.doc”}

Include biographical information up to 100 words long in the body of the e-mail.

Keep the bio to the point: Your name, where you live, and your publications. If you have won some awards, feel free to blow your own horn. There is no need to say you are a creative person or are heading for writing mastery. Let your work speak for you.

Copyright: Once we accept materials for Sentinel Nigeria, we acquire the copyright until they have been published. 90 days after publication, the copyright reverts to the authors.

Simultaneous Submissions: We discourage simultaneous submissions. The turnaround time is 8 weeks.

Previously Published Work: Generally we discourage submissions of previously published work. If we feel strongly about a previously published work we may solicit it. If your work has been published elsewhere and you feel it has not been given the exposure it deserves, and you feel strongly about it, by all means submit it, but please mention where and when it was first published.

Important: Please submit only materials that are your original work. Bear in mind that Sentinel Nigeria is a magazine and not a blog or discussion forum. Therefore the form and content of any work published in the magazine is final and any aspect of the work, or its authorship, may not be modified after 7 days of publication. Requests for modification of content, authorship or deletion will not be entertained. Copyright reverts to all authors 90 days after publication.

Sentinel Nigeria does not currently pay for work published. This will change in the future, and details of honorariums will appear here.

Richard Ali
Editor-in-Chief
Sentinel Nigeria Magazine

Contact Information:

For inquiries: submissions@sentinelnigeria.org

For submissions: submissions@sentinelnigeria.org

Website: http://www.sentinelnigeria.org/