One winner will obtain an honorarium of $500 and can be featured within the fall difficulty of Shenandoah. One runner-up will obtain a six-month digital mentorship from a author of their style. One other runner-up can have the chance to attend a category provided by Caine Prize–successful author Makena Onjerika. The winner can be introduced…
Name for Entries: Samira Bawumia Literature Prize 2025 Submit Your Entry Now Books form how youngsters see the world—and the way they see themselves. The Samira Bawumia Literature Prize 2025 invitations younger Ghanaian writers to craft highly effective, culturally rooted tales that mirror Africa’s heritage, values, and pressing modern points. It is a platform…
What We Had been Considering Of: Desk of Contents Homo Vitruvius and American Samizdat function houses for my weekly inventive writing and mental exploration. HV persists as my unique and first Substack in these pursuits; AS arose in resistance to Trumpism and is devoted to its defeat. From memoir and poetry to fiction and drama,…
Immediately we welcome a brand new visitor author to Author’s Enjoyable Zone, Loretta Bushell who’s stopping by to talk with us about “Learn how to Write Character Descriptions With out Falling right into a Cliché.” Take pleasure in! *** How tall is Miss Marple? What coloration is Dr. Watson’s hair? What do Harry Potter’s footwear…
Isele Journal is presently looking for submissions of the very best fiction, poetry, essays, artwork and pictures. Isele Journal, based in July 2020, publishes notable fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and e book information/evaluations from writers on the African continent and around the globe. They consider that literature and the humanities are an integral a part…
Elections are defining moments in any nation, and in a rustic like Nigeria, they typically include a mixture of controversy, violence, and widespread doubt about whether or not justice will really prevail. The 2023 presidential elections, as an illustration, had been marred by mistrust surrounding the candidates, leaving many voters upset. Politics in Nigeria doesn’t…
Modifying. A factor very a lot in contrast to writing as a lot as it’s the identical factor. I’ve discovered modifying my work a paradox of each being like writing and really a lot in contrast to writing. Because of this, it has taken me a very long time to really feel like I’ve began…
Let’s welcome again Laurel Osterkamp as she shares with us “How To Make Your Essential Character Likeable Even when They’re Not All the time a Good Particular person.” Take pleasure in! *** Have you ever ever deserted studying a novel since you simply don’t care about the principle character? In that case, you’re not alone….
Be a part of the Africa Wiki Problem 2025 When you’re of African descent and keen about historical past, storytelling, or justice, the Africa Wiki Problem 2025 is for you. This initiative by Open Basis West Africa (OFWA) invitations you to form Africa’s digital narrative on Wikipedia. This 12 months’s theme is:“Reclaiming Our Narrative:…
Hey buddies. The opposite day my telephone began ringing in an odd, old-school manner like – briiing-briiing. The display screen stated “Shoshana Sperling.” This was unusual. Shoshana is somebody I’ve talked to a few instances. She runs a really full of life neighborhood house throughout city that I’ve admired from afar. I used to be…