Tanzania
The following awards target Tanzania specifically.
Burt Award
Status: Active (updated 27/02/14)
Soma Literary Competition
Status: Active (updated 27/02/14)
Further details: http://www.somabookcafe.com/soma-literary-competition-20132014-on-april-2014/
Ebrahim Hussein Poetry Prize
Status: Active (updated 27/02/14)
Africa
The following awards target Africa specifically.
The Cain Prize for African Writing
Organised/sponsored by: The Michael Cain Foundation
Status: Active
Details: http://www.caineprize.com
The Caine Prize is open to writers from anywhere in Africa for work published in English. Its focus is on the short story, reflecting the contemporary development of the African story-telling tradition.
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize
Organised/sponsored by: The Commonwealth Foundation
Status: Active
Details: http://www.commonwealthwriters.org/prizes/
Commonwealth Writers has re-focused its prizes to concentrate on the Short Story. It will no longer offer the Commonwealth Book Prize. The Short Story Prize aims to identify talented writers who will go on to inspire their local communities.
Grand prix littéraire d’Afrique noire
Organised/sponsored by: Association Des Ecrivains De Langues Françaises
Status: Active
Details: http://www.adelf.info/les-prix-litteraires/grand-prix-litteraire-afrique-noire/
A literary prize presented every year by the ADELF, the Association of French Language Writers for a French original text from Sub-Saharan Africa.
Africa Center – Artists in Residence
Organised/sponsored by: Africa Centre
Status: Active (submissions just closed for 2014)
Details: http://africacentre.net/artist-in-residency-programme-2014/
The Africa Centre has formed partnerships with artist in residency programmes in Australia, Brazil, India, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, South Africa and the United States to provide eight residencies for our Artists in Residency (AIR) 2014 Programme.
AIR is seeking applications from African artists who are both socially engaged and stretching the boundaries of their creative domain. The AIR partners select an artist from a short list provided by the Africa Centre, for one of their 2014 or 2015 residencies. The costs of the residency and round-trip airfare are included in each residency award made. The residencies are available to all types of artists, but each residency has different durations, structures and requirements.
Morland Writing Scholarships
Organised/sponsored by: Miles Morland Foundation
Status: Active (submissions for the 2014 Writing Scholarships is October 31st 2014)
Details: http://www.milesmorlandfoundation.com/morlandwritingscholarship.html
The Miles Morland Foundation is pleased to offer three new Scholarships this year. The Scholars will receive a grant of £18,000, paid monthly over the course of one year.
Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prize
Organised/sponsored by: Cleveland State University Poetry Center
Status: Active
Details: http://www.csuohio.edu/poetrycenter/contest/
The Cleveland State University Poetry Center holds two annual contents: The First Book & Open Book Competitions. $1,000 and publication in the CSU Poetry Series is offered for the best full-length volumes of original poetry in English and submitted.
Artbeat Afrika Short Story Anthology
Organised/sponsored by: Artbeat Afrika
Status: Active (The last day for submitting short stories for Artbeat Afrika 1st Short Story Anthology is July 30, 2014.)
Details: http://www.milesmorlandfoundation.com/morlandwritingscholarship.html
“Artbeat Afrika, a community of Contemporary African Creative Writers announce the call for submission for her first short story anthology. We are looking for stories that tells the true African experience and short fictions that shows the high level of creativity of Contemporary African Creative Writers.”
The Golden Baobab Prize
Organised/sponsored by: Golden Baobab Prize (Ghana)
Status: Active
Details: See the link for details of all prizes, including guidelines and submission dates. http://www.goldenbaobab.org/prizes/the-6-golden-baobab-prizes
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