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Stay With Me is the debut novel by Nigerian writer, Ayobami Adebayo. Set in Nigeria of the 1980s, the novel follows a young couple, Yejide and Akin, in their struggle to conceive a child. Having sought help from conventional medicine, traditional African medicine and spiritual quarters, Akin bows to pressure form his family to take...
Apply for the 7th Regional Residency for African Women Writers! FEMRITE is delighted to announce the call for submissions for the 7th Regional Residency for African Women Writers which will be co-hosted with Karavan, a Swedish literary magazine, with support from the Swedish Institute. The 10-day writing residency will take place, in Kampala, in February...
Creative Writing News is pleased to announce that we will be hosting the online book tour for Guardian of the Fall. Don’t miss this chance to win a free copy of this amazing novel. The book was written by Umari Ayim and was published in Nigeria by Quramo Publishing Limited in February 2017. The tour will start on...
The Drue Heinz Literature Prize is an American literary award for short fiction written in English. The prize was initiated in 1981 by Mrs Drue Heinz and is awarded by the University of Pittsburgh Press. The winner receives $15,000 and publication by the University of Pittsburgh Press. The award is open to writers who have published a...
Alternative art and literature magazine The Matador Review is seeking submissions for the Summer 2017 publication. We publish poetry, fiction, flash fiction, and creative non-fiction, inviting all unpublished literature written in the English language (and translations that are accompanied by the original text) as well as many forms of visual art. The call for submissions will end on May...
March 20th is World storytelling day 2017. To honor the great art of storytelling, The storytellers for peace group will be celebrating this year in their own unique way. See Below; After Rudyard Kipling’s If, Imagine and Human Rights Day, here we are to a new video from the Storytellers for Peace group. World Storytelling...