The longlists of the Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival’s Elizabeth Nunez Awards 2022 were announced on Friday, July 29, and Saturday, July 30, 2022.
The Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival (BCLF) is a celebration of...
Tolu Oloruntoba and Douglas Kearney were awarded the Griffin Poetry Prize 2022.
The Griffin Poetry Prize is the world’s largest international prize for a first edition single collection of poetry written...
First love ; wondering how the butterflies in your belly flapped and evaporated?
Thebournemouth Review
Check the love quadrant and determine what part you belong.
Goldsboro Books have announced the twelve titles longlisted for the 2022 Glass Bell Award. Now in its sixth year, the Glass Bell Award celebrates the best storytelling across contemporary fiction, regardless of genre....
The Nigerian writer Roy Udeh-Ubaka wins the 2022 Gerald Kraak Award for his short story “Until it Doesn’t”, a dazzling, time-shifting, and soulful gem about the love affair of two young men as...
South African writer Sarah Isaacs who won the Island Prize for her fiction manuscript “Glass Tower.” The recently launched The Island Prize is a manuscript prize awarded to African writers for their debut...
The Green We Left Behind is a literary project aimed at raising awareness for the issue of climate change. The project is curated by Arts Lounge Magazine, with support from the French embassy.
Deadline16 October 2022
Who may enterThe competition is open to both unpublished and published writers, and from anywhere in the world.
Short description
The contest...
How Ani Prosper Ikechukwu is influencing the cultural space in Nigeria and beyond.
Thebournemouth Review
BR: What inspired your journey in the cultural space?
Well, I come from a lineage of storytellers and much of the cultural influences in the artistic space in the world...
Basking in the euphoria of Charles Bukowski’s cultural eccentricities – a cultural ruckus.
Thebournemouth Review
Charles Bukowski was a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society. A cult hero, Bukowski relied on experience,...