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Moya Magazine and publisher 21Hundred want essays, fiction, poetry, visual art and other forms that use the year 2100 to explore race, Blackness and the future. Paid up to £600.
Submit creative nonfiction, children's literature, flash fiction, poetry or a short story on the theme “Grace” for the January 2027 issue of the WSA literary magazine.
An award for a single-authored book on Africa or the global African world by an author of African descent, published January 2020 – June 2026. Nominations by email.
A new annual prize for Nigerian playwrights with ₦1.4 million in awards. The winning play gets ₦1,000,000 and a full production in Lagos; a ₦200,000 Julie Okoh Prize goes to a woman playwright centring women's experiences.
Africa's best-known short story prize. Publishers (not authors) submit one published story of 3,000–10,000 words by an African writer. Submissions for the 2027 prize open in late November 2026.
Original, unpublished science fiction, horror or speculative stories up to 5,000 words rooted in present-day issues. Paid up to $500. No AI-assisted or AI-generated work.
