The Friday Roundup #15
Hello Creatives!
Twice a month, I share 9 local and international career-enhancing opportunities in the form of open calls, fellowships, residencies, grants, and more for African creatives and culture workers.
If you’re an artist, a poet, a playwright, or a short fiction writer, then dive in!
Gender & Its Discontents
Usawa Literary Review invites literary contributions exploring the theme Gender & Its Discontents.
Deadline: Sep 20
Ghanaian Women Artists
Administered by Gallery 1957, the Yaa Asantewaa Art Prize is open to Ghanaian women artists resident in Ghana or abroad.
Deadline: Sep 16
History & Mythology
Writers around the world are invited to submit historical or mythology-inspired stories to the Ink of Ages Fiction Prize. There are 2 separate categories; one for young writers aged 13-17, and the other for adults.
Deadline: Sep 15
Playwrights
Playwrights are invited to submit their new plays to the 2025 Hepburn Hooks International Theatre Festival. The winning play will be awarded £500 and will be staged in London. Shortlisted and long listed entries will receive written feedback.
Deadline: Sep 25
Poetry Prize
The Dawn Prize for Poetry invites submissions from emerging poets. The winning poet will receive $100, and the runner up will receive $25.
Deadline: Sep 15
Something Odd
Bourbon Penn is looking for highly imaginative stories with a healthy dose of the odd — odd characters, odd experiences, odd realities. Genre & speculative stories are welcome. Payment: $0.04 per word.
Deadline: Rolling
Submit to FeelsZine
What does it mean to have a disability? To be sick? How does ableism impact our experiences? Submit writing or visual art that addresses disability to FeelsZine. Contributors will receive a modest honorarium.
Deadline: Sep 15
The VS Pritchett Short Story Prize
The V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize is dedicated to finding the best unpublished short story of the year. The prize is administered by the Royal Society of Literature and the winner will receive £1,000.
Deadline: Sep 13
Yale Drama Series
The Yale Drama Series is open to full-length play submissions for its 2025 playwriting competition. The winning play will receive $10,000 and will be published by the Yale University Press.
Deadline: Sep 8
“Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.”
— Winston Churchill