The Friday Roundup #2
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.
Today, we have a free mentorship for new KidsLit authors, a grant for translators, publishing opportunities for poets and sci-fi writers, and more….
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Aspiring KidsLit & YA Novelists!
The editorial team at Chicken House Books is offering free mentorship to non-represented writers whose novels, for children and young adults, are at any stage of development.
Submission Window: Feb 29th (Between 12:01 am and 11:59 pm - UK time)
Feminist Writers and Illustrators
So to Speak, a journal run by Creative Writing students at George Mason University is seeking feminist writing and art work. Submission fees are waived for Black and Indigenous contributors. Payment is $100.
Deadline: Rolling
Filmmakers in Ghana
The Accra Indie Filmfest Incubator is accepting applications from boom operators, cinematographers, directors, editors, producers and sound designers for a free filmmaking workshop. Participants can be of any nationality but must be resident in Ghana and committed to telling Ghanaian stories.
Find out more and register here
Deadline: Mar 4
For Translators
Words Without Borders announces a $3,000 Momentum Grant for early-career translators from anywhere. Literary fiction and nonfiction originally written in any language is eligible but the target language must be English.
Deadline: Feb 29
Horror Movie Fans!
Certified Forgotten is inviting articles on little-known horror films that deserve a spotlight. Movies released between 2000 and 2020 are preferred. The more obscure, the better. Payment: $75
Find out how to pitch and submit here
Deadline: Rolling
Moving Ghana: Travel Grants for Ghanaian Artists
The Goethe-Institut Accra is supporting Ghanaian artists who wish to present their artwork to an international audience and/or collaborate, work and build networks with other creatives on the continent with mobility grants of up to 500€ to cover their travel costs.
Deadline: Jun 30
Passionate about Climate Change?
It’s Freezing in LA! is looking for poems that explore the link between climate, ecological and environmental issues and colonialism from different angles and a wide range of poetic forms. This is a paid opportunity.
Deadline: Feb 19
Poets!
The Southword Literary Journal invites poets from around the world to submit a maximum of four original and unpublished poems for their 2024 Autumn issue. Payment: 50€ per poem.
Deadline: Feb 29
Sci-Fi Writers
Flame Tree Press is accepting short stories between 700 and 1000 words from science-fiction writers for their March 2024 newsletter. Payment rates are $0.08 per word for unpublished stories & $0.06 per word for reprints. The theme is Parallel Echoes.
Submission guidelines listed here
Deadline: Feb 25
Good luck with your submissions, and remember
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” - Maya Angelou
These are amazing, thank you!