Writers Do Laundry Too: 2012-07-08

Call for Submissions from LGBT Writers of Color: 'Pride' Issue of Shuomii Magazine
Deadline July 21 | Call for Pieces about Art, Culture and Politics: The Last Generation of Black People (Liberato Magazine)
Starts July 21 | Writing Workshop: Write Your Own Story at De Hoek Country Hotel (South Africa)
Free Registration: Certificate Training Workshop on Radio Playwriting and Techniques (Society of Young Nigerian Writers)
Call for Submissions from Black Female Writers: 'Belief'/ Fall Issue of Blackberry Magazine
Win a Stylish Career: The Search for Blackberry - Elle Style Reporter 2012 (R10,000 monthly stipend | South Africa)
Job Opening: Assistant Editor for Mining Review Africa (Sprintelligent, Johannesburg)
Job Opening: Economic News Editor for South African Broadcasting Corporation
Business Writer Wanted for a Multimedia Organization Based in Durban (South Africa)
Call for Book Chapter Proposals - Between Rhetoric and Reality: The State of Human Rights in Africa
Call for Contributions: The Review on Sexuality and Equality in Africa (honorarium: $150 for accepted submissions)
Call for Papers - From Margins to Mainstream: Multiethnic U.S. Literature in Academic & Commercial Contexts (NeMLA 2013, Boston)
Job Opening: Content Writer for Zando (shoes and fashion online shopping website | South Africa)
Call for Papers for Edited Book: African Traditional Oral Literature as Pedagogical Tools in Content Area Classrooms
Introducing: The African Poetry Book Fund / Series
Deadline July 20 | The Anna Lindh Foundation Mediterranean Journalist Award 2012 (€2,500 top prize | eligible: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco)
Deadline July 20 | Writers International Network Zimbabwe Short Story Writing Competition and Workshop
Deadline July 20 | Uganda Youth Network National Essay Writing Competition 2012 (UGX 200,000 top prize)
Deadline July 20 | The African Liberty Essay Competition ($1,000 top prize | Africa-wide)
Deadline July 20 | The Muslim Writers Awards 2012 (UK/ worldwide)
Deadline July 20 | The 2nd East African Media Awards ($3,000 top prize)
Deadline July 20 | Discovering New Art Writers from Across the World: The Frieze Writer's Prize 2012 (£2,000 top prize | international)
Deadline July 20 | Open to African Journalists: The Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship in New York
Open to Journalists from Low/ Middle-Income Countries: The 4th Annual NPF Journalists to Journalists Program in Malaysia (all-expenses paid)
Open to International Entries: 2012 WOL Foundation's Non-Technical Environmental Writing Competition ($1,000 top prize)
Call for Papers: The 1st West Africa Science Journalist’s Conference in Cotonou, Benin
Job Opening: Features Editor for Move! (Media24, South Africa)
Job Opening: Assistant Editor for House & Leisure (Associated Magazines, South Africa)
Job Opening: Web Editor/ Online Coordinator for Film & Event Media (South Africa)
Monitoring and Evaluation Officer/ Writer Wanted at HIV - AIDS Zimbabwe Charity (pay: $10-$25 per article)
Call for Papers: Africa Century International African Writers Conference 2012 in South Africa (Afria-wide)
Deadline July 18 | Poems in Ndebele or English Sought: uMthwakazi Review's First Poetry Competition ($150 top prize)
Deadline July 18 | Job Opening: Sub-editor for The Southern Cross (weekly newspaper | South Africa)
Starts July 16 : Writers’ Guild of South Africa Skills Laboratory: Writing for Soap
Starts July 16 | Course: Creative Writing and Editing for Corporate Publications (IAJ - South Africa)
Deadline July 16 | Call for Papers - Multiculturalism and Representation: A Conference on Comics (Leeds, UK)
Deadline July 16 | Provox Center for Public Relations and Communication's Write to Win Competition (South Africa)
Deadline July 16 | Call for Submissions: Mizna Arab-American Literary Journal
Write Your Vision: Let's Make Rural Women Count African Women's Day Competition
Job Opening: Features Editor for Finesse/ Soul Magazine (Carpe Diem Media, South Africa)
Bloody Parchment Short Story Competition (South Africa / Africa-wide)
Call for Submissions: Cagliari Portraits from Around the World (selected authors will spend a week in Cagliari, Italy)
Open to Writers of Any Nationality: The James White Award 2012 (short story | £300 top prize | international)
Call for Pre-Proposals for Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities in Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa
International Submissions Welcomed: Mslexia (issue 56 / 57 | women writers only)
International Submissions Welcomed: The Muse (December issue)
Deadline July 15 | Call for Submissions for tribe:write (an international creative arts magazine)
Deadline July 15 | Call for Papers: What is Africa to me now? The Continent and its Literary Diasporas (Int'l Conference at University of Liège)
Deadline July 15 | WEF 2012 International Energy Essay Contest: Sustainable Energy for All (international)
Deadline July 15 | Call for Papers for Edited Book - Princess Cultures: Mediating Girls’ Imaginations and Identities (Peter Lang Press | worldwide)
Deadline July 15 | Job Opening: Correspondent for Thomson Reuters Foundation (Senegal)
Deadline July 15 | Call for Applications: The Bayimba Creative Writers Workshop (Uganda)
Deadline July 15 | Call for Submissions for Ecquid Novi Journal: Social Media and Journalism in Africa
Job Opening: Online Marketing Specialist/ Content Writer for Compuscan (South Africa)
Writing Workshop: Write Your Own Story at De Hoek Country Hotel (South Africa)
Job Opening: Editor - English for the United Nations Office at Nairobi (Kenya)
Call for Plays with Multi-Racial Casting: Stageworks Theatre (US)
Call for Essays on African Science Fiction: Para*Doxa
UNESCO - Global Water Forum Emerging Scholars Award (for water-related opinion pieces | $500 top prize | international)