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Starts September 8 | Beyond Structure Script Development Seminar with David Freeman (Johannesburg, South Africa)
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Call for Applications: Young Female Journalists Mentoring Program of the US Embassy - Harrare and HIFC (South Africa)
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Call for Submissions: Poetry Foundation Ghana
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Naijatainment Xtra Essay Contest: Ankara Rules! (10 winners of N5,000 | Nigeria)
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Market for LGBT Arab Writers: Barra Magazine (fiction, poetry, opinion pieces | Arab League/ North Africa)
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Writers Club on the Peninsula is Looking for New Members (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania)
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Call for Chapter Submissions – Ecocritical Approaches to Francophone Literatures
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Open to Writers of Any Nationality: The Carson Prize for Poetry or Prose ($100 top prize | international)
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Deadline September 7 | The African Professionals Network Scholarship Essay Contest 2012 (US)
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Deadline September 7 | Search for Plays Confronting Racial/ Ethnic Issues: The 2012 Ruby Lloyd Apsey Award (US)
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Deadline September 5 | Call for Applications from African Journalists: PRB Women's Edition Program in Washington, DC (funded by USAID)
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Registration Deadline September 3 | LittWorld 2012: Christian Publishers Worldwide Convention in Nairobi (Kenya)
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Deadline September 3 | Call for Papers for Journal of Pan African Studies: African Hip Hop (special issue)
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Deadline September 3 | Call for Submissions from Poets of All Nationalities: Anthology of Poetry on Women and Work (Lost Horse Press | worldwide)
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Deadline September 2 | Scholarship for MENA Journalists: Attend the 15th IACC Conference 2012 in Brazil (North Africa)
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Deadline September 2 | Poems of Everyday Nigeria Contest ($150 top prize)
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Call for Abstracts for Brotha Vegan and Alternative Forms of Black Masculinity: New Sistah Vegan Project Anthology
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Call for Entries: The 2012 South African Breweries Sports Media Awards (R25,000 top prize)
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My First Time: Women's Writing Workshop (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
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Tanzania Bureau of Standards - 2012 Standards Day Essay Competition
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Full Rules: The NAF Short Sharp Stories Award (R20,000 top prize | South Africa)
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The Journal of Ecocriticism is Looking for Book Reviewers
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Call for Papers: Multicultural Perspectives in American Short Fiction (UCA Graduate Conference on Literature, Arkansas)
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Good News: The Sillerman Book Prize for African Poets is Now Free to Enter
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Deadline September 1 | My Jamb Story: Sagay Agbalaya Writing Contest (N50,000 top prize | Nigeria)
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Deadline September 1 | Call for Submissions from Black Women: 'Birthing Justice - Saving Our Lives' Anthology of Critical Essays
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Deadline September 1 | Call for Essays for Edited Anthology: HIV/AIDS and GBV in Africa and the Black Diaspora
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Deadline September 1 | Calls for Edited Collection - Ethnic Perspectives on Ethnic Literatures: A Contemporary Critical and Theoretical Reader
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Deadline September 1 | Seeking International Submissions for Anniversary Print Anthology: Bare Hands Journal of Poetry and Photography
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Deadline September 1 | Call for Submissions: Contrary Magazine (Autumn issue | honorarium: $20 per author | worldwide)
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Deadline September 1 | No Geographical Restrictions: Sustainable Arts Foundation Award for Writers with Families (up to $6,000 value | international)
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Job Vacancy: Junior Online Content Editor for RadioBiz (South Africa)
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Part-Time MENA Editor Wanted for The European Council on Foreign Relations (location: London)
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The Write Voice Creative Writing Workshop (Cape Town, South Africa)
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Support for Journalists to Report on Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Beijing (for journalists from low/ middle-income countries)
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International Children's Story Competition: New Gender Roles in the Multicultural Society (organized by Inclusive Works and the British Council)
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Job Vacancy: Journalism Trainer for Journlists for Human Rights (station: Monrovia, Liberia)
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Job Vacancy: Female Writers/ Journalists for The Guardian (Nigeria)
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Call for International Submissions: Toska Literary Journal Fall 2012 Issue
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ZICTA National Writing Competition for Young Women (Zambia)
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Freelance Journalists Wanted for Tropics Magazine (South Africa/ Africa-wide)
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Job Vacancy: Assistant Editor at Books Live (South Africa)
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Call for Journalists Worldwide: The Gabriel García Márquez Cultural Journalism Fellowship in Colombia (covers travel, accommodation, insurance)
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Call for Poets for Poetry Jam Recording (South Africa)
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Deadline August 31 | Call for Applications from African Scholars: ASAUK Writing Workshop (University of Leeds, UK)
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Deadline August 31 | Call for Poems for Abuja: City of Unity (The Paradigm-City Publishing/ PEN Nigera)
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Deadline August 31 | The 4th Edition of the AED1 Million Etisalat Award for Arabic Children's Literature
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Deadline August 31 | The 2012 Christians in Science Student Essay Competition
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Deadline August 31 | Entries from Developing Countries Encouraged: The 2012 IHDP Writing Contest (topics: biodiversity/ ecosystem | $500 top prize)
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Deadline August 31 | Call for Submissions from Around the World: Bacopa Literary Review 2013
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Deadline August 31 | Call for Entries Worldwide: The Chemistry World Science Writing Competition (£300 top prize)
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Deadline August 31 | Call for Proposals for a Collection of Essays: The Writings of President Barack Obama (Rodopi Press Dialogue Series)
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Deadline August 31 | The 2012 ImpACT - Arts & Culture Trust Awards for Theatre/ Writing for Theatre (R1,500 prize | South Africa)
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Deadline August 31 | The United Nations Environment Programme Ozone Africa Media Award ($1,500 top prize | Africa-wide)
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Deadline August 31 | Call for Papers on Francophone African Literature: New Readings Journal Volume 13
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Deadline August 31 | African Investigative Journalism Awards 2012 ($4,000 top prize | Africa-wide)
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Deadline August 31 | Call for Submissions: African Cities Reader Journal
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Deadline August 31 | Southgate Mall - Looklocal Writing Competition (R25,000 in prizes | South Africa)
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Deadline August 31 | The Witness True Stories of KwaZulu-Natal Competition 2012 (R10,000 top prize | South Africa)
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Deadline August 31 | 2012 Garden City Literary Festival Writers’ Workshop (South Africa)
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Deadline August 31 | Call for Worldwide Entries: The Sue Nunn Show Poetry Competition (€300 top prize | international)
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Allen Cole Consultants Presents a One-Day SEO Artilce Writing workshop (KDTA Plaza, Kenya)
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Write on SA Writing Workshop: Food and Chaatter (South Africa)
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Every Woman Every Child Essay and Photography Contest (organized by Stomping Out Malaria | Africa-wide)
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Job Vacancy: Middle East Editor for The Next Web
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Call for Submissions for Volume III Issue 4: The Criterion International Journal in English
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Call for Papers: Africa and Her Resources (20012 MAAAS Conference, Missouri)
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Call for Papers: 8th Pan-African Reading For All Conference at the University of Nairobi (Africa-wide)
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Contributions from Young Writers Worldwide Welcomed: Stone Soup Magazine (honorarium: $40 per story, poetry, review | international)
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Deadline August 30 | Open to all Inspired Writers: The Young Leaders’ Poetry Competition 2012 (organized by UN-accredited Olof Palme Peace Fdn.)
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Deadline August 30 | Call for Submissions: 2012 Splendid Literature and Culture Foundation Series (Nigeria)
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Deadline August 30 | Call for 10-Minute Plays from Around the World: Any Objections? Glasgay 2012
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Deadline August 30 | Call for Papers/ Panels: International Conference on Whither Journalism Education in the Middle East (American Univ. of Sharjah)
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Deadline August 30 | Call for Submissions: Cagliari Portraits from Around the World (selected authors will spend a week in Cagliari, Italy)
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The 2012 Storymoja Hay Festival Opens September 13th (Kenya)
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Call for Participants: The 2012 'Woman’ Scream' International Poetry Festival
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Pearls: Tumbhi International Poetry Writing Contest (worldwide)
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Scriptwriters Wanted for Frontline Africa Media (Kenya/ Africa-wide)
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Funded by Thomson Reuters Foundation: Rural Poverty Reporting Course in Tanzania (Africa-wide)
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The David Astor Journalism Awards (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
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Call for Papers: Arterial Network Second Conference on the African Creative Economy (Senegal/ Africa-wide)
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Call for Submissions for EcoSahara: Journal of African Literature and the Environment
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Call for Submissions of Er0tica by African Women: Hoola
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Home-Based Position: Editor/ Coordinator for the United Nations Development Programme (international consultant level)
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Call for Applications from Foreign Nationals: 2013-2014 Writers' Fellowships at Cullman Center, NY (up to $65,000 stipend | international)
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Opens August 28 | 2012 Mail & Guardian Literary Festival (South Africa)
