Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi has won the Commonwealth short story prize for a piece praised by judges for its “risk-taking, grace and breadth”. Jennifer is a Ugandan who recently completed her PhD in Creative Writing at Lancaster University. She beat contenders from around the world to win the £5,000 award for ‘Let’s Tell This Story Properly’. Read the Guardian article on Jennifer’s… Continue reading Jennifer Makumbi wins Commonwealth Prize
Category: Competitions
BN Poetry Award 2014
Competition for the BN Poetry Award 2014 is now open. Fifteen Ugandan poets including BN Poetry Award first place winners will participate in the Prairie Schooner FUSION project for 2015 in collaboration with Ugandan photographer, Edward Echwalu. For Guidelines for Submissions and information on judges, please see the Flyer on this page and the attached Call… Continue reading BN Poetry Award 2014
Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva Shortlisted
Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva has been shortlisted in the 2013 Poetry Foundation Ghana Prize and longlisted for the Short Story Day Africa 2013 competition. Beverley, who is one of Lancaster’s former distance learning creative writing MA students, will visit the Department of English and Creative Writing in October, thanks to funding from the Alumni office, to… Continue reading Beverley Nambozo Nsengiyunva Shortlisted
Jennifer Makumbi wins award for The Kintu Saga
Ugandan writer Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi has won the Kwani? Manuscript Project, a new literary prize for unpublished fiction by African writers. Jennifer, who recently gained her PhD in Creative Writing at Lancaster University, won the prize for The Kintu Saga, the novel she submitted for her PhD, which was supervised by Professor Graham Mort. The winners were… Continue reading Jennifer Makumbi wins award for The Kintu Saga
Bode Asiyanbi play premieres at the Lagos Theatre Festival
Bode Asiyanbi’s play, Shattered, will premiere at the Lagos Theatre Festival, which is being held from 16-17 February 2013. Bode graduated in 2012 from the Lancaster Distance Learning MA in Creative Writing, and we are delighted to announce his continuing success. He was one of the recipients of our International Scholarships for 2010-12. Shattered addresses… Continue reading Bode Asiyanbi play premieres at the Lagos Theatre Festival
Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2012
The Wasafiri New Writing competition is open to anyone worldwide who has not published a complete book. We are looking for creative submissions in one of three categories: Poetry, Fiction or Life Writing. Please see the terms and conditions on page 4 of the entry form. £300 will be awarded to the winner of each… Continue reading Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2012
Sentinel Literary Quarterly Short Story Competition
The vision of the Sentinel Poetry Movement is to build the world’s premier community of writers and artists from all backgrounds, nationalities, race, religion, gender, age, sexuality, political or ideological affiliation. Their Quarterly Short Story Competition 2012 has a closing date of 5th April. It is for stories in the English Language up to 1,500… Continue reading Sentinel Literary Quarterly Short Story Competition
SI Leeds Literary Prize: a new award for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women
SI Leeds Literary Prize is a new prize for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women resident in the UK aged 18 years and over. The prize has been created and is being run by Soroptimist International of Leeds, in partnership with two well established and highly regarded literary organisations, the Ilkley Literature Festival and… Continue reading SI Leeds Literary Prize: a new award for unpublished fiction by Black and Asian women
Sentinel Poetry Movement Competition
The vision of the Sentinel Poetry Movement is to build the world’s premier community of writers and artists from all backgrounds, nationalities, race, religion, gender, age, sexuality, political or ideological affiliation. Their TRYangle Project Short Story Competition 2011 has a closing date of 10th November. It is for stories in the English Language up to… Continue reading Sentinel Poetry Movement Competition
Bode Asiyanbi wins African Performance playwriting competition
We are delighted to announce that Nigerian writer Bode Asiyanbi has wonthe 2011 BBC African Performance playwriting competition. Bode is just completing his first year of the Lancaster Distance Leaarning MA in Creative Writing. He is a recipient of one of our International Scholarships for 2010-12. It is the second time he has won the accolade… Continue reading Bode Asiyanbi wins African Performance playwriting competition