Two new African poetry prizes that were introduced last year are back again this year: the Brunel University African Poetry Prize and the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets from the African Poetry Book Fund. The former asks poets to submit 10 poems, "no more and no less" (can I tell you how much I appreciate the rigorousness of Evaristo's submission guidelines!!) while the latter are for those who have a manuscript of at least 50 pages.
Full details are available online (of course) and both only accept electronic submissions. And, as noted above, the deadlines are fast approaching...
Brunel University African Poetry Prize
Deadline: November 30, 2013
Complete submission guidelines here
Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets
Deadline: December 1, 2013
Complete submission guidelines here
Both awards are for poetry in English (though translations are accepted) and both are for poets who have not yet published a full length collection. And best of all? Unlike so many other publishing venues these days, there is no reading fee!!
So have at it. Not a lot of time left but if you're a working poet (and don't just play one on teh interwebz) I'd be willing to bet that you've got at least 10 poems lying about that you could work into a submission, if not a full length manuscript tucked away somewhere...
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