2023 Writivism Prizes

The winners of our 2023 prizes have been announced.

I am glad to announce that I received the DC Stanfa Memorial Writers’ Award to attend the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop at the University of Dayton, Ohio (the workshop turned 25 this year). The award covered my flight, feeding, and accommodation. I thank my God.

The 2026 Afritondo Short Story Prize longlist is here 🌍 760+ stories. 40+ countries. These are the writers & stories our judges selected. Congratulations to all longlisted writers, and thank you to every single person who submitted. Full longlist here: afritondo.com/longlist

We Only Live Once! Join FEMRITE poetry-writing competition and be a thought leader! femrite.org/2026/03/11/we-…

The Weganda Review is looking for creative nonfiction for our next issue. We publish work on any topic highlighting Ugandans & Africans all over the world. If you have a solid essay, submit & we’ll consider publishing it. We pay. Check our website for #guidelines & how to submit.

A Broken Boy’s Requiem & Other Poems – Olowo Qudus Opeyemi lolwe.org/a-broken-boys-…

We welcome fiction, nonfiction, poetry, photography, visual art, and hybrid works that explore this theme. Send us your work! iselemagazine.com/2026/02/04/cal…

Set a reminder for my upcoming Space! x.com/i/spaces/1YxNr…

Let’s go to Church!!

COVER REVEAL!! I still can’t believe this memoir is almost here. Out on November 10, 2026. You can now #preorder at the link below: us.macmillan.com/books/978125... Huge gratitude to my publishers, Flatiron Books and Macmillan.

I condemn in the strongest terms the violent attack on the home of Barbara Itungo, the brutal assault on her, her staff, and the continued persecution of the family of @HEBobiwine. A violent, militarised election can never reflect the will of the people. Kidnaps, abductions, killings, leaders forced into hiding—and nearly 10 days on, the internet still deliberately crippled. This is state terror, not democracy. This is not the peaceful country we fought to have.

This February, I’m hosting my first short fiction workshop for the year! Sign up here ⏩luma.com/xxz8v8y9

The Weight of Our Bodies | Nneoma Kenure iselemagazine.com/2026/01/10/the…

7. Kenyon Review workshop 8. Sundress Writing workshop 9. Midnight and Indigo Writing workshops 10. Torch Writing Circle If you know any not listed here, you might want to add them in the comments. Please, read the submission requirements on their website before submitting.

Writers. I have compiled a list of writing workshops you can apply to in 2026. 1. Tin House workshop 2. Lolwe workshops 3. Adroit workshop 4. SprinNG Writing Fellowship 5. Abebi Afrononfiction workshop 6. Idembeka workshop

Loving in Lowercase – Nicole Adabunu lolwe.org/loving-in-lowe…

My reflection on the legacy and love poems of the late Breyten Breytenbach, whose recollections of political imprisonment through memory, transcription, blackouts and erasures, shaped my interpretation of the memoir as a poetic form, published @voertaal: voertaal.nu/breyten-schrij…

Apply for writing workshops. That is the best way to meet writers who might be willing to support you through your journey. Writing can be a lonely work but you don’t have to do it alone.

This book will be published in Nigeria and I CANNOT wait for you guys to read it!!!!!!!!

From Idembeka to the world!

Join Mubanga Kalimamukwento and Lesley Nneka Arimah in Minneapolis, MN as they present The Shipikisha Club, the latest from Mubanga’s kitchen. Come through and have a time, register at magersandquinn.com/event/Mubanga-…. Cc: @UbwaliLitMag