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Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets – Submissions Open September 15
Starting September 15, the African Poetry Book Fund is accepting submissions for the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets. There is no fee to enter, and winners receive $1,000 US and publication through the University of Nebraska Press and Amalion Press in Senegal. The contest is open to African writers who have not yet …
FUSION 9 – Libations, With Poems, Art, and Essays from Ghana
Just as a libation can be poured using various potable liquids and mixtures, so this collection of poems goes to serve one purpose. The collection is in itself, a libation. Libations is the theme of our latest FUSION, a collaboration with Ghana and the ninth edition of our FUSION series. Each FUSION features poems from …
Briefly Noted – August 2014
APBF to Open Five African Poetry Libraries in September
The African Poetry Book Fund and Prairie Schooner are launching five poetry reading libraries in the Gambia, Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda scheduled to open this September. Each library will house contemporary poetry books and journals available to poets and lovers of poetry in these five countries and beyond. Each library contains room for over …
Summer 2014 Issue Now Available
The Summer 2014 issue of Prairie Schooner, with poetry and prose by Robert Gibb, Jenine Capó Crucet, Floyd Skloot, Jesse Lee Kercheval, and others, is now available and has been mailed out to subscribers. Click here to see samples from the current issue and for a full list of contributors, or click here to subscribe. …
“Weave It, Braid It, Make It Into A Collage”: Judith Ortiz Cofer on Creative Nonfiction
Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest – Deadline August 1
This is the final week to submit to Prairie Schooner’s annual Summer Creative Nonfiction contest, which is accepting entries until August 1, 2014. Winners receive $250 and publication in the Spring 2015 issue. The entry fee is only $18.00 US, which includes a one-year subscription to the print journal—a $10 savings off the regular rate! …
2014 Prairie Schooner Book Prize winners announced: $6,000 awarded
Prairie Schooner at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has announced the winners for its annual awards for books of short fiction and poetry. The winners were chosen from more than 1,100 submissions from around the world. The winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry for 2014 is Jennifer Perrine for her manuscript, No Confession, …
