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Blacklondoners Appeal, a London based group are calling on all writers for contribution of short stories, poems and lyrics to a collection of works to be published in May 2010. The book, A Word for Haiti, will be part of BlackLondoners year long appeal to raise funds for Haiti.

The farms nurtured. They bore fruits and extended to each man an affiliation limited only by his talent, his dexterity, and his enthusiasm and aptitude for labour. For Smokie Joe and his kin, a yearning had been roused and conque…

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Call for applications for the 2010 Moremi Leadership Empowerment and Development (MILEAD) Fellows Program for young African women leaders

As previously noted, not all advice is good for everyone. So, we would like you to share with us what has worked for you as you find your foothold and then your niche in the writing world.

“Do it again! You don’t know what has been crawling around in this kitchen your mother can’t keep clean. Do you think I want to be known as the man who provides dirty milk? Rinse them!”

So you’ve sent your story out to impartial and honest readers for feedback. The results come flooding in, and suddenly you are overwhelmed with pages of conflicting advice, comments, praise and condemnation, often all in the same critique. How do you deal with this?

I am very pleased to announce the results of The Man and His Goat Writing Contest:

The Sunday Times is pleased to announce a prestigious new annual literary prize: The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award.

The Baobab Prize annually invites entries of unpublished African short stories written for audiences either 8-11 years or 12-15 years.