Competitions/Awards

Looking for global competitions for students?

Application opens for online competitions for students with prizes in cash and kind every year.

You’ll find cooking, poetry, essay competitions in Nigeria, Ghana and other African and developing countries

Here you find competitions, prizes, and awards on essay, video and other competitions open for Young Africans.

Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2017

The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets will be awarded to an African writer who has not published a ...
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Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry (USD5,000 Prize) 2018

The Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry is awarded annually to a book published in the previous calendar year by ...
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Deadline Extended: 9mobile Prize for Literature (£15,000 and Other Prizes) for African Writers 2018

The 9mobile Prize for Literature celebrates new writers of African citizenship whose first fiction book (over 30,000 words) was published ...
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Goal.com/University of Sussex #WritingGamesNG Essay Contest 2017

Nigeria’s biggest football website, Goal.com, and the University of Sussex are welcoming entries from suitably qualified candidates for the #WritingGamesNG ...
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Nominate an Individual/Project for Public Peace Prize 2018

Nominations are open for 2018 Public Peace Prize with an aim to foster greater recognition for peacemakers and peace initiatives around the ...
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Apply: 9Mobile (Formerly Etisalat) Photography Competition 2017

9Mobile invites submissions from photographers from all over the world with a voice as it relates to shaping an African ...
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