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Opportunities September 17, 2026

Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry Now Open for Submissions | Submit by December 1

by Blessing Uwisike

News January 07, 2026

Gbenga Adesina Among Poets & Writers’ 2026 Debut Poets

by Submissions Editor

Opportunities October 10, 2025

Neville Dawes First Book Prize for Emerging Caribbean Poets Now Open | $1,000 USD + Publication | Deadline December 1

by Blessing Uwisike

News September 25, 2025

Nigerian Poet Gbenga Adesina Longlisted for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry

by Blessing Uwisike

Opportunities September 24, 2025

Submissions Open for the $1000 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets — Deadline December 1

by Blessing Uwisike

Book News September 10, 2024

Saddiq Dzukogi’s Forthcoming Epic Poetry Explores 500 Years of Northern Nigerian History

by Hannah Coroneos

Features• News February 03, 2020

Cheswayo Mphanza Wins 2020 Sillerman Best First Book Prize for African Poets, for His Manuscript, The Rinehart Frames

by Otosirieze Obi-Young