KOFI AWOONOR POETRY PRIZE 2024
Submissions are open for the Kofi Awoonor POETRY PRIZE for writers worldwide. The deadline is August 8, 11:59 PM (your local time), 2024.
Othuke Umukoro will judge this inaugural prize.
Submission Guidelines:
1. ONE unpublished poem per submission. Please no multiple submissions by the same writer.
2. Please do not submit any poem that has previously appeared in a chapbook, an anthology, a full-length collection, social media or any literary magazine.
3. The submitted poem should not exceed 50 lines. Epigraphs and the poem's title are not part of the line count.
4. Submissions must not include identifying information; please do not include your name or biographical information in your submission document. Please send your submission as a PDF or Word doc. Include the following ONLY in the body of the email: Name, Phone number, Email and Country of Residence. Please send your submission as a PDF or Word doc attachment to: [email protected]
5. Any submission that does not follow these guidelines or is received after the deadline will be discarded unread.
6. Close friends, family members, and recent students of the judge are not eligible for this prize.
7. No entry fee is required.
8. Please, no simultaneous submissions.
9. The administrators of Pepper Coast Lit will collate the submissions and forward them to the judge, who will read ALL submissions anonymously.
10. The judge’s decision is final.
11. The winner will receive $100 plus publication in Pepper Coast Lit.
12. The finalists will be announced in September, and the winner will be announced in October 2024.
If you have any questions, please email us. Thank you. Good luck, and we can’t wait to receive your submission.
About the Judge:
Othuke Umukoro, poet & playwright, born in a small fishing village in South-South Nigeria, won the 2021 Brunel International African Poetry Prize. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he won the 2023 Academy of American Poets' Harold Taylor Prize. His poems appear in Ploughshares, The Hudson Review, The Poetry Review, and elsewhere.
Submissions are open for the Kofi Awoonor POETRY PRIZE for writers worldwide. The deadline is August 8, 11:59 PM (your local time), 2024.
Othuke Umukoro will judge this inaugural prize.
Submission Guidelines:
1. ONE unpublished poem per submission. Please no multiple submissions by the same writer.
2. Please do not submit any poem that has previously appeared in a chapbook, an anthology, a full-length collection, social media or any literary magazine.
3. The submitted poem should not exceed 50 lines. Epigraphs and the poem's title are not part of the line count.
4. Submissions must not include identifying information; please do not include your name or biographical information in your submission document. Please send your submission as a PDF or Word doc. Include the following ONLY in the body of the email: Name, Phone number, Email and Country of Residence. Please send your submission as a PDF or Word doc attachment to: [email protected]
5. Any submission that does not follow these guidelines or is received after the deadline will be discarded unread.
6. Close friends, family members, and recent students of the judge are not eligible for this prize.
7. No entry fee is required.
8. Please, no simultaneous submissions.
9. The administrators of Pepper Coast Lit will collate the submissions and forward them to the judge, who will read ALL submissions anonymously.
10. The judge’s decision is final.
11. The winner will receive $100 plus publication in Pepper Coast Lit.
12. The finalists will be announced in September, and the winner will be announced in October 2024.
If you have any questions, please email us. Thank you. Good luck, and we can’t wait to receive your submission.
About the Judge:
Othuke Umukoro, poet & playwright, born in a small fishing village in South-South Nigeria, won the 2021 Brunel International African Poetry Prize. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he won the 2023 Academy of American Poets' Harold Taylor Prize. His poems appear in Ploughshares, The Hudson Review, The Poetry Review, and elsewhere.
abu sherif poetry prize for liberian writers 2024 - CLOSED
Abu Abunic Sherif II was a Liberian poet and the author of the chapbook ‘’Al Faitha.’’ It was published by Pepper Coast Lit in 2022, a few days before the poet died from sickle cell anemia. Abunic Sherif was one of the new and exciting voices that are coming out of post-war Liberia. His work was published in Eboquills literary magazine, Praxis magazine, Spillwords, the Ducor Review, Ngiga Review, The Shallow Tales Review, and The Liberian Poet Society. He was published in the first issue of Pepper Coast Lit, which can be read here: www.peppercoastlit.co/abunic-sherif-ii--3-poems.html
SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
Eligibility:
The Abu Sherif Poetry Prize is open to ONLY LIBERIANS between the ages of 17 and 35, regardless of experience or previous publication, except where prohibited. Writers affiliated with Pepper Coast Lit and Citizens Illegal Collectives are ineligible and may not enter. Each entrant may submit poems on any subject and in any style, provided that the content of the poem is not vulgar or offensive, does not employ profanity, and is the original, individual work of the entrant. There are no entry fees for any of the contests. There is no purchase necessary. There is no financial obligation to enter or win the contest.
Prize: $150.00 and publication in Pepper Coast Lit.
Submission Details:
Submissions will be considered from February 1, 2024, to March 28, 2024.
Please do not include any identifying personal information (name, address, etc.) in your submission manuscript. Any identifiable information should only appear in the "Cover Letter" field. Acceptable file formats are.doc,.docx, .docx, and .pdf. Only email submissions will be accepted.
Please submit three (3) poems in a single file to [email protected] with the subject Abu Sherif Poetry Prize
Selection:
Poems will be judged based on originality, creativity, and artistic quality. Poems not meeting the requirements for line limitation are automatically disqualified. Poems containing profanity, vulgarity, or offensive material are automatically disqualified.
Copyrights:
The author retains all copyrights to the submitted poem. Winning poems will appear on this website with the copyright notice intact and will be published in the next issue. By entering the contest, consent to the publication of poetry is granted if selected as a winning entry.
Notification:
Shortlisted candidates will be announced in early May, and the winners will be announced in late May 2024. The winner of the prize will be notified by email. The name of the winner and their respective poems may appear on this website.
The Abu Sherif Poetry Prize is open to ONLY LIBERIANS between the ages of 17 and 35, regardless of experience or previous publication, except where prohibited. Writers affiliated with Pepper Coast Lit and Citizens Illegal Collectives are ineligible and may not enter. Each entrant may submit poems on any subject and in any style, provided that the content of the poem is not vulgar or offensive, does not employ profanity, and is the original, individual work of the entrant. There are no entry fees for any of the contests. There is no purchase necessary. There is no financial obligation to enter or win the contest.
Prize: $150.00 and publication in Pepper Coast Lit.
Submission Details:
Submissions will be considered from February 1, 2024, to March 28, 2024.
Please do not include any identifying personal information (name, address, etc.) in your submission manuscript. Any identifiable information should only appear in the "Cover Letter" field. Acceptable file formats are.doc,.docx, .docx, and .pdf. Only email submissions will be accepted.
Please submit three (3) poems in a single file to [email protected] with the subject Abu Sherif Poetry Prize
Selection:
Poems will be judged based on originality, creativity, and artistic quality. Poems not meeting the requirements for line limitation are automatically disqualified. Poems containing profanity, vulgarity, or offensive material are automatically disqualified.
Copyrights:
The author retains all copyrights to the submitted poem. Winning poems will appear on this website with the copyright notice intact and will be published in the next issue. By entering the contest, consent to the publication of poetry is granted if selected as a winning entry.
Notification:
Shortlisted candidates will be announced in early May, and the winners will be announced in late May 2024. The winner of the prize will be notified by email. The name of the winner and their respective poems may appear on this website.
october 17, 1995 - march 16, 2022
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''there's a rhythm in death we only outmatch by living. i own a body like yours that longs to live''
Abu Abunic Sherif II
Abu Abunic Sherif II
