Next Journalism: 2010-09-05

Funding: Ghana Studies Council 2010 Research Grant Program

Deadline: 1 October 2010The Ghana Studies Council (GSC) invites applications for its Research Grant Program. The GSC will award two or more research grants of up to $500 each. Graduate students, faculty, and researchers affiliated with a university department or institute in Ghana are eligible.Applications must consist of the foll…
Africa Poetry Competition 2010 (Youth Leadership Project)

Deadline: 17 September 2010YLPA is launching a poetry competition to be judged by our in house Ambassador, poet, motivational speaker Dumi Senda at a fund-raising event to be held in Manchester UK end of September winners will be contacted and prizes sent. This competition is open to anyone who is not a professional poet.The prize…
Call for Submissions - Articulate: Undergraduate Research Applied to Development in Africa

Deadline: 15 September 2010SCOUT BANANA, in conjunction with James Madison College and the MSU African Studies Center, invites you to submit a manuscript toVolume III, Issue I of Articulate: Undergraduate Research Applied to Development in Africa.Articulate is an undergraduate journal that publishes academic papers and writings on…
Sheikh Kamal Adham Fellowship for Journalism (Egypt)

Deadline: openThe Sheikh Kamal Adham fellowship is awarded annually to one qualified graduate student who is a candidate for the Graduate Diploma in Electronic Journalism in the Journalism and Mass Communication Department.Eligibility* Financial need.* Academic performance in the program.* Professional experience is also considere…
Africa Editor Needed by Financial Times

Deadline: 3 October 2010Employer: Financial TimesLocation: LondonThe Banker is the world's premier banking and finance magazine, a key source of data and analysis for the industry. Every month the magazine combines in-depth regional and country coverage with reports on capital markets and structured finance, risk management, worki…
Talented Writers Wanted by EveryGhanaian

Deadline: 31 December 2010Company : EveryGhanaianEmployment Type : Temporary/Contract/ProjectJob Category : MediaJob Description : People who are talented in either Newspaper or Broadcast Journalism are wanted to write for a website.Job Qualification RequirementsMin Education Level : High School/Senior Secondary SchoolWork Experie…
Harvard-Joan Shorenstein Center Fellowship (for international journalists, scholars)

Deadline: 1 February 2011Fellowship ApplicationWhat Is the Fellowship? The Joan Shorenstein Center offers a one-semester fellowship at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Fellows are domestic or international journalists, scholars and/or policymakers who are interested in the influence of the press on public policy and politic…
Foreign Press Scholarship (for foreign graduate students of journalism)

Deadline: 30 December 2010FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND333 East 46th Street, Suite 1KNew York, NY 10017(212) 370-1054ATTENTION: FOREIGN GRADUATE STUDENTS OF JOURNALISMThe Foreign Press Association is offering a minimum of three scholarships to foreign graduate students of journalism in the United States, First Prize o…
Call for Submissions: Poems for Nigeria @ 50 Anthology

Deadline: 30 December 2010CALL FOR POETRY SUBMISSIONSNew Anthology Seeks Original PoetryHouse of Hits® in conjunction with SNiF® seeks original, previously unpublished poetry from Nigerian writers across the globe for their forthcoming Anthology of Poems for Nigeria @ 50.The anthology aims to piece together a mesh of poetic voices…
Sable Lit Mag Invites Writers of Color to Submit Works

Deadline: 30 September 2010Young Writers issue of Sable LitMagSable invites young writers of colour from all over the world to submit work from all genres and styles, for our Young Writers issue of Sable, including fiction, poetry, memoir and essays written by writers between the ages of 16-25.The editor for this issue is Warsan S…
$1000 Essay Competition for Young Scholars (North Africa)

Deadline: 1 October 2010Center for Migration and Refugee StudiesAmerican University in CairoCall for submissions: Essay Competition for Young Scholars Topic:The politics of climate change and population movement/displacement in the Middle East and North AfricaBackground:Recent World Bank research has suggested that the: Middle Eas…
4th Annual Writing Competition for Nigerian Students
FANRPAN Excellence in Journalism Award (South Africa)
English Teacher Wanted at Caleb University, Nigeria
Reporters and Writers Wanted at Goodlife (Nigeria)
Aura Essay Competition (Sierra Leone)
Indepence Day Writing Contest (Nigeria)
Intercontinental Bank National Essay Competition (Nigeria)
INTWASA Zimbabwe Short Story Competition
The Writers' Union of Morocco Young Writers Award
African Investigative Journalism Awards Accepting Submissions Until 30 September
ACLS African Humanities Program
Diversity is Positive for Nigeria Essay/Short Story Contest
Call for Submissions - Voices of the Dream
Call for Submissions: Contemporary African Women's Poetry
The Knight International Journalism Fellowships (Nigeria/Ethiopia)
$1,000 Ideas for a Free Society Essay Contest for African Students and Professionals
Essay Competition 2010 (The KOICA Alumni Association of Tanzania)
Schools Poetry Writing Competition (Poetry Africa)
English Teachers Wanted for Southern Sudan (US$ 4,400 per month)
Writer Wanted for CSR West Africa
African Urban Freelance Writers Wanted
Fashion & Lifestyle Guest Writer Wanted for Ghanacelebrities.com
Queer African Reader Concept Paper and Call for Submissions
Badalisha: Call for Poems
Call for Submissions: Lagos Literary Journal
Ghanaian Writers Invited to Submit to Short Story Contest
Science Fiction Fantasy Short Story Competition (South Africa)
The Burt Award for African Literature (Tanzania, Ethiopia, Ghana)

Sable Lit Mag Invites Writers of Color to Submit Works