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Deadline: 30 September 2011

1. Buy any novel written by a Nigerian published between June 1, 2010 and May 31st 2011

2. Read the book and write a critical review not less than 1,000 words but not more than 1,500 words.

3. Submit the review to sentinel@sentinelpoetry.org.uk make sure that in the subject line you specify SENTINEL NIGERIA/JUDE DIBIA FICTION REVIEW COMPETITION 2011

4. Deadline for submission is 30th September, 2011.

5. Sylva Ifedigbo, Sentinel Nigeria’s Features & Reviews Editor will judge the reviews and shortlist 6 reviews. All shortlisted reviews will be published in the November 2011 issue of Sentinel Nigeria.

PRIZE MONEY & CERTIFICATES OF ACHIEVEMENT:

Out of the 6 shortlisted reviews, there will be 3 small cash prizes and Certificates of Achievement issued.

First Prize: N4,000.00
Second Prize: N2,500.00
Third Prize: N1,000.00

Terms and Conditions

1. You may review as many novels as you wish.
2. This competition is absolutely FREE to enter.
3. These reviews will be judged blind. At the Sentinel international administration centre, we will replace the reviewers’ names with ID Numbers before forwarding the reviews to the judge.
4. Sylva Ifedigbo’s decision will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
5. The winners will be notified and paid on the 10th of November, 2011.

This competition will be held again in 2012 for books published between June 1, 2011 and May 31st 2012.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: sentinel@sentinelpoetry.org.uk

For submissions: sentinel@sentinelpoetry.org.uk

Website: http://sentinelnigeria.org/

Here are 25 writing contests, careers, calls for submissions, and other opportunities for African writers with submissions or applications due on the 31st of March, 2011:

• Call for African American Poets: Enter the Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award -03/31/2011

• Call for Papers: Co-operative Development in Africa: Prospects and Challenges -03/31/2011

  Journalists of Color Invited to Apply for The 2011 Society for Features Journalism Diversity Fellowship (Arizona) -03/31/2011

• The SA Writers' College 2011 Annual Short Story Award For Emerging Writers in South Africa -03/31/2011

• Call for Books: The 2011 Nigerian Studies Association Book Award -03/31/2011

• Call for Submissions: Anthology of Middle Eastern/ Muslim Short Fiction -03/31/2011

• Apply for the Speculative Literature Foundation Older Writers Grant -03/31/2011

• Job Opening: Humanities Editor for Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (Kenya) -03/31/2011

• Call for Submissions: January 25 (Revolution) Anthology -03/31/2011

• 2011 BN Poetry Award for Ugandan Women -03/31/2011

• Call for Submissions - Sentinel Nigeria: Online Magazine of Contemporary Nigerian Writing -03/31/2011

• World Petroleum Congress Prize for Young Authors -03/31/2011

• The R25,000 EU Literary Award 2011 for Unpublished Work of Fiction (South Africa) -03/31/2011

• Third Annual South African Wine Writers Award -03/31/2011

• Apply for The Foreign Correspondents’ Scholarship Programme in Finland (eligible African countries: Egypt, South Africa, Tunisia) -03/31/2011

• Anthony Sampson Foundation Award for a Writing/ Reporting Project Relevant to South Africa -03/31/2011

• Forum of Women of the Mediterranean Short Story Competition -03/31/2011
  


• Win a Publication Contract: Whispers Publishing 2011 Explore Our World Fiction Contest (length: 15,000-30,000) -03/31/2011

• Siemens Africa Profile Awards for Excellence in Science and Technology Journalism -03/31/2011
  


• Excellence in Journalism Awards - Tanzania Officially Launched -03/31/2011

• The $1,300 Mahdiya/ Aga Khan Museum International Essay Writing Contest -03/31/2011

• Job Opening: Copy/ Sub Editor for Film Event Publishing (South Africa) -03/31/2011

• Call for Entries: 2011 Association of Nigerian Authors Literary Prizes -03/31/2011
  


• Call for Entries: Nigeria Prize for Literature 2011 -03/31/2011

• The Beverly Nambozo Poetry Award 2011 (Uganda) Now Open for Submissions -03/31/2011
  

Call for Stories - Love, InshAllah Anthology: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women 02/28/2011

Posta Kenya Letter Writing Competition for Young People 02/28/2011

Job Opening: Chief Editor for COMESA (nationals of Eastern and Southern Africa are invited to apply) 02/28/2011

Job Opening: Publisher/ Managing Editor for Fleet Street Publications (South Africa) 02/28/2011

Call for Submissions: AfrikaBilder im Wandel 02/28/2011

Job Opening: Editorial Assistant for Business Brief (South Africa) 02/28/2011

Call for Submissions: "Islam" Issue of 8 Magazine 02/28/2011

Call for Applications: Greenhouse Mediterranean Documentary Film Development Program (Algeria/ Egypt/ Morocco/ Tunisia) 02/28/2011

Job Opening: Assistant Editor for Beeld South Africa 02/28/2011

Freelance Journalist Wanted at Rimor Media Ltd (Nigeria) 02/28/2011

Northstar Poetry Contest: Allah’s Mercy to Mankind 02/28/2011

McGraw Hill's 2nd Annual Black History Month Essay Contest (USA) 02/28/2011

World Urban Youth Assembly International Essay Competition: Win a Netbook and Trip to Brazil 02/28/2011

Job Opening: Assistant Editor for Sondag (South Africa) 02/28/2011

African American Heritage Month Student Creative Writing Competition (Los Angeles) 02/28/2011

Job Opening: Sub-Editor for The Catholic Newspapers & Publishing (South Africa) 02/28/2011

The EUR10,000 Digital Heretics/ International Journalism Festival Journalism Award 2011 02/28/2011

Deadline: 17 April 2011

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communicate more than dozens of pages of text or hours of speeches. One image can change the course of history. Editorial cartoons draw attention to important political, economic, and social issues like nothing else. Using symbols or visual metaphors, their reach transcends country borders and language barriers.

The Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) invites you to share creative ways of capturing key issues affecting the development of your country.

There are no restrictions on who can participate in this competition – it is open to participants of all ages, professional and amateur cartoonists. Participants may submit cartoons in all three categories and a maximum of two cartoons per each category. Submissions must be original, unpublished work.

Maximum file size:

Hard-copy versions: A4 (210 X 297 mm ) or A3 (297 X 410 mm) and Letter (216 × 279 mm)
Digital versions: Minimum resolution of 300 dpi and dimensions of 600 pixels wide and 400 pixels high (must be suitable for printing).

* Submissions may include different sizes of cartoons – single panel, a strip, or a two-tier strip.
* You may include text in the cartoon or in a caption in English as well as Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, or Spanish, but English translation must be provided.

By participating in this competition you allow CIPE the right to publish your submissions online and in print. CIPE will provide proper credit to the authors. This use includes, but is not limited to www.cipe.org website, the CIPE Development Blog, CIPE’s social media tools, and other publications and resources.

Prizes:

• First place winners in each category will receive $1,000
• Second place winners in each category will receive $500
• Third place winners in each category will receive $300

Submissions are accepted until Sunday, April 17, 2011.

Submit here.