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Query Letter is open to made-up blurbs for their blurb contest. They want you to get creative, and go wild with your imagination. Write an original blurb of an imaginary book and submit it to their contest. They are looking for “a back cover... Read More
Casa Africa is holding the 12th edition of the Casa Africa Prizes for Essays on African Themes to recognize, promote, and publicize original and unpublished essays that enhance people’s knowledge and opinions of the African... Read More
Yearly, the Financial Times and the Bodley Head, one of Britain’s top publishers of non-fiction, join forces to find the best young essay-writing talent worldwide. Currently, in its eighth year, the Bodley Head/FT Essay Prize competition has been... Read More
I grew up with an idea of what the perfect man for me should be. Sensitive, loving, attentive, vulnerable, etc. but I seldom find all these qualities in one person and I find myself hoping it will all piece itself together someday. It’s always a case... Read More
I am up early and its 5am. Not sure if this is because I told myself I am going to write a letter to you this morning but it feels good to do this early before setting out to the gym. You are 13…You are so beautiful, yet fragile. Mummy knows... Read More
I could never watch a Nollywood film completely, in my home, when I was eight years old. It was always filled with scenes of black magic/voodoo. Women waking up at midnight dressed in white and red, their faces marked with charcoal were just a few of... Read More
“… Life in the city is unbelievable…” Darey croons in my ear, and as I look around, I deeply resonate with the song I recently unearthed, “Pray For Me” by Darey. It was my first time in being in the city, and I feel amazed and scared at... Read More
“Where we love is home – home that our feet may leave, but never out hearts.” Oliver Wendell Holmes When you leave home for the first time; alone, you are sitting at the back seat in the bus, face leaned to the translucent... Read More
By Debo PopoolaAll my female friends are getting married, getting hooked up to some strange men like fishes in a river. Those that my childhood memory will be incomplete without them. Those that used to play my wives when we were still young, playing... Read More