20 June 2011

Storymoja Africa Urban Fiction Contest (Kenya)

Deadline: 16 July 2011

On the week of July 18th, 2011 Storymoja will run a short story contest. You can get started on writing it:

Genre: Urban Fiction

Topic: No one told me about this when I was growing up…

Length: 1200 to 1800 words.

Deadline for submission: July 16th, 2011

Prizes: 500 bob airtime and a Storymoja title, plus long term feature and author profile on the main Storymoja website.

You can also showcase your work on Storymoja by sending in a short piece 800 to 1000 words long to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Next week is blog expo week. We'll go around the internet looking for short stories (true or fiction) on blogs by Kenyan writers and then we’ll showcase them here. If you think yours or a friend’s blog is cool, nominate it by sending your or the author’s details and blog url to blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke. Mark clearly in the message subject: Blog Nomination.

Contact Information:

For inquiries: blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke

For submissions: blogs@storymojaafrica.co.ke

Website: http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com
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