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Award
The Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry
Award opportunity. Deadline: 2026-10-01
- Type
- Award
- Organizer
- African Poetry Book Fund
- Deadline
- 1 October 2026
- Where
- Adenta, Africa
- Compensation
- $1,000 cash prize and international recognition
- Disciplines
- poetry, literature, writing
About this opportunity
The Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry is an annual award by the African Poetry Book Fund, recognizing outstanding full-length poetry collections by African writers published in the previous calendar year. The prize offers a $1,000 cash award and international recognition to promote African poetry globally. Eligible collections must be in English or translated into English, and authors must be African by birth, nationality, residency, or parentage.
Who can apply
- Open to full-length poetry collections (48 pages or more) published in English or translated into English.
- Eligible writers are African by birth, nationality, residency, or parentage.
- Books must have been published in the previous calendar year and submitted in the year following publication.
- Self-published books and books published by the African Poetry Book Fund or its African Poetry Series are not eligible.
- Publishers may submit multiple titles.