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Literary Contests

Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers proudly sponsors literary contests for emerging poets and writers in the United States of America and its territories.

Call for 2007 entries

The Publisher and editors of Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers (AHLP) announce their call for entries for the 2007 Africana Homestead Short Story Contest and 2007 Africana Homestead Poetry Contest.

The contests are open to residents of all 50 States and the territories of the United States of America. Scroll down and follow the links to download the contest rules, entry form, and writing template.

What's new for 2007?

Entrants must submit entries postmarked by March 31, 2008
No entry fees for children and youth

Download contest forms (requires Adobe Acrobat reader)

We provide the contest rules and entry forms as Adobe PDF files.

2007 Africana Homestead Short Story Contest rules
2007 Africana Homestead Poetry Contest rules
Literary contests Entry Cover Sheet
Literary contests Writers Template Guide
Visions of Black Life is a 6 inch by 9 inch book. The template shows the dimensions of the text block to help poets determine the maximum length of a line of verse and short fiction writers the ideal length of their paragraphs.
"Overview of Poetry July 2006"
This educational article discusses the nature of poetry and the structure, styles, and other literary techniques that poets may use when writing verse. This material will help you prepare entries for our contests.

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Winning authors and newsletter

Meet the past winners of the literary contests, a diverse group of writers and poets.

Literary Contest Authors

Read this growing collection of funny, heartwarming, provocative, inspiring, and thoughtful literary work in Visions of Black Life, AHLP's annual literary journal.

Winning entries from the 2006 contests are in Visions of Black Life: A Collection of Outstanding Short Stories and Poetry Volume 3 ISBN: 978-0-9799537-0-5. Buy at Amazon.com. Visions...Vol 3
Visions of Black Life: Supplement Vol. 3 No. S1 has book reviews, the 2007 contest rules, press news, and photographs from the first contest awards luncheon. ISBN: 978-0-9799537-6-7. Buy at Amazon.com. Visions...Vol 3 Supplement
Winning entries from the 2005 contests are in Visions of Black Life: A Collection of Outstanding Short Stories and Poetry, Volume II May 2006. ISBN-10: 0-977090-4-2. Buy at Amazon.com Visions...Vol II
Winning entries from the 2004 contests are in Visions of Black Life: A Collection of Outstanding Short Stories and Poetry, Volume I May 2005. ISBN-10: 0-9653308-6-9. Buy at Amazon.com Visions...Vol I

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