In partnership with Women’s Initiative for Sustainable Empowerment and Equality (WISE) and Initiative Sankofa d ’Afrique de l’Ouest (ISDAO), Nigerian writer Unoma Azuah is curating a non-fiction anthology for queer women from West Africa.

The project is titled Between Man and God. According to the curator, the anthology seeks to create awareness about the persecutions faced by Queer women in the sub-continent, as well as document their resilience within a homophobic clime. Here is what they are looking for “writings that explore the human emotions of joy, rage and optimism, while reaching towards the ineffable with a boundless capacity for courage and a tasteful attention to craft.”

All shortlisted entries will be collected in an anthology edited by  Unoma Azuah. Three writers who display excellence in their craft will receive the following:

First place- $1000

·    Second place- $750

·    Third place- 500

Visit here: queer-women’s-writing-contest    to see more information

The contest is open to only queer women from West Africa. This includes lesbian, bisexual and trans women from West Africa, living in West Africa and or in the diaspora.