Deadline: Oct. 13, 2018.
Every year, the African Writers Development Trust (AWDT) hosts the African Writers Award as the highpoint of the African Writers Conference (AWC). The conference brings together writers of African descent to facilitate networking, provide opportunities and sustain a conversation on advancing the collective interests of African writers. The theme of the 2018 AWC is “Re-imagining African Literature: New Voices, New Narratives in the Fight for the Girl Child”.
For the 2018 African Writers Award, AWDT is currently accepting submissions from writers of African descent. Writers can send in their flash fiction, short stories, children stories, or poems.
The maximum length for submissions is:
- 300 words max for flash fiction.
- 1,500 max for children’s stories. You can send in illustrations too. Illustrations are optional.
- Between 2,500 to 5,000 for short stories.
- Poems with a maximum of 30 lines.
Submissions must be in English and must never have been published anywhere. All entries must be themed-based. You are only allowed to submit one entry per writer. Your submission must include a bio and picture, including links to social media pages, websites, etc.
You would submit your work by uploading it on the AWC page. Click the link and scroll to the bottom of the page to upload your work.
Four writers of African descent will win an award each with prize money. The award will be presented at the 2018 AWC dinner and awards night scheduled for Dec. 1, 2018, at 6 p.m. The venue will be communicated later.
Nyashadzashe Chikumbu, Edith Knight Magak, Kolabomi Adeko, Nahida Esmail, and Anthony Onugba will judge this year’s submissions.