Deadline: May 31, 2020
The Toyin Falola Prize team invites young African writers to reach to the core of Africa to make, re-make, affirm, and re-affirm the African (hi)story creatively, and into the Africanfutures. The Prize is created in honor of the Distinguished African scholar and foremost historian, Professor Toyin Falola. The Prize is meant to honour his endeavours and contribute to the advancement of the richness of African culture, people, myth, history, advancement and modernity.
Submit your short story to win $1000, and an all-expense paid trip to the BIGSAS Festival of African and African Diasporic Literatures at Bayreuth, Germany. All submissions should be sent to prize@lunaris.com.ng with the subject SUBMISSION FOR THE TOYIN FALOLA PRIZE.
The short story must be creatively inclined towards the historicity of an African place, people, time or event; however this is done is solely left to the imagination and creativity of the writer. Creative and genre-bending submissions are highly welcomed. All genres of stories are encouraged (including those hard to categorize) except erotica and chic-lit.
The narratives can be either factual or fiction, or the mixture of both; however, the genre must be clearly indicated by the entrant, which does not in any way influence/constrain the chances of the submission, as originality, creativity, and delivery are principal criteria.
You should be between the age of 15 nor above 35 at the time of submission. There is no limit to the number of words; however, the team prefers submissions within the range of 1,500 – 6, 000 words. All entrants must be African, that is, the writer should either be born in Africa or have either of the two parents as African.
Read more at Toyin Falola Prize submission guidelines.