Deadline: April 30, 2018.
Enter the 2018 Wawa Book Review Young Literary Critics Fellowship Competition. Wawa Book Review will offer 10 reviewers a ten-month fellowship. The competition and the fellowship are open to all students in Nigerian universities who were under the age of 35.
During the fellowship, the reviewers will receive practical training in literary criticism, new books from around the continent, and a small monthly stipend. They will also get the chance to participate in an all-expenses-paid critical writing workshop with leading critics and editors from around the continent.
To enter, submit a review of one of the books below to comments@wawabookreview.com:
- YA/ Children’s Literature: Eno’s Story by Ayodele Olofintuade, The Torn Petal by Teresa Oyibo Ameh
- Drama: Iredi War by Sam Ukala, Melancholia by Dul Johnson
- Poetry: A Woman’s Body Is a Country by Dami Ajayi, A Good Mourning by Ogaga Ifowodo
- Fiction: Born on a Tuesday by Elnathan John, Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
- Non-fiction: Love Does Not Win Elections by Ayisha Osori, Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
The subject of the email must be “Entry for the Wawa Book Review Young Literary Critics Fellowship Competition”. In the email, provide your full name, date of birth, gender, phone number and review word count on a separate line. The body of the email must have nothing apart from the five lines described above.
The book review entered for the competition must be between 1,000 and 1,500 words, typed in 12-point Arial typeface, single-spaced and attached as a pdf document. Do not type your name or any form of identification on the pdf attachment. All entries are to be judged blind. Also include as attachments clear, scanned images of the front and the back of your student ID card.
Do not submit multiple entries. No entry should have more than one book review attached. No book review should focus on more than one of the titles on the competition list, and only a book from the competition list should be reviewed.
Wawa Book Review will announce the fellows on its website on May 28, 2018. The award of the fellowship is subject to a winning entrant’s acceptance and signing of the fellowship contract.