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African Indie Writers Review launches the N1million Linda Ikeji Prize
For Literature 2019
The African Indie
Writers Review (AFIRE) ejournal is happy to announce The 2019 Linda Ikeji Prize
for Literature.
This is going to be
an annual event.
The Prize:
N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira)
The Need:
African
Indie-Writers Review (AFIRE) is an ejournal strategically positioned to hold
out a hand to new, contemporary and audacious African writers most interested
in taking their work to a wider world. We now live in a global village of both
happy and sad magic, where technology levels the opportunity gap between those
who have been seen and those who have much to show, but have not been heard
from. There is one thing we all must agree on: Africa never stopped talking,
from every nook and corner. Sometimes we are forced to talk, as the late
Christopher Okigbo puts it, ‘without voice or audience’. But Africa keeps
talking. Today we must find both our voice and our audience inside our own communal
cry. Silence should never be an option. We must keep our fires burning.
Call for
submission:
We are now
receiving submissions for the 2019 Linda Ikeji Prize for Literature. All
entries should be forwarded to: afire18@gmail.com
DEADLINE for
submission: June 30 2019.
No material
submitted after 11:59pm on June 30 2019 will be considered.
CATEGORIES
There are six
categories for material to be submitted to AFIRE:
a.
Fiction, Prose – full length novels:
published, self-published or unpublished
b.
Fiction, Prose – short stories: published,
self-published or unpublished
c.
Non Fiction - published, self-published or
unpublished
d.
Poetry – collections: published,
self-published or unpublished
e.
Drama - published, self-published or
unpublished
f.
Social media essays – collections: published,
self-published or unpublished
Requirements
All materials
should be submitted in Microsoft Word file format. Pdf files are allowed for
only poetry submissions where original format is considered a critical part of
the aesthetic presentation. Fonts should be size 12 in all submitted materials.
Materials could be
of any topic and theme, as long as it demonstrates a clear and undisputable
motion for growth and development, enlightenment and humanity on the continent.
New African writers in diaspora holding valid passports of any African country
are eligible to participate.
The decisions of
the judging panel are final.
Welcome to the new
literary drum on the continent!
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