Deadline: January 31, 2018
Entries are invited for the Caine Prize
for African Writing 2018.
The Caine
Prize for African Writing is an annual
literature prize awarded to an African
writer of a short story published in
English.
The prize was launched in
2000 to encourage and highlight the
richness and diversity of African
writing by bringing it to a wider
audience internationally.
The focus on
the short story reflects the
contemporary development of the
African story-telling tradition.
‘An African writer’ is taken to mean
someone who was born in Africa, or
who is a national of an African
country, or who has a parent who is
African by birth or nationality.
The
Prize is awarded to a short story by an
African writer published in English,
whether in Africa or elsewhere.
Benefits
• Winning and short-listed
authors will be invited to
participate in writers’
workshops in Africa, London
and elsewhere as resources
permit;
• There is a cash prize of
£10,000 for the winning author
and a travel award for each of
the short-listed candidates (up
to five in all). The shortlisted
candidates will also receive a
Prize of £500;
• The winner is also invited to go
to three literature festivals in
Kenya, South Africa and
Nigeria.
Eligibility
• Unpublished work is not
eligible for the Caine Prize;
Submissions should be made
by publishers only;
• Only fictional work is eligible;
• Only one story per author will
be considered in any one year;
• Submissions should specify
which African country the
author comes from and the
word count;
• They require 6 copies of the
work in its originally published
version;
• If the work is published in a
book or journal, they would
like to receive at least one
copy of the book / journal and
five photocopies; but
particularly where several
stories are submitted from
one anthology they would like
if possible to receive six copies
of the book / journal itself;
• If the work is published online,
they would like to receive six
printed copies.
Works not eligible for entry include
stories for children, factual writing,
plays, biography, works shorter than
3000 words and unpublished work.
Application
• To apply please send six
original published copies of
the work for consideration to
the Caine Prize office including
a letter from the publisher;
• If you are not sure whether
your work is eligible, please
email us for advice on info@caineprize.com
About the Prize
The Caine Prize for African Writing is a
registered charity whose aim is to
bring African writing to a wider
audience using their annual literary
award. In addition to administering
the Prize, they work to connect
readers with African writers through a
series of public events, as well as
helping emerging writers in Africa to
enter the world of mainstream
publishing through the annual Caine
Prize writers’ workshop which takes
place in a different African country
each year.
The stories written at Caine Prize
workshops are published annually
alongside the Prize’s shortlisted stories
in the annual Caine Prize Anthology by
New Internationalist in the UK and
publishers in eight African countries
including, Jacana Media (South Africa),
Cassava Republic (Nigeria), Kwani?
(Kenya), Sub-Saharan Publishers
(Ghana), FEMRITE (Uganda), Gadsen
Publishers (Zambia), ‘amaBooks
(Zimbabwe) and Langaa (Cameroon).
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