ZIMBABWE: THE SHORT STORY COMPETITION CALL FOR ENTRIES

The Intwasa Short Story Competition is an annual literary event seeking to promote original creative writing talent in both English and Isindebele. The competition has two awards; the Yvonne Vera award for best short story in English and the N. S. Sigogo award for best short story in isindebele. The prize for each award will be $500.

There is also a junior section of the competition open to high school students in Zimbabwe. The prizes for the junior sections will be $200 for each award.

The English Award is named after the late Dr. Yvonne Vera who is arguable one of the best writers writing in English to emerge out of Bulawayo and Zimbabwe as a whole. The Ndebele award is named after Ndabezinhle S. Sigogo. Mr. N. S. Sigogo was a prolific writer and probably the most published Ndebele writer with over two dozen publication to his name.

The Short Story Competition is supported by Hivos, Africalia Belgium, Rural Libraries and Resources Development Programme (RLRDP) and Turn Up College.

The deadline for submission for the short story competition is 15 July 2011. Adult stories should not be more than 3000 words. The maximum words for junior stories should be 1500. Stories can be sent to Info@Intwasa.org or Info.intwasa@gmail.com. Hard copies can be sent to Intwasa at 403 Fourth Floor, LAPF House, 8th Avenue and Jason Moyo Street. Bulawayo . Stories should be clearly marked Senior or Junior Section.

For more information about Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo visit www.intwasa.org

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ImageNations said…
Practical ways of promoting literature. Good luck to you all
April 13, 2011 at 5:39 AM
UGA Press said…
Please consider the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction from the University of Georgia Press for your blog’s contest listing:
Accepting collections of original short fiction. Manuscripts should be 50,000-75,000 words & should be accompanied by a $25 submission fee, manuscript will not be returned. Hard copy & electronic submissions accepted between April 1 & May 31. Open to both published and unpublished writers. Applicants should visit the contest website http://www.ugapress.org/index.php/series/FOC for guidelines. No phone calls regarding the Flannery O’Connor Award will be accepted. $1000 & publication by the University of Georgia Press under a standard publishing contract.

Thank you,

Laura Leidner
Acquisitions Department
University of Georgia Press
April 25, 2011 at 11:03 AM
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