Call For Entries: African Human Rights Short Story Prize

 

CALL FOR ENTRIES: AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT STORY PRIZE

African Human Rights Short Story Prize is open to new, emerging and established short story writers. The Prize is open to submissions of work written in English by writers of any nationality or descent.
 
African Human Rights Short Story Prize aims to promote and support the realization of human rights in Africa. To be duly considered, Stories must have Human Rights at heart.

The stories can explore any of the following human rights themes: Freedom of Expression, Government Violations, Police Brutality, corruption, forced Eviction, terrorism, Gender Inequality, LGBT Rights, Child Labour, Child Marriage, Domestic Violence, violence and discrimination against women; child abuse; female genital mutilation, ethnic, regional, and religious discrimination, child trafficking etc.

PRIZE(S)

·         Steve Biko Prize - $100
·         Pius Adesanmi Prize - $75
·         Binyavanga Wainaina Prize  - $50

OTHER BENEFITS 

·         Award of Certificates of Participation to all Entrants.
·         Award of Certificates of Excellence to only the shortlisted entrants.
·         Only the shortlisted Story(s) will be published in e-book format
 
SUBMISSION GUIDLEINES

·         Entries must be 1500 words minimum, 5,000 words maximum
·         Entries are welcomed from anywhere in the world, but must concern human rights concerns in Africa
·         Stories must have Human Rights at heart.
·         Only one story per entrant
·         The Story must be a new and original piece of work. The Story must not have been published in any form or awarded previously.
·         Incomplete submissions will not be considered or acknowledged.  
·         All submissions must be written by a single author. 
·         Deadline for submissions is 30th June, 2022
·         Winners will be announced on the 30th July, 2022
·         Any signs of plagiarism will disqualify the entrant.
·         IHRAF reserves the right to withdraw and reclaim the financial value of the prize if it is discovered that a writer has fabricated any information in their submission. 
·         Organizers’ decision is final

All entrants agree to offer IHRAF first world rights, with the right to publish selected work on its website, as well as in hard-copy book format
·         All entries must be submitted to: ihrafnigeria@gmail.com and also copy societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com.
·         Entries should be uploaded in a DOC format. The first page should include the Title of the story and the number of words.
·         Title of your mail should be addressed as “AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT STORY PRIZE”
Entrants are advised to send the following information alongside their entries
·         i. Name
·         ii. Age
·         iii. Gender
·         iv. Country
·         v. Address
·          vi. Phone Number
·         vii. Where you heard about the Call for entries
·         viii. Short Profile about yourself.
·         x. Name of school or university if any
·         It is your responsibility to ensure that your submission is eligible for the prize. By entering your work for the Prize you are confirming to us that the work that you are submitting is your own original work, and that you have read and agreed to the Conditions of Entry of the Prize.  
·          We will write to everyone who entered for the Prize and inform them of the outcome of their application once the judging process has concluded. 

 

African Human Rights Short Story Prize is an initiative of the International Human Rights Art Festival (IHRAF), USA aimed at promoting and supporting the realization of human rights in Africa.

 
For more enquiries contact: Wole Adedoyin +2348072673852 (woleadedoyin@gmail.com)