LINDA IKEJI PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2019

Linda Ikeji posted on her Instagram account;

I'm happy to be giving N1million to the winner of the 2019 Linda Ikeji Prize for Literature.

This is open to writers across Africa and will be an annual event. 

Subsequent years will have bigger prizes. Read the details below..."

The African Indie Writers Review (AFIRE) e-journal is happy to announce The 2019 Linda Ikeji Prize for Literature.

This is going to be an annual event.

The Prize 
N1,000,000 .

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. 

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.

Categories
There are six categories for material to be submitted to AFIRE:

Fiction, Prose – full length novels: published, self-published or unpublished

Fiction, Prose – short stories: published, self-published or unpublished

Non Fiction - published, self-published or unpublished


Poetry – collections: published, self-published or unpublished

Drama - published, self-published or unpublished


Social media essays – collections: published, self-published or unpublished.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. 

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.