It’s About Time You Get Published!
Are you a talented writer with a book or unpublished work that you’ve kept tucked away in a dark corner gathering some dust? Well then, it’s about time you grabbed that copy and piece it back together for this amazing opportunity that Kwani? is presenting to you.
To celebrate the African novel and its adaptability and resilience, Kwani Trust has announced a one-off new literary prize for African writing. The Kwani? Manuscript Project calls for the submission of unpublished fiction manuscripts from African writers across the continent and in the Diaspora.
This prize seeks to recognize the possibilities of form in an ongoing genre that has re-emerged in the work of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Alain Mabanckou, The Kwani? Manuscript Project is a conversation, an attempt at growing its own list of spectacular published works.
The top 3 manuscripts will be awarded cash prizes:
1st Prize: 300,000 KShs
2nd Prize: 150,000 KShs
3rd Prize: 75,000 KShs
In addition Kwani? will publish manuscripts from across the shortlist and longlist, including the three winning manuscripts, as well as partnering with regional and global agents and publishing houses to create high profile international publication opportunities.
The deadline for submissions of 60,000 to 120,000 word manuscripts is the 20th of August 2012.
