Deadline: 20 June 2011
Golden Baobab Prize
* An African literary award established to inspire the creation of the best kinds of African stories that children and young adults all over the world will love.
* Invites entries of unpublished short stories written by African citizens irrespective of age, race or geographical location.
* Awards a monetary prize and connects outstanding stories with publishers all over the world.
Vision: to identify the African literary giants of the next generation and produce classic African stories that will be appreciated for years to come!
Eligibility
* The author must be a citizen of an African state or a dual citizenship holder (a copy of a passport or comparable document will be required of winners).
* African citizens of all ages qualify to present submissions.
* There is no restriction on race or geographical location.
* Writers below the ages of 18 years will be automatically considered for the Rising Writer Prize.
Timeline
Closing date for submissions to The Golden Baobab 2011: Midnight GMT, Monday, June 20, 2011. 2011 Winners Announced: Monday, November 7, 2011 via email to the winners and on the website.
Submission Guidelines
Contestants and entries must comply with ALL of the following criteria. Works that do not conform to the rules will be disqualified.*
* Submitted stories should fall into either Category A (stories for readers aged 8-11 years) or Category B (stories for readers aged 12-15 years).
* Entry should be a work of fiction between 1,000 to 5,000 words. The category a story falls into may influence its length.
* There are no restrictions on themes but stories must be set in Africa or have a very evident African content.
* Stories should be in written in English and should not have been previously published elsewhere, in part or in full.
* Pseudonyms may not be used. Entries must be submitted under entrant's real name.
* Entrants may enter up to five stories.
* All entries must be the unaided work of the entrant.
* Previous entrants and winners of the Prize are eligible to enter in subsequent years.
* The title page of submissions should state the category and title of the story. All biographical information should be sent in the body of submission email.
ALL entries will be acknowledged with an email to the address from which the entry was sent.
* The Golden Baobab Prize administration reserves the right to disqualify entries that do not conform to set rules. No correspondence will be entered into in this regard.
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Submitting Your Story
Entries should be submitted as typed Microsoft word or PDF documents. There should be a title page with the following information:
* Title of Story:
* Category:
* Age:
The body of the email should include the following personal information:
* Name:
* Title of story:
* Age:
* Country of citizenship:
* Category:
* Email:
* Phone number (country code-area code- number):
* How I heard about the Golden Baobab Prize (just a sentence or two):
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Prizes
* Best Story written for ages 8-11 years $100
* Best Story written for ages 12 -15 years $1000
* Promising writer below age 18 years: $800
Outstanding stories are connected with publishers all over the world.