Published: 12 Jan 2022 1,511 views
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual short story award. The Prize is awarded for a short story by an African writer published in English, whether they reside in Africa or elsewhere.
Application Deadline | January 31, 2022 |
Funding Type | Fully Funded |
Type | College School |
Sponsor | AKO Caine Prize for African Writing |
Gender | Men and Women |
The story must have been published in the five years preceding the submissions deadline. For 2022 eligibility, the judges will only consider work published after 31st January 2017
Stories less than 3,000 words or exceeding 10,000 words are not eligible for the Prize.
Short stories must be submitted by a publisher - including publishers of physical and digital literary journals or magazines. Self-published and unpublished works are not eligible.
Publishers must obtain consent from the writer(s) before submitting their stories for the Prize.
Stories submitted for the Prize must have been published in English. Translated stories are eligible, provided that an English translation has been published.
Stories that have been previously submitted for the Caine Prize are not eligible.
Genres not eligible for entry include stories for children, factual writing, plays and autobiography/biography.
Submissions must specify which African country the author comes from and the word count.
Publishers are encouraged to submit multiple short stories as long as they do not submit more than one story by the same author.
Publishers are required to provide:
Name of the writer(s).
Title of the story or stories being submitted.
Word count of each story,
The qualifying nationality of the writer(s)
The date of publication of the story or stories.
Confirmation of consent from the writer(s) whose stories are being submitted for the Prize.
For more details,visit AKO Caine Prize website