Afritondo Short Story Prize Africa 2025 ($1,000 prize)

Deadline: December 23, 2024

Applications are open for the Afritondo Short Story Prize Africa 2025. The Afritondo seeks tales that supply artistic interpretations of the theme. They like tales that shock them, that take dangers with creativeness and language. A very good story for his or her prize will supply distinctive perception into the theme and discover characters in refreshing and imaginative methods.

This 12 months, they need writers to reply to the theme of “masks”: non secular, psychological, social, and cultural coverings that individuals put on.

In some African cultures, masks are worn solely by a specific group of individuals. Around the world, although, on a regular basis individuals put on them. Who wears masks, and the way are they used to organise and make sense of social life? What psychological and cultural advantages/pitfalls are related to mask-wearing? What kinds of masks do individuals put on? Why do individuals put on masks? And how do masks bridge the hole between the recognized and the unknown, the seen and the invisible, the odd and the supernatural?

Prizes

• Grand Prize: The profitable entry will obtain $1,000 USD.
• Shortlisted Entries: The 4 different tales that make it to the shortlist will obtain $100 USD every.
• Longlisted Entries: Every story on the longlist will likely be printed in an anthology, and writers will obtain a free copy.

Eligibility

• You are a citizen or nationwide of an African nation.
• One of your mother and father is a nationwide of an African nation.
• You are of black ethnicity or belong to a black minority inhabitants wherever on this planet.

Application

• Submissions have to be made inside the acknowledged deadline. Any submission after the deadline will likely be disregarded.
• Submissions have to be in English.
• Submissions should replicate the theme.
• Only one submission per author is allowed.
• The submission, together with the title, have to be between 3000 and 5000 phrases.
• The submission must be in Microsoft Word (doc, docx) and within the following format:
  • Double-spaced, Times New Roman or Calibri font, 12-point measurement.
  • The title of the story ought to seem on the high of the primary web page, adopted by the phrase rely. No additional data is required.
  • Every web page have to be numbered.
• The creator’s identify or element should not be included wherever on the doc to be uploaded. The doc should include solely the title, phrase rely, and story. All entries are judged anonymously.

Submission is accepted solely through electronic mail. Entries must be despatched to [email protected]. The topic of the submission ought to learn: Submission for Afritondo Short Story Prize 2025. The filename of the entry (i.e. the connected doc) have to be the title of the quick story. In the physique of the shape, inform them briefly about your self, together with such data as your authorized identify, nation of residence, age (optionally available), and speak to particulars.

For extra data, see guidelines and go to Afritondo Short Story Prize Africa.