RFI – AUF Prize for Young Writing 2025 – YOA

Deadline: June 30, 2025

Applications are open for the RFI – AUF Prize for Young Writing 2025. Organized by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), Radio France Internationale (RFI) and Short Édition, the RFI-AUF Prize for Young Writings goals to encourage writing and studying in French. For its seventh version, the jury of this literary competitors will likely be chaired by the multi-award-profitable Franco-British creator and director, Alexis Michalik.

To take part on this version, the fiction story should be a most of 8,000 characters (together with areas) and should start with: “I can’t tell where I come from. I have forgotten everything”, an incipit taken from Alexis Michalik’s play, Passport, printed by Albin Michel.

Prizes

Two prizes will likely be awarded:

• The public prize, an endowment value €250.
  • It will likely be awarded to the story that has obtained probably the most votes from Internet customers amongst a number of the very best works.
• The jury prize, a number of coaching programs provided by IFIC with a complete worth of €2,000.
  • It will crown the work elected by a jury of pros with a specific attachment to the Francophonie.

Eligibility

• Open to French-speaking individuals from everywhere in the world aged 18 to 29.
• They should be enrolled in one of many AUF’s member establishments or on the École de Management de la Francophonie (ESFAM).

Application

Do you want to put in writing? It’s time to get began. Take your finest pen and ship your brief story earlier than Monday, June 30, 2025, midnight (Paris time, France).

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For extra info, go to RFI – AUF Prize for Young Writing.