Casa África Purorrelato Micro-story Competition 2026 – YOA

Deadline: April 16, 2026

Applications are open for the Casa África Purorrelato Micro-story Competition 2026. Casa África launches the twelfth version of Purorrelato, its micro-story contest that goals to advertise literary creation that encourages us to really feel and take into consideration Africa and to proceed displaying totally different realities that method us to the continent, away from the stereotypes which have marked it for therefore lengthy.

The theme is free, though the micro-tales needs to be associated to Africa not directly. The story may happen inside or outdoors the continent and its diploma of relation with Africa may vary from a element to the full protagonism of the story.

Award

• First award: 750 euros
• Second award: 375 euros
• Third award: 225 euros
• In addition to the monetary awards, Casa África might grant runners-up prizes or particular mentions to authors whose texts are ranked between fourth and sixth place

Eligibility

• Any particular person over the age of 18 can take part, with a most of three micro-tales per writer.
• Only Casa África employees and winners of earlier editions are excluded.
• In addition, the micro-tales should be unique, unpublished and should not have gained a prize or be pending a choice in different contests or competitions. Participants should assure that there are not any third-celebration rights over the micro-tales submitted and will likely be answerable for any claims that could be made on this respect.

Application

The micro-tales may very well be submitted in Spanish, English, French or Portuguese, with a most size of 1500 characters (not phrases) together with areas and excluding the title. The deadline for submission is sixteenth April 2026 at 14.00 hours (GMT +0).

• Download, fill in, signal and scan your application form. Save the generated PDF as a result of you will have it to connect it on the platform
• Have your micro-tales prepared
• Have a duplicate of your ID card or passport prepared
• With all these paperwork prepared, enter Mundo Arti (you’ll have to register when you have not performed so earlier than). If you’ve any issues when collaborating, ship an e mail to [email protected]

For extra data, go to Casa África Purorrelato Micro-story Competition.