IHRAF EXTENDS ENTRY DEADLINE FOR AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT STORY PRIZE TO 8TH OF AUGUST
The African Chapter of the International Human Rights Art Festival has extended the call for entries for its African Human Rights Short Story Prize to 8th of day August, 2022 to give more interested African Short Story Writers the opportunity to participate.
In a release signed by Wole Adedoyin, Director of IHRAF in Africa said the move is in response to calls by interested entrants requesting for more time to allow them to participate in the competition.
African Human Rights Short Story Prize is open to new, emerging and established short story writers. The Prize is open to submissions of work written in English by writers of any nationality or descent.
African Human Rights Short Story
Prize aims to promote and support the realization of human rights in Africa. To be duly considered, Stories must
have Human Rights at heart.
The stories can explore any of the following human rights themes: Freedom of Expression, Government Violations, Police Brutality, corruption, forced Eviction, terrorism, Gender Inequality, LGBT Rights, Child Labour, Child Marriage, Domestic Violence, violence and discrimination against women; child abuse; female genital mutilation, ethnic, regional, and religious discrimination, child trafficking etc.
PRIZE(S)
·
Steve
Biko Prize - $100
· Pius Adesanmi Prize - $75
· Binyavanga Wainaina
Prize - $50
OTHER BENEFITS
·
Award
of Certificates of Participation to all Entrants.
· Award of Certificates of Excellence
to only the shortlisted entrants.
· Only the shortlisted Story(s) will
be published in e-book format
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
·
Entries must be 1500 words
minimum, 5,000 words maximum
·
Entries are welcomed from anywhere
in the world, but
must concern human rights concerns in Africa
· Stories must
have Human Rights at heart.
·
Only one story per
entrant
· The Story must be a new and
original piece of work. The Story must not have been published in any form or
awarded previously.
· Incomplete submissions will not be
considered or acknowledged.
· All submissions must be written by
a single author.
· Deadline for submissions
is 30th June, 2022
· Winners will be announced on
the 30th July, 2022
· Any signs of plagiarism will
disqualify the entrant.
·
IHRAF reserves the
right to withdraw and reclaim the financial value of the prize if it is
discovered that a writer has fabricated any information in their
submission.
·
Organizers’ decision is final
All entrants agree
to offer IHRAF first world rights, with the right to publish selected work on
its website, as well as in hard-copy book format
·
All entries must be submitted
to: ihrafnigeria@gmail.com and
also copy societyofyoungnigerianwriters@gmail.com.
·
Entries should be uploaded in a DOC
format. The first page should include the Title of the story and the number of
words.
·
Title of your mail should be
addressed as “AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS SHORT
STORY PRIZE”
Entrants are advised to send the following information
alongside their entries
·
i. Name
·
ii. Age
·
iii. Gender
·
iv. Country
·
v. Address
·
vi. Phone Number
·
vii. Where you heard about the Call
for entries
·
viii. Short Profile about yourself.
·
x. Name of school or university if
any
·
It is your responsibility to ensure
that your submission is eligible for the prize. By entering your work for
the Prize you are confirming to us that the work that you are
submitting is your own original work, and that you have read and agreed to the
Conditions of Entry of the Prize.
·
We will write to everyone who
entered for the Prize and inform them of the outcome of their application once
the judging process has concluded.
African Human Rights Short Story Prize is an initiative of the International Human Rights Art Festival (IHRAF), USA aimed at promoting and supporting the realization of human rights in Africa.
For more enquiries contact: Wole Adedoyin +2348072673852 (woleadedoyin@gmail.com)
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