Introduction:
The Association of Nigerian Authors [ANA] hereby announces a
range of prizes for its 2023 literary competitions. The prizes are:
1. ANA / KMVL Prize for Poetry (Published) -500,000
2. ANA Prize for Prose Fiction (Published & Unpublished) – N
100,000
3. ANA Prize for Drama (Published & Unpublished) – N 100,000
4. ANA Prize for Children's Literature- 7-13 Years Age Range (Published Works Only and Open To All Categories Of Authors) - N100, 0000
5. ANA/Vivi Sam Prize for Children Poetry 7-15 Years Age Range
(Published Works Only and Open To All Categories Of Authors) - N100, 0000
6. ANA/Abubakar Gimba Prize For Fiction (Short Stories
Collection-Published) – N200, 000.
7. . ANA/Maria Ajima Prize For Literary Criticism (Focus On
Criticism Of Emergent Nigerian Literature) – N100, 000
8. ANA/Jerry Agada Prize For Idoma Language Literature”(Published
& Unpublished) – 150,000
Nigerian writers, at home and abroad, desirous of entering their
works for the Annual Literary Prizes, may now do so. Works entered should have
been published between 2022 and 2023.
Requirements:
1. An entry fee of N3, 000 (per entry) is required for all the
prizes. The fee is to be paid by the author or the publisher in favour of the:
ACCOUNT
NAME: Association of Nigerian Authors(ANA)
BANK:
First Bank of Nigeria Plc
ACCOUNT
NO: 2020543538
Please, Note:
[a] The entry fee is for the purpose of prize administration
only.
[b] A photocopy of the appropriate Deposit Slip[s] MUST
accompany Requirement #2 below.
2. Six copies (6) of the book or manuscript to be entered,
specifying the Prize being entered for, alongside a covering letter and the
photocopy of the Deposit Slip used in Requirement 1 above, should be sent by
post to:
The
General Secretary,
Association
of Nigerian Authors (ANA),
KM 2,
Mamman Vatsa Writers’ Village, Mpape, Abuja.
The covering letter should contain accurate contact details of
the writer or/and publisher of the work, including email and surface mail
addresses and telephone numbers.
Please, note also that:
[a] The Association will NOT take responsibility for the delay
in the postal service nor claim registered parcels in cases where it has to pay
for such entries or parcels.
[b] Multiple entries, where applicable, are allowed but a work
must not have been entered for the same prize prior to the present entry and it
must have been published between 2021 and 2023.
General Instruction:
The works that are to be submitted in all categories should be
original and not recast(s) of already existing works. All submissions are
subjected to copyright laws of Nigeria as authors should note that they retain
full responsibility for any sort of infringement. Works entered into for ANA
prizes are expected to be of the highest language and literary quality.
ANA/ Maria Ajima Prize for Literary Criticism (published works
only) Length: Not more than 15 pages of A4 paper size following format of
academic essays.
1. Type double spaced using MS Word. Use Times New Roman Type
face 12 point font size.
2. The essay, if published in a journal, newspaper, books or as
electronic text on-line, must be within the valid dates indicated on this call
for submissions.
3. Referencing style is either the latest MLA or APA style.
4. Five hard copies as loose sheets or as a bound monograph are
to be submitted to ANA, plus a soft copy sent by email to info.ananigeria@yahoo.com
and maikortserga@gmail.com
5. The essay should not be a generalized survey but should
rather be focused on specific texts (in any of the genres) of selected authors
at a time
6. The essay should state where the texts or performance
analysed can be accessed or located and where it (essay) has been published.
7. All entries in this category should be accompanied by a
letter affirming the originality of the essay and authorial authenticity.
8. In addition, all other rules covering ANA competitions are
applicable.
Copyright: The copyright to every winning entry is to be held by
the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Maria Ajima Trust, and the author of
the work. The winning entry will be published in subsequent ANA Reviews.
Entries must be accompanied by photocopies of Birth
Certificate/Declaration of Age and any other evidence of the entrant as a
school-going person.
Deadline:
Deadline for the receipt of ALL entries is 28th June, 2023 (there will be no extension of this deadline). A shortlist will be announced in September, 2023. Winners of the prizes will be announced by the judges at the Awards Dinner during the International Annual Convention of the Association of Nigerian Authors in November, 2023.
Maik
Ortserga
General Secretary
About
Us:
The Association of Nigerian Authors was founded on the 27th
June, 1981, during a conference convened by the late Professor Chinua Achebe.
That maiden conference of Nigerian writers which held at the University of
Nigeria, Nsukka was attended by notable personalities in Nigerian literature
and two Kenyan writers...
Address: Kilometre 2, Mamman Vatsa Writers' Village, Mpape,
Abuja.
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