Wole Soyinka Prize: Call for Entries

The first $20,000 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa, will be announced 5 August 2006 in Lagos. Please see below for entry details.

Entry Requirements 

• Only living African citizens are considered eligible for this prize, in any genres of literature.
• Books that have won other awards are not eligible for this prize.
• Only published works are eligible and can only be submitted in its published form.

• Submissions must be written either in English or French.

• Submissions must have been published between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2005. Any book published in 2006 will not qualify for this year's award.
• Books can only be submitted by publishers of which seven copies should be submitted along with a photograph and resume/C.V of the author.
• No more than three different titles can be submitted. This could be from either the same author or different authors.

Send Submissions to:

Temporary office: No 8 Aderibigbe Street

opposite Custom

by Ajayi Busstop

Yaba

Lagos (Yellow House)

P.O. Box 3165

Sabo

Yaba

Lagos

Email:

theluminafoundation@yahoo.com

luminafranca@yahoo.co.uk

Further Details

The shortlisted books will be reproduced by The Lumina Foundation to make them more affordable and available. The prize is being implemented by The Lumina Foundation and its eminent Trustees. The Lumina Foundation is a (duly) registered, non governmental, non profit oriented organisation which deals mainly with knowledge dissemination, book writing and enlightenment projects and the Trustees are eminent men and women of honour.

Published: 09/06/2006

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