The Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2018 To Support New Writers
Applicant criteria
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The Wasafiri New Writing Prize 2018 is now open for submissions. The competition is open to anyone who has not published a complete book in the category entered. A winner will be chosen by Wasafiri stellar line up of judges for each category, the magazine this year is welcoming submissions in one of three categories:
[1] Fiction
[2] Poetry
[3] Life Writing.
The prize was launched to support new writers, with no limits on age, gender, nationality or background.
The following are important terms and conditions to enter this competition:
[1] The competition is open to any nationality and any age group.
[2]The word limit is 3000 maximum (or a maximum of 5 poems).
[3] Work submitted must not have been previously published or have won a prize in another competition.
[5] Work must be typed, double-spaced, on A4 paper, single sided only.
[6] Do not write your name or provide any other form of identification on your manuscript.
Prizes:
Three winners will get their work published by Wasafiri and receive a cash prize. Also, the winners will be offered the Chapter and Verse or Free Reads mentoring scheme in partnership with The Literary Consultancy. Acceptance of the prize will indicate the author’s agreement to their work being published in Wasafiri and inclusion in a possible anthology of the best work received, but the copyright will remain with the winning authors. The prize winners will be announced on 25th October 2018.
About Wasafiri:
Wasafiri has become the UK’s leading magazine for international contemporary writing. Launched in 1984, it is now renowned for publishing some of the world’s most distinguished writers including Chinua Achebe, Kamau Brathwaite, and Ben Okri amongst many others. Its name stems from the Kiswahili word for ‘travellers’ which reflects the magazine’s longstanding engagement with cultural traveling, diverse histories and its continuing commitment to extending the established boundaries of literary culture. The magazine played a pioneering role in reviewing the first novels and early poetry of writers who are now well-known, challenging the predominant assumption that their work would only be of ‘minority interest’. In today’s increasingly divided world, the magazine’s original mission to provoke cross-cultural dialogue and provide a space for the publication of distinctive new work from across the globe is ever more vital.
Please note: there is an entry fee of £6.