<p>Caine <a href="https://www.for9a.com/opportunity/category/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%B2-%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%AA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Prize</a> for African writing receives participation in its annual edition, the theme is English fictional short story.</p><h3><strong>Eligibility Criteria:</strong></h3><p>&#39;An African writer&rsquo; is taken to mean someone who was born in Africa, or who is a national of an African country, or who has a parent who is African by birth or nationality.&nbsp;</p><ol><li>The Prize is awarded to a short story by an African writer published in English, whether in Africa or elsewhere, hence unpublished work is not eligible for the Caine Prize.</li><li>Only fictional work is eligible, and stories for children, factual writing, plays, biography are ineligible.</li><li>Indicative length is between 3000 and 10,000 words and only short stories are eligible.</li><li>To be in English, be it originally written in English or translated into it. Works translated into English from other languages are not excluded, provided they have been published in translation, and should such a work win, a proportion of the prize would be awarded to the translator.</li><li>Submissions should be made by publishers only, and they should specify which African country the author comes from.</li><li>Only one story per author will be considered in any one year.</li></ol><h3>Prize:</h3><p>Winning and short-listed authors will be invited to participate in writers&rsquo; workshops in Africa, London and elsewhere as resources permit. There is a cash prize of &pound;10,000 for the winning author and a travel award for each of the short-listed candidates (up to five in all). The short-listed candidates will also receive a Prize of &pound;500. The winner is also invited to go to three literature festivals in Kenya, South Africa, and Nigeria.</p><h3>How to apply:</h3><p>There is no application form. To apply please send six original published copies of the work for consideration to the <a href="http://caineprize.com/contact">Caine Prize office</a> including a letter from the publisher.&nbsp;</p><ul><li>If the work is published in a book or journal, we would like to receive at least one copy of the book/journal and five photocopies; but particularly where several stories are submitted from one anthology we would like if possible to receive six copies of the book/journal itself.</li><li>If the work is published online, we would like to receive six photocopies.</li></ul><h3>About the Prize:</h3><p>The Caine Prize for African Writing is a registered charity whose aim is to bring African writing to a wider audience using our annual literary award. In addition to administering the Prize, we work to connect readers with African writers through a series of public events, as well as helping emerging writers in Africa to enter the world of mainstream publishing through the annual Caine Prize writers&rsquo; workshop which takes place in a different African country each year.</p><p dir="ltr"><strong>See more available <a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/country/Germany">opportunities in Germany&nbsp;</a>on For9a</strong></p><p><strong>See more available <a href="https://www.for9a.com/en/opportunity/category/Events-Festivals-and-Conferences">events and conferences</a> on For9a</strong></p>

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Traveling Opportunity and Prize Valued £12.500 with Cain Prize for Fictional Short Story