Writers working on entries for the prestigious 2016 Short Story Day Africa Prize, or wanting to begin drafting an entry for the prize, are invited to submit an application.
Send a 200 word sample of your writing*, along with a short biographical statement of no more than 100 words, to
info@shortstorydayafrica.org by 1 June 2016, with the subject line:
Migrations Flow. * The writing sample need not be from your Migrations entry, but must be unpublished.
The workshop is free for selected participants, however space is limited. Successful applicants will be notified by 5 June 2016.
Details of the 2016 Short Story Day Africa Prize are available on the website:
http://shortstorydayafrica.org/the-ssda-prize/
ABOUT Short Story Day Africa:
In the five years since inception, Short Story Day Africa has developed a survival ethos: to subvert and reclaim. Reclaim the place of the short story. Reclaim a space for non-conformist writing. Subvert ideas about what it means to be a writer in Africa. Subvert ideas about what makes a story African.
Using a variety of interventions, Short Story Day Africa brings together writers, readers, booksellers, publishers, teachers and school children from all over the globe to write, submit, read, workshop and discuss stories – and foster the love of reading and writing African fiction.
The Short Story Day Africa Prize and resulting anthology have become a highlight in the African literary calendar. The 2016 theme for the R10 000 prize is Migrations:
From our ancestors’ first forays through the continent, to the contemporary diaspora spread around the world, people are eternally moving in, out and about the African continent. Not everyone leaves out of their own volition, and not everyone comes with the best intentions: nevertheless, the story of Africa is the story of souls migrating, settling, unsettling, fleeing, seeking, resting, nesting and sharing stories, experiences and myths.
From herds of migrating animals to treks both physical and spiritual, from the comfort of ancient myth to the desperation of those currently fleeing their homes, Short Story Day Africa is looking for a crop of short fiction that will bring a fresh, urgent perspective to one of our most profound phenomena, and the basis of all our greatest stories.
2016 JUDGES: Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe), Sindiwe Magona (South Africa), and Hawa Jade Golakai (Liberia).
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