Narratives Against Poverty in Africa Literary Prize 2025 calls for submissions for its anthology, from writers across 52 African countries.
Prizes
Prizes are awarded to three winners whose submissions boast of that most desired creative clout, and the literary decorum of our thematic requirements.
Winners
Winners will receive cash prizes, opportunities, and other accolades.
Special mentions
Winners and other works that carry the requisite prowess and dexterity, will be compiled into a 52 African countries book anthology. Participants will receive PDF Versions of their book or they can order paperback formats online.
Eligibility: African writers in (52) African countries and other Africans in the diaspora from the age of 18 and above are required to submit their work to the Narratives Against Poverty in Africa Writing Literary Prize 2025.
Narratives against Poverty in Africa (2025)
Africa is dipped in unending wars, violence, hunger, disease, rampant corruption, human trafficking, xenophobia, afrophobia and poverty. Despite these marauding challenges Africa is a beautiful continent of great ancient tribes, anthropologies, histories, cultures, mountains, rivers and the most revered fauna. Africa must always write its own story, her story of both the rich past, beautiful and dark present. This African Writing Program will discover the rich marrow of African writing talent and make us experience a journey of the best modern African storytelling. Fifty-two (52) submissions will be compiled into a book anthology and three (3) winners will be winning motivating prizes. We all know Africa got a story to tell us.
Submission Guidelines
- Only two submissions per genre (poetry, short story and essays/hybrid narratives)
- Judges/curators expectations are highly critical work that delves onto thematic areas of poverty, hunger, injustice, effects of climate change, corruption, pandemics, effects of war and violence in Africa.
- Submission length and size: for poetry, a maximum of 40 lines per submission; for short story, a maximum of 4 pages; and for essays, a maximum of 4 pages.
- Each submission should sent as attachment of word document to africanwritingprogram@gmail.com
- Each submission must be 12 point font size Times Roman font
- Include the title of your literary work, genre submitted and your name on the subject line and on each and every page of your submission.
- Also include your 15 line biography/ short profile and a portrait photograph.
Deadline
Submission is open from 1st of February, 2025 to the 30th of June, 2025.
Timeline
- Winners shall be announced by July 2025
- Book anthology will be published in August 2025.
Send your submissions to the Executive Curator to the following email address: africanwritingprogram@gmail.com
The Jury
Thandokuhle Cleo Sibanda
She is a Young woman from down South, searching for what it means to be alive and sharing the triumphs and loses through Words. Thandoe is a published author, featured on the brittle paper recognized (100 notable African books of 2023) journal: Tesserae: A mosaic of poems and short stories by Zimbabwean Women. A seasoned performer who’s graced quite a number of stages both locally and internationally with notable stages including; Shoko Festival (Zimbabwe), Intwasa Arts Festival (Zimbabwe), Poets in Joburg(South Africa), Take the Stage Global UGRAD (USA) and the World Universities Debate Championship( Panama). Sibanda is passionate about studying and telling stories that influence change in a big way, and is an aspiring Development Economist.
Rumbi Chen( Chenai Dunduru)
