HSBC / SA PEN Literary Award 2005

WRITE ! AFRICA WRITE !

Press release

SA PEN, in partnership with HSBC Bank and New Africa Books, is pleased to announce a new literary award in southern Africa. Young writers from South Africa and all other SADC countries are invited to submit original, previously unpublished

The best entries will be selected for a book to be published next year entitled New writing from Southern Africa - 2005

The final judge will be:
Nobel Laureate JM Coetzee

Three prizes will be awarded:
US$5 000, US$3 000 and US$2 000

Rules for submission of entries:

•  Entrants must not be older than 40 on closing date
•  Entrants must be citizens of SADC^* countries
•  Stories must be in English, on any subject
•  Word length should be between 2500 and 4000 words
•  Entries must be previously unpublished
•  Entries must be typed, in double spacing, on one side of A4 paper. Three copies must be submitted
•  No name or address should appear on the typescript, but each page must carry the title of the story. All entries will be judged anonymously
•  A covering letter with the name, address and photocopy of the ID of the entrant must be included
•  Closing date: 30 November 2004
•  Send your entry to:

* SADC COUNTRIES

Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe



LitNet: 03 November 2004

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