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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Bessie Head Literature Awards 2008
(sponsored by Pentagon Publishers)
for Poetry, Short Story, and Novel
Bessie Head Heritage Trust and Pentagon Publishers announce
prizes in literature, one prize to be awarded each for poetry,
short story, and novel.
Residents and citizens of Botswana are invited to submit manuscripts on
any topic in one of the above categories. Categories are defined according
to standard literary characteristics, and are limited to the
following lengths:
Novel: no limit
Short story: 10,000 words/10 pages
Poem: a set of one to three poems
All submissions must adhere to the following criteria:
- All work must be original, unpublished and not submitted to any publisher.
- All manuscripts must be typed. No handwritten manuscripts will be accepted. You must submit four copies of your work.
- No more than one submission (novel, short story, or set of poems) per person. You may only submit in one category.
- No school assignments will be accepted as submissions.
- All submissions must include one cover page with the following
information:
author's name (no pen-names will be accepted),
at least two ways the author can be contacted,
a clear statement of the category of the manuscript
("novel", "short story", or "poem").
All submissions must also include one photocopy of omang,
passport and residence certificate, or other form of identification
(this copy need not be certified). The first page of the manuscript
(not the cover page) must also state clearly the category of the manuscript.
- All submissions must be written in English, and be thoroughly revised
and proofread for grammar and spelling.
- Except for the cover page, manuscripts must not have the author's
name on them. Judges will judge all submissions blindly; that is, they
must not be able to identify the author.
Any submissions that do not follow the above criteria will be disqualified.
Authors are advised that they may be asked to
authenticate their work, and therefore SHOULD NOT DESTROY any drafts,
including the first one, since winners may be asked to produce them as
proof of originality.
Contestants may only win once in each category (once you win, you
are barred from entering in the same category again for three years),
and contestants must enter their own work (a publisher or friend may
not enter your work).
Prizes
Novel P2,500.00
Short Story P1,500.00
Poem P1,000.00
Send your cover page, copy of identification, and
four copies of your manuscript to
Bessie Head Literature Awards
P.O. Box 70401
Gaborone
Deadline: All submissions to be postmarked
on or before 1 May 2008
Winners announced 6 July 2008 on website www.bessiehead.org
Prize-giving ceremony details to be announced.
Bessie Head Heritage Trust members, Pentagon Publisher employees,
contest judges, and members of their families are prohibited from entering.
Pentagon Publishers reserves the right to publish prizewinning manuscripts
and to evaluate the remaining manuscripts for publication.
All manuscripts will be deposited with Bessie Head Heritage Trust;
however, Pentagon publishers acknowledges the substance of the
rights of copyright in the manuscript and the lawfulness and validity
of the copyright holder's rights and title to the rights of copyright
in the manuscript.
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