Iskanchi Press has opened submissions for the 2025 Iskanchi Ebook Prize, an award that celebrates daring, boundary-pushing prose and hybrid manuscripts by African writers around the globe. This annual prize champions experimental work that defies stereotypes, uplifts minority voices, and deepens conversations concerning the African immigrant expertise.
Writers who problem literary conventions and discover underrepresented narratives are inspired to submit their most daring manuscripts.
Eligibility Necessities for the Iskanchi Ebook Prize
The Iskanchi Ebook Prize welcomes submissions from each rising and established African writers, no matter nation of residence. Manuscripts should be written in English or submitted in translation (with acceptable permissions).
Writers should submit just one manuscript. A number of entries from the identical writer won’t be thought-about.
Necessities
To be thought-about, candidates should:
- Submit a accomplished prose or hybrid manuscript in .pdf, .doc, or .docx format (writing recommendation from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.)
- Embrace a quick author’s bio (max 150 phrases) within the physique of the e-mail
- Use the topic line “Iskanchi Ebook Prize Submission” to make sure the manuscript is correctly tracked
- Chorus from sending a number of submissions
- Notify Iskanchi instantly if the manuscript is accepted elsewhere (simultaneous submissions are allowed)
- Guarantee translations embrace permission from the unique writer or rights holder
Ship all supplies to Submissions@Iskanchi.com.
Submissions Open: February 21, 2025
Deadline: April 21, 2025
Advantages
The profitable writer receives a $1,000 honorarium and e-book publication via Iskanchi Press, a revered writer of avant-garde African literature.
Along with monetary assist, Iskanchi offers a collaborative editorial course of and wide-reaching visibility for the profitable manuscript. Authors be a part of a rising group of writers redefining what African literature appears and appears like within the twenty first century.
Writers who push boundaries—that is your platform. Submit your work to the 2025 Iskanchi Ebook Prize and amplify your voice on a worldwide stage.
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