The Quramo Writers’ Prize 2018 for African new and emerging writers.

The Quramo Writers’ Prize is an African Award for new and emerging writers. It celebrates people who are working every day to develop their craft and record our continent’s original stories. QWP aims to encourage and stimulate a new community of talented writers, providing an opportunity for otherwise unexposed talent to achieve publishing recognition and encouragement.

This year, following the success and impact of the inaugural edition of the Quramo Writers’ Prize, Quramo Publishing Limited is excited to launch a call for submissions for the 2018 cycle. QWP 2018 will open on the 31st of March 2018 and will receive entries from Africans all over the world.

Quramo Publishing will award this year's Prize to a deserving writer for their original, unpublished* work of fiction which has otherwise met all our other criteria. All genres of fiction will be considered.

Each winner will receive:

 - A cash prize

- The possibility of a publishing contract

*Unpublished work is taken to mean any work that has NOT been published in printed, accessible form, for example, in an anthology, magazine, newspaper or online, with the exception of personal blogs or personal 

ENTRY RULES AND GUIDELINES 

• The Quramo Writers’ Prize is open to Africans living within and outside the continent  
• The manuscript must be the original, unpublished work of the entrant
• Manuscripts must be between 15, 000 and 20, 000 words. All entries outside this requirement are liable for disqualification
• All entries must be submitted electronically to the Quramo website in the following format:
  • MS Word file
  • Times New Roman font
  • Size 12 font
  • Left justified with 1.5 spacing
•   All submissions must be sent in with the following information:
  •   A 150-word synopsis
  •   A short biography of the author
  •   Full (legal) name
  •   Physical address
  •   Email address
  •   Phone number
• Manuscripts submitted to the QWP should not have been entered into any other prizes running concurrently. Prior entries for the inaugural QWP are also ineligible.

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