ANA calls for entries for its 2019 literary prizes

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has called for entries in six categories of its 2019 literary prizes. The prizes include ANA Prize for Poetry, ANA Prize for Prose Fiction and ANA Prize for Drama, worth N100,000, for published and unpublished works. Also, ANA Prize for Children’s Literature (7 to 13 years age range) for […]

ANA calls for entries for its 2019 literary prizes

association of nigerian authors

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has called for entries in six categories of its 2019 literary prizes.

The prizes include ANA Prize for Poetry, ANA Prize for Prose Fiction and ANA Prize for Drama, worth N100,000, for published and unpublished works.

Also, ANA Prize for Children’s Literature (7 to 13 years age range) for Published works only, worth N100, 0000. ANA/Abubakar Gimba Prize for Fiction for published short stories collection worth N200, 000. ANA/Maria Ajima Prize for Literary Criticism with focus on criticism of emergent Nigerian Literature worth N100,000.

The award is open to Nigerian writers, home and abroad. Works entered should have been published between 2018 and 2019. An entry fee of N3,000 is required for all the prizes.

Deadline is May 31, 2019. A shortlist will be announced in September, 2018 and winners of the prizes will be announced by the judges at the Awards Dinner during the 38th International Annual Convention of ANA in October, 2019.