Etisalat receives entries for Literature prize

Etisalat Nigeria has announced that submission of entries for the fifth edition of the Etisalat Prize for Literature has commenced and the closing date is September 18, 2017. The Chief Executive Officer of Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew Willsher, said the winner will receive a £15,000 cash price, an engraved Montblanc Meisterstück pen, and fellowship at a […]

Etisalat Nigeria has announced that submission of entries for the fifth edition of the Etisalat Prize for Literature has commenced and the closing date is September 18, 2017. The Chief Executive Officer of Etisalat Nigeria, Matthew Willsher, said the winner will receive a £15,000 cash price, an engraved Montblanc Meisterstück pen, and fellowship at a university. Etisalat will also purchase 1,000 copies of each of the shortlisted titles for distribution to schools, libraries and book clubs across the African continent. 

Speaking on the entry requirements, Willsher said that only books published in the past 24 months will qualify for screening.  Such books should contain no fewer than 30,000 words and must be the author’s first published fictional work, with registered ISBN or the equivalent, and the publishers must have published a minimum of three authors. 

The judging panel will select a long-list of nine titles for the first round and at the second round of screening, the judges will announce a shortlist of three finalists who will be presented their prizes at the 2018 grand finale/award ceremony. Finally, the author must be an African citizen, but may reside anywhere in the world.