Etisalat rolls out goodies for flash fiction prize, name judges

Telecom giants, Etisalat has announced the kick-off of its Flash fiction prize with winners carting away some lucrative prizes.  In a statement by the organiser, the contest is designed to celebrate unpublished writers across the African continent and challenge budding writers to create compelling stories. “The Prize is open to all unpublished writers of African […]

Telecom giants, Etisalat has announced the kick-off of its Flash fiction prize with winners carting away some lucrative prizes.
 In a statement by the organiser, the contest is designed to celebrate unpublished writers across the African continent and challenge budding writers to create compelling stories.
“The Prize is open to all unpublished writers of African citizenship but can be resident anywhere in the world. All entries must be submitted online via the Etisalat Nigeria website, <http://prize.etisalat.com.ng/flash/>and should not exceed 300 words.
“The judging panel for the Flash Fiction Category, to be chaired by
Toni Kan, consists of personalities who have established relationship with the African writing space spanning book clubs, poets, writers and critics,” the statement read in part.
The other judges are Liberian crime fiction writer Hawa Jande Golakai, Nigerian short story writer and novelist Abubakar Adam Ibrahim and Zimbabwean writer and journalist Monica Cheru who are expected to bring to bear their experiences while judging  entries for this year’s edition.
“The winning author will be rewarded with a cash prize of £1,000, a high-end device and the promotion of their published e-books, while two runners up will each receive £500 cash prize and a high-end device,” the statement read.
Tanzanian’s, Neema Komba, won the 2014 edition of the Etisalat Prize for Literature Flash Fiction Category.