As the year goes to an end, here are four open and highly rewarding literary contests for writers and poets to lay their hands on. Don’t sit idle. Get your pen and start writing.
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Below are the opportunities:
1. VI International Playwriting Contest
The prize is worth €12,000, thanks to the co-financing provided by the sons of Antonio Mesa Ruiz, to whose memory is dedicated this contest and the book series about theatre and plays published by Editorial DALYA.
2. Green Stories Adult Novel Writing Competition | Prize: £300 – £400
Open to all, as long as it has not been published elsewhere. All submissions must be in English and conform to the green stories criteria of showing a positive vision of what a sustainable society might look like
- Open to: Writers & Poets
- Deadline: Dec 31, 2021
3. Kemper Human Rights Education Essay Contests
This year the Kemper Human Rights Education Foundation (khref.org) is offering prizes of $2000, $750 and $250
4. Afritondo Short Story Prize 2022
The winner will receive a cash prize of $1000. Four other shortlisted writers will get $100 each. The longlist will be published in an anthology.
- Open to: Writers & Poets
- Deadline: Dec 15, 2021
Image Credit: 4th Edition of the African Writers Conference – Tanzania 2021
Originally posted 2021-11-29 10:46:49.