The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poetry is awarded
annually to an African poet who has not yet published a collection of poetry.
The African Poetry Book Fund Editorial Board, including Kwame Dawes, Chris Abani, Matthew Shenoda, John Keene, Gabeba Baderoon, and
Bernardine Evaristo, will judge.
A winner will be announced in early January.The winner
receives USD $1000 and book publication through the University of Nebraska
Press and Amalion Press in Senegal.
ELIGIBILITY
The Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets will only
accept “first book” submissions from African writers who have not published a
book-length poetry collection.
This includes self-published books if they were sold online,
in stores, or at readings. Writers who have edited and published an anthology
or a similar collection of other writers’ work remain eligible.
An “African writer” is taken to mean someone who was born in
Africa, who is a national or resident of an African country, or whose parents
are African.
Only poetry submissions in English can be considered. Work
translated from another language to English is accepted, but a percentage of
the prize will be awarded to the translator.
No past or present paid employees of the University of
Nebraska Press or Amalion Press, or current faculty, students, or employees at
the University of Nebraska, are eligible for the prizes.
DEADLINE
The 2016 Prize is open to submissions! Manuscripts
are accepted annually between September 15 and December
1st.
RULES
No entry fee is required to submit to the contest.
Poetry manuscripts should be at least 50 pages long.
The author’s name should not appear on the
manuscript. All entries will be read anonymously. Please include a
cover page listing only the title of the manuscript (not the
author’s name, address, telephone number, or email address).
An acknowledgements page listing the publication history of
individual poems may be included, if desired. No application forms are
necessary.
Eligible writers may submit more than one manuscript.
While there is no specific formatting rules, manuscript can either be in Times New Roman or Arial, 12 point
font, single-spaced.
Preferably one poem per page, meaning a new poem
does not begin on the same page on which another ends.
The Sillerman First Book Prize for African
Poets accepts electronic submissions ONLY
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