Are you an independent thinker who decided to make your mark on the globe? In that case, you must take advantage of the “The AKO Caine Prize Award for African Writing” opportunity open for the academic year 2023-2024.
GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND POSTGRADUATE ... GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME (Closing Date: 13 October 2022) AdvertisementThe opportunity is an annual literary award open to candidates from all African countries over 18 years of age at the time of submission. The AKO Caine Prize Award for African Writing will provide a £10,000 prize to the winning writers.
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The AKO Caine Prize Award for African Writing in United Kingdom
AdvertisementWonderful opportunity for African writers.The Caine Prize was first granted in 2000 to the Sudanese author Leila Aboulela for her short story “The Museum” at the Zimbabwe International Book Fair in Harare. In its first year, the Prize drew access from 20 African countries. The Caine Prize believes that a literary prize for African writers will show the creative spirit of Africa and her humanity globally.
Why should you apply to this program? The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is a documented charity seeking to obtain African Writing to a broader audience operating our annual academic award. The Prize works to secure readers with African writers via a series of public events and to support rising writers in Africa to enter the globe of mainstream publishing through the annual Caine Prize writers’ workshop, which brings residents to a foreign African nation each year.