AFRICA VOICES
TODAY
About 1.5 million people have been forced to leave their homes, but only one in 15 lives in an organized camp for internally displaced people, or IDPs.
famine took 258,000 lives, and more than half—133,000—were children under 5. Conflict and famine caused hundreds of thousands Somalis to flee to Kenya; about 463,000 remain there.
30%
ARE VICTIMS DOMESTIC ABUSE
THE HARD TRUTH
THIS IS A CHANCE TO
IMPACT ALL OF AFRICA
BY THIS VOICE PROJECT
THE PROJECT
THE PROJECT CATEGORIES
Submissions deadline: September 12 (contest opens July 2)
GENERAL GUIDELINES
We accept submissions between July 2 and September 12. We do not read submissions outside deadlines.
All submissions should a brief cover letter that includes contact information (name, detailed address, phone number, email e.tc)
*Please note:
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Africa Voices purchases ownership rights upon submission of manuscripts.
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All manuscripts must be previously unpublished, send only original work, if your work quotes or borrows from other work that source should receive credit.
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Note that submission does not guarantee acceptance.
CATEGORY GUIDELINES
Fiction/Creative non-fiction
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Manuscripts should be typed and double spaced. Please use 1” margins and include page numbers.
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Manuscripts should be no more than 3000 words. Sections from longer works okay.
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Send only one manuscript file per entry.
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Reading fee for this category is $21 (non refundable).
Poetry
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A maximum of three (3) poems may be submitted.
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Poems must be in typescript and must be previously unpublished in any form.
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Reading fee for this category if submissions is $18