Applications for the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing 2023 are now open. The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is a literature prize awarded to an African writer of a short story published in English.
AKO Caine Prize Advertisement
- Position(s): Several
- Applications closing Date: January 31, 2023
- Vacancy Type: Permanent/Temporary.
- Company Name: AKO Caine Prize
Prize
- The winner is awarded a cash prize of £10,000, and the other four shortlisted writers will receive £500 each.
Eligibility
- The story must have been published in the five years preceding the submissions deadline. For 2023 eligibility, the judges will only consider work published after January 31, 2017.
- Stories less than 3,000 words or exceeding 10,000 words are not eligible for the Prize.
- Short stories must be submitted by a publisher – including publishers of physical and digital literary journals or magazines. Self-published and unpublished works are not eligible.
- Publishers must obtain consent from the writer(s) before submitting their stories for the Prize.
- Stories submitted for the Prize must have been published in English. Translated stories are eligible, provided that an English translation has been published.
- Stories that have been previously submitted for the Caine Prize are not eligible.
- Genres not eligible for entry include stories for children, factual writing, plays and autobiography/biography.
- Submissions must specify which African country the author comes from and the word count.
- Publishers are encouraged to submit multiple short stories as long as they do not submit more than one story by the same author.
How to Apply
Each story must be submitted by the publisher via the entry form. Short stories that do not meet the criteria will not be considered for the prize.
