LamwoRock Foundation is seeking submissions of poetry, short stories and essays
about HIV/AIDs with a focus on eradicating stigma, imparting simple and
accurate knowledge about the disease, but also creating a literary bank on
HIV.
The
annual competition, which starts in 2014, accepts both fiction and non-fiction
works that encourages positive change aimed at reducing HIV spread.
Guidelines
- No entry fee required.
- All entries must be original
and written in English.
- Entries for short stories and
essays must be between 3,000 and 5,000 words and 30 lines for each poetry
submission.
- All entries must be in font Times New Roman and double spaced.
- Each entry should have a cover
page with the author's name, title of the work[s], email address and
telephone number. Every subsequent page must carry the title of the work
and page number, but NOT the
author's name.
- Each entrant may submit only
one short story or essay or a maximum of three poems.
- Entries may not have been
previously published.
- All entries are final. No
revisions are allowed after submission.
- The decisions of the judges are
entirely their own, and are final.
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LamwoRock Foundation reserves the first right to all submissions, but authors retain
copyright to their work.
Who is qualified?
Any Ugandan
living in the country and aged between 18 and 35 years can make a submission.
Deadline
Submissions
will be received starting January 1, 2014 up to March 31, 2014. Any submission sent
after the deadline will not be accepted.
Winners & Prizes
- A short list of five nominees will
be notified by email and their names published on the Lamwo Rock Foundation website.
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The
winners will be announced at an award giving ceremony. The overall winner will
receive a $500 cash prize, $200 for the second winner and $100 for the third.
The top three winners will also have their works translated into Luo for
possible teaching material.
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The fourth
and fifth winners will have their works published on the Lamwo Rock Foundationwebsite. They will also receive non-cash prizes, including books.
For
entry
Entries
must be submitted electronically to lamworock.writing@gmail.com in Ms Word or Adobe PDF format.
