Submission Guidelines

• Do not submit previously published work for the ACT award
• Entries must be between 2,500 and 5,000 words. 
• E-mail submissions to awards@awelecreativetrust.com and awelecreativetrust@gmail.com
• Only one story per author will be considered.
• Submissions should include a cover note with the name, date of birth, e-mail address and telephone number of the author
• Only works of fiction are allowed 
• There is a cash prize of N50,000 for the winning author and a six month online writing course with an ACT mentor
• Works translated into English from any Nigerian languages are eligible. Should such a work win, N20,000 of the prize money will go to the translator. However, the writing course is offered n English only.

Entries will be accepted from September 1 – November 1, 2015

A longlist will be announced on January 20, 2016
A shortlist of 5 will be announced on February 20, 2016
Winner will be announced in April, 2016 
Authors retain copyright of their work.