THE SHORT STORY DAY
\nAFRICA PRIZE<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n![\"ssda-prize-submissions-image_20150208.png\"](\"http:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/547202f4e4b022d59e05381d\/t\/56b89f4c27d4bda9ae41d2b9\/1454939993033\/ssda-prize-submissions-image_20150208.png?format=1000w\")
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\nSubmissions open\u00a01 June 2016
\n<\/strong><\/span>Submissions close\u00a031 July 2016<\/strong><\/h3>\nFirst prize: R10 000
\nSecond prize: R2 000
\nThird prize: R1 000<\/strong><\/span>
\nPLUS – Three promising emerging writers will win a\u00a020 Week Online Writing Course\u00a0<\/a>from All About Writing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nFrom our ancestors\u2019 first forays through the continent, to the contemporary diaspora spread around the world, people are eternally moving in, out and about the African continent. Not everyone leaves out of their own volition, and not everyone comes with the best intentions: nevertheless, the story of Africa is the story of souls migrating, settling, unsettling, fleeing, seeking, resting, nesting and sharing stories, experiences and myths.<\/span><\/p>\nFrom herds of migrating animals to treks both physical and spiritual, from the comfort of ancient myth to the desperation of those currently fleeing their homes, Short Story Day Africa is looking for a crop of short fiction that will bring a fresh, urgent perspective to one of our most profound phenomena, and the basis of all our greatest stories.<\/span><\/p>\n2016 JUDGES:\u00a0Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe),\u00a0Sindiwe Magona (South Africa), and Hawa Jade Golakai (Liberia).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSubmissions open\u00a01 June 2016
\n<\/strong><\/span>Submissions close\u00a031 July 2016<\/strong><\/h3>\nFirst prize: R10 000
\nSecond prize: R2 000
\nThird prize: R1 000<\/strong><\/span>
\nPLUS – Three promising emerging writers will win a\u00a020 Week Online Writing Course\u00a0<\/a>from All About Writing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nFrom our ancestors\u2019 first forays through the continent, to the contemporary diaspora spread around the world, people are eternally moving in, out and about the African continent. Not everyone leaves out of their own volition, and not everyone comes with the best intentions: nevertheless, the story of Africa is the story of souls migrating, settling, unsettling, fleeing, seeking, resting, nesting and sharing stories, experiences and myths.<\/span><\/p>\nFrom herds of migrating animals to treks both physical and spiritual, from the comfort of ancient myth to the desperation of those currently fleeing their homes, Short Story Day Africa is looking for a crop of short fiction that will bring a fresh, urgent perspective to one of our most profound phenomena, and the basis of all our greatest stories.<\/span><\/p>\n2016 JUDGES:\u00a0Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe),\u00a0Sindiwe Magona (South Africa), and Hawa Jade Golakai (Liberia).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nSecond prize: R2 000
\nThird prize: R1 000<\/strong><\/span>
\nPLUS – Three promising emerging writers will win a\u00a020 Week Online Writing Course\u00a0<\/a>from All About Writing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
From our ancestors\u2019 first forays through the continent, to the contemporary diaspora spread around the world, people are eternally moving in, out and about the African continent. Not everyone leaves out of their own volition, and not everyone comes with the best intentions: nevertheless, the story of Africa is the story of souls migrating, settling, unsettling, fleeing, seeking, resting, nesting and sharing stories, experiences and myths.<\/span><\/p>\n From herds of migrating animals to treks both physical and spiritual, from the comfort of ancient myth to the desperation of those currently fleeing their homes, Short Story Day Africa is looking for a crop of short fiction that will bring a fresh, urgent perspective to one of our most profound phenomena, and the basis of all our greatest stories.<\/span><\/p>\n 2016 JUDGES:\u00a0Tendai Huchu (Zimbabwe),\u00a0Sindiwe Magona (South Africa), and Hawa Jade Golakai (Liberia).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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