The winner is awarded R 35,000 and publication by Jacana Media.
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RULES
• Submissions dates for 2021 will be released in 2020.
• Although the entries must be primarily in English, we welcome innovative writing and the exploration of languages capturing the multilingual landscape in the continent and the world.
• You may only enter once; all subsiquent entries after the first submission will be disqualified.
• Only permanent residents or citizens of South Africa and other southern African countries may apply.
• Authors must not have had a work of fiction (novel or novella) formally published prior to the award. Self published authors may apply, provided that the work was published only online and no physical copies made. Should the work be shortlisted, such online version must be taken down.
• An electronic copy of the manuscript, along with a short biography (100 words or less) and author details should be submitted to Jacana Media via the form below.
• In addition, three printed and individually bound copies of the manuscript must be sent to Jacana Media, addressed to:
THE DINAANE DEBUT FICTION AWARD
C/O JACANA MEDIA
10 ORANGE STREET
SUNNYSIDE
AUCKLAND PARK
2092
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA
• Please bind all three hard copies that you submit to us and print back to back.
• The award is judged blind, so hard-copy manuscripts that feature the author’s name or details by which they may be identified will be disqualified. The hard-copy manuscript should be marked with the title of the work only.
• Incomplete entries will be disqualified.
• Please number your pages; use a font size of 12, Times New Roman and 1.5 spacing (avoid unneccessary formatting such as borders).
• Manuscripts should be a minimum of 40 000 words in length. Short stories do not qualify.
• Intertextuality and references must be appropriately attributed and permissions from copyright holders obtained. This includes poems; song lyrics; quotes and excerpts from books, newspapers, magazines, journals; and reproductions of artwork, photographs or other forms.
• Submissions must have been authored by one person. Co-authored pieces or works of collaboration do not qualify.
• By entering their manuscript, authors agree not to submit their work for publication to any other avenues until the announcement of the shortlist. Any entries which secure a publishing deal before the shortlist has been confirmed will be disqualified.
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