It is no longer news that African Indie Writers Review just launched one of the biggest literary prizes in Nigeria – the Linda Ikeji Prize for Literature.
It is also no longer news that this big project is going to be an annual one.
The Prize is still N1,000,000.00 (One Million Naira).
The call for submission of materials is now being extended until the end of July:
The new deadline now is July 31 2019.
This extension is based on the numerous requests we have received to that effect.
No material submitted after 11:59pm on July 31 2019 will be considered.
- Are there new categories?
No. The categories remain six for material to be submitted to AFIRE:
- Fiction, Prose – full length novels: published, self-published or unpublished
- Fiction, Prose – short stories: published, self-published or unpublished
- Non Fiction – published, self-published or unpublished
- Poetry – collections: published, self-published or unpublished
- Drama – published, self-published or…
