Nigeria LNG Prize for Literature 2019 for Nigerian Writers

Application Deadline: 5th April, 2019

Eligible Countries: Nigeria


To be taken at (country): Nigeria

About the Award: Nigeria LNG Limited who run the prize have made a call out for this year’s entries of the prize and the category shall be in Drama. The competition is open to Nigerian writers irrespective of their place of residence and having being published after January 2014.
The Nigeria Prize for Literature is the richest prize in African literature worth US$100,000 to the winner. The prize which was founded in 2004 to honor literary erudition by Nigerian authors rotates among four genres fiction, poetry, drama and children’s literature, repeating the cycle every four years.

The Literary Criticism Award

• No book published before January 2015 will be accepted
• An author will enter only one published work. More manuscripts will not be accepted
• No book  previously submitted for this competition may be re-submitted at a later date even if major revisions have been made or a new edition has been published.
• the prize will be rewarded for no other reason than excellence

Selection: Winners will be announced in October and will be presented to the public on a later date.

Value of Contest: US$100,000

How to Apply: 

• Ten copies of the entries and if available, an e-copy together with evidence of Nigerian citizenship (photocopy of Nigerian passport or I.D card) may be submitted either by authors or publishers in accordance with the genres in competition.
• Books should be submitted to Nigeria LNG’s External Relations Division, promoters of the prize, by the stipulated deadline.
• Complete contact information, including full contact address, phone number(s), email(s), and other relevant contact information will accompany every submission.

Entries shall be sent to:
The Nigeria Prize for Literature,
External Relations Division,
Intels Aba Road Estate,
Km 16 Port-Harcourt-Aba Expressway,
P.M.B 5660 Port-Harcourt
Rivers state, Nigeria
or
The Nigeria Prize for Literature,
External Relations Division,
4th floor Heron House,
10 Dean Farrar Street,
London, SW1H 0DX
nigeriaprizeforliterature@nlng.com

Visit Contest Webpage for details