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The Baobab Prize is now the GOLDEN Baobab Prize

I had the pleasure of meeting co-founder of The Golden Baobab Prize, Deborah Ahenkorah during the Cape Town Book fair this year, infact she stayed with me for a bit and I really got to find out more about this amazing project she founded a few years ago. She is very passionate about African children’s literature and is really taking the Golden Baobab Prize from strength to strength. I really wish her all the best and encourage all of you to visit the beautiful new website and see how you can add or make a difference in creating more African children’s books for all of the children of the world to share. Read more here.

Golden Baobab Prize at a Glance:
* An African literary award established to inspire the creation of the best kinds of African stories that children and young adults all over the world will love.
* Invites entries of unpublished short stories written by African citizens irrespective of age, race or geographical location.
* Awards a monetary prize and connects outstanding stories with publishers all over the world.

Vision: to identify the African literary giants of the next generation and produce classic African stories that will be appreciated for years to come!
The Golden Baobab Prize is an African literary award established in July 2008 to encourage the writing of African literature for children and young adults.

Our dream in ten years is to see bookstores all over the world overflowing with beautifully- written and illustrated African books for children and young adults. Join us in making this a reality, find out how (link to get involved page).

* Supported by The Global Fund for Children and the African Library Project. Founding support provided by Bryn Mawr College.
* Run by passionate team of volunteer from all over the world.
* Non-profit initiative registered in Ghana.
* Co-founders: Ghanaian, Deborah Ahenkorah and Senegalese-born, Rama Shagaya.

Submission Guidelines

Contestants and entries must comply with ALL of the following criteria. Works that do not conform to the rules will be disqualified.*

* Submitted stories should fall into either Category A (stories for readers aged 8-11 years) or Category B (stories for readers aged 12-15 years).
* Entry should be a work of fiction between 1,000 to 5,000 words. The category a story falls into may influence its length.
* There are no restrictions on themes but stories must be set in Africa or have a very evident African content.
* Stories should be in written in English and should not have been previously published elsewhere, in part or in full.
* Pseudonyms may not be used. Entries must be submitted under entrant’s real name.
* Entrants may enter up to five stories.
* All entries must be the unaided work of the entrant.
* Previous entrants and winners of the Prize are eligible to enter in subsequent years.
* The title page of submissions should state the category and title of the story. All biographical information should be sent in the body of submission email.

ALL entries will be acknowledged with an email to the address from which the entry was sent.

* The Golden Baobab Prize administration reserves the right to disqualify entries that do not conform to set rules. No correspondence will be entered into in this regard.

For all queries visit our FAQ page or contact info@goldenbaobab.org

• Visit the Golden Baobab here

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