BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
METHOD:PUBLISH
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
PRODID:-//WordPress - MECv7.30.0//EN
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://trybeafrica.com/
X-WR-CALNAME:Trybe Africa
X-WR-CALDESC:Curated opportunities for African Creatives
X-WR-TIMEZONE:Africa/Accra
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:Africa/Accra
X-LIC-LOCATION:Africa/Accra
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:GMT
DTSTART:20260727T212919
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE
BEGIN:VEVENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
UID:MEC-0007cda84fafdcf42f96c4f4adb7f8ce@trybeafrica.com
DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Accra:20240229T000000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Accra:20240301T000000
DTSTAMP:20240207T230739Z
CREATED:20240207
LAST-MODIFIED:20240212
PRIORITY:5
SEQUENCE:3
TRANSP:OPAQUE
SUMMARY:Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Awards
DESCRIPTION:Opportunity type:  Award\nFor:  Writers \nDeadline: 29/02/24\nRewards:  Cash prize of NAD 5000 for each award winner\nLocation Eligibility: Namibia\n\nAbout this opportunity\n\nThe Bank Windhoek Doek Literary Awards are awarded every two years to celebrate the works of four Namibian literary artists—two writers (fiction and nonfiction), a poet, and a visual artist—published in Doek! Literary Magazine (Doek!). The awards seek to bring a wider Namibian and international audience to the selected works, writers, poets, and visual artists.\nBank Windhoek, the official sponsor of the Awards, has always been a prominent and active supporter of Namibian art and artists. These literary awards are an important milestone in the country’s young democracy and it could not have been reached without Bank Windhoek’s generous support and continued commitment to Namibians and Namibia.\nRewards\nEach winning literary artist is awarded NAD5000 in cash sponsored by Bank Windhoek.\nThe winners are also presented with a unique trophy commissioned from a Namibian artist.\nAll longlisted, shortlisted, and winning literary artists are provided with unique opportunities within their particular fields of creation. Such perquisites may include book prizes, further publication in select anthologies, offers of representation, appearances at literary festivals, participation in creative workshops, access to mentorship programs, exhibitions in local, national, and international galleries, and art residencies in Namibia and abroad.\nEligibility\n\n\nNamibian citizens living in the country or in the diaspora (outside the Namibia); and\nForeign nationals who permanently reside in Namibia.\nNarrative (plot)-driven short fiction of any genre (such as crime, erotica, fantasy, historical, horror, humour, literary, magical realism, mystery, romance, science fiction, or any experimental writing which creatively blurs the margins between such genres) that lingers with the reader long after the final full stop; and,\nPoetry (written for the page, not performance) that takes the reader to the edge of their senses and beyond.\nWriters and poets must be 18 years of age or older at the time of submitting their writings.\n\n\nEntry Fee\nFree\nHow to Apply\nApply using the link: Bank Doek Literary Awards\nAll questions regarding this award should be sent to editorial@doeklitmag.com .\n
URL:https://trybeafrica.com/search_creative_opportunities/bank-windhoek-doek-literary-awards/
CATEGORIES:For writers
LOCATION:Namibia
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://trybeafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/140.png
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR