The deadline for receipt of entries for the 2023 Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) literary prizes is June 28, 2023, and there will be no extension of this.

According to a statement by the association, the prizes cover various genres of literature, including poetry, prose fiction, drama, and children’s literature.

Nigerian writers, both at home and in the diaspora, are encouraged to submit their works for consideration in any of the categories.

Entries for the competition should have been published between 2022 and 2023.

A shortlist will be announced in September 2023, and winners unveiled by the judges at the Awards Dinner during the International Annual Convention of the association in November 2023.

According to the association, “to enter, authors or publishers are required to pay a fee of N3,000 per entry, which is for the purpose of prize administration only. A photocopy of the appropriate deposit slip must be submitted along with the entry.

“Six copies of the book or manuscript being entered must be sent alongside a covering letter containing accurate contact details of the writer or publisher, including email and surface mail addresses and telephone numbers.

“The works that are to be submitted in all categories should be original and not recast(s) of already existing works. The submissions are subjected to copyright laws of Nigeria, and authors retain full responsibility for any sort of infringement. Works entered into the ANA prizes are expected to be of the highest language and literary quality.”

The ANA/Abubakar Gimba Prize for Fiction (Short Stories Collection-Published) comes with a cash prize of N200,000. The ANA/Maria Ajima Prize for Literary Criticism (Focus On Criticism Of Emergent Nigerian Literature) comes with a cash prize of N100,000, while the ANA/Jerry Agada Prize For Idoma Language Literature”(Published & Unpublished) comes with a cash prize of N150,000.

The ANA/KMVL Prize for Poetry (Published) comes with a cash prize of N500,000, while the ANA Prize for Prose Fiction (Published & Unpublished) and ANA Prize for Drama (Published & Unpublished) come with cash prize of N100,000 each. The ANA Prize for Children’s Literature- 7-13 Years Age Range (Published Works Only and Open To All Categories Of Authors) and ANA/Vivi Sam Prize for Children Poetry 7-15 Years Age Range (Published Works Only and Open To All Categories Of Authors) come with a cash prize of N100,000 each.

For the ANA/ Maria Ajima Prize for Literary Criticism (published works only), entries must not exceed 15 pages of A4 paper size, following the format of academic essays.

Entries are to be submitted to ANA via Address: Kilometre 2, Mamman Vatsa Writers’ Village, Mpape, Abuja, plus a soft copy sent by email to [email protected] and [email protected].