Macmillan Writer’s Prize for Africa

Title: Macmillan Writer’s Prize for Africa Category: Contests Clicks: 64 Listing added: Dec 30, 2008 PageRank: 4/10

The Macmillan Writer’s Prize for Africa is a biennial competition devoted to previously unpublished works of fiction by African writers, and aims to promote and celebrate story writing from all over the continent.

The prize is sponsored by Macmillan Education and focuses on the reading interests of children and young people. There are two awards for children’s literature and teenage fiction and an additional award for the best new children’s writer.