Deadline: July 16 at 17h00, 2017.
The
Jacana Literary Foundation (JLF) has announced that submissions for the seventh
annual Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology will be open from July
1 to 16, 2017. This award and anthology are made possible through ongoing
support and partnership with the European Union.
Up to
three poems in any of South Africa’s official languages can be submitted via
the online entry form that will be put up on the Jacana website on July 1 (http://www.jacana.co.za/awards/sol-plaatje-european-union-poetry-award-95444). Entrants are encouraged to
submit poems written in their mother tongue. Entries will close at 17h00 on July
16.
The work
submitted is judged blind by a panel of four esteemed poets. As in previous
years, a longlist of the best entries received will be published in volume 7 of
the anthology. A shortlist of three poets is selected from the longlist, and
those finalists will be invited to attend an event at the inaugural annual
Nirox Foundation Word Festival in mid-October, where the winner will be
announced and cash prizes awarded. The word festival will reverberate the
themes around the award, and further question and express subjects exploring
our troubled and uncertain times and the pursuit of ‘another way’.
Named
after Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje (1876–1932), the Award recognises the life and
vision of this highly respected political and social activist.
“We
always hope that it reveals the political and social attitudes of our time, and
reflects the complex, nuanced and uncomfortable truths of life in South Africa,
and thus, poems which reflect our current realities are warmly welcomed,” says
a Jacana representative.
For more
information, contact the Jacana Literary Foundation on awards@jacana.co.za
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