Commemoration of the Commonwealth

ICAD-COMMONWEALTH-UDs CREATIVE WRITING AWARD 1st Edition

ICAD Enterprise is pleased to announce the launching of the ICAD-COMMONWEALTH-UDs creative writing competition.

Theme: Delivering a Common Future: Connecting, Innovating, Transforming

Sub Themes: Environmental sustainability, climate change and Waste Management. 

Categories: Poetry and Prose/Essay. 

PRIZES

Prizes: Six (06) candidates will receive the award as follows:

* Three (03) Candidates from the University of Dschang and other Private Institutions

  1. ICAD Most Creative Mind = 25 000 FCFA + A trophy and automatic eligibility as a finalist in the green carpet award ceremony in June 2020.
  2. Njoya Tikum Best Poetry Award = 25 000 FCFA + A Trophy.
  3. Njoya Tikum Best Prose/Essay Award = 25 000 FCFA + A Trophy.

* Three (03) Candidates from Secondary Schools around Dschang

  1. Lem Atanga Most creative Mind = 25 000 FCFA + A Trophy.
  2. Njoya Tikum Best Poetry Award = 25 000 FCFA + A Trophy.
  3. Njoya Tikum Best Prose/Essay Award = 25 000 FCFA + A Trophy.

N.B. Part of the award prizes are generously donated by

Mr Njoya Tikum (United Nations Development Programme/ Regional Manager, Regional Office for East and Southern Africa at United Nations Volunteers) .

Professor Lem Lilian Atanga ( Commonwealth Scholar and currently a Fulbright Scholar).

HOW TO SUBMIT:

Interested candidates can submit electronically to info@icadenterprise.com and copy nsompro@gmail.com or in a sealed envelope to the President of the Commonwealth Club University of Dschang or better still can submit directly at the headquarters of ICAD Enterprise at Carrefour Julie Hotel, Paidground Dschang, Po Box 449. 

Deadline for submission: Sunday 08th March 2020, at 12:00pm. 

Eligibility for all categories

The competition is open to any student (University of Dschang (All Faculties), private institutions and Secondary Schools) as well as alumni residing in Dschang except individuals involved in judging the entries as well as board members of ICAD and their immediate families.

Original unpublished work

Only unpublished work is eligible for this competition and entrants must submit a waiver with each entry that certifies that their entry (or entries) is their own, original unpublished/unperformed work. For spoken/performance poetry, poems must be original works and not cover poems. 

N.B. Each work will be screened in a plagiarism checker.

Previous publication is considered to include on or in a newspaper, newsletter, magazine, anthology, chapbook, book, website, electronic magazine, personal blog, Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. Previous performance is considered to include published videos and performances at previous competitions.

Even if the print run or circulation of the print publication where the work has previously appeared is small, this is still considered previous publication. No work that has been excerpted elsewhere is eligible for submission; nor is a work that has been revised since its original publication.

Prose (short story, essay or creative nonfiction)

Number of entries

One entry per author (that is, either one short story or one piece of creative nonfiction). To ensure the security of the competition, entries will be monitored to determine whether or not entrants have entered more than once. Subsequent entries by the same entrant will be disqualified.

Length

1000 words for short story and its word length count will be adhered to rigorously.

Format

Print entries must be typed in English and double-spaced (Times New Romans Preferred). Each entry must be accompanied by a separate cover page. 

The title of the prose (short story or work of creative nonfiction) must appear on the first page of each entry but, to ensure that judging of the entries is blind, the author’s name must not appear anywhere on the text.

Poetry

Number of entries

A maximum of three (3) poems (any style or form) per author. To ensure the security of the competition, entries will be monitored to determine whether or not entrants have entered more than once. Subsequent entries by the same entrant will be disqualified.

Length

Each poem may contain 60 lines of at least 250 words and the line / word count will be adhered to rigorously.

Format

Print entries must be typed in English. Each entry must be accompanied by a cover page.  

The title of each poem must appear on the first page of each entry (i.e., poem) but, to ensure that judging of the entries is blind, the author’s name must not appear anywhere on the text.

Final Provisions

The winner will be declared on the Commonwealth Day, Monday 09th of March 2020, at the Auditorium of the University of Dschang following the cultural evening. 

The work will become the property of ICAD Enterprise after the result is declared. 

For more details:

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