The Intwasa Short
Story Competition 2013
The Intwasa Short Story Competition enters its ninth year
this year, 2013. The competition, which was inaugurated in the first year of
the festival, is an annual literary event seeking to promote original creative
writing talent in English. In 2011 the award for the winner was named the Yvonne Vera Award, after the
late Dr. Yvonne Vera, a literary genius whose works include Why Don’t We Carve
Other Animals, Nehanda, Without a Name, Stone Virgins, and Butterfly Burning.
The Yvonne Vera award carries a $500
cash prize.
The rules of the
competition are as follows:
- There is no particular
theme
- Entries must be written
in English
- Entries should be
previously unpublished
- Only one entry per
person
- All work must be
original
- Entries must be typed
- Maximum 3000 words
- The competition is open
to all Zimbabwe citizens and residents
- Entries must be
submitted by June 30, 2013
- Late entries will not be
accepted
- Only the short-listed
candidates will be personally notified
The competition has developed to become one of
the leading writing competitions in Zimbabwe, continuing to encourage and
promote the original Zimbabwean narrative. Last year the competition was won by
Violette Kee-Tui with her story Tattered Cloth. The story explored
interracial relationships and had the judges praising its use of language and
imagery. Violette Kee-Tui is a former editor of the Edgars Club Magazine.
Sipho Mpofu’s A Congenial
Man and Nixon Nembaware’s The Rain
God of Nyatanga Hill were among the top three stories of
2012. Each year the standard of
writing continues to improve.
Writers are invited to
start submitting their stories to:
Intwasa Arts Festival
koBulawayo
403 LAPF HOUSE
Jason Moyo Street
8th Avenue
Bulawayo
Email: info@intwasa.org or Info.intwasa@gmail.com
The 9th edition
of Intwasa Arts Festival koBulawayo is set for 24 -29 September 2013. The festival will be held under
the theme Cultural Diversity – The Common Heritage of Humanity.
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