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rules and conditions
Please read these carefully
before you submit your entry. Rules for the Macmillan Children's
Illustrator Award for Africa are on The Awards page.
1. The competition is open to those aged 16 or
over who are nationals or naturalised citizens of any of the countries which make up the
continent of Africa and to those who were born as citizens in those countries. Employees
of the Macmillan Group of Companies are not eligible.
2. Entries for the Macmillan
Writer’s Prize for Africa must be original and unpublished manuscripts written
in English, solely by the entrant, the unaided work of the entrant, which must in no way
violate any existing copyright. A published text which is in copyright would not be
eligible. Entrants must disclose whether they are in discussion with any other publisher
regarding their work.
3. Entries must be prose fiction. Poems and plays
are not eligible.
4.Entries must fall
within one of the following two classifications:
(i) Junior
(ii) Senior
5. Three prizes in all will be awarded by a panel
of independent judges appointed by Macmillan to those entrants who, in the panel’s
opinion decided by the majority vote of the judges, produced the best and most original
work. The panel’s decisions are final and no correspondence on the results or the way
entries were assessed will be entered into. Accordingly the panel of judges shall award
one winning entrant for each of the following three categories:
(i) Junior
For an unpublished story in English for children between the ages of 8 and 12. Prize
value: US$5,000
(ii) Senior
For an unpublished story in English for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17. Prize
value: US$5,000
(iii) New Children’s Writer
For the most promising new writer in either the junior or senior category who at the day
of the announcement of the Special Award has never had a work published in book form or
agreed to be published. Prize value: US$3,000
6. All manuscripts must have a strong African
content.
7. All entries for the Macmillan Writer’s Prize for Africa
should be typed, preferably double spaced, or legibly handwritten, on
numbered pages, and submitted with a fully completed entry form. Illegible
entries will be disqualified.
8. Please include your name and address, and, if
applicable, your phone number/email address on the title page of any manuscript as well as
on the entry form so that each entry may be attributed to the correct entrant. The
classification (see 4 above) should be similarly clearly stated.
9. Entries must be submitted under your own real
name. Pseudonyms may not be used.
10.Entry to the competition is free and all
entries will be acknowledged by the despatch of a card to the entrant upon receipt of the
entry by the receiving Macmillan office. ENTRIES CANNOT BE RETURNED, so please keep
a copy of your manuscript. No responsibility can be accepted for postal losses or delays.
11. Only one entry per entrant per classification
(see 4 above) will be accepted.
12. Prizewinners from the 2005/6 competition may
not re-enter the 2007/8 competition.
13. Entries for the previous competitions must not
be resent.
14. The closing date for
all entries is 30th June 2007. All
entries must be received by your
local Macmillan office or the Macmillan UK office by this date.
15. Winning entries will
be published and promoted by Macmillan and the usual royalty and publication terms will
apply. The Publishers reserve their customary rights regarding all publishing decisions.
16. The copyright of each
entry will remain vested in the author unless otherwise agreed in writing between the
entrant and Macmillan.
17. Entries, clearly marked Macmillan Writer’s Prize for Africa, should be sent or delivered during normal office hours to
your local Macmillan office or to:
Macmillan Writer’s Prize for Africa
Macmillan Oxford
Between Towns Road
Oxford OX4 3PP
United Kingdom
18. These rules are legally binding for all
parties. Where information of any sort about this competition might be held to be
inconsistent with the Rules and Conditions of Entry, the rules shall prevail.
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