Samira Bawumia Literature Prize Announces Call For Entries For 2025 Edition

Samira Bawumia Literature Prize Announces Call For Entries For 2025 Edition

The University of Education, Winneba is pleased to announce the call for entries for the 2025 edition of the Samira Bawumia Literature Prize (SBLP), as communicated by the Samira Empowerment and Humanitarian Projects (SEHP).

This year’s competition invites original and compelling stories under the theme “Reimagine Africa’s Folktales for the Next Generation.” Writers are encouraged to create narratives that will resonate with Ghanaian children aged 9 to 15.

The SBLP is a prestigious biennial national literary competition that celebrates and promotes emerging Ghanaian writers. Since its inception in 2020, the Prize has provided a platform for over 2,000 writers, publishing 59 authors in its anthologies.

Attractive prizes will be awarded to the top-performing writers. The first-place winner will receive a laptop and a cash prize of GHS 5,000. Second-place and third-place winners will receive GHS 3,000 and GHS 2,000 respectively. Writers placing from fourth to tenth positions will each receive GHS 1,000. In addition, the top 30 entries across categories will be published in an official anthology.

The competition is open to Ghanaian citizens between the ages of 15 and 30 years. All eligible students are encouraged to participate and showcase their creativity while contributing meaningfully to Ghana’s literary and cultural landscape.

Submissions should creatively explore the theme by:

  • Retelling African myths and folktales

  • Exploring and celebrating traditional symbols

  • Using storytelling to inspire environmental responsibility and climate action

  • Creating African heroes and heroines as role models for Ghanaian children and youth

Eligibility:
The competition is open to Ghanaian citizens between the ages of 15 and 30 years.

Submission Guidelines:

  • Word Count: Entries must be between 1,000 and 1,500 words

  • Genres: Submissions are accepted in Fiction, Non-fiction, and Poetry

  • Entry Limit: Each individual may submit one entry. For the poetry category, up to three poems will be considered as a single submission

  • Submission Status: Works must not be published at the time of submission

 Dates:

  • Submission Portal Opens: Thursday, May 15, 2025

  • Submission Deadline: Friday, June 21, 2025

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For Enquiries:
Please direct any questions to sblp@sbawumia.org or call 0533603835.

Submission Portal:
Entries can be submitted electronically through the SEHP website:
🌐 www.sehp.sbawumia.org

 

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