DKA

ANNUAL SHORT STORY COMPETITION 2023

(Maiden Edition)

Are you a budding fictional writer interested in showcasing your talent and winning some money
for your craft? Also, are you based in Nigeria, and can you attend the presentation event/ after-

party in Ekiti State?

If your answers are yes……perhaps you should throw your hat in the ring.

A prize pot of N400,000 awaits the three finalists.

Winner: N150k
1st Runner-up: N135k
2 nd Runner-up: N115k

(Winning plaques accompanied by certificates will also be presented to all three finalists at the presentation event.

PLS. READ TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY:
 Story to be submitted MUST NOT exceed five thousand words (5000.)
 Entry must not have been previously unpublished.

 The work must not have been submitted to a literary agent, publishing house, or imprint.
 Plagiarism would automatically disqualify entry, and the owner would be banned from future contests.
 All entries must be submitted before or by 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 19, 2023.

 Six finalists will be shortlisted and invited to attend the presentation event. Non-attendance will lead to forfeiture, and prize money will pass to the next contestant.
All entries are to be submitted to fictionbydavid@gmail.com
Following submission, participants are strongly advised to follow fictionbydavid @ Facebook. Relevant information
will be posted on the page. No correspondence will be entered into via any other medium or platform.
The Judges’ decision is final. No correspondence will be entered into.